tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post9107657624848582245..comments2024-03-22T18:13:10.026-06:00Comments on On the Alberta/Montana Border: Verse-imilitudeDiane Stringam Tolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-7611557327073580262017-08-16T01:47:59.290-06:002017-08-16T01:47:59.290-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.harada57https://www.blogger.com/profile/06015023155124017905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-80576318736679045432017-07-04T07:45:34.342-06:002017-07-04T07:45:34.342-06:00We are told we will have joy and rejoicing in our ...We are told we will have joy and rejoicing in our children. Watching them try to do with their kids what we tried to do with them brings great joy! ;)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-35307176740093000282017-07-04T07:44:42.404-06:002017-07-04T07:44:42.404-06:00Thank you, River! She definitely had it down! :)Thank you, River! She definitely had it down! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-84659360497341418542017-07-04T07:43:55.865-06:002017-07-04T07:43:55.865-06:00Doesn't it bring her back?!Doesn't it bring her back?!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-67694905015207040702017-07-04T07:43:44.351-06:002017-07-04T07:43:44.351-06:00The soul of restraint!The soul of restraint!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-2803573419846754152017-07-04T07:43:27.169-06:002017-07-04T07:43:27.169-06:00The torch has been passed. Will I live up to it?
I...The torch has been passed. Will I live up to it?<br />I'll try! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-14652421787830821802017-07-04T07:42:57.821-06:002017-07-04T07:42:57.821-06:00I thanketh you most heartily!I thanketh you most heartily!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-67514868296284271542017-07-04T07:42:41.659-06:002017-07-04T07:42:41.659-06:00I miss that sense of humour! Do you suppose there&...I miss that sense of humour! Do you suppose there's writing in Heaven?<br />And thank you! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-19690746489609902212017-07-04T07:42:03.009-06:002017-07-04T07:42:03.009-06:00I guess it's a good thing we aren't inform...I guess it's a good thing we aren't informed ahead of time, isn't it! :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-75785790623274613232017-07-03T21:32:58.856-06:002017-07-03T21:32:58.856-06:00We might think that the generations change, but t...We might think that the generations change, but they really don't. I remember getting up my teenagers and asking them to do chores. Now I enjoy watching my children doing the same thing with their children and I smile.<br /><br />Your mom wrote something true for all time.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-1186880316925867462017-07-03T20:03:07.354-06:002017-07-03T20:03:07.354-06:00A beautiful AND true poem :)A beautiful AND true poem :)Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-52955423490321250882017-07-03T18:21:57.228-06:002017-07-03T18:21:57.228-06:00Thanks for sharing this, Diane!
Love,
ChrisThanks for sharing this, Diane!<br />Love,<br />ChrisChristine Tillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745380868121217066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-18509982502435048932017-07-03T14:25:12.958-06:002017-07-03T14:25:12.958-06:00She of the wicked pen is right! I love the line, &...She of the wicked pen is right! I love the line, "for thou didst not strike the lazy beast", cracked me up!!Haraleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263065017109894464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-47930110660503372792017-07-03T14:17:39.386-06:002017-07-03T14:17:39.386-06:00I am wincing. And smiling.
And grateful that your...I am wincing. And smiling.<br />And grateful that your mother's apple landed in your outstretched hand.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-56005930183798959882017-07-03T11:46:01.281-06:002017-07-03T11:46:01.281-06:00In just a few years, oh lazy teenagers, thou shall...In just a few years, oh lazy teenagers, thou shall knowith the truth of why Mom doesn't watch the late late late late show and washith the dishes herself. Forsooth, each generation shall labor to learnith the truth themselves. (Behold, now I know where your writing talent comes from!)Alanahttp://ramblinwitham.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-5910217697456376352017-07-03T10:07:38.381-06:002017-07-03T10:07:38.381-06:00Fantastic! Your mom had a wonderful sense of humou...Fantastic! Your mom had a wonderful sense of humour! So many good lines, but I especially loved "they shall let thee also wash the dishes" and the offsprings' reasoning as to why mom never goes out at night :D Your parents were a good match, weren't they?! (And the apple didn't fall far from the tree ...)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-20704116516863695722017-07-03T09:32:34.252-06:002017-07-03T09:32:34.252-06:00Your Mom had it right down to thd last detail. Ma...Your Mom had it right down to thd last detail. Makes you wonder why anyone wants to be a Mother doesn't it?only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.com