tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post5695015381550485988..comments2023-05-15T15:44:16.566+01:00Comments on dolce far niente: these be the verses on parenthood that eclipseI, Like The Viewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-25583666142188114872010-01-26T00:27:59.271+00:002010-01-26T00:27:59.271+00:00Boiled to mush?
Oh.
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AFTER he was a jack-o-l...Boiled to mush?<br /><br />Oh.<br /><br />:-(<br /><br />AFTER he was a jack-o-lantern, of course.....right?<br /><br />OH. :-(Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-404466201004979052010-01-23T11:33:08.755+00:002010-01-23T11:33:08.755+00:00*the bows from which your children as living arrow...*<i>the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth</i>*.<br />Love it. Watching their flight through life can be very revealing about the bow (Though occasionally astonishing - especially if you are the bow :)<br />At least one of mine still doesn't make his bed or tidy his rooms, but that's ok. I don't always do that myself :)mighttp://letouttoplay.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-42168214962878375102010-01-23T08:10:09.886+00:002010-01-23T08:10:09.886+00:00Morning. I nearly contacted you ysterday to ask y...Morning. I nearly contacted you ysterday to ask you to bring pineapple upside down cake to Trafalgar Square, where I found myself on a whim.<br /><br />I know you don't like going round art galleries though.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-52846195508105011972010-01-23T06:06:38.816+00:002010-01-23T06:06:38.816+00:00jax...off-topic now, but I think you'll like t...jax...off-topic now, but I think you'll like this<br />http://www.happydragonspress.co.uk<br /><br />and note to Mel -that pumpkin was boiled to mush!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-43818949604041411242010-01-22T23:29:48.580+00:002010-01-22T23:29:48.580+00:00Ohhhh..poor unloved wanna be jack-o-lanterns.....
...Ohhhh..poor unloved wanna be jack-o-lanterns.....<br /><br />Maybe dinahmow should carve 'em and start a trendy thing! :-)<br /><br /><-- thinks that's an awesome idea!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-41601514542865063722010-01-22T19:33:49.761+00:002010-01-22T19:33:49.761+00:00I suggested,quite earnestly, that we should send m...I suggested,quite earnestly, that we should send my unwanted pumpkin to the starving children in Korea. Got my ear clipped for being cheeky!<br /><br />I would probably have been a poor mother.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-8551872491071726242010-01-22T18:38:13.843+00:002010-01-22T18:38:13.843+00:00I spent a lot of time today thinking about this an...I spent a lot of time today thinking about this and trying not very successfully to match it from experience with my own kids, which seems so long ago now that I might have forgotten some of the problems. (Their mother is no longer with us.) But in retrospect it seems to have been a mostly very happy time, tho' occasionally one or other comes out with toe-curling reminiscences of flawed parenting and mindless deprivation that I feel ashamed of now and which my mind has somehow drawn a thick curtain over.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-26364994815820405612010-01-22T18:26:50.049+00:002010-01-22T18:26:50.049+00:00Someone said to me stop striving to be a perfect p...Someone said to me stop striving to be a perfect parent a good enough one is better than most.<br /><br />I can't answer for whether good enough was good enough!Zighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-14221542971040508452010-01-22T13:43:10.300+00:002010-01-22T13:43:10.300+00:00Wow, I could go on forever talking about my childr...Wow, I could go on forever talking about my children and Grand children. I remember some trying times with my own kids. Just this morning, (it's morning here in the states), I sat down with Derek, my Grandson, and we wrote reasons why he needn't get his hair cut. (his Mom wants him to get it cut). Derek is 9.<br />I'm sure my daughter will be a bit irritated that I got involved with lobbying for Derek NOT to cut his hair.<br />She should read this post!<br />Random thoughts abound now.<br /><br />Peace.Spadomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781369901345409341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123441341079609.post-8568501957233052242010-01-22T12:03:13.358+00:002010-01-22T12:03:13.358+00:00Your children are not your children. They are the ...<em>Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.</em><br /><br />Ah but...<br /><br /><em>here is the deepest secret nobody knows<br />(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud<br />and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows<br />higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)<br />and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars<br />apart<br /><br />i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)</em><br /><br />Yup.<br />I get it.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408403855260279799noreply@blogger.com