tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527001750996920656.post2146007898172555709..comments2016-01-28T14:07:29.314-05:00Comments on memories of you: another step forwardrobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17294530296881321116noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527001750996920656.post-40748417282600806332011-01-28T08:00:10.647-05:002011-01-28T08:00:10.647-05:00This is a poem, by Massachusetts native, Mary Oliv...This is a poem, by Massachusetts native, Mary Oliver . . . it brings comfort to me:<br /><br />"Heavy," by Mary Oliver<br /><br />That time<br />I thought I could not<br />go any closer to grief<br />without dying<br /><br />I went closer,<br />and I did not die.<br />Surely God<br />had his hand in this,<br /><br />as well as friends.<br />Still, I was bent,<br />and my laughter,<br />as the poet said,<br /><br />was nowhere to be found.<br />Then said my friend Daniel,<br />(brave even among lions),<br />"It is not the weight you carry<br /><br />but how you carry it -<br />books, bricks, grief -<br />it's all in the way<br />you embrace it, balance it, carry it<br /><br />when you cannot, and would not,<br />put it down."<br />So I went practicing.<br />Have you noticed?<br /><br />Have you heard<br />the laughter<br />that comes, now and again,<br />out of my startled mouth?<br /><br />How I linger<br />to admire, admire, admire<br />the things of this world<br />that are kind, and maybe<br /><br />also troubled -<br />roses in the wind,<br />the sea geese on the steep waves,<br />a love<br />to which there is no reply?Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846635479688492324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4527001750996920656.post-23255434567675984212011-01-26T12:20:32.536-05:002011-01-26T12:20:32.536-05:00I'm sorry for your loss, Robin. Thanks for com...I'm sorry for your loss, Robin. Thanks for commenting on my article "Advice for my Granddaughter." It came in "no reply," but if you want to drop me a note my e-mail is tartanmarine@gmail.com. (I get about 300 a day!). ~Bob HallTartanMarinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913604682407528722noreply@blogger.com