Comments on: The Burning

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:35:19 +0000

This came from Gail as an email and I wanted to share!

Jennifer,

I loved your newsletter as it touched a cord in my emotions. It is so true that “it’s about memories made tangible”. After my parents died and I watched the house I was raised in be torn down, I felt the loss like the loss of a loved one. As brick and wood came down, I thought of the family picnics in the back yard on long summer nights, the measuring place on the back door edging where grandkids could hardly wait to pass up their short grandma. I remembered bringing both my babies to visit their grandparents and play in the yard I played in. They flew kites in the field next door with their grandpa. I remembered the fireplace my father kept fueled in winter and the one special stormy day I came home from school to find him home with Mom ready to enjoy tea and cookies with my sister and me. I could go on and on. . .

Anyway, after the devastation, I hope your friends can begin to start reminiscing and reminding each other of those special things and memories and then write them down before they start to forget the details. They sound like very special people indeed. Loved the visual of grabbing the duck broth!

Thank you for sharing and reminding us of what’s really important and about the challenges and creativity involved in transitions. Please send my best wishes to your friends.

Gail Brokaw
http://www.embracethepossibility.org

By: Anne in Virginia

Anne in Virginia — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:09:05 +0000

Thank you for sharing this story in the Self-Care Minder and your blog. Blessings on Kim and Howard and their children. I’ll help hold Hiro’s vision, too.

By: Joely Black

Joely Black — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:39:37 +0000

This was such a beautiful thing to read in my inbox and I'm so glad you've reposted it. Joely Black’s last blog post..TGIAD 30: Not your typical hero

By: Hiro Boga

Hiro Boga — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:32:30 +0000

"All we really want in life is to love and to be loved — that’s what true comfort helps us do." Thank you for this moving, inspiring story, so powerfully told. May your friends find home and shelter in their hearts, and in the hearts of those who love them. I hold the vision of a nest of love and support for them as they rebuild their lives. Hiro Boga’s last blog post..Flourishing at the tideline

By: Lynne Tolk

Lynne Tolk — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:18:45 +0000

Beautifully said! My daughter commented the other day that so many of us seem to want life to be smooth, comfortable forever and ever. I remember feeling that way once. Thank goodness it's only a fantasy. Such a life would be so barren. I am grateful for every grief, crisis and challenge that has helped me grow into loving. Lynne Tolk’s last blog post..Love the Inner Cry!