tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post5394253598018515831..comments2024-03-06T05:16:16.411-05:00Comments on car on the hill: Back from the Land of Weak IronyFrances Kuffelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14928021465309402200noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-33619434842989589422008-01-17T14:17:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:17:00.000-05:00Frances, I am so glad to see you back and posting....Frances, I am so glad to see you back and posting. I've missed you.<BR/><BR/>Change is a challenge; aging parents can be heartbreaking. You've got a rough road ahead, but you'll get through. <BR/><BR/>One of my all time favorite movies is set in NYC (it's cheesy, but I love Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan cheesy movies). So, I'll share one of my favorite lines from "You've Got Mail"-- when Birdie says to Kathleen, "Closing the store is the brave thing to do. You are imagining the possibility of a different life." <BR/><BR/>Imagine the possibilities of your life and be brave, friend.Laura Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916626845812229646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-47723970295108927252008-01-16T20:45:00.000-05:002008-01-16T20:45:00.000-05:00There is intelligent life everywhere, even in Ariz...There is intelligent life everywhere, even in Arizona (or Ohio). You'd find it. But make sure that you do what's right for YOU in all this. <BR/><BR/>Also, a compromise is possible -- Maybe there's an artsy community within driving distance of your parents' whitebread retreat that would still allow you your personal space, maybe even a college town where you could pick up some classes and meet some nice liberals.<BR/><BR/>Don't make any promises until you finish The Book, though, because feeling obligated to run off as soon as it's done could definitely make you feel reluctant to finish it.<BR/><BR/>Glad to see you back and blogging.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700614225224691712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-61718804958461537372008-01-16T14:44:00.000-05:002008-01-16T14:44:00.000-05:00Glad to have you "Home." I do not think of you as...Glad to have you "Home." I do not think of you as an Easterner, inspite of half a life there. <BR/><BR/>Move to Arizona and take care of your parents. <BR/><BR/>When you are done...Flathead lake, or where ever, will be waiting.<BR/><BR/>Would welcome more "blogs about dogs."Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972291927652716856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-44119004617664832502008-01-15T22:06:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:06:00.000-05:00Having just come back from a visit to older parent...Having just come back from a visit to older parents myself, I can relate. I think of you so obviously a New Yorker, and yet, you weren't always there. Your time with your parents is limited and very special for you and for them. Caring for them, being with them, is important.<BR/><BR/>Love the idea of you (and Daisy, too, of course) hopping in a car and visiting people and reconnecting with people who mattered and maybe still do.<BR/><BR/>Welcome home, dear friend.Anne M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08824355734094187786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15680498.post-48747718842188837802008-01-15T18:56:00.000-05:002008-01-15T18:56:00.000-05:00Glad to see you back - I was afraid you'd gone jus...Glad to see you back - I was afraid you'd gone just as I found your blog (although a few years after I read your book). I'm on the East Coast, transplanted from the Midwest. Whenever I (briefly, in passing) consider moving back, it's mostly because there, I'm not (relatively) so fat.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's a casserole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com