tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post351916253201839499..comments2023-05-04T06:40:37.488-07:00Comments on AstonishMe: What I See in His Blue EyesGlimmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-87761566677368504352009-12-05T15:20:45.249-08:002009-12-05T15:20:45.249-08:00Good for you Mel! I have kept on my tree lights al...Good for you Mel! I have kept on my tree lights all day, votive candles in Christmas holders lighting up the rest of the room. I'll be breaking out my Elvis and Aaron Neville Christmas music tomorrow.<br /><br />It is the best remedy I know for anything that ails. High five, fellow elf!Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-32624625259780675772009-12-05T12:07:27.969-08:002009-12-05T12:07:27.969-08:00I wrote you a long comment to this post days ago a...I wrote you a long comment to this post days ago and lost it in the interether, but wanted you to know I've thought of this post and you and your father many times since then, and I smile everytime I think of the hundred dollar bills. <br />My Dad was a blue eyed wonder who always made magic happen too, and I'm honoring him by telling my bah humbugs to take a hike. Thanks!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-19972925520646392322009-12-03T08:42:02.672-08:002009-12-03T08:42:02.672-08:00Well, I was a laggard for a while too, SB, so do N...Well, I was a laggard for a while too, SB, so do NOT feel guilty. You have plenty of time for a mid-course holiday correction. Get on that absurd holiday sweater, dress up the cats and you're there already. Now, wasn't that fun?<br /><br />Much love back, honey.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-54235077375659863112009-12-03T08:30:02.713-08:002009-12-03T08:30:02.713-08:00Glimmer,
Your father made art from life. What a sp...Glimmer,<br />Your father made art from life. What a special and dear man. <br /><br />Now I feel guilty that I don't enjoy the holidays more. My grandmother Peg was like your father about the holidays. She just loved Christmas. I find I miss her so much, that I don't enjoy them anymore. I only feel her lack. Your attitude is the correct and kinder one.<br /><br />You honor your father greatly through your words and actions.<br /><br />You are special to me. I send my love.<br /><br />SBSarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-27454931405163671562009-12-03T07:16:11.636-08:002009-12-03T07:16:11.636-08:00Thank you Syd. He was a complicated man. But as Ms...Thank you Syd. He was a complicated man. But as Ms. Moon said he put magic into our holidays, which is why I love them so much. And that was a real gift.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-35802496004398825272009-12-02T19:24:47.036-08:002009-12-02T19:24:47.036-08:00Glimmer, this is a wonderful post. I think that yo...Glimmer, this is a wonderful post. I think that you captured the spirit of the season with the spirit of your father. What a wonderful man to do all that he did and to love those around him so much. That is indeed special.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-64779339047824381082009-12-02T18:03:21.418-08:002009-12-02T18:03:21.418-08:00I am honored, Danielle. Thank you for that.I am honored, Danielle. Thank you for that.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-64219323654178856822009-12-02T11:30:09.357-08:002009-12-02T11:30:09.357-08:00glimmer..what a beautiful post...it totally carrie...glimmer..what a beautiful post...it totally carried me away ..like a little movie in my head..ususally only the best books can do that to me..i m delighted and impressed!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437792304668178783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-12748531372813414852009-11-30T12:25:46.647-08:002009-11-30T12:25:46.647-08:00Thank you for your kind words - i have been readin...Thank you for your kind words - i have been reading your blog and think it is lovely - it takes me awhile to respond, but i get there! Really great post - will be reading more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-352461785256237912009-11-29T16:19:03.372-08:002009-11-29T16:19:03.372-08:00You DO understand, Mwa. And thank you. I don't...You DO understand, Mwa. And thank you. I don't need a lot of precision, really, I just need as many as possible around a big table. Kin, friends, newcomers, come one come all. That was the ticket for JC. And he was absolutely right about that.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-68412333782491381732009-11-29T15:18:46.525-08:002009-11-29T15:18:46.525-08:00I think I understand wanting to repeat precious mo...I think I understand wanting to repeat precious moments - we are putting together a wooden shop for our children for this year's Saint Nicholas exactly like the one I got when I was little, also from Saint Nicholas. I hope Christmas is everything you hope for.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-25453150679871064152009-11-29T09:50:14.210-08:002009-11-29T09:50:14.210-08:00I am sorry this hurt, but I hope it helps you too ...I am sorry this hurt, but I hope it helps you too down the road in some way. I also am astonished that you had a JC. Another one of our synchronicities! Because Christmas dulled for me for a while. But I have taken it back. Because, as you said, I had magic happen and that is not a gift a person should be allowed to hoard.<br /><br />I think it can happen for someone at any age. It can happen to you too, through Owen.Glimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085124664342701611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418587863501292816.post-49325489608601379282009-11-29T06:12:25.027-08:002009-11-29T06:12:25.027-08:00Oh Glimmer. This one cut my heart. My husband'...Oh Glimmer. This one cut my heart. My husband's daddy was also a JC. I mean, those were his initials. And I fell in love with him before I fell in love with his son. I looked into those blue eyes and I knew I could put my heart in this man's son's hands.<br />He loved to celebrate and I could (and should) write long posts about that but what I remember is his last Christmas with us and he was dying and it was the saddest, most horrible Christmas- a day I already hated. <br />And every Christmas now, I go into it with such fear and such resentment. My childhood had no JC's at all. And then to have found one and to have lost him....<br />But it is such a good thing to remember that others have had magic happen to them at Christmas. That they were loved and given precious gifts. <br />Thank-you. You have astonished me this morning.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com