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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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 Posted - Oct 22 2004 : 11:27:53 AM
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Here's a terrific article written by Cheryl Anne Millsap from Spokane. It brought tears to my eyes! I never really got to know my grandparents well, so my dream would be about the same as hers...
Have the kleenex handy.
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=30965
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2004 : 12:04:06 PM
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Thanks, CLare. Wow, unless I stay online 24/7, I am missing things like your link!
jpbluesky
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Oct 22 2004 : 12:40:09 PM
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This is a wonderful daydream. Just think how peaceful our daily commutes to where ever would be if we could keep this kind of mind set for the journey. I am sure we all have a place like this we go when we feel overwhelmed I know I do and even if the details of the truth are far different from how we choose to remember it there is a grounding kind of peace that comes with going there.
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2004 : 3:18:46 PM
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Clare,
I always think of my grandparents' home on the farm, and the safety it meant to me. The nightly sleep that ended with milk cans clanking in the early morning hours. The quiet, the unspoken knowledge that life had a real purpose. The sun slanting across the garden in the afternoon when we picked sweet corn for dinner. My grandpa always in his overalls and snappy hat.
I know that my grandparents must have spent many sleepless nights wondering how to make ends meet. They must have worried in their own way about the path of their children. They grieved over dying animals. And yet we did not sense it. We sensed strength and love and real life. Plain, not fancy, but awesome in beauty.
Is farm life, in it's exquisite balance, a forum for peace in the face of life's problems? I think it is.
jpbluesky
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
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Eileen
USA
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Posted - Oct 23 2004 : 6:18:24 PM
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Absolutely!
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
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Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 08:27:11 AM
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| Sometimes it really pays to look through the old threads. This was beautiful, brought a tear to my eye. |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 08:59:25 AM
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Clare,
I love Cheryl Anne Millsap's columns. I read everything she writes. Had tears in my eyes when I read that article. She is definitely a farmgirl.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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