tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post218153151918410821..comments2024-01-01T08:56:57.641-08:00Comments on Periphery: I Have This Friend...TangledLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-40358468864899771142012-01-09T21:31:59.740-08:002012-01-09T21:31:59.740-08:00What a blessing to have an example like this in yo...What a blessing to have an example like this in your life. And I'm sure you have been and will continue to be a blessing in hers as well.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-49041838321512794212012-01-09T19:40:56.698-08:002012-01-09T19:40:56.698-08:00What a beautiful tribute. What a gift she has give...What a beautiful tribute. What a gift she has given to those who know her.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06991384996924478820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-84818356761436757582012-01-09T19:26:24.419-08:002012-01-09T19:26:24.419-08:00I, too, read this post earlier today and couldn...I, too, read this post earlier today and couldn't come up with the words I wanted to say at the time. Not sure I really do now, either.<br /><br />I don't even know either of you (IRL) and I felt like *I'd* been punched in the gut when I read this. What gift this woman is to those who know her. And what a gift you've shared in this post.<br /><br />"I'm alive now." Couldn't we all take a lesson from those three little words?<br /><br />Beautifully said, S. Hauntingly beautiful.Margihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380912871792176901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-24193184782863298592012-01-09T17:11:55.618-08:002012-01-09T17:11:55.618-08:00I read your post for the first time at about 4:15 ...I read your post for the first time at about 4:15 this morning. I was too impressed to respond at that time. Didn't have the words. But this piece kept poking into my day. To be 71 and live the life she is living now leaves me in awe. I want to be that kind of person. Maybe we all do? I want to be that and I am not sure what the path to there is. Specifically, I want to be strong, kind, hardworking, open to others, open to change (including the ultimate change), someone who is both loved and loving. I like that your friend has no regrets. I like that she can say she did the best she could with what she knew to be the truth. Perhaps she would have done more or done something somewhat differently but nothing too crazy. I want to be able to say that. I don't have regrets, so far, about the life I have lived - only that I could always have been more - but I hope I still have time to be more. To live bigger.<br />Thanks for posting this. Thanks for YOUR words. You are a remarkable writer. Do YOU have regrets?Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-15825425000223203972012-01-09T13:54:29.030-08:002012-01-09T13:54:29.030-08:00Beautiful. Few of us are able to say the same as s...Beautiful. Few of us are able to say the same as she, yet, for us there's still time to fix it if we can't say the same.<br />Keeping you, as well as your friend, in mind and prayers.Larissa T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18054129254135419707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-20489252142968549562012-01-09T12:34:22.736-08:002012-01-09T12:34:22.736-08:00Your friend IS grace personified.
"I've ...Your friend IS grace personified.<br /><br />"I've spent this week looking over my life and I can honestly say that I don't have any regrets."<br /><br />I'm going to remember this and, at the end of each week, use it as a reflection.Just Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02861216483398553225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-27300206794660326152012-01-09T11:20:01.957-08:002012-01-09T11:20:01.957-08:00Please tell your friend that you shared her words ...Please tell your friend that you shared her words and that they have inspired many, for I myself will remember these truisms as a personal mantra. <br /><br />In the back of my mind, I fear for her son as I had a friend who is blind but who has never been willing to learn to be independent and who relies on her parents completely. I hope he will be ok.<br /><br />Sending virtual hugs your way.cdnkarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300104667616840616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-46062600116111655622012-01-09T08:09:30.721-08:002012-01-09T08:09:30.721-08:00What a beautiful attitude to have. I'd like to...What a beautiful attitude to have. I'd like to look back at 71 and say I have no regrets.Julie DeMillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929034148906710834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-43480467556538070792012-01-09T08:08:11.602-08:002012-01-09T08:08:11.602-08:00SO much meat and honey here. Your words and hers a...SO much meat and honey here. Your words and hers as well, ring loud and true. I know what you mean about hating the rods you used, but it seems like she understood. We're all alive now, what a beautiful reminder. Many hugs and gobs of peace to you and your friend. xoxoMarie at the Lazy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11499662322233018616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-50376377845333414962012-01-09T01:15:31.389-08:002012-01-09T01:15:31.389-08:00"I'm alive now." Those are the word..."I'm alive now." Those are the words that leaped out at me. I can latch onto those for a life's mantra. "I'm alive now…" and I think I'll bear that in mind, and act accordingly.Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-63002053071350459962012-01-09T00:12:40.400-08:002012-01-09T00:12:40.400-08:00"This friend who has shown me in so many ways..."This friend who has shown me in so many ways how to live, and now she's going to show me how to die."<br /><br />This was incredibly moving. My heart goes out to you.<br /><br />Pancreatic cancer is... well, you know, but...<br /><br />Talk about a life well-lived...<br />Your friend is an inspiration to us all.<br /><br />I hope that I will feel some modicum of her sense of satisfaction should I be made aware of my demise beforehand, but somehow, I doubt many of us can make this claim when our time comes: "I've spent this week looking over my life and I can honestly say that I don't have any regrets. There are a couple of things that I ask myself: Could I have done more? Probably. But I did the best I could at the time and I'm all right with that." WOW! That's really a gift. Then again, it seems that she earned that serenity. Beautiful. Just beautiful. <br /><br />I hope, too, that she is surrounded now by all those who love her.<br />The love is what matters.<br />Thank you for sharing her story and yours.<br /><br />Much love, S.<br />xoLori Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569806921410155798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-44874280503114224672012-01-08T21:50:26.224-08:002012-01-08T21:50:26.224-08:00This is so sad and so beautiful at the same time. ...This is so sad and so beautiful at the same time. I have the same inadequate words for you... but will keep you and your friend in my prayers. She has the kind of strength we all can learn from.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684796666362470158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-79657942727964360672012-01-08T21:01:13.587-08:002012-01-08T21:01:13.587-08:00Thank you, I love her words, "I will be alive...Thank you, I love her words, "I will be alive until I'm not, and that's OK." A fine example of someone who isn't exactly a human being, but more aptly, a human doing.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.com