tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post4759822422977056167..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Counting MomentsWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-4287851027792559052013-03-28T11:47:20.873-02:302013-03-28T11:47:20.873-02:30Stan:
Of course. Thanks for the elucidation!
XO
...Stan:<br /><br />Of course. Thanks for the elucidation!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-85287328883379777552013-03-28T06:38:28.251-02:302013-03-28T06:38:28.251-02:30As a euphemism for died, I think lost is popular p...As a euphemism for <i>died</i>, I think <i>lost</i> is popular partly because it's so close to <i>loss</i>. It evokes the great and painful gap left in the world by someone's passing.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03386875624025404452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-72400228150570610022013-03-27T11:27:53.500-02:302013-03-27T11:27:53.500-02:30How sad that you had to stay with someone who smok...How sad that you had to stay with someone who smokes, the smell goes everywhere, I hope you didn't have to suffer second hand smoke with your heart condition, Hattie.<br /><br />Good news on people quitting in Peru and Mexico!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-57856840193943762652013-03-27T11:26:44.401-02:302013-03-27T11:26:44.401-02:30Thank you Jocelyn, your words go to my head!
XO
W...Thank you Jocelyn, your words go to my head!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44153764264235722432013-03-26T23:14:18.903-02:302013-03-26T23:14:18.903-02:30I am pleased to report that I saw very little smok...I am pleased to report that I saw very little smoking in Peru and now seeing little of it in Mexico. Alas, our friend who we are visiting here smokes, a habit she took up in nursing school. How she has made it into her 70s I'll never know.Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02621439195920479957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-75303671906616261382013-03-26T14:31:52.652-02:302013-03-26T14:31:52.652-02:30Oh, oh, oh. You write so beautifully about EVERYTH...Oh, oh, oh. You write so beautifully about EVERYTHING, but I find that your kind of good writing makes a sad story--of lives lost unnecessarily--almost achingly poignant.<br /><br />Damn.Jocelynhttp://omightycrisis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-76870548744284205922013-03-26T14:10:51.186-02:302013-03-26T14:10:51.186-02:30Yes, Friko I still sound Irish, so they tell me!
...Yes, Friko I still sound Irish, so they tell me!<br /><br />I realized on FB that there is a note when a message is read by the intended party, so she knows I've read both her messages and chose not to respond.<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-27308241490178833432013-03-26T14:08:18.901-02:302013-03-26T14:08:18.901-02:30Molly:
Interesting this, but her eldest daughter ...Molly:<br /><br />Interesting this, but her eldest daughter smokes along with drinking excessively.<br /><br />Very few of us learn from the addictive patterns of our parents I truly believe.<br /><br />So sad about your mum. I think Marlene did a lot of harm with her example but my gawd, wasn't she wonderful??<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-58783633783504148562013-03-26T09:59:17.858-02:302013-03-26T09:59:17.858-02:30I’ve come to catch up again.
Every post speaks to ...I’ve come to catch up again.<br />Every post speaks to me, directly, to a place within me which means that I am alive. <br /><br />to the ex-friend with the memory blockage: say nothing or say why you won’t be in touch. In a detached but decisive manner. No recriminations, mind.<br /><br />Waxing philosophical is what you do so well. I could listen to you any time. Is your voice still Irish? I’d love to hear you tell stories.<br /><br />There is a saying in German: "there is no greater pain than the pain we cause ourselves”<br /><br />Says it all I think.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-67955022963840322052013-03-25T22:24:38.458-02:302013-03-25T22:24:38.458-02:30My mother (R.I.P.) died of lung cancer. Got the ha...My mother (R.I.P.) died of lung cancer. Got the habit as a nurse on night duty, back when all the sophisticated, Marlena Dietrich types smoked! Seeing her smoke all my growing up years took away any allure it might have had for me. It's a horrible way to go.....So sorry about your friend and her daughter and husband. How much those children must hate smoking---one hopes.mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71295711880547947132013-03-25T19:43:35.077-02:302013-03-25T19:43:35.077-02:30SAW:
Like I said to GM, I've seen such incred...SAW:<br /><br />Like I said to GM, I've seen such incredible suffering from smoking that it scared me off them in 1988And I had one heavy habit. :(<br /><br />I was so pleased when 10 years after quitting my doctor said to me my lungs were as if I'd never smoked.<br /><br />That is so sad about your grandfathers.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-6099793334784644902013-03-25T19:41:22.204-02:302013-03-25T19:41:22.204-02:30Irene:
It is in breaking the chains of slavery th...Irene:<br /><br />It is in breaking the chains of slavery that we can become more authentic, IMHO.<br /><br />I am so sorry you are struggling.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44600805544264659092013-03-25T18:54:46.515-02:302013-03-25T18:54:46.515-02:30OWJ:
Yes me too, I am so very grateful I could giv...OWJ:<br />Yes me too, I am so very grateful I could give up so many of my addictions. With a lot of help from those who had walked before me.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-18455321981892520982013-03-25T18:53:59.534-02:302013-03-25T18:53:59.534-02:30GM:
Yes a sudden ending without suffering is much...GM:<br /><br />Yes a sudden ending without suffering is much to be desired indeed. I have seen so many deaths from smoking.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54335879864182200782013-03-25T18:40:51.112-02:302013-03-25T18:40:51.112-02:30Both my grandfathers died from smoking - one from ...Both my grandfathers died from smoking - one from emphysema and the other from lung cancer. That was enough to convince me not smoke. It's such a dreadful way to die. Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-31845128985803068122013-03-25T18:39:22.981-02:302013-03-25T18:39:22.981-02:30That is why I am so happy that when I had the X-ra...That is why I am so happy that when I had the X-rays taken of my lungs that nothing showed up, because secretly you are afraid that something will. To what extend are we the masters of our own fate? We are all slaves to our habits and none of us are perfect. See me struggle with my stomach issues now, when every kind of food seems to be a problem. Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7188737089129547392013-03-25T17:01:22.789-02:302013-03-25T17:01:22.789-02:30Most of my family smokers.
Not me and so pleased m...Most of my family smokers.<br />Not me and so pleased my children<br />and grandchildren say it is "gross"<br />Hope no dementia sets in - that does not run in family either.<br />So thankful..One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-50128138242102344672013-03-25T15:08:40.207-02:302013-03-25T15:08:40.207-02:30Wonderful sunset capture.
Emphysema, cancer and d...Wonderful sunset capture.<br /><br />Emphysema, cancer and dementia are all vile cruel life sentences and some families get way more then their share. There is so much to be said for a heart attack.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.com