tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post8450515128224614945..comments2023-07-31T10:53:57.247-04:00Comments on Stupid Is As Sister Does: Writer's Workshop: I Picked Up The Phone...Justinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07011990752073017542noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-69615953655832898472009-11-21T18:10:08.964-05:002009-11-21T18:10:08.964-05:00(((Hugs)))(((Hugs)))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-38167114444215850862009-11-18T02:51:33.467-05:002009-11-18T02:51:33.467-05:00This made me sooo misty. Your words brought a floo...This made me sooo misty. Your words brought a flood of tender memories of my mom and MIL.<br /> I wished I had a fraction of your writing talent. I sooo enjoy reading what you write. Thanks for sharing your grandma who's so dear to your heart<br />The picture of you and Jill was a treat too!<br /><br />Sweet wishes,<br />SaraSara's Sweet Surprisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684005124533629561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-71098017858160536052009-11-16T23:45:14.299-05:002009-11-16T23:45:14.299-05:00I know just what you mean about hating and loving ...I know just what you mean about hating and loving that picture. I feel ya!<br /><br />What a character she must have been!Fragrant Liarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452052210826471034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-28785194073090763272009-11-16T09:23:57.564-05:002009-11-16T09:23:57.564-05:00Thank you for sharing...what a loving story.
What ...Thank you for sharing...what a loving story.<br />What a beautiful tribute to your grandmother...she's sounds like she was a wonderful person, you are very lucky!Geezees Custom Canvas Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170120825583173366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-40567588140038867082009-11-16T06:26:14.326-05:002009-11-16T06:26:14.326-05:00What a beautiful post!What a beautiful post!Cyndy Bushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617354883122757511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-87842061516229188132009-11-16T01:46:09.965-05:002009-11-16T01:46:09.965-05:00What a sweet tribute...and a great blog...I love y...What a sweet tribute...and a great blog...I love your blog design.<br />I have had so little time to do any blog reading and I have missed it...stop by my Christmas blog and leave a comment. The giveaway is a great Christmas CD to add to your collection. <br /> http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.comTeresa @ Grammy Girlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151128140345216126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-20053242619674277212009-11-15T20:09:33.932-05:002009-11-15T20:09:33.932-05:00Oh, Justiney! I'm crying as I've read your...Oh, Justiney! I'm crying as I've read your beautifully written and heart felt story of your Dear Grandmother! I feel for you, Dear One. Now, Justiney, you really do have a gift - a gift of writing. Somehow you need to find a way to use this. You can write to us. You need to write these loving stories of your life and keep them to pass to your daughters one day. What a treasure this would be.<br /><br />Now, that I've dried my tiny eyes, come on back to my blog. I've given you the credit for making my blog button work! You're wonderful and I love ya, Darling. Thank you again for taking care of an olden one, who is old enough to be your mother!<br /><br />Yes, yes, you do look so beautiful!<br />You are the sweetie,<br />Shelia ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-45713563247193525402009-11-15T19:04:58.063-05:002009-11-15T19:04:58.063-05:00I can't believe it's been so long since I&...I can't believe it's been so long since I've visited you. I'm so sorry about you losing your grandmother, and it does sound like you miss her still so much, even now.<br /><br />When did you change your blog name?! It's hilarious.Rheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027061380778030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-63621630727912773902009-11-15T18:02:48.502-05:002009-11-15T18:02:48.502-05:00What a beautiful tribute to your Grandma Justine. ...What a beautiful tribute to your Grandma Justine. She sounds like a terrific lady...I'm so sorry you had to lose her. Love the picture - hold on to your cherished memories.Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850150500492155306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-82056896635898627982009-11-15T16:58:35.589-05:002009-11-15T16:58:35.589-05:00Memories are just flashes of time that tug at our ...Memories are just flashes of time that tug at our hearts with pictures of things we want to remember and things we want to forget. Tears come with both as we see time go by. LOL Kathyartis1111https://www.blogger.com/profile/02712242800979796396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-9457661648358062232009-11-14T20:44:00.391-05:002009-11-14T20:44:00.391-05:00This was such a moving story. I am truly sorry fo...This was such a moving story. I am truly sorry for your loss, she sounded like an amazing person. {hugs}Lynseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971442497238034313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-48315391413364371122009-11-14T19:46:45.454-05:002009-11-14T19:46:45.454-05:00Oh girl...I am literally choking..and my heart is ...Oh girl...I am literally choking..and my heart is so heavy for you Justine..what a moving story....girl I wish you would write like this more often...you have so much to share with the world..I love reading bits and pieces of your life from your past...it is as if a part of you comes forth that you try to shield from the world but it is so much of your heart that it touches anyone who reads it...I am so sorry about your precious grandmother...she would be so proud of the beautiful loving woman you have become...this was beautiful girl...it touched me so.Pickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988937069675602267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-90460350319643180562009-11-14T18:01:03.801-05:002009-11-14T18:01:03.801-05:00O, Tiney, my friend..I have NEVER been beautiful i...O, Tiney, my friend..I have NEVER been beautiful in my whole, entire, long life...and I sure as heck am not at the age of almost 72 years old....but, I do thank you for saying it. If you were here, I'd give ya a big ole hug and then go buy you a bacon cheeseburger and diet coke!!! By the way, I need your mailing address, if you would.