tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post6995810853498465811..comments2024-03-28T23:44:34.044+01:00Comments on Interim arrangements: Sabinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-12819177392495476982017-02-24T16:09:35.909+01:002017-02-24T16:09:35.909+01:00This made me weep. You loved her so much. She must...This made me weep. You loved her so much. She must have been wonderful. You miss her still. What a gift to have loved and been loved by one such as she was. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-42589221027720059582017-02-24T08:48:17.286+01:002017-02-24T08:48:17.286+01:00How richly told.How richly told.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-79017135866374477812017-02-24T04:27:29.560+01:002017-02-24T04:27:29.560+01:00Maeve was on the short list when my second daughte...Maeve was on the short list when my second daughter was born, but the in-laws, not being Irish, pooh-poohed it thinking it too odd. I like the name we finally gave her but, if I'd only been more assertive, I'd have loved having a Maeve too. Your Maeve had a good run. May she rest in peace.mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-58714855659939546072017-02-23T09:59:52.731+01:002017-02-23T09:59:52.731+01:00Bestriding several worlds, from the mystery of the...Bestriding several worlds, from the mystery of the Mass to the pragmatism of the wrists. You've written well, balancing out deep emotion with mundane detail.<br /><br />For me music must play a part, it's man-made but far from explicable.<br /><br />Dido's Lament? I like it's directness<br /><br /><i>When I am laid,<br />Am laid in earth,<br />May my wrongs create<br />No trouble in,<br />In thy breast</i><br /><br />And yet it's a queen speaking. <br /><br />In the end it's got to be Mozart: <i>Soave Sia Il Vento</i>. Sublime music but with some sniggering in the offing. One must never get too serious when it's oneself.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-81051674407262791102017-02-23T06:32:42.017+01:002017-02-23T06:32:42.017+01:00Wow. That was a beautifully told memory and story....Wow. That was a beautifully told memory and story. The ending -- the slashing of her wrists -- took my breath away.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-55517021879841692582017-02-23T00:22:04.611+01:002017-02-23T00:22:04.611+01:00103! Wow. I hope her life was as happy as it was ...103! Wow. I hope her life was as happy as it was long. As for your mother-in-law, that sounds like it was hard. I was deeply moved reading that she asked that her wrists be slashed after her death. Colettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13929646037752189809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-25644696516850848442017-02-22T20:34:09.047+01:002017-02-22T20:34:09.047+01:00Thank you for this.Thank you for this.Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-9511707115044396062017-02-22T17:18:29.906+01:002017-02-22T17:18:29.906+01:00What a memory, so evocative. There is no place qui...What a memory, so evocative. There is no place quite like the bedside of a dying loved one. It lasts forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-45803452160004091872017-02-22T04:10:46.680+01:002017-02-22T04:10:46.680+01:00(o)(o)Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-312989515742605482017-02-22T01:58:22.632+01:002017-02-22T01:58:22.632+01:00This is a wonderful post. A beautiful glimpse into...This is a wonderful post. A beautiful glimpse into the lives of a family that truly loved each other. Thank you for writing it.<br /><br />God bless her dear soul.<br /><br />livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-58404380411199322322017-02-21T19:56:37.460+01:002017-02-21T19:56:37.460+01:00When you wrote about Maeve and Nuala before, their...When you wrote about Maeve and Nuala before, their vital presences made an impression on me That sharp pain just moved through me just now, reading about your mother-in-law's life and death. Beautiful song. May all our beloveds rest in peace. amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.com