tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20694921.post3923666651692383078..comments2023-07-14T05:00:20.602-07:00Comments on Debi Stitches: Preserving the Historydebijeanmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02013078885836658259noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20694921.post-22666659459746907792008-01-16T13:23:00.000-08:002008-01-16T13:23:00.000-08:00Thanks for such an interesting post :-) I've had ...Thanks for such an interesting post :-) I've had that thrift store moment myself, so sad to see someone's history torn up and abandoned...Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858005305717774606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20694921.post-50019054537112693742008-01-14T12:23:00.000-08:002008-01-14T12:23:00.000-08:00Oddly enough I came across another blog post today...Oddly enough I came across another blog post today about photo albums -<BR/> http://muppinstuff.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/01/a-visit-to-the.htmlMaritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186136444811595697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20694921.post-82959966889574675422008-01-14T10:50:00.000-08:002008-01-14T10:50:00.000-08:00I'm so lucky to have had an amazing MIL who I was ...I'm so lucky to have had an amazing MIL who I was closer to than my own Mum. She passed away in 2004 after a long fight with breast cancer. One wonderful thing was that oldest niece had done a school project about her Omi (my MIL) and so we had a written history on my MILs life in her own words. <BR/><BR/>I've been planning to copy those pages and use them in a scrapbook with pictures of my MIL alongside the story.Maritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186136444811595697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20694921.post-62416677983714979872008-01-13T18:51:00.000-08:002008-01-13T18:51:00.000-08:00Wow, I've never thought of history quite that way ...Wow, I've never thought of history quite that way before. Your post wasn't boring at all but rather very interesting and thought provoking. :)Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216407995644054280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20694921.post-53203976011591947332008-01-13T11:41:00.000-08:002008-01-13T11:41:00.000-08:00Dear Debi,Your comment on my post has gone straigh...Dear Debi,<BR/>Your comment on my post has gone straight to my heart -and I couldn't wait to read your "rant". It was not boring at all, but thought-provoking and constructive too.<BR/>I also thank you for your special note about your mil. My DH also has very serious things to reproach to his mother -and my anger to her is rooted in this, just as if I had had to experience these hard times myself. Well, in a sense, considering that what we live does make us what we become, we still pay for her failures as a mother and protector.<BR/>Anyway, I won't rant here either... Lol!!!<BR/>But I wanted to point this out: when I was a child, my mother used to tell me stories of her family and they went back to WWI. My father didn't and when I ask him, he doesn't know much. My two grandmothers are still alive -though very old and in poor health- but my father's mother won't mention the past while my mother's mother seems to have lived a very different life from the one my own mother describes (am I clear?).<BR/>The pics of our families belong to my grandmas. One has got rid of them heaven knows where, and the other ones will probably be scattered as she doesn't want to let us have them and copy them. It's all family "stories", matter of pride and self esteem and then the memories are gone. How can you fight that?<BR/>And you know the worst part of it? I have realized two days ago that I just wasn't passing this family history to my children and neither is my mum. Time to make up for it, isn't it?<BR/>Oh. That was a rant, wasn't it? Sorry...<BR/>I'll be happy to see you back on my blog and you can be sure I'll come back and read yours asap. Now, it's almost 9pm and DH is waiting for me to watch a movie. Probably anticipation. Lol!!! That's a wonderful world!<BR/>Take care, Debi- and many thanks.<BR/>LiliLeelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187947747462745452noreply@blogger.com