tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post4624123439662179639..comments2023-11-05T00:55:27.472-07:00Comments on Keeping Up With the Joneses: letting goDenisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01240575765252692365noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-60368150422035989782008-08-11T21:25:00.000-07:002008-08-11T21:25:00.000-07:00i'm crying. i don't want them to get older. i don'...i'm crying. i don't want them to get older. i don't want to let them go. can't they just stay little forever?? can't you be my neighbor so we can commiserate together?Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310435646127999845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-63930727612481934102008-08-04T19:00:00.000-07:002008-08-04T19:00:00.000-07:00The moment I had them in utero I realized the lett...The moment I had them in utero I realized the letting go had begun. They've never ever been mine to hold onto and yet all these years later each letting go event remains bitter-sweet. I wonder if God feels that way about me...even though He knows He'll bring me home safe and sound someday.Shirinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05598323356479719466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-67923007939791843892008-08-04T16:37:00.000-07:002008-08-04T16:37:00.000-07:00oh the memories of summer camp...i loved forest ho...oh the memories of summer camp...i loved forest home and calvin crest...how i wish my parents would have let me go for 2 weeks! it wasn't until high school, when i'd go as a camper and then a counselor that i got to go for 2 weeks (or more!). those are some great memories.Christi https://www.blogger.com/profile/10119026001651024221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-9573499969789978562008-08-04T16:08:00.000-07:002008-08-04T16:08:00.000-07:00Oh, Denise, my heart feels clenched just reading a...Oh, Denise, my heart feels clenched just reading about it! They will have so much fun, but this phase is so hard for us, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>You're braver than I - I just said no to a much-shorter out-of-state trip because I just couldn't do it. <BR/>Yet.<BR/>I know it's coming.<BR/>Just not today...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-80628500140208476992008-08-04T15:49:00.000-07:002008-08-04T15:49:00.000-07:00this post made me want to cry!this post made me want to cry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-8436531674106806882008-08-04T14:20:00.000-07:002008-08-04T14:20:00.000-07:00They are going to have a WONDERFUL time but I know...They are going to have a WONDERFUL time but I know exactly what you mean! I never felt extraordinarily wanted when I was little so I tend to hold on a little tighter myself. That will just make them coming home even sweeter :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249109347758786922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8409719195130989734.post-38580868416170301572008-08-04T13:03:00.000-07:002008-08-04T13:03:00.000-07:00can you send me the address for camp so i can send...can you send me the address for camp so i can send them each a letter. i loved getting mail when i was away at camp. it probably won't get there until after they have left, but... you totally did the right thing by letting them go. I lvoed my time at YSSC! - JenniferJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725848678725193311noreply@blogger.com