tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post7232937451083679178..comments2024-03-16T14:54:12.445-04:00Comments on History Is Elementary: I'm Not Trying to be the Grinch...ReallyEHThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-71242165646219887802006-12-23T15:12:00.000-05:002006-12-23T15:12:00.000-05:00This was lovely. I, too, cannot make myself touch ...This was lovely. I, too, cannot make myself touch an ornament, although I have been willing to listen to Christmas music.<br /><br />I keep you and your mother in my thoughts and prayers."Ms. Cornelius"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16970201479637588558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-37618615528501145142006-12-22T22:17:00.000-05:002006-12-22T22:17:00.000-05:00Dear EHT,
I'm so glad you stopped by my Thursday ...Dear EHT,<br /><br />I'm so glad you stopped by my Thursday Thirteen the other day so that I'd find your blog. You write wonderfully. I am an English teacher, myself, at the junior college level--which in many ways is often like the elemetary level! Mine are just bigger and less motivated.<br /><br />I very much enjoyed Butterfly Angel's poem. My father died 18 years ago, and I still grieve for him at Christmas. My mother is 90 now; she's very precious to me. This Christmas I find myself grieving over her being 90 and not in good health. The poem lifted my spirits.<br /><br />Thanks--oh, yes, and congratulations on your honor!Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-47548246381607411382006-12-22T13:34:00.000-05:002006-12-22T13:34:00.000-05:00Thanks CTG. If anything I'm proving you don't nee...Thanks CTG. If anything I'm proving you don't need all the trimmings to remember Christ's birth.<br /><br />She, I'm glad this might help you. I asked Butterfly Angel if I could post her gift and she gave me permission. It did give me a whole new perspective about the depression I was feeling. <br /><br />Anonymous, welcome to my world. I'm sorry that you were so personally affected by the 9-11 tragedy. I think you method of overcoming grief is a valid one.EHThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964668210604436937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-62244425596411281042006-12-22T13:10:00.000-05:002006-12-22T13:10:00.000-05:00I just joined this blog , so I haven't gotten to k...I just joined this blog , so I haven't gotten to know you.<br /><br />I lost several friends and business associates at the World Trade Center - as well as my job. Most of the world was grieving and I was in a state of great depression. I decided that although it was right to grieve, there has to be a time to end the grief and I needed to take ownership over it. I started to write random dates on a piece of paper and place them in a bowl with every intention of pulling one out as the first day after grief. Incredibly, the date I pulled out was Easter Sunday 2002.<br /><br />I celebrated Easter sunrise service at St. paul's Church overlooking Ground Zero and literally the great burden I was carrying lifted.<br /><br />You might consider doing something like that.<br /><br />A.M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-12532720542589985152006-12-22T11:10:00.000-05:002006-12-22T11:10:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for posting this. My dad passed aw...Thanks so much for posting this. My dad passed away in Sept. and my mom has flown out to spend the holidays with us. None of us are in a Christmassy mood and it's barely a blip on our radar this year as well. <br /><br />I'm going to print out the poem and give it to my mom over breakfast this am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20993778.post-18370813260192158792006-12-22T10:25:00.000-05:002006-12-22T10:25:00.000-05:00I suspect that in years to come, you and your fami...I suspect that in years to come, you and your family will look back on Christmas 2006--sans tree, sans baking, sans everything else associated with the season--as one of the best ever. Be blessed as you remember your mother, my blogger friend.CaliforniaTeacherGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765655907043136511noreply@blogger.com