tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post8796787200103934547..comments2023-10-21T13:02:41.227-04:00Comments on Serving the Queens: Weeping Over WickerJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09166712671531757326noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-41817379125863932092007-09-04T11:52:00.000-04:002007-09-04T11:52:00.000-04:00I have the same bassinet, put away in my basement....I have the same bassinet, put away in my basement. Well, not the *same* one, but you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>Someday, when I'm feeling really nerdy, I'm going to write the names of all the babies who slept in it on the bottom.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-37145496093722720562007-08-31T22:07:00.000-04:002007-08-31T22:07:00.000-04:00What a beautiful written post. So touching! And ...What a beautiful written post. So touching! And I loved the photo.<BR/><BR/>Hugs!<BR/>KatJustabeachkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06730467440181411875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-12189407686641305952007-08-31T21:08:00.000-04:002007-08-31T21:08:00.000-04:00Jennifer,Perhaps you should try and publish. Many ...Jennifer,<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you should try and publish. Many great poets and writers suffer tragedy and great experiences, wrote about them and did great. <BR/><BR/>How are you? It has been many years since I have seen you and spoke with you. <BR/><BR/>ElaineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-82905872759419058062007-08-30T03:55:00.000-04:002007-08-30T03:55:00.000-04:00My wee one is coming up on the six month mark, and...My wee one is coming up on the six month mark, and I've been packing away the baby clothes, unable to give them away yet... I never thought I'd want a third, and yet... I keep thinking about it... especially as he's been such an easy, happy baby.<BR/><BR/>I think I'll keep my baby stuff a bit longer.ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-298424791243951092007-08-29T10:14:00.000-04:002007-08-29T10:14:00.000-04:00What a beautiful post. And how funny that I felt s...What a beautiful post. And how funny that I felt some of the same things just yesterday as I polished the rocker MY mother rocked me to sleep in, the same one I used for my girls. And then I imagined my granddaughters being rocked to sleep in it and all was good in the again.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283334035989645291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-83098688314947468222007-08-28T15:54:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:54:00.000-04:00Sigh....I did the same about 11 years ago.Now I qu...Sigh....<BR/><BR/>I did the same about 11 years ago.<BR/><BR/>Now I question whether to do it again.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if I want to. That chapter was closed.<BR/><BR/>Love to you and your babies.Becchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02712591481826520713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-14774912277191092832007-08-28T15:22:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:22:00.000-04:00I have had a hard time adjusting to our "last" bab...I have had a hard time adjusting to our "last" baby being it. I was so sure, but have found myself doubting. I then think ok we have 3, I can't keep having babies to well have a baby in the house can I? <BR/><BR/>Well that and the fact I'm not normal in just saying hey I wanna get pregnant, I need drug assistance. <BR/><BR/>Sigh whats a girl to do??Jacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14518341934343792045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-45482991257136150652007-08-28T11:01:00.000-04:002007-08-28T11:01:00.000-04:00That is a beautiful post. I wish there was a way f...That is a beautiful post. I wish there was a way for me to disconnect myself from THINGS..the memories are in my heart why must I be so attached to a piece of wood, plastic..wool?MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981936279721759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-34462494354695361772007-08-27T23:33:00.000-04:002007-08-27T23:33:00.000-04:00I know.Looking forward is hard sometimes. It just...I know.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward is hard sometimes. It just is.carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-68038784780141100352007-08-27T23:28:00.000-04:002007-08-27T23:28:00.000-04:00oh man.how lucky you are to have lain your babies ...oh man.<BR/><BR/>how lucky you are to have lain your babies in the bed you lay in.<BR/><BR/>I totally understand your tears.crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-28883886793920458612007-08-27T20:16:00.000-04:002007-08-27T20:16:00.000-04:00What a beautiful picture you painted...What a beautiful picture you painted...Amy Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303953793008491241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-23600907647503442762007-08-27T17:06:00.000-04:002007-08-27T17:06:00.000-04:00Wow, what a treasure, to have that bassinet being ...Wow, what a treasure, to have that bassinet being passed around the family, from one generation to the next. That is really beautiful.Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264625893829690986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-3378731141447536212007-08-27T16:31:00.000-04:002007-08-27T16:31:00.000-04:00What a beautiful bassinet...and all those beautifu...What a beautiful bassinet...and all those beautiful memories.Wayfarer Scientistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996334636311497271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-87870440357445228622007-08-27T16:14:00.000-04:002007-08-27T16:14:00.000-04:00I have one, too! I slept in it, my sister, my two ...I have one, too! I slept in it, my sister, my two cousins, and my two babies. it has traveled from colorado to california to virginia and then to new york. and this is where it will stay as my sister couldn't use it because of a big crack in it's side. i cried, too.<BR/><BR/>{{hugs}}Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-72877436804235427042007-08-27T16:04:00.000-04:002007-08-27T16:04:00.000-04:00When a dress that I wore when I was a toddler made...When a dress that I wore when I was a toddler made it back into my hands all I could think was "I was small enough to fit in this at one time?"<BR/><BR/>As I tried it on Princess I thought "Wow, I'm the mommy now.<BR/>Someday I'll be the Grandma... where's the remote so I can hit the pause button!!! Fast!!!!!!!!!"T with Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870996927675120152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-34502157732603641512007-08-27T14:41:00.000-04:002007-08-27T14:41:00.000-04:00Thinking of you, Jenn. The babyhood just slips th...Thinking of you, Jenn. The babyhood just slips through out fingers.OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-38031031760283510332007-08-27T12:25:00.000-04:002007-08-27T12:25:00.000-04:00What a beautiful room. And a beautiful post. You'...What a beautiful room. And a beautiful post. You're the perfect voice for the bittersweet that is motherhood.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086167716210736774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-74819847204259416222007-08-27T10:42:00.000-04:002007-08-27T10:42:00.000-04:00How sad, but how incredibly cool to have that hist...How sad, but how incredibly cool to have that history! To have your children use the same bassinet you did! Amazing. I'm so jealous!MyThreeBlogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817857109007712976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-87057384620998802282007-08-27T09:54:00.000-04:002007-08-27T09:54:00.000-04:00Oh this makes me cry. I am in that process now, d...Oh this makes me cry. I am in that process now, doing everything for the last time. Packing up, giving away, things that were so carefully chosen and anticipated. I wish it didn't hurt so much, I wish time passing could just bring joy.<BR/><BR/>This post was absolutely gorgeous. And because it touched me so personally, i am linking you.Chaotic Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743049921159926147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-59601775315952663902007-08-27T09:21:00.000-04:002007-08-27T09:21:00.000-04:00As I was thinking of what to say here, I started i...As I was thinking of what to say here, I started imagining not only your past, but also the future, of another baby occupying this bassinet. Maybe not your's, but a child of a friend or one of your daughter's -- another little head occupying the place where so many others have been.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009988766976677275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-92023648763867672632007-08-27T07:36:00.000-04:002007-08-27T07:36:00.000-04:00I know this melancholy, it is dizzying. You are go...I know this melancholy, it is dizzying. You are going through so much right now, I am imagining the adventures you have ahead, shopping with your girls, dropping peanut shells at your feet as you sit beneath a starry sky at the bottom of the eighth, and taking cruises with your dear Adirondack blogging friend. Cause we will go on cruises, right?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864631532886681402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-52124462507853026702007-08-27T05:38:00.000-04:002007-08-27T05:38:00.000-04:00In an instant I was standing over a bassinet looki...In an instant I was standing over a bassinet looking down on the beautiful dark lush head of hair of my daughter and then of my son. Thank you for the beautifully written post and the memories it envoked.luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-64056541318737464592007-08-27T04:13:00.000-04:002007-08-27T04:13:00.000-04:00what wonderful continuity in your family - i hope ...what wonderful continuity in your family - i hope the next baby enjoys it too.joker the lurcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260629209872897792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-62616306533503188722007-08-27T01:46:00.000-04:002007-08-27T01:46:00.000-04:00oh how i hear you on this one.reading this reminde...oh how i hear you on this one.<BR/>reading this reminded me of those thoughts and feelings i've had to push far away into the corners my mind and heart.bgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574040553341786472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23665959.post-1418200164046527872007-08-27T00:34:00.000-04:002007-08-27T00:34:00.000-04:00Oh, how I feel this today...Oh, how I feel this today...Loralee Choatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055102094371755499noreply@blogger.com