tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410273898587644649.post597788001826489376..comments2023-10-10T10:47:17.165-04:00Comments on Whosyergurl [Hoosier girl] - Mutterings from a midwest gal.: Mid-lifeWhosyergurlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08796459473501881680noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410273898587644649.post-49785539060648214212011-03-15T10:31:57.880-04:002011-03-15T10:31:57.880-04:00Bless your heart, I'm at the same stage...just...Bless your heart, I'm at the same stage...just a later chapter. Our responsibilites increase the older we get instead of diminish. Sometimes I feel like I can't make it, I need to get away so bad but that just isn't possible. Cheryl, your post touched our hearts and helped somehow...Joy Tiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183952085695405635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410273898587644649.post-51879904779757472202011-03-08T19:37:21.063-05:002011-03-08T19:37:21.063-05:00Boy...you're in the shitter this week for sure...Boy...you're in the shitter this week for sure!<br />I have felt all you were describing.<br />I've looked at Jim and wondered to myself...and you are????? and we are....why????<br />My corgi kids know me better, love me better than any male person on earth. And, I like it...which makes me some kind of sick ol' lady.<br />Welcome to my world which is surrounded by 85 yr. old MIL, who, I do for daily...and my 94 year old mama who come back the end of March, and I will keep her to give my brother a break. <br />I take ONE day a week, and don't speak to anyone...don't do for anyone...take to my bed with books, corgis and hot mugs of tea.<br />I have to.<br />It's nuts out there.<br />A girl has to do something for herself to survive.<br />Get better asap...people are out there tapping at your window...being needy...throwing responsibility your way...and then, there's dug.<br />Sigh...where's the Calgon, or rather, a nice full pitcher of bloody mary's????<br />All will sort out...all will get better...it's all about cycles and circles!^..^Corgidogmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06087352436997512186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410273898587644649.post-28346580631299192152011-03-08T15:30:36.378-05:002011-03-08T15:30:36.378-05:00Well I don't know if it will help or not -but ...Well I don't know if it will help or not -but I have been sandwiched in between the two generations. Now I'm not the meat anymore - I'm one side of the bread.<br /><br />IT IS NOT EASY. IT DOESN'T REALLY GET BETTER. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS - IT WILL PASS AND THINGS WILL CHANGE - AND YOU CAN DO IT.<br /><br />With the help of a little orange marmalade or with some thing that has stolen your heart.<br /><br />Glad your mom was okay.<br /><br />Feel better.<br /><br />Sandie♥Chatty Cronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232040517217024681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410273898587644649.post-340765315536518912011-03-08T09:54:02.460-05:002011-03-08T09:54:02.460-05:00I loved this. It was so pretty and simplistic yet...I loved this. It was so pretty and simplistic yet poignant. Love you, Meems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410273898587644649.post-8594730502418825562011-03-07T22:45:28.986-05:002011-03-07T22:45:28.986-05:00That last paragraph is almost a poem. It's a b...That last paragraph is almost a poem. It's a beautiful expression of what happens as we get older and the expectations we have for ourselves.<br />"What lies within us..." is what helps us survive while we are here. The "little heartbeat at our feet."(Chelsea) and all the others loved ones come and go. It's the way it is in this life. <br />Thank you, Cheryl, for a beautiful, introspective post.farmladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516462251842458511noreply@blogger.com