tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post6838744318864236904..comments2024-02-16T04:34:12.341-08:00Comments on THE VIEW FROM THIS END: My mother was beautiful.Moanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04930281883709871326noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-17949826190194862062011-02-03T09:51:25.339-08:002011-02-03T09:51:25.339-08:00So your mom PLACED you in an orphanage....was it b...So your mom PLACED you in an orphanage....was it because of Harry? Was it because she was not able to care for you in the manner that she wanted being single? How could she leave such a beautiful soul such as yours. You would have brought delight to each and every day that she spent with you. She must have been blind. I hope the nuns were good to you and your brother. I have been skipping around trying to find answers in your blog to why you were in the orphanage, and what happened to your mom and Harry. This is a movie playing in my mind. I can actually see the pictures you are painting with your words. Love your writings!Leave It To Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510401202733633537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-71375096273149139952010-11-26T21:32:04.596-08:002010-11-26T21:32:04.596-08:00This was really beautiful. Like you just grabbed m...This was really beautiful. Like you just grabbed my heart and ripped it out.<br /><br />FC<br />http://ficklecattle.blogspot.comFickle Cattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281753566416281237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-10283932918809181662010-11-26T05:24:22.178-08:002010-11-26T05:24:22.178-08:00My mother was English as well, in the ATS....marri...My mother was English as well, in the ATS....married my Dad who was in the US Navy.<br />I can't imagine how much being left in that orphanage must have hurt.<br />You are the beautiful one, M.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528439226293446420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-81634484055079474832010-11-21T12:28:35.747-08:002010-11-21T12:28:35.747-08:00This is a an amazing story. I hope to read more.This is a an amazing story. I hope to read more.Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-75126053458839330512010-11-20T02:23:29.071-08:002010-11-20T02:23:29.071-08:00she was pretty in an unassuming way - did you tota...she was pretty in an unassuming way - did you totally forgive her?or a part only?or was it a child's not quite understanding- whatever- it is a heart tugging storyi beatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898046178398533410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-70709363778048020872010-11-19T04:38:18.417-08:002010-11-19T04:38:18.417-08:00Congratulations, M: encountered your 'old'...Congratulations, M: encountered your 'old' blog accidentally - fortuitously, more like - & glad to have done so. Maggie May's right, this post (and, yes, she was beautiful) is very poignant. Chapeau!Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-16258916044396167212010-11-18T12:27:05.486-08:002010-11-18T12:27:05.486-08:00That was a very poignant post and I do feel for yo...That was a very poignant post and I do feel for you the way you were treated.<br />Your mother was very beautiful and you were loyal to her in later life...... if I remember correctly.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-36557686758233978532010-11-17T07:10:04.596-08:002010-11-17T07:10:04.596-08:00Moannie, i remember so many heartbreaks you had to...Moannie, i remember so many heartbreaks you had to live through in your young years, and this one is an especially tough episode to imagine.<br /><br />Knowing how you took care of your mother when she needed you ...Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-36391586730045955542010-11-16T16:08:26.048-08:002010-11-16T16:08:26.048-08:00Moannie, your mother was a beautiful woman - but t...Moannie, your mother was a beautiful woman - but the true beauty and grace here is in your evocation of the past. <br /><br />When we meet (as we will, one day) I shall tell you the story of my mother .....david mcmahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009095220051075552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-70435311323319346452010-11-16T11:16:01.433-08:002010-11-16T11:16:01.433-08:00This is heartwrenching, Moannie. Yes, your mother ...This is heartwrenching, Moannie. Yes, your mother was beautiful but it's yours I see all over this post.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-51467346964262656382010-11-15T20:24:16.273-08:002010-11-15T20:24:16.273-08:00Once again you carry us along and deep into your s...Once again you carry us along and deep into your story. You ARE Beautiful! Hoping to hear more of this story.Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-26027933702221380832010-11-15T16:46:36.686-08:002010-11-15T16:46:36.686-08:00thanks for the pictures l forgot to say....
l am ...thanks for the pictures l forgot to say....<br /><br />l am in hiding for a day or three...<br /><br />talk soon Muma!!<br /><br />and you are beautiful too..<br /><br />"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e1MKtCbivBA/TNCKLLtuKbI/AAAAAAAAD5c/2vam_LTZ3ZA/s400/043.JPGSazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433666175721615185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-65204798586930064742010-11-15T16:07:10.411-08:002010-11-15T16:07:10.411-08:00How sad. How fascinating. I can picture it all. Sh...How sad. How fascinating. I can picture it all. She must have been quite a shocking figure back then. The nuns must have disapproved. Looking forward to hearing more about her.Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-47056709611063108422010-11-15T08:44:09.342-08:002010-11-15T08:44:09.342-08:00It's heartbreaking to read this. I felt uncomf...It's heartbreaking to read this. I felt uncomfortable to the point of tears reading where your mother walks away with Mick at the window. How do you make sense of what happened to you? Having children has made me both more and less understanding of the things my own mother did.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-54318110230769396162010-11-15T05:30:19.857-08:002010-11-15T05:30:19.857-08:00Wow. I was hooked on every word. What a lovely, sa...Wow. I was hooked on every word. What a lovely, sad, and facinating story.<br /><br />Loved it.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318995922395308120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-15380720483025028012010-11-15T05:28:25.810-08:002010-11-15T05:28:25.810-08:00I felt this with you as I read your post. I can on...I felt this with you as I read your post. I can only imagine how you must have felt. I was grown up before I learned that my mother and my aunt were raised in a children's home in N. Carolina. They say they were happy. I know they were strong. I found you through Ruth at Synch-ro-ni-zing. So glad I did.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842711799199331211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965486343561766609.post-72557026767479902672010-11-15T04:45:17.610-08:002010-11-15T04:45:17.610-08:00Oh, Moannie, god this makes my heart ache in a hun...Oh, Moannie, god this makes my heart ache in a hundred different ways. It was as though this was written, and not composed, as every element is perfection in a scene in a book, but this was not a book, but instead your life. And you took care of her in the end and today call her beautiful. <br /><br />She was beautiful. Very beautiful. As you are. All of you.<br /><br />Incredible piece of writing. Moreso, as it was lived.<br /><br />wanting to drive you into my bossom and give you warm long lasting maternal hugs<br />xo<br />erinWoman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.com