tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post7092078461791281418..comments2023-10-14T17:53:53.305+03:00Comments on Prospero's Cellphone: Mothers and Daughterstruestarrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-47858028792781305762018-03-25T20:05:50.387+03:002018-03-25T20:05:50.387+03:00It's difficult to find educated people in this...It's difficult to find educated people in this particular topic, but you <br />sound like you know what you're talking about!<br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-51032900782940046542009-10-06T16:57:02.108+03:002009-10-06T16:57:02.108+03:00Dear Wildernesschic, It was most difficult for my ...Dear Wildernesschic, It was most difficult for my mother! She was very close to her father (he encouraged her to reach for more! and he gave his blessing to her marrying my dad.) His blindness changed his life. Before he was blinded he was brilliant and full of energy, but the blast left other lasting damage and he hated being dependent on people for the last 18 years of his life. <br /><br />My father had a heart condition that today would have been a simple bypass operation but in 1959, was a death sentence. My mother was left to fend for herself in an alien country with a child and a lot of bills after he died. <br /><br />In hindsight the sexism of the times made it very very hard for her. Still she rose up from the ashes, as it were, and became quite successful. She says that the opportunities in the US were MUCH more available than if she would have stayed in Belgium after my father died. She is a person to admire and emulate for overcoming adversities.<br /><br /><br />Dear Viv- <br /><br />Yes she pulls rank all the time! Remember to her I am still 16!! (Even my sons are higher on the totem pole than me!)truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-72608489154768689752009-10-06T12:44:30.996+03:002009-10-06T12:44:30.996+03:00Another absorbing and moving post.
How lovely th...Another absorbing and moving post. <br /> How lovely that your mother is still alive and able to visit you in Corfu. Does she still occasionally "pull rank"?Viv Wellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-81397958259896776662009-10-06T09:40:32.670+03:002009-10-06T09:40:32.670+03:00That is so lovely I envy you with such a relations...That is so lovely I envy you with such a relationship with your Mother.<br />What a sad story too all the men in your life having so much suffering.<br />Its so lovely that you treasure this so much xWildernesschichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204518870992194687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-39299612701867063812009-10-06T09:29:20.732+03:002009-10-06T09:29:20.732+03:00Dear Cheryl,
Thank you! It IS often a mystery to...Dear Cheryl,<br /><br />Thank you! It IS often a mystery to people why we settled here, but it just felt like "home" to both of us! (It's doesn't hurt that it's gorgeous and people want to come and visit us all the time either!!)truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-5140040378667039812009-10-06T08:47:37.484+03:002009-10-06T08:47:37.484+03:00Dear Ayak,
It's hard sometimes revisiting tho...Dear Ayak,<br /><br />It's hard sometimes revisiting those memories. <br /><br />I scanned a a lot of old pictures on to my computer, and surprisingly for me anyway, it's sometimes easier to deal with the memories, looking at the pics "online" rather than opening up and poring over the big albums of pictures! <br /><br />Don't have a clue as to why...<br /><br />Maybe it's because they're not in the page order and you can look at the BIG overview of life in pictures.<br /><br />Anyway, it IS a bit cathartic to write down the stories, so perhaps it'll make the memories less painful.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, I do appreciate you taking the time. I'll probably be writing more about my family as they are sort of front and center this month!truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-54663871900737023552009-10-06T08:30:26.489+03:002009-10-06T08:30:26.489+03:00What a beautiful post! You've lead such a rich...What a beautiful post! You've lead such a rich life & I can now understand why you live in Greece. I love the photos, they're fantastic and tell stories within. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story. <br />Have a fantastic day & enjoy your mother's company:)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147148590536843781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-68545211050858023482009-10-06T06:46:22.099+03:002009-10-06T06:46:22.099+03:00I love to read about childhood experiences from di...I love to read about childhood experiences from different people...and also relationships between daughters and mothers. I should do one sometime about the relationship between me and my late mother...but it's a painful one so I have to be in the right frame of mind.<br /><br />Thanks for a lovely post. I really enjoyed reading it.Ayakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.com