tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post2135464689352492349..comments2023-09-03T06:03:58.781-07:00Comments on thoughts from the deep recesses: The truth isCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09457976257698047569noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-69538626228486146842008-05-03T19:23:00.000-07:002008-05-03T19:23:00.000-07:00I struggle with this, the feeling flippant posting...I struggle with this, the feeling flippant posting about normal life vs. managing some of the more difficult things in our life...for different reasons, but I know that awkwardness. I don't have any answers for you there, I'm just saying. <BR/><BR/>Thinking of you as you learn how to live your changed life...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01504459523187296232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-57391587288449525942008-05-01T13:49:00.000-07:002008-05-01T13:49:00.000-07:00Touching. Truly.Touching. Truly.Courtney Purcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563548705097140671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-45418263759148875082008-04-24T06:58:00.000-07:002008-04-24T06:58:00.000-07:00Cathy - I also have to agree with Kelly - the weir...Cathy - I also have to agree with Kelly - the weirdest feeling after I lost my mom was that the rest of the world acted as if nothing happened (how dare they?) - but I found it very hard to do those "normal" things lest someone think I was callous or something...it is hard to get back to some sense of a normal routine. Your world has been altered and touched forever by this experience. Don't expect to feel your regular "normal" again - you will find a "new normal" - sounds cliche but true. That is why you are baking and crocheting..all things that bring you peace wether you know it or not. When I am feeling a bit unsettled I immediately find myself in the kitchen or my craft room. Things bring me peace there. Praying for all of you.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034694477287343258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-14535518232378633702008-04-24T06:16:00.000-07:002008-04-24T06:16:00.000-07:00Been thinking about you this week, Cat. I agree w...Been thinking about you this week, Cat. I agree with Kelly that you are grieving...routine activities are important, but hard, in that process, so I'm glad to see that there are granny squares and challah bread in your life. Remember that your grief isn't wasted in God's economy: "Praise be to...the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." (2Cor 1:3,4)<BR/><BR/>Peace to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-43497602303067521862008-04-24T05:31:00.000-07:002008-04-24T05:31:00.000-07:00That feeling? It's grief. I remember the day my si...That feeling? It's grief. I remember the day my sister died, I was so assulted by the normalicy of McDonalds. We had stopped to get my little sisters some food, and all these fast food workers were carrying on as though my world hadn't just been altered forever. It was unfathomable. <BR/>It will stay that way. Your life is different forever. <BR/>And that is as it should be.<BR/>Love you.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415327849982027495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-24920800996617885222008-04-23T21:12:00.000-07:002008-04-23T21:12:00.000-07:00Normal is good...really. Especially as life is see...Normal is good...really. Especially as life is seen by your perspective 'cuz' even normal has a little something more from your birdseye view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11803655.post-29874530978928339592008-04-23T11:29:00.000-07:002008-04-23T11:29:00.000-07:00Cathy - Normal or not I love reading your blog! :0...Cathy - Normal or not I love reading your blog! :0)<BR/>Did that sound right? (tee hee)<BR/><BR/>I think the hardest part of any special situation is the "getting back to normal"<BR/>It can be such a let down.Mary Jo https://www.blogger.com/profile/08366620610455613997noreply@blogger.com