tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post2642257697884444159..comments2023-11-03T17:26:43.389+09:00Comments on G'Owens On Round Here: Seeing an old friend...Dawn's Daily Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08633980042633418063noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-24508106126132665182009-01-13T04:40:00.000+09:002009-01-13T04:40:00.000+09:00Just catching up on blogs and got to the G's lolFi...Just catching up on blogs and got to the G's lol<BR/>First I want to say, sorry for not keeping up. Secondly... there are days that I wish everyone was born blind. I am so sorry that you had to go through that experience. I can say, it was probably not the first, and probably will not be the last. There was once a bumper sticker that to this day still makes me laugh: "It is illegal to shoot small minded people" :D<BR/>Thirdly... I hope since then you have found better or should I say TRUE friends!! <BR/>Thank you for sharing! I know sometimes it is hard to "go out on a limb" and share personal stuff, but by doing so online becomes just a neighbor away :)<BR/>LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792493927215234392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-90556222837624648402009-01-09T05:43:00.000+09:002009-01-09T05:43:00.000+09:00That was really a beautiful story. It made me cry...That was really a beautiful story. It made me cry. I know your attitude made a world of difference to your friends. Being loved and respected for the person you are in your heart and mind, not your color, gender or sexual orientation makes all the difference in the world.<BR/><BR/>And your "friend" who had to go shopping and cook? I hope that experience changed her for the better.Mary Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923591889426758103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-63220660957546731652009-01-07T12:17:00.000+09:002009-01-07T12:17:00.000+09:00Lovely story Dawn...about your family and kids tha...Lovely story Dawn...about your family and kids that is, not the friend who wasn't there for you. My daughter and her partner had a little girl this year, Annika is 9 months old and the light of everyone's life in the family. But I still watch carefully when we're out together for anyone to be rude or intolerant of all my girls. Thank you and your DH for raising a family I'm proud to know...even if only on the web.mascanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265744683449278774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-1812467297463323062009-01-07T03:30:00.000+09:002009-01-07T03:30:00.000+09:00Remember your toothache in So Ko, how Ms. Leigh wa...Remember your toothache in So Ko, how Ms. Leigh was there with you until your hubby d arrived??? Lesson I'll never forget! Good job with the kiddos, love is special and when people are blessed and they find it, who are we to judge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-59106194653541956092009-01-07T02:18:00.000+09:002009-01-07T02:18:00.000+09:00I think the military life taught my kids a lot abo...I think the military life taught my kids a lot about acceptance. When we live on base we lived by a assortment of cultures and really learned and grew from that. I had a friend from Greece, a friend from Spain and one from England. The kids went to school with KIDS, no one was treated any different because of color or culture. Rank was something the parents were aware of, but rarely the kids.<BR/><BR/>I was upset that your neighbor wouldn't help. We all have busy lives but when someone needs us nothing is more important.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110330858194248667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-12822367009423714242009-01-06T23:30:00.000+09:002009-01-06T23:30:00.000+09:00Yeah for you and your kids! Some of my inlaw's fa...Yeah for you and your kids! Some of my inlaw's family are very intolerent, and I hate for my kids to be around them much since they say the most shocking things. They say it in front of their kids since they expect them to parrot their beliefs. <BR/><BR/>But it takes all kinds of people to make the world go round, and if you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you!My Thanhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08463400443234812501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-77105399611802327532009-01-06T16:05:00.000+09:002009-01-06T16:05:00.000+09:00I think reading about your friend was the most dis...I think reading about your friend was the most disturbing to me - I just can't imagine her not coming to help you.<BR/><BR/>I think there will always be narrow minded people who will not accept those different than themselves...how nice that your children are not among that number - I worked hard to make sure my boys weren't either.Mary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801947879882584734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-73580821610485641462009-01-06T12:12:00.000+09:002009-01-06T12:12:00.000+09:00Sending you a big {{HUG}} for this one, sweetie!In...Sending you a big {{HUG}} for this one, sweetie!<BR/>Inch by inch, maybe the world is improving. One of the three basic rules of life I taught my boys was: Everybody's Special. Sounds like your three learned that rule too :) <BR/>Jeanne Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597301644404678019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-5748515058095721552009-01-06T07:27:00.000+09:002009-01-06T07:27:00.000+09:00I hope my kids are open-minded and confident child...I hope my kids are open-minded and confident children, too. I'm doing the best I can. I bet that house was AWESOME! <BR/><BR/>Congrats on 20 years. Thats wonderful.Lauren The Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06967688729068149706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-70781445263729488902009-01-06T04:11:00.000+09:002009-01-06T04:11:00.000+09:00I am anxious for the day when these types of relat...I am anxious for the day when these types of relationships won't even be worth a second glance. I am sure that day is coming. <BR/><BR/>You have done a wonderful job with your kiddos. You just saw a little proof of that. :)Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139438066386111780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-66823079703700235992009-01-06T03:22:00.000+09:002009-01-06T03:22:00.000+09:00Wow what wonderful kids you have raised! You must ...Wow what wonderful kids you have raised! You must be so proud of them. How lovely for the Capt to catch up with these friends from his childhood and how nice that you have planned ahead to catch up again. We are celebrating our 20 year anniversary in February too!!Chocolate Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758804274742132690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34779034.post-37397087980143032832009-01-06T00:30:00.000+09:002009-01-06T00:30:00.000+09:00Well said. I don't know why people act the way th...Well said. I don't know why people act the way they do. Maybe it is fear? Of course the way those people are raised has a lot to do with it. I am an exception, because I heard all kinds of nasty things from my grandfather and father. I would always just close my eyes at some of the things that were said. "Narrow pea brains", I thought. So, I didn't turn out like that and I am raising my kids with open minds. People are people.<BR/><BR/>There are good people and then just trash, of all races and kinds. I don't know if the world will ever come together. But I can hope.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169430175457240492noreply@blogger.com