tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post635359549136667042..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: The Isolation of the Single EmigrantWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25502655994899853332011-01-21T10:17:45.182-03:302011-01-21T10:17:45.182-03:30Losing touch with people is what happens with some...Losing touch with people is what happens with some relations and friendships. On the other hand, with new technology a little effort can go a long way to making bonds. I have found that with the internet I correspond with one of my Canadian cousins fairly often. She keeps a blog and posts photos and description of travels in an rov - I comment and keep my own blog. With Christmas Card friends it seems to be accepted that the yearly tenuous link is all there is. Then, sadly, we meet up at another funeral.Fredahttp://www.freda.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46833708142973754962011-01-20T12:21:06.617-03:302011-01-20T12:21:06.617-03:30Nora:
I just adore all my siblings in their variou...Nora:<br />I just adore all my siblings in their various manifestations. I really do. I have learned a lot from them and get tremendous joy out of their accomplishments and struggles.<br />I wish we all lived closer.<br />But I am fortunate in that the community I have built sustains me.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88115818413467832352011-01-20T12:19:12.681-03:302011-01-20T12:19:12.681-03:30Annie:
I don't dwell on it too much at all, ju...Annie:<br />I don't dwell on it too much at all, just now and again it hits when I am talking or emailing one of the sibs and I then ponder on how slender the threads.<br />Though I have to say when a catastrophe struck a few years ago, my elder brother was the one I first called and he was amazing.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89671450483882209252011-01-20T12:17:06.329-03:302011-01-20T12:17:06.329-03:30Marcia:
I totally agree with you firmly believe th...Marcia:<br />I totally agree with you firmly believe that home is where the heart is.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-27197891947262735042011-01-20T09:22:50.359-03:302011-01-20T09:22:50.359-03:30Maybe it is really about how much we actually like...Maybe it is really about how much we actually like our family members and how much we have in common with them apart from being born into the same nest. I don't think blood ties are necessarily the tightest. Nor ought they to be. You may be complete strangers to each other after a while.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49742032544085218472011-01-19T11:05:49.779-03:302011-01-19T11:05:49.779-03:30Having recently moved away from all familial conne...Having recently moved away from all familial connections, I think about this a lot too. Aside from the relative strength of the various family relations, I do feel that there is a certain loss in severing (or reducing) ties to family and land of origin. But among other things life is about how we deal with loss, not about what is lost. I think about the what-ifs too, but try not to dwell on it, you just never know what the future holds.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787701515460812026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84705379252933823722011-01-19T06:24:36.473-03:302011-01-19T06:24:36.473-03:30Family is made from relationships, not blood.Family is made from relationships, not blood.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-74756186424080814742011-01-19T03:31:39.936-03:302011-01-19T03:31:39.936-03:30Thanks, I hope it does too.
Maybe it's becaus...Thanks, I hope it does too. <br />Maybe it's because I have moved so much that I work to keep them close.Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-22367972226558835732011-01-19T00:52:03.644-03:302011-01-19T00:52:03.644-03:30Brighid:
Lucky you, long may it continue!
XO
WWWBrighid:<br />Lucky you, long may it continue!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-67729930251556805442011-01-19T00:35:01.484-03:302011-01-19T00:35:01.484-03:30Enjoying all my family is a favorite thing for me....Enjoying all my family is a favorite thing for me. We have a bit of everything and then some. All are interesting in their own way. Life is good.Brighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11299215170393879517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63821351198961261772011-01-19T00:34:27.069-03:302011-01-19T00:34:27.069-03:30Bernie:
Yes, I love seeing my siblings too and I t...Bernie:<br />Yes, I love seeing my siblings too and I think it is because that I am the one 'away' that I feel this distance.<br />I wuoldn't change where I live for anything!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-85288325378829277322011-01-18T18:15:45.313-03:302011-01-18T18:15:45.313-03:30Although sad it is very true that we grow in diffe...Although sad it is very true that we grow in different ways from our siblings. I being the one who moved away has to make an effort, those who stayed in the place we were brought up remain close, going home is like time stood still. I am happy to see them but I am always happier to arrive back home.....:-)HugsBerniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024565921761129108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54786042750104511262011-01-18T17:23:52.708-03:302011-01-18T17:23:52.708-03:30T:
I was brought up in a family were blood ties (...T:<br /><br />I was brought up in a family were blood ties (siblings) were very strong so this was modelled for us 6<br /><br />I do see sisters in other families being very close.<br /><br />Brothers not so much.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-5120267379422152862011-01-18T17:21:03.983-03:302011-01-18T17:21:03.983-03:30Yes, Nick, blood ties are an illusion, a myth that...Yes, Nick, blood ties are an illusion, a myth that was certainly fed by my father.<br />"Mutual incomprehension". LOL~!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-77734623699157852912011-01-18T16:47:00.813-03:302011-01-18T16:47:00.813-03:30One by one, my UK connections are slipping away - ...One by one, my UK connections are slipping away - even the annual Christmas card gang is smaller than it once was. Family all gone before, apart from cousins who care little for one another - and me.<br /><br />Like you, WWW I'm not sad, though occasionally nostalgic for the connection with those to whom I was closest. It's all part of that "Rhythm of Life".<br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-64959973711947022602011-01-18T16:03:35.217-03:302011-01-18T16:03:35.217-03:30I feel much more connected to friends and even som...I feel much more connected to friends and even some acquaintances than I do to family. Blood ties are no guarantee of any other kind of ties, in fact they may bring mutual incomprehension.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49908949885851724082011-01-18T14:56:10.606-03:302011-01-18T14:56:10.606-03:30Yes, GM, even my emigrant friends who go back home...Yes, GM, even my emigrant friends who go back home every year have much the same story, if the emigrant is not willing to put in the effort, time has a way of zipping by.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53351030748748509652011-01-18T12:45:00.773-03:302011-01-18T12:45:00.773-03:30I know where you are coming from. I suppose as si...I know where you are coming from. I suppose as siblings marry and have their own families we are moved to the outer circle. A week without a call or email can so easily become two... or three, and before you know it six months have passed.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.com