tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post1818897295134732155..comments2024-03-18T03:18:23.620-04:00Comments on Memoirs for my children: Trudging onruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-60582308179875912122010-02-16T23:32:18.799-05:002010-02-16T23:32:18.799-05:00"I long for the kind of friends who just stop..."I long for the kind of friends who just stop over unannounced and join you for a thrown together lunch of whatever happens to be around, and then stay to help clean up."<br /><br />Amen to that :)Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-41438186610226878552010-02-16T16:23:44.198-05:002010-02-16T16:23:44.198-05:00Thank you, Hope. Nobody else got the stomach flu....Thank you, Hope. Nobody else got the stomach flu.<br />I keep feeling as though I need a vacation, but I know that is not right, because I hate going on vacation, and it totally stresses me out, from the planning and packing to the actual travel (which also makes me physically ill). I think what I need is summer, and some long walks. I watch the winter Olympics, and I feel so envious of people who are out and physical and active in this weather. If I'd had the money to be a skier, I wonder if I would be different? As it is, my neck can go out just walking the dog on a cold day when the frigid air swirls inside the collar of my jacket.<br />Also, it is so hard to find really comfortable, available friends. Everybody is always so busy, myself included. I long for the kind of friends who just stop over unannounced and join you for a thrown together lunch of whatever happens to be around, and then stay to help clean up.<br />I hope you have a blessed Lent. Maybe I will give up Facebook. That would be awesome!ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-26298967423419410462010-02-16T12:12:20.272-05:002010-02-16T12:12:20.272-05:00Ruth, I hope you are well and that no one else in ...Ruth, I hope you are well and that no one else in the family has fallen ill. I had wanted to comment on your post about the teacher bringing you the pastry. What a beautifully written story that was and again I saw another parallel between you and me that I wanted to comment upon. <br />I just have not felt any energy at all (to comment or do anything else) since winter began and it keeps getting worse. I think I am suffering from "acedia". Kathleen Norris has written a couple of wonderful books on the subject. Perhaps you have a touch of acedia, also, rather than the laziness with which you charge yourself. (From the little I know of you on your blog, you do not seem lazy, at all.)<br />I am going to give up the computer for Lent. The goal of this sacrifice, and I am ashamed to say it really is a sacrifice, is to try to address some issues in my life without the distraction that computer is to me. I need to be silent - both my mouth and my head!<br />(Well, as silent as someone with a house full of kids can be!)<br />So I wanted to say goodbye for a little while at least and also that I am so glad I found your blog way back when. <br />God Bless,<br />Hope T.Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.com