tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post952994387029702895..comments2023-11-10T02:18:23.772-08:00Comments on Minnesota Matron: And . . . the ReturnMinnesota Matronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-59760962525253856142012-12-30T18:15:51.828-08:002012-12-30T18:15:51.828-08:00Wow. I remember when I turned 50...I stayed up al...Wow. I remember when I turned 50...I stayed up all night (one of my favorite things to do when I was younger) and sat out on the back porch to watch the stars and then the sunrise. Now my oldest daughter just turned 50. That's one hell of an accomplishment! Way to go!! (And keep going!!)Xtreme Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07536661018563937509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-5573529645792738102012-12-19T08:58:11.060-08:002012-12-19T08:58:11.060-08:00Thanks, friends! It's good to be back : -). ...Thanks, friends! It's good to be back : -). And I feel like returning, finally!Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-20556292811372868792012-12-19T07:56:52.560-08:002012-12-19T07:56:52.560-08:00Happy half-century!Happy half-century!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-7829834767110311942012-12-19T07:17:20.578-08:002012-12-19T07:17:20.578-08:00"Children don't keep this Mama young -- j..."Children don't keep this Mama young -- just awake."<br /><br />Oy, yes. How true.Common Household Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715969218648104267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-18607887539995546882012-12-18T21:12:50.715-08:002012-12-18T21:12:50.715-08:00Hmmm . . . you, me, Suburban Correspondent . . . a...Hmmm . . . you, me, Suburban Correspondent . . . a book of essays on this milestone perhaps?<br /><br />I look forward to your reflections.Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-8329577353920327202012-12-18T17:42:56.409-08:002012-12-18T17:42:56.409-08:00So glad you're back. I've missed you. I&...So glad you're back. I've missed you. I've been thinking a lot about how short life is lately. It started when both my parents became very ill, and was given a giant shove by the events of last Friday.Marilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-57018422341328960182012-12-18T15:29:24.304-08:002012-12-18T15:29:24.304-08:00I never expected to read something profound by Ogd...I never expected to read something profound by Ogden Nash. Learn something new every day, I guess...<br /><br />I'm just where you are, Matron. 50 is a sobering milestone, indeed. Things seem very finite right now.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-86176911691611275502012-12-18T10:20:00.641-08:002012-12-18T10:20:00.641-08:00Eric -- Oh, I love that. Thank you: "the bi...Eric -- Oh, I love that. Thank you: "the billion people I used to be." Lovely.Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-870749661617707822012-12-18T08:15:44.565-08:002012-12-18T08:15:44.565-08:00"I pen my lines, I finish, I scan them,
I'..."I pen my lines, I finish, I scan them,<br />I'm not the poet who began them.<br />Each moment Time, the lord of changers,<br />Stuffs our skins with ephemeral strangers.<br />Good heavens, how remote from me<br />The billion people I used to be!"<br /><br />Ogden Nash, from 'Time Marches On'Eric Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045246958330186711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-55170568798537234742012-12-18T07:01:14.892-08:002012-12-18T07:01:14.892-08:00Oh, hurray. I've missed your posts!Oh, hurray. I've missed your posts!*m*https://www.blogger.com/profile/11269064424083303397noreply@blogger.com