Comments on: Immortality and Christmas Lights http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Flora http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7373 Flora Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:28:46 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7373 Thanks for reading it and cheers to you too, Joanna! Thanks for reading it and cheers to you too, Joanna!

]]> By: Joanna Jenkins http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7361 Joanna Jenkins Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:24:53 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7361 What a great read. I'm sorry for you loss but I'm pretty sure Joe is smiling donw on you right about now. Cheers, jj What a great read. I’m sorry for you loss but I’m pretty sure Joe is smiling donw on you right about now.
Cheers, jj

]]> By: Thelma Zirkelbach http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7353 Thelma Zirkelbach Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:17:03 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7353 Walker sent me the link to your blog. I love this post--widowy but not despondent. This is my 6th year of alone holidays and no, I don't cook either because my husband always made the turkey and I don't have a clue how to do it, so now I let my kids do the work and just bring one dish, which means I don't have to bother with leftovers. Thelma Z Walker sent me the link to your blog. I love this post–widowy but not despondent. This is my 6th year of alone holidays and no, I don’t cook either because my husband always made the turkey and I don’t have a clue how to do it, so now I let my kids do the work and just bring one dish, which means I don’t have to bother with leftovers. Thelma Z

]]> By: Flora http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7327 Flora Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:36:37 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7327 Thank you, Barbara-and I also laughed and cried while writing that story, and throughout the marriage! Re men and their TV clickers, how did our grandfathers express themselves without those gadgets? I think the term "universal remote control" has more than one meaning . . . ;-) Thank you, Barbara-and I also laughed and cried while writing that story, and throughout the marriage! Re men and their TV clickers, how did our grandfathers express themselves without those gadgets? I think the term “universal remote control” has more than one meaning . . . ;-)

]]> By: Walker http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7325 Walker Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:26:07 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7325 @Flora, Chuckle!!! Oh, yes... @Flora, Chuckle!!! Oh, yes…

]]> By: Flora http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7324 Flora Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:22:26 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7324 @Walker, Well, Walker, from what you've alluded your life and times with men on the same planet, I know you can agree that "passive-aggressive pain in the butt" is almost a compliment to some of them. ;-) @Walker, Well, Walker, from what you’ve alluded your life and times with men on the same planet, I know you can agree that “passive-aggressive pain in the butt” is almost a compliment to some of them. ;-)

]]> By: Walker http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7323 Walker Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:31:38 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7323 Love the "passive-aggressive pain in the butt".... Your memories are so beautifully told here, letting us glimpse a part of your marriage and life with Joe. Thank you. Love the “passive-aggressive pain in the butt”….

Your memories are so beautifully told here, letting us glimpse a part of your marriage and life with Joe. Thank you.

]]> By: Barbara http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/12/06/immortality-and-christmas-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-7311 Barbara Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:41:52 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=3690#comment-7311 What an absolutely wonderful post...unsure whether to laugh or cry, I'm just doing both. Your Joe sounds a lot like my Tom - especially the "bonding with the tv clicker in the bedroom" part. Thank you so much for sharing this! What an absolutely wonderful post…unsure whether to laugh or cry, I’m just doing both. Your Joe sounds a lot like my Tom – especially the “bonding with the tv clicker in the bedroom” part. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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