tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post4529324408557223541..comments2024-03-28T15:22:23.142-04:00Comments on Blue House Journal: Early Morning Coffee Chat...On The Porch!terricheneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06865436021565986224noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-59321269037207384922015-08-11T08:30:38.801-04:002015-08-11T08:30:38.801-04:00I'm sorry about the heartache of relationships...I'm sorry about the heartache of relationships that don't work. I'm glad that you have found peace with the situation. <br /><br />Happy 2nd birthday to your niece! She sounds like a cutie! Glad you were able to spend time with family.<br /><br />Happy Anniversary to Katie! She has had a lot happen this year. <br /><br />It sounds like you have learned a lot these past few weeks...some of those things take people a lifetime to learn. I hope that life will be calmer for you, and that you are able to do all of the things that you want to do.<br /><br />Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710629007170091862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-29075777451771012262015-08-11T03:17:22.788-04:002015-08-11T03:17:22.788-04:00I too have faced health challenges in my life that...I too have faced health challenges in my life that seemed so big - coming close to dying several times. It really changes your perspective on life. The little things don't seems so important and in need of all the drama. Do I wish my life and health were different - at times yes, but it is what it is. I am still here. God has a purpose for me. He's not finished with me yet. Just like he's not finished with you yet. It sounds like you are learning things that it took me years to realize. Like the fact that this is your new life and you can rejoice in it and treat yourself well. Sure we may have to slow down or do things differently but this is our new life. We can whine and feel sorry for ourselves or figure out what to do and do it. Would I have picked heart challenges or would you of picked diabetes. Probably not but it is our reality and we need to learn the way to be the best we can be with it.<br /><br />Your posts are so real and refresh me. Thanks for writing. Take care.Crystal H. in Nevadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-31928770232227490602015-08-10T22:13:27.615-04:002015-08-10T22:13:27.615-04:00I enjoyed your beautifully written post and found ...I enjoyed your beautifully written post and found it to be very inspirational. <br /><br />I plan on going to get fresh peaches Thursday. You sound so much like me, when you said it will be 47 weeks before you see fresh peaches again. I haven't asked the ladies at the farm when our peach season will be over. It always ends to soon for me. <br /><br />Sometimes it does seem like the sweetest seasons pass by too quickly. <br /><br />Susie Donahue susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-74993765358025741362015-08-10T19:50:03.752-04:002015-08-10T19:50:03.752-04:00Mmmm.....I have recently had to cut off a friendsh...Mmmm.....I have recently had to cut off a friendship that was just making me ill. I really think this woman has some mental illness issues but she was using me and then arguing about things she had asked me to help her with. I had lost far too much sleep over it. She is ruining her health and I cannot be responsible for it. <br /><br />Another long time friend I have just had to put at arms length. She is jealous of everything we do and the whining about my apparently wonderful life and her supposed horrible one has just gotten to be too much. Their lives are the result of a long life of poor financial choices and they do not understand how to live frugally at all. I cannot fix that for them.<br /><br />It is wonderful that your could go to Bella's party! One thing sorely lacking today is inviting others into our homes so it is always a blessing to be invited. I blame Pinterest for this partly. We are under the impression that we can only invite others into our homes if everything is perfect and that is not so. Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-69930113452463257122015-08-10T16:56:56.754-04:002015-08-10T16:56:56.754-04:00I have had to go through this same thing over the ...I have had to go through this same thing over the last year. It has been painful, sad, disappointing but at last I come to realize, I had to let that person go from my life. In my case, it was my nephew who I love dearly. I was in the delivery room the day he was born and helped raise him. I had such high hopes for him and he is such a bright, intelligent, caring person but unfortunately he married the wrong person and is unwilling to make any necessary changes. They have two lovely daughters together and I will always love and cherish them but I cannot stand to watch the never-ending drama play out with the wife and the unstable environmnet she provides for the two daughters. It is heartbreaking! I have had to distance myself because the drama is too much for my own health. I continue to pray for their family and will always be there if my newphew needs me but I had to draw the line and cannot be involved in their daily lives. <br />Kim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-22044242336916911522015-08-10T13:17:35.346-04:002015-08-10T13:17:35.346-04:00This post reminds me of a quote I just love from T...This post reminds me of a quote I just love from The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. “The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.” <br /><br />It takes so very long, it seems, to finally see ourselves as God sees us, and to allow only His best into our lives, doesn't it? But He is so faithful to patiently take us through the process because He sees the outcome when all we can see is the stuff that we've tried to change or the pain or whatever. It really is relief when we finally have the courage to say no more and allow it to leave our lives so there's room for the better.<br /><br />Terri - on the topic of your booth - have you thought of selling your vintage wares on Etsy? Just curious.<br />Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251936768042830801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959918163454225829.post-87882486329139582082015-08-10T11:18:38.113-04:002015-08-10T11:18:38.113-04:00Oh yes, the letting go of dead relationships. Alt...Oh yes, the letting go of dead relationships. Although they weren't really dead to the person who was receiving all your good stuff.<br /><br />In the last couple of years I let go of two relationships with two different women that had gone on since I was young and I'm now a grandmother. I was both of their sounding boards and their unpaid psychiatrists, but I realized it had been many years since I got anything from the friendship.<br /><br />I have gotten signs they would both like to get back in touch, but honestly, I feel nothing but relief.Annenoreply@blogger.com