tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post4720941982522251508..comments2024-02-21T14:12:55.866-06:00Comments on coming home to myself: Rambling in the CemeteryDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-81628203782044056632012-01-25T00:50:20.464-06:002012-01-25T00:50:20.464-06:00You have me giggling with this story! Nothing like...You have me giggling with this story! Nothing like a good old illicit smoke!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-86758719445408645442011-11-17T21:45:32.085-06:002011-11-17T21:45:32.085-06:00Wow a wonderful story, you really told it perfectl...Wow a wonderful story, you really told it perfectly, pilfering matches..haha..love it.Pat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-73150610094083999792011-10-08T16:38:06.643-05:002011-10-08T16:38:06.643-05:00Love this snapshot.Love this snapshot.fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-6776345032528556872011-09-30T09:28:59.995-05:002011-09-30T09:28:59.995-05:00I've never heard this story, Dee, and now it&#...I've never heard this story, Dee, and now it's one of my all-time favorites! What a picture you paint. I can see the nuns curling their hands around the matches to light their bent butts, the wind lifting their veils, obscuring and revealing their faces in turn. <br /><br />Fantastic.Jerrihttp://www.reflectionsonthepond.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-37676706881117556372011-09-29T11:32:15.424-05:002011-09-29T11:32:15.424-05:00This is a perfect illustration of humanity, Dee. ...This is a perfect illustration of humanity, Dee. <br />Sorry I've been absent so long. I saw you had new posts and have to give myself ample time to read and digest them, so I wanted to wait until I could give them their due.<br /><br />I appreciate your comments on "Curriculum Night" and wish I had some answers. I know there are other amazing schools out there like this one, but I don't know how to get past the federal and state regulations to incorporate ideas like this in to the public schools. Sadly, this is why we "gave up" and sent our girls to alternative schools. I wanted to be part of the solution, but wasn't willing to sacrifice my own children for what was shaping up to be a decades-long fight to make miniscule changes.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-80700275587445876642011-09-28T20:18:31.233-05:002011-09-28T20:18:31.233-05:00What an imagine that conjures: huddling behind hea...What an imagine that conjures: huddling behind headstones, desperately trying to get some puffs out of a dead ciggie, giggling at the guilty pleasure...great stuff.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-54102549748941716622011-09-28T19:14:14.893-05:002011-09-28T19:14:14.893-05:00Dee, I have just begun to read your stories, skipp...Dee, I have just begun to read your stories, skipping around to get some of the "highlights." I am impressed with how much work you've done to examine your life and get to a happier place, and how forthright you are in writing about it. When I was about 14, the Benedictines tried to recruit me. I attended a retreat in Duluth and found it very frightening...I really did not think I wanted to be a nun, but they were telling me I had a calling and was obligated to respond. I'll be back to read everything. Thanks so much for this, and for your kind comments on my blog.Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-91818281044440602652011-09-28T17:20:47.566-05:002011-09-28T17:20:47.566-05:00OH my GOSH! I can't even begin to tell you ho...OH my GOSH! I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this story. <br /><br />I wish I could meet you in person--you are so awesome! :0)Crazy Life of a Writing Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064939499412649850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-31193864023167495572011-09-28T07:05:44.880-05:002011-09-28T07:05:44.880-05:00Oh my, how this made me giggle! I read all the li...Oh my, how this made me giggle! I read all the links and the stooping on the toilet to read gave me the giggles, too. I wouldn't do well with all the rules and would have been kicked out in no time at all for talking...and probably sleeping through the bells, too! But I can understand why you felt compelled to join after your experience of Oneness (which was awesome, BTW!). This is very interesting to hear the details of life as a nun...well, all the details of your life. Thanks for sharing your unique story. *big hugs*Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-89227993217139495462011-09-27T17:36:20.015-05:002011-09-27T17:36:20.015-05:00Cigarettes-do you mean some nuns aren't perfec...Cigarettes-do you mean some nuns aren't perfect? I now know why there are no Jewish nuns. We couldn't possibly enjoy--let alone, eat--a meal without laughing or even talking. Have you ever tried to get a Jewish woman to stop talking? Not Sarah, not Rebecca, not Ruth--& most certainly NOT ME! As far as putting aside your will--NO WAY!<br /><br />I went back & read all 9 of the posts you hyperlinked. It's hard for me to believe I became a follower only a month & a half ago. What a short time to become such good friends!<br /><br />While reading your posts I couldn't help but keep thinking of the movie THE NUN'S STORY with Audrey Hepburn. She reminded me so much of you--it was her need to assert her will that made her finally leave. Did you ever see that movie?fishduckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334973392362918928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-59659761372337966912011-09-27T16:47:49.220-05:002011-09-27T16:47:49.220-05:00You've definitely trod a different path from t...You've definitely trod a different path from the herd. I rather like picturing young nuns sneaking puffs. I understand that you feel differently~now~about the theological aspects, but do you still hold any of the social/cultural values of the religion?<br /><br />I recently visited a cemetery called The Forever Cemetery. Yikes, I'd imagined they ALL were. ~MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-45785272687654958832011-09-27T16:26:28.780-05:002011-09-27T16:26:28.780-05:00This was such a great story! What a picture it pai...This was such a great story! What a picture it paints!Stephanie Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117481136259148223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-51157910214138690112011-09-27T14:37:08.393-05:002011-09-27T14:37:08.393-05:00What a sweet story, Dee and a lovely picture of yo...What a sweet story, Dee and a lovely picture of you with your mum and dad.Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069419364783245762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-75360657501685686112011-09-27T14:14:23.541-05:002011-09-27T14:14:23.541-05:00When I was a young girl of eighteen, I decided I w...When I was a young girl of eighteen, I decided I wanted to join a convent. I read a book, however, "I Leap Over the Wall" around that time and realized that the life I envisioned was nothing like my romantic notions! The stories you tell are so interesting to me! Thank you for all these links. As I make my way through them, I (who is new to your blog) thank you for the effort it took to write them!DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-77458763198433819272011-09-27T13:59:45.043-05:002011-09-27T13:59:45.043-05:00:)
My great aunt is a nun. She is telling alot o...:)<br /><br />My great aunt is a nun. She is telling alot of her "old" stories lately. She's in her 80's so we're hanging on every word. <br /><br />It's so neat to hear that it's not all prayer and silence.Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097214923216967086noreply@blogger.com