tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post5881032320529806490..comments2023-10-31T07:08:39.860-07:00Comments on SEAWEED AND GARDENIAS: Time is FalseTonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230544418684268354noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-38406942797876157132009-04-12T18:23:00.000-07:002009-04-12T18:23:00.000-07:00Oh Toni! So compelling. So bittersweet. You are...Oh Toni! So compelling. So bittersweet. You are a magical writer! Thank you for your honesty. Thank you making yourself vulnerable! What you wrote was a gift! A powerful gift! Thank you!Kate Carvellashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08492208723154923817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-30048192492390718702009-04-12T08:53:00.000-07:002009-04-12T08:53:00.000-07:00How beautiful. First: I want you for my Mom!!!!...How beautiful. <BR/><BR/>First: I want you for my Mom!!!!<BR/><BR/>Second: How does that happen, you turn around and suddenly there's 50 in the future rushing up. And yet, I don't feel 50, but then what does 50 really feel like?<BR/><BR/>You have very lucky children.Pamela McCarvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13698623646936432995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-85806715297497980522009-04-12T06:39:00.000-07:002009-04-12T06:39:00.000-07:00Wonderful insights, and so true! Just this morning...Wonderful insights, and so true! Just this morning, 5yods asked me if the peeping stuffed chick that came in his basket had batteries, and whether he should save the batteries by not making it peep all the time. I told him to make it peep as much as he wanted and not to worry about the batteries. Don't save it, use it all up, I said. I wondered as I was telling him this if it was really the prudent thing to tell a 5yo. But I don't care. I don't want him to save the peeps for tomorrow or another day. I want him to enjoy the peeps RIGHT NOW!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930403941433253996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-58075467825774094442009-04-12T04:08:00.000-07:002009-04-12T04:08:00.000-07:00gosh i do feel for you, I have been through this c...gosh i do feel for you, I have been through this completely. my 2 sons are 33 soon and 38 soon and still they are my 'boys'. i remember very clearly what it was like when they 'separated' from me. and all i could do was be there for them... and go nowhere myself...but i did find this very upsetting in some ways, as my previous twenty years just seemed to amount to nothing!!!!but we are great friends and they love me and always ring me even if they are too busy to see me. also having my granddaughter has brought us all closer again. hugs for you friend.soulbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16879115279499153124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-35517265585167898822009-04-11T15:57:00.000-07:002009-04-11T15:57:00.000-07:00toni--I so understand--where did it all go and why...toni--<BR/><BR/>I so understand--where did it all go and why is it so difficult? I don't have children, but imagine that it initially adds to the ennui as one thinks about time and age.. Somehow, you will find your space and place and continue living as you always have. As for myself, while I wish for the time afforded youth, I don't necessarily want to go through my 20's or 30's again;-)<BR/><BR/>Keep on keeping on--go for it!<BR/>CC.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-70289812536468228652009-04-11T09:08:00.000-07:002009-04-11T09:08:00.000-07:00i just STUMBLED onto your blog and i am ever so th...i just STUMBLED onto your blog and i am ever so thankful! wow what great posts!!!<BR/><BR/>peace.b-luvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289609713011214580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-1291211692464255582009-04-11T08:29:00.000-07:002009-04-11T08:29:00.000-07:00I to am willing to talk about anything with my dau...I to am willing to talk about anything with my daughter. I feel like you a deep protectiveness and yet want them to grow up and be self sufficent. I love your writing from the heart keep it upleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543310711967915831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-88599441510914439632009-04-10T10:57:00.000-07:002009-04-10T10:57:00.000-07:00Toni, this was absolutley beautiful, Do your boys ...Toni, this was absolutley beautiful, Do your boys read your blog, I don't have children but can feel for what you are going through and trust me they will always need their mom, and I envy you one day you may have grandchildren and their is nothing like a grandparent. Those are new beginnings. you may think you have to be on the sidelines, I think they will keep you closer than you will know. It is beautiful how your words seem to flow so easily.Not everyone is as lucky as your boys.Cindy https://www.blogger.com/profile/03552572705763406197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-16725069948531802602009-04-10T09:13:00.000-07:002009-04-10T09:13:00.000-07:00I pray for the grace and wisdom that you have so b...I pray for the grace and wisdom that you have so beautifully shown here, when it is my time to walk this path.<BR/><BR/>And, I'm with Beth, I totally heart you too!!Camhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07972079738846934736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-27934845217375947662009-04-10T07:25:00.000-07:002009-04-10T07:25:00.000-07:00Hmm I'm 26 and can't figure out how to get my mom ...Hmm I'm 26 and can't figure out how to get my mom to let go a little. She is still a bit overbearing and doesn't want to let me make my own mistakes even though that's the best way for me to learn. Tips?<BR/><BR/>I know she just wants to protect me, I know she loves me, and I thank her and respect her for all that but...I want to be able to live my own life. When I was a teenager (pick any age of teen) she tried to control who my friends were and what I wore. I never did anything promiscuous or drug related and never would have. But...now we've run into a problem. <BR/><BR/>I don't feel comfortable talking to her about several things and...we no longer practice the same religion. We haven't for years. But instead of just letting me be happy she's making me miserable by shoving hers down my throat every chance she gets (esp now with Easter being Sunday). Got any tips for how I can get to just let me live my life?Eternally Free Spirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897481265651705749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-31121345123187220362009-04-10T06:49:00.000-07:002009-04-10T06:49:00.000-07:00THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL AND FABULOUS AND FUNNY AND FROM...THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL AND FABULOUS AND FUNNY AND FROM THE HEART....and in case I haven't told you lately, I heart YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>I'm right there with you sweetie...100% on all that....especially the "I ain't going anywhere" ....I think since our children are the same age, or close enough, we so often feel the same way !!!<BR/><BR/>xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo<BR/><BR/>and ummmm, I won't even go there in this space in regards to javier...and I am GETTING that movie no matter what !!!bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387137779830439916.post-58982015687376275412009-04-10T06:44:00.000-07:002009-04-10T06:44:00.000-07:00Anything that rests deeply in the heart never goes...Anything that rests deeply in the heart never goes away. Ever. And, while we change as we grow, and how we may view our relationship to anything and anyone, what is true and valuable remains so. Toni, this is some beautiful sharing you did here today. I'm honored to have read it.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10972581158834240144noreply@blogger.com