tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post515185868898510138..comments2023-10-23T06:41:24.218-07:00Comments on notes from La Mancha: ... necessary losses ?catsingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-86299734466360702512008-04-03T15:59:00.000-07:002008-04-03T15:59:00.000-07:00MM...thank you for the kind words... I see that yo...MM...thank you for the kind words... I see that you are already "paying it forward"... ; ]catsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-5814769041061646602008-04-03T15:03:00.000-07:002008-04-03T15:03:00.000-07:00Catsinger...the bitter sweetness of your post brou...Catsinger...the bitter sweetness of your post brought me to my knees and to tears. It is always amazing to me that people can say they "know" someone because they work with them or, in our case, worship together and yet hardly "know" them at all. Thank you for sharing your heart and your soul in such a beautiful and heartfelt way. "Knowing" you a bit more now makes my admiration for you and your extraordinary talents even deeper. Your sharing has truly touched my heart. Again, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-50062739043580827592008-04-03T13:46:00.000-07:002008-04-03T13:46:00.000-07:00dear pipe... thank you for your comment...I left y...dear pipe... thank you for your comment...<BR/>I left you a new message on your blog... I did go back and read and we share several things, including the Catholic Church, although I now make my home with the Anglicans ["English Catholics" as a former rector put it...]<BR/>what strength I have comes from Him...<BR/>as someone very wise once told me;<BR/>" pray, pray, pray...When you can't see the way, when you don't know how to pray, REMEMBER that God knows the way, YOUR way, because He knows you. When you can't see through your tears, He is still holding your hand--trust Him ! Don't let go, and soon you'll be through the storm, and there will be sunlight breaking through the dark clouds... Have faith ! ...praying for you..."<BR/>she's never been wrong in any advice she's given me... so I share this with you... praying for you...catsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527167700079425025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967623240421279757.post-21705027524265527952008-04-02T20:19:00.000-07:002008-04-02T20:19:00.000-07:00Dear Catsinger:I thank you so very much for this p...Dear Catsinger:<BR/><BR/>I thank you so very much for this post, especially for me. I do not know how far back you have looked into my site, but if you looked back you may have noticed we seem to have shared an unfortunate timeline in the losses of our beloved mothers. I lost my beautiful mother in March of 2007. <BR/><BR/>I envy the strength you seem to have cultivated within yourself. I do not seem to yet have that ability. I am working my way back to my faith with as much conviction and effort as I can muster, but I seem far less successful so far compared with your own journey. <BR/><BR/>If you do decide to go back and read some of my efforts, I might suggest looking through posts from March, April, and May of 2007. I believe some of my most raw emotions are shown there concerning my grief about my mother. This latest pit of despair has been for roughly February and March of 2008.<BR/><BR/>Again, thank you!<BR/><BR/>PipeTobaccoPipeTobaccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17746884792061867611noreply@blogger.com