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Comment on Hitler’s Prisoner . . .Part 2 by Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:42:58 +0000

I want to read more

Comment on For Lovers . .3 Words and a Link by Laura Neidich

Laura Neidich — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:32:42 +0000

I’ve seen this story before…it is so touching and beautiful! When you find someone to love, love them and never stop!

Comment on She Was Hitler’s Prisoner . . . #34042 . . . by Janet

Janet — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:28:17 +0000

Your story – and hers – are especially meaningful reading today. I just learned that the Simon Wiesenthal Center has charged today that recent statements by Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei along with a detailed blueprint for the destruction of the Jewish people posted on a website run by the head of the Iranian Parliament’s research center, constituted a pre-genocidal crime against humanity, unparalleled since Nazi Germany. People have belittled the enormity of the Holocaust, and with fewer and fewer survivors each year, we will soon enter a time when there are no longer living testaments to the horror. Thank you for starting a dialogue on this — we must keep the truth alive.

Comment on She Was Hitler’s Prisoner . . . #34042 . . . by Laura Neidich

Laura Neidich — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:07:20 +0000

Good job, Alison. Susan is a walking inspiration to us all…..I look forward to part 2.

Comment on Dads . . .In a Word by Laura Neidich

Laura Neidich — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:44:58 +0000

Alison, your words have touched me so much. I’m not really ready to share about my dad just yet, but the tears leave me sad and thoughtful. Dad died about 2 years ago and my feeling are mixed…..

Comment on Dads . . .In a Word by LuvYa.com

LuvYa.com — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:10:44 +0000

Suzanne, thanks for your comments, I’m so glad you were inspired. My hope for LuvYa.com is by sharing our life observations, we can all be enriched and make better decisions for the future. So glad you took the time to share!

Comment on Dads . . .In a Word by Suzanne Burget

Suzanne Burget — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:41:58 +0000

Alison, this is really good advice, choosing to remember the positive memories and learning from the past to make maybe wiser decisions in our own life. Love it!!

Comment on My Journey of Aloneness by LuvYa.com

LuvYa.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:33:35 +0000

I am completely overwhelmed and deeply moved by everyone’s comments. Peggy, your story is so touching and personal – I feel extremely privileged you chose to share with us. I can’t wait to read your poem of your own discovery of aloneness. This sharing of experiences – is the reason I started the blog – to learn, to grow, to help each other along life’s journey. If hindsight is truly 20/20, then perhaps our stories can help those who are just getting started in life, to choose a better path today…for a more joy filled tomorrow. THANK YOU all who commented on this post. LuvYa !

Comment on My Journey of Aloneness by Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:33:12 +0000

In some ways, our “aloneness” has been very similar, just in different stages of our lives. Married at barely 19 to an abusive, controlling husband I treasured time away from him and looked forward to his trips out of town. I busied myself with friends, hobbies, and finishing my college degrees. Oddly, these were the years when I felt most alone because of this toxic relationship when we were together. When my daughter was born 10 1/2 years after we married, I knew she was a gift from God. I felt the same way when my second daughter was born 5 1/2 years later. Since my “ex” was jealous of the girls and my time with them, he chose not to participate in most of what should have been “family time”. So, we made our own and spent hours figure skating together, traveling and camping with my parents, and having our own happiness.

We divorced after 25 years of marriage, but I felt FREE! Free of control, free of abuse, free of lies, free of criticism and sarcasm, and finally free to use my aloneness to discover who I really was – not just who he wanted me to be. I discovered I could be alone to read in bed without criticism, to dress as I wanted, to wear my hair the way I wanted, to play my piano without ridicule, and to rid myself of anger and hurt and be the free spirit I always wanted to be. All of a sudden, I had my own thoughts, dreams, ambitions and the “alone” time to contemplate them and act upon them if I wished.

As you experienced, when my girls became more independent and eventually moved on to leaving for college, etc., I mourned my loss. I had to learn it wasn’t truly a loss, just a different phase of my life.

Comment on My Journey of Aloneness by Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:21:00 +0000

continuation. . .
I wrote a poem entitled “She Took Her Bed” after my oldest daughter left for college. I’ll post it later, but her leaving her room empty without her bed when she left made her absence shockingly real for me.

Since I met you after I remarried, that’s the only “me” you’ve ever seen. He is, to me, a Gift from God just as my girls were. This time, this marriage, when my husband travels I am “lonely” and miss him so much. However, I realize how lucky I am to feel this loneliness now for someone when they are not here because we are so happy when we are together. Things have come full circle for me, also, I guess. Isn’t life just odd sometimes………