Comments on: RIP http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 08:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27691 Grannymar Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:15:17 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27691 Thank you Lily. The people of Texas need our thoughts at this time. Thank you Lily. The people of Texas need our thoughts at this time.

]]> By: Lily http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27690 Lily Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:57:23 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27690 This is a beautifully written post. Thinking of your husband and of you. As I read it, I also thought of the thirteen people killed last week in Texas. And of the many more injured, some physically, and many who will probably be tormented by their experiences for a long, long time. As you so eloquently put it , so many unnecessary 'gaping wounds of emptiness' This is a beautifully written post. Thinking of your husband and of you.

As I read it, I also thought of the thirteen people killed last week in Texas. And of the many more injured, some physically, and many who will probably be tormented by their experiences for a long, long time.

As you so eloquently put it , so many unnecessary ‘gaping wounds of emptiness’

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27683 Grannymar Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:16:33 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27683 Rhyleysgranny - We need to remember, but we also need to learn how to respect our fellow man. Baino - In very very recent years the South of Ireland Government have acknowledged the part played by Irish men in both WW1 & WW11. WWW - I once drove to France to see Elly was dumbstruck by the the amount of countryside given over to war graves. It suddenly put the numbers of lost lives into perspective. Rhyleysgranny - We need to remember, but we also need to learn how to respect our fellow man.

Baino - In very very recent years the South of Ireland Government have acknowledged the part played by Irish men in both WW1 & WW11.

WWW - I once drove to France to see Elly was dumbstruck by the the amount of countryside given over to war graves. It suddenly put the numbers of lost lives into perspective.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27680 wisewebwoman Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:00:55 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27680 We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. XO WWW We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

XO
WWW

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27675 Baino Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:57:56 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27675 It's a shame that rememberance day is not remembered avidly here. Just a few ceremonies at local cenotaphs and that's about it. You are in my thoughts also. It’s a shame that rememberance day is not remembered avidly here. Just a few ceremonies at local cenotaphs and that’s about it. You are in my thoughts also.

]]> By: Rhyleysgranny http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27674 Rhyleysgranny Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:52:24 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27674 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27673 Grannymar Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:18:13 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27673 Judy - What a small world. I knew someone who served in Okinawa back then and I also worked alongside several Viet Nam veterans in the early 70's, when I was at the USAF Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany. Nick - I did, and still do, particularly with my recent surgery. Once Jack was repatriated home (by ship!) he had surgery in the UK and then followed 14 months in a very heavy plaster cast from his chest to his ankle, with only two positions - on his back or on his front! Thank God for the advances in modern surgery and medicine. Gaelikaa - Sometimes it is frightening to see how young some of those boys were in WW1. I did say boys and I mean boys. Gail - Amen! Judy - What a small world. I knew someone who served in Okinawa back then and I also worked alongside several Viet Nam veterans in the early 70’s, when I was at the USAF Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Nick - I did, and still do, particularly with my recent surgery. Once Jack was repatriated home (by ship!) he had surgery in the UK and then followed 14 months in a very heavy plaster cast from his chest to his ankle, with only two positions - on his back or on his front! Thank God for the advances in modern surgery and medicine.

Gaelikaa - Sometimes it is frightening to see how young some of those boys were in WW1. I did say boys and I mean boys.

Gail - Amen!

]]> By: Gail http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27672 Gail Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:57 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27672 God bless them on ==past and present!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless them on ==past and present!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: gaelikaa http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27671 gaelikaa Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:35:10 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27671 A sad and solemn post. We may move on in life but we can never forget our loved ones who have left us whatever may have been the reason. Many young people died as a result of the first and second World Wars, and in countless other conflicts. It is good to remember them. A sad and solemn post. We may move on in life but we can never forget our loved ones who have left us whatever may have been the reason.

Many young people died as a result of the first and second World Wars, and in countless other conflicts. It is good to remember them.

]]> By: Nick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/11/08/rip/#comment-27670 Nick Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:51:11 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=5444#comment-27670 You must also give thanks that he survived the war and didn't die in combat. My mother's brother Stanley flew Spitfires during the war and one day he simply didn't return home. My mother never found out what happened to him, he was just presumed missing in action. Very true that some people enter our lives only briefly but leave a vivid impression for many years because of their vitality and uniqueness. You must also give thanks that he survived the war and didn’t die in combat. My mother’s brother Stanley flew Spitfires during the war and one day he simply didn’t return home. My mother never found out what happened to him, he was just presumed missing in action.

Very true that some people enter our lives only briefly but leave a vivid impression for many years because of their vitality and uniqueness.

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