Comments on: Comfort http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/ In my life, there's almost nothing a long drive can't make better. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sid Savara http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-13096 Sid Savara Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:11:34 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-13096 This is beautiful. One of the best things I have read in a very long time. This is beautiful. One of the best things I have read in a very long time.

]]> By: Mojo http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12087 Mojo Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:35:29 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12087 I can see now how David chose this as Post of the Day (congratulations by the way). There's nothing in my experience that can give me the empathy I really need to fully appreciate this kind of torment, but no one with a soul could fail to find sympathy at least. I hope your brother came out of it all as strong as you seem to have. I can see now how David chose this as Post of the Day (congratulations by the way). There’s nothing in my experience that can give me the empathy I really need to fully appreciate this kind of torment, but no one with a soul could fail to find sympathy at least.

I hope your brother came out of it all as strong as you seem to have.

]]> By: maggie, dammit http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12086 maggie, dammit Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:00:17 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12086 Can't think of a damn thing to say that would lift this up any higher than you already did. Can’t think of a damn thing to say that would lift this up any higher than you already did.

]]> By: Sandi McBride http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12081 Sandi McBride Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:06:19 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12081 I don't know how it would feel to be so betrayed by a person who is supposed to love you, and to put so much work into your afghan, I'm sure she did...I don't know how I would have been able to forgive such a betrayal. I do know that this post was heart breaking enough for me today that I don't think I can go read what Sue did to your family just yet. Maybe later. Definitely later. Congratulations on Post of the Day. So well deserved... Sandi I don’t know how it would feel to be so betrayed by a person who is supposed to love you, and to put so much work into your afghan, I’m sure she did…I don’t know how I would have been able to forgive such a betrayal. I do know that this post was heart breaking enough for me today that I don’t think I can go read what Sue did to your family just yet. Maybe later. Definitely later. Congratulations on Post of the Day. So well deserved…
Sandi

]]> By: Deb http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12080 Deb Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:34:51 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12080 Once again you write from the heart and touched our hearts. Your daughter is lucky to have you as her mom - I believe you did the right thing. Take care. Once again you write from the heart and touched our hearts. Your daughter is lucky to have you as her mom – I believe you did the right thing. Take care.

]]> By: Tessa http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12079 Tessa Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:05:25 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12079 How courageous and unselfish to have allowed your daughter to keep the Afgan, despite the not-so-good memories it conjures up for you. Perhaps, having washed it, it is now cleansed and ready to go with your sweet daughter on her life journey? How courageous and unselfish to have allowed your daughter to keep the Afgan, despite the not-so-good memories it conjures up for you. Perhaps, having washed it, it is now cleansed and ready to go with your sweet daughter on her life journey?

]]> By: Fat frumpy and fifty http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12076 Fat frumpy and fifty Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:37:59 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12076 fabulous post...its heart warming that you can tell the difference between what matters and what doesn't.... I;m sure your step grandma knew but couldnt take the formal step to condem her own daughter...a hard thing to do.... youve let it go and thats what counts now, you and your daughter and son.. thanks for sharing.. fabulous post…its heart warming that you can tell the difference between what matters and what doesn’t….

I;m sure your step grandma knew but couldnt take the formal step to condem her own daughter…a hard thing to do….

youve let it go and thats what counts now, you and your daughter and son..
thanks for sharing..

]]> By: Ed Browning http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12075 Ed Browning Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:21:49 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12075 Have you seen the movie Ratatouille? Your post reminds me of the moment that Anton Ego (The Grim Eater) tastes the dish, and is transported back to his childhood. I have a plain tan afghan my mother made. After my mother died in 1974, my father remarried a couple years later, and they put away all reminders of my mother for a number of years. One year, my stepmother wrapped the afghan up and gave it to me as a gift "from your mother ". I have to admit that in the years since it's been in a box more often than not, but I do cherish the keepsake and think of her whenever I see it. My life growing up has not been perfect, nor has my stepmother been everything I imagine my mother would have been, but with only a few exceptions she has been caring and loving, and I am fortunate in that. Thanks for sharing this afghan story - the memory it evoked for me is definiteliy one of Comfort. And by all means keep cooking up this ratatouille delicacy you call your Thursday Drive. Have you seen the movie Ratatouille? Your post reminds me of the moment that Anton Ego (The Grim Eater) tastes the dish, and is transported back to his childhood.
I have a plain tan afghan my mother made. After my mother died in 1974, my father remarried a couple years later, and they put away all reminders of my mother for a number of years. One year, my stepmother wrapped the afghan up and gave it to me as a gift “from your mother “. I have to admit that in the years since it’s been in a box more often than not, but I do cherish the keepsake and think of her whenever I see it. My life growing up has not been perfect, nor has my stepmother been everything I imagine my mother would have been, but with only a few exceptions she has been caring and loving, and I am fortunate in that.
Thanks for sharing this afghan story – the memory it evoked for me is definiteliy one of Comfort.
And by all means keep cooking up this ratatouille delicacy you call your Thursday Drive.

]]> By: Daryl http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-12034 Daryl Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:50:29 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-12034 Next time you wash it, consider it cleansed of all its old history .. washed, rinsed and gone .. down the drain ... I am sorry your brother didnt leave and that your father didnt insist he leave ... Next time you wash it, consider it cleansed of all its old history .. washed, rinsed and gone .. down the drain …

I am sorry your brother didnt leave and that your father didnt insist he leave …

]]> By: david mcmahon http://thursdaydrive.com/2009/01/10/comfort/comment-page-1/#comment-11997 david mcmahon Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:30:56 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/?p=823#comment-11997 You coped bravely with the pain, and you so unselfishly passed it on for her comfort. That, in a nutshell, is the essence of parenting. You coped bravely with the pain, and you so unselfishly passed it on for her comfort. That, in a nutshell, is the essence of parenting.

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