tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347251.post3766765471384094280..comments2022-11-21T03:50:05.720-05:00Comments on What a long strange trip it is!: My Mom was so smart . . .Samantha Shantihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10586759980410037672noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347251.post-67495709565558681432009-01-13T13:52:00.000-05:002009-01-13T13:52:00.000-05:00You'll be feeling it and then some!Proud of you fo...You'll be feeling it and then some!<BR/><BR/>Proud of you for doing it!<BR/><BR/>I'm 53 now and lost my Dad at 56, so that haunts me a bit. I'm glad my grandkids are older now than my sons were when he died!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you had a good Mom!<BR/><BR/>alanalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013341654649926300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347251.post-44103417840975918262009-01-13T08:03:00.000-05:002009-01-13T08:03:00.000-05:00What a lovely tribute to your mom.I'll bet your mu...What a lovely tribute to your mom.<BR/><BR/>I'll bet your muscles are saying hello today! Keep up the good work!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347251.post-33923634986204006802009-01-13T00:57:00.000-05:002009-01-13T00:57:00.000-05:00It's funny, I missed my Mom for many years. Other...It's funny, I missed my Mom for many years. Other people I've lost I've always been able to sense around me, and they've visited my dreams. For the longest time, my Mom was not one of them. Then, when I started letting myself feel, when I started dealing with my past, and trying to move forward, my Mom showed up. Took me a while that I'd been kinda shutting her out as part of trying to live the lie so to speak.<BR/><BR/>Then one day I was having this party with friends and family all around and I ducked into the kitchen and there she was. It had been so long. Now she's back in my life, and we've been spending time together. Growing up, my Mom knew my secret, and when I was young, and my Dad at work I got to be me. I used to spend so much time with her. So now, we've had days where we're just going out and having a day together. Lunch, shopping, walking, talking and as we did all those years ago, spending time in the kitchen.<BR/><BR/>I don't miss her so much now, because well, I get to spend time with her. It's all very cool to be honest, and very much like the Nexus in Star Trek Generations. We get to go wherever we want, and spend time together.<BR/><BR/>Oddly enough, in the 80s we called it that too! Yeah, it is a good statement. What I found so interesting was looking at the speedometer periodically and it was showing me things in the range of 18-20 miles an hour kind of thing. Just didn't think I had that in me after all these years, so yeah, haulin!Samantha Shantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10586759980410037672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347251.post-20558939949865891202009-01-12T23:26:00.000-05:002009-01-12T23:26:00.000-05:00I know I'm going to miss my mother when she's gone...I know I'm going to miss my mother when she's gone. I already miss her when I don't see her for a period of time. <BR/>Dang, 7 miles in 24 minutes...girl you hauling ass! (At least that's what we used to say in the 80s...sorry!) It's a good statement!Lori Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883850750657502492noreply@blogger.com