Love the idea of the hen den š. Your upcoming book sounds fascinating. Iām currently poring through old journals and family documents about my great-great-(I think!) grandfather striking out to America in the 1800s and living with the Mormons, finding land, and then deciding to ditch it all and return to England. Am fascinated by stories of migration.
Me too! Thanks for reading - and yes, making the hen den was a lot of fun, like being a kid again. Your family story sounds fascinating - lots of material there - and how wonderful to have journals and documents to dig into (though also a bit of a rabbit hole if my experience is anything to go by!) Are you planning to write about your family story?
Such a rabbit hole! I am thinking of writing about it in the future, not sure in what form yet. And have to get my MA dissertation planned and written first š
Again I feel as I am sitting right beside you, experiencing the same feelings. But not in missing one of my beautiful cats, but Iām missing the love of my life. We were reunited after being apart and not seeing or speaking for 47 years. For once in my life I was truly happy and felt totally blessed. However, God took him home after 8 years and I had that feeling of my feet not being able to touch bottom. He has been gone now for 2 years, yet each night I feel he is in our bed, laying on his side waiting for me to scratch his back until he fell asleep. I find myself talking to him and expecting an answer. The holiday season is once more upon us, yet I cannot open my heart and enjoy it, I am missing part of my life. While I know we will once again be reunited, I am not sure I am ready. So very tornā¦ Enjoy Glen, Calum and Cooper while you can still envelop them in your arms.
Colin has told me about your upcoming adventures in India. How exciting that must be to explore your heritage. I look forward to traveling there with you.
Oh Ranne, thank you for such a heartfelt response. I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. How wonderful to have found each other again after all that time and to have shared those precious years together again. Although I can feel your sense of loss I can also feel deep love, which is all there is. Your words remind me of what Kahlil Gibran says about joy and sorrow in The Prophet; that they are inseparable and we are balanced between them, 'The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain' (poem here: https://poets.org/poem/joy-and-sorrow)
Love the idea of the hen den š. Your upcoming book sounds fascinating. Iām currently poring through old journals and family documents about my great-great-(I think!) grandfather striking out to America in the 1800s and living with the Mormons, finding land, and then deciding to ditch it all and return to England. Am fascinated by stories of migration.
Me too! Thanks for reading - and yes, making the hen den was a lot of fun, like being a kid again. Your family story sounds fascinating - lots of material there - and how wonderful to have journals and documents to dig into (though also a bit of a rabbit hole if my experience is anything to go by!) Are you planning to write about your family story?
Such a rabbit hole! I am thinking of writing about it in the future, not sure in what form yet. And have to get my MA dissertation planned and written first š
How exciting - good luck! I did an MA as a mature student and loved it. Enjoy.
Again I feel as I am sitting right beside you, experiencing the same feelings. But not in missing one of my beautiful cats, but Iām missing the love of my life. We were reunited after being apart and not seeing or speaking for 47 years. For once in my life I was truly happy and felt totally blessed. However, God took him home after 8 years and I had that feeling of my feet not being able to touch bottom. He has been gone now for 2 years, yet each night I feel he is in our bed, laying on his side waiting for me to scratch his back until he fell asleep. I find myself talking to him and expecting an answer. The holiday season is once more upon us, yet I cannot open my heart and enjoy it, I am missing part of my life. While I know we will once again be reunited, I am not sure I am ready. So very tornā¦ Enjoy Glen, Calum and Cooper while you can still envelop them in your arms.
Colin has told me about your upcoming adventures in India. How exciting that must be to explore your heritage. I look forward to traveling there with you.
Oh Ranne, thank you for such a heartfelt response. I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. How wonderful to have found each other again after all that time and to have shared those precious years together again. Although I can feel your sense of loss I can also feel deep love, which is all there is. Your words remind me of what Kahlil Gibran says about joy and sorrow in The Prophet; that they are inseparable and we are balanced between them, 'The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain' (poem here: https://poets.org/poem/joy-and-sorrow)
Thank you so much for sharing. Sending love xx