Comments on: She felt like cheering

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 22:10:13 +0000

My mothers only sibling and sister lives in san diego California still..I went to live and lived there for many years, I was born there never knew it until I was older…I went to places both my parents went to many people knew them and cried saying I looked like my Mom and sort of like my dad but have the mannerisms of my father..It was wonderful..the smells the activities, the lights, the ocean, my aunt hated the Oregon I grew up in and the poverty we endured my Mother passed very young, once I got to be 18 I was on a bus to my grandmother who was quite old and my aunt..My aunt never looked like my mother but more I looked like my aunt..My only child has my grandmothers fingers and mannerisms and acts like she did, gorgeous and lovely..I just reread what you wrote about your Aunt and her life and your Mother's life it is so touching..I think the people we love who pass from this life, live in our hearts and souls forever and when we have kids they actually act like the people we loved and lost our kin I truly do..I think this is heaven on earth with people we love and hell when we lose them, to me there is no HELL in the afterlife we live and endure here, so I try to be sweet to others and to be loving and kind, I am not gonna pass this way again..love your blog and recipes and your baby June has to be the cutest babydoll ever..Our only lived in Seattle for a few years she is familiar with your restaurant and cook book(s)..ciao!

By: Karla Kramer

Karla Kramer — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:05:26 +0000

Death…the finality of it is the worst. Un thinkable that someone so vibrant and alive can just all of a sudden be gone…for always. Cherish ALL the memories, and create new ones in her name….

By: Karla Kramer

Karla Kramer — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:05:26 +0000

Death…the finality of it is the worst. Un thinkable that someone so vibrant and alive can just all of a sudden be gone…for always. Cherish ALL the memories, and create new ones in her name….

By: Jenn@slim-shoppin

Jenn@slim-shoppin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:03:06 +0000

I have an identical twin sister and we are totally going to be those old twin ladies with matching pocket books, and matching crazy hats!

So sorry for your loss. My niece thinks of me as her 2nd momma, so I know how close you must have been to your Mom's duplicate.

I feel sorry for your Mom too, because I don't know if I would want to be the one left alone.

By: Jenn@slim-shoppin

Jenn@slim-shoppin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:03:06 +0000

By: jogjaja

jogjaja — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:35:31 +0000

Like this.

It was such a beautiful post.

By: jogjaja

jogjaja — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:35:31 +0000

Like this.

It was such a beautiful post.

By: Leslie F

Leslie F — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:08:38 +0000

Oh Molly, I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt! Tina was such a wonderful, loving person and without her the world will be a poorer place. Please give my deepest condolences to your mother and your cousins.
Sending all my love to you, Toni, Brandon, your extended family, and your bundle of joy. I hope that someday we will all have the chance to see our loved ones once more. But in the meantime, keep them alive through stories and in memories.

By: Leslie F

Leslie F — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:08:38 +0000

By: The Whippy Curly Tails

The Whippy Curly Tails — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 18:44:30 +0000

This post really hit home for me ... Last year my mother died, May 29th a beloved pet of mine died of old age & I also listened to Maurice Sendak's comments on Fresh Air many times. I lost my father when I was a very young child, so when my mother died the impact was very different & really made me focus on my life.

I, like most, want to believe that we get to see all our loved ones again ... After we die. Beyond anything this is my hope about death. Reading your post is somehow comforting in that I'm not alone in hope when dealing with loss. So thank you.

I followed you back when your header was this lush orange chocolate image ... So imagine my happy surprise to read you will be a mom soon! Congratulations.

Onward with life ... And a new one!