<br />xo bjbjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432398383127199206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-8956647664731524302009-11-14T13:43:47.890-05:002009-11-14T13:43:47.890-05:00GM Justine...Girl I'm all chocked up just read...GM Justine...Girl I'm all chocked up just reading this...What a great but sad post you have done here...I loved my Grammy also she was the best and I can still to this day I swear to God smell her scent...she used vanilla right from her kitchen cupboard...I kid you not she never had store bought perfume and when she did she would save it for special occasions...but when she died it still had never been opened...I can't remember her using an old turn key can opener and watching her hands trying to use it...So I bought her an electric one...really thought I would the best of all her grand kids for doing that...also when she died we found 11 electric can openers still new in boxes that us grand kids gave her...My grammy had 11 childrens, so many cousins I had and she told me I was the favorite one...But don't tell the others well for years I walked around with a smile on my face thinking I was the Favorite one..Until 10 years ago at my family reunion and I found out she told that to all her grand kids ha ha!! No wonder she all walked around with a smile on are face ha ha!! How special she made each of us feel growing up...Hope you have a great weekend my friend...Hugs and smiles Gl♥riaHappy To Be/ Gl♥riahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515180398559277746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-22336691121819006052009-11-13T20:33:38.844-05:002009-11-13T20:33:38.844-05:00What a sad story! I can relate to all of it, espec...What a sad story! I can relate to all of it, especially the part about not wanting them to die, but at the same time wanting them to let go so they don't continue to die little by little.<br /><br />Your grandma sounds like she was so funny though. "Wash your parsley every day"?!? I think that even if that part of my body was green, it still wouldn't look like parsley! lol<br /><br />KadyLife on the Edgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02900293336540009564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-62974326804896061432009-11-13T17:49:36.487-05:002009-11-13T17:49:36.487-05:00And windowless vans still freak me out. All i thin...And windowless vans still freak me out. All i think is Chester the Molester...<br /><br />I would love to hear more about these so called fart symphonies.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660177986100145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-3650196096342816242009-11-13T17:48:07.410-05:002009-11-13T17:48:07.410-05:00So bittersweet. I am glad you have amazing memorie...So bittersweet. I am glad you have amazing memories of her. It is so hard watching someone suffer like that.<br />And you are so right about that look in her eyes.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660177986100145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-29952975625522672342009-11-13T17:43:12.521-05:002009-11-13T17:43:12.521-05:00You paint the picture of those last days so well. ...You paint the picture of those last days so well. I'm sorry to say I know exactly what that was like for you. I'm so glad you got to say your goodbyes...I bet she's really proud of you!KatBouskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556451375792958743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-36580142138831411222009-11-13T14:54:26.711-05:002009-11-13T14:54:26.711-05:00Oh Justine, that was beautifully written. What a ...Oh Justine, that was beautifully written. What a great person she must have been and it is good to remember her and all the FUN things.<br /><br />wash your parsley?????? dare I ask<br /><br />and it was wonderful that you actually got to visit with her one last time before she left. <br />I know it was a phone call you never wanted to get -------<br /><br />and Yes, you look much better then Jill (tee,hee)wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619293936418976914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-12400368642898160392009-11-13T14:09:11.831-05:002009-11-13T14:09:11.831-05:00Hey there! I'm doing something on my blog, whe...Hey there! I'm doing something on my blog, where I ask my followers to share some of their favorite bloggers... and one of them gave me your link!<br /><br />This post is so touching... and eerily similar to an experience I had when I was 12. My grandfather had been diagnosed with terminal cancer 6 months earlier when, on the morning of Oct. 8, 1994, the phone rang very early in the morning. I scampered out of bed to answer it (still being young enough to love answering the phone), only to hear my grandmother tell my mom, "He's gone, Lin. He's gone." I will never forget that moment as long as I live.<br /><br />~Elizabeth<br />http://confessionsfromaworkingmom.blogspot.comConfessions From A Work-At-Home Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17537552947779004296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-41730070543221899772009-11-12T23:47:32.524-05:002009-11-12T23:47:32.524-05:00Those are some very personal memories that you'...Those are some very personal memories that you've chosen to share. I love that you have so many special details about her. <br /><br />Beautiful, Justine!Liz Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13960276167677132860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-10288219359110020942009-11-12T23:24:17.867-05:002009-11-12T23:24:17.867-05:00First let me say that I loved seeing you and Jill ...First let me say that I loved seeing you and Jill in the 80's. Classic!<br /><br />But, I am sorry to hear about how you lost your Grandma. Tough stuff.<br /><br />Beautifully written, Justine!Jason, as himselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630210317307544165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-8376301005476458332009-11-12T21:37:28.573-05:002009-11-12T21:37:28.573-05:00oh yeah.. forgot to mention one other thing. you s...oh yeah.. forgot to mention one other thing. you said about how she always smelled the same.. one of the things I got when she passed away was somekind of make up powder thing and for years after she died I could open it and smell her.. that smell you talked about.. the last time I was home I finally took it from my room.<br />later<br />chessieNurseChessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565648581072728746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-19135915940482727102009-11-12T21:34:50.088-05:002009-11-12T21:34:50.088-05:00thanks for making me cry again. stirring the sauce...thanks for making me cry again. stirring the sauce.. remember the aprons? she had so many of them. enough for all of us to wear. my mom still has a few in her pantry. mostly it makes me cry cuz I know I missed out.. damn it girl. I'm still crying.<br /><br />love ya<br />chessieNurseChessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565648581072728746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884255801358360477.post-66165215737853026212009-11-12T19:20:27.324-05:002009-11-12T19:20:27.324-05:00Such a beautiful tribute to a wonderful grandmothe...Such a beautiful tribute to a wonderful grandmother, Justine! ((HUGZ!!))<br /><br />That picture is awesome - I need to have my mom send me some pictures of my grandparents - I was just talking about that with my sister on the phone today! :)Stacy Uncorkedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084619026794128825noreply@blogger.com