tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post5969679470775622737..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: I'm "That Woman" NowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-75865629796744150322012-06-13T17:28:20.952-04:002012-06-13T17:28:20.952-04:00Gosh, Lil, now I'm crying! "...I had to ...Gosh, Lil, now I'm crying! "...I had to live the other life I had built." That is beautiful and sums it up completely. MaggieMaggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-52041005330835903342012-06-13T17:26:36.848-04:002012-06-13T17:26:36.848-04:00I remember when my older daughter joined her young...I remember when my older daughter joined her younger sister for Spring Break just as I was leaving. They took me to the airport, and I walked across the tarmac, wondering what I was going to do now. Some tears and sadness later, I realized I had to live the other life I had built. Which was nice. But I'll never forget that moment when my daughters let me know they were into their own lives now, without me. Which I had raised them for. (Sniff).lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-34992329056249474452012-06-13T13:22:59.691-04:002012-06-13T13:22:59.691-04:00Oh, and by the way, I took my daughter to lunch an...Oh, and by the way, I took my daughter to lunch and cried in my Cobb salad for the better part of the meal.Maggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-10529517290238550732012-06-13T13:22:29.275-04:002012-06-13T13:22:29.275-04:00LD, I guess I have to look forward to the grandkid...LD, I guess I have to look forward to the grandkids, though not quite yet! :-)<br /><br />Linda, I still have a "little one" (he's 13) and he's still young enough so that he's very affectionate with me. When that ends, though, batten down the hatches. And Dr. Bunny? He'll always be your little bunny. <br /><br />Marilyn, I look to you for guidance and wisdom and you never disappoint...it helps me that you've been through this so many times and yet have kept your perspective and sense of humor.<br /><br />But everyone, thank you for letting me know that I'm not crazy. (Or just not writing it.) MaggieMaggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-50703652520387941592012-06-13T13:19:49.236-04:002012-06-13T13:19:49.236-04:00As you all know I have lots of grandkids and great...As you all know I have lots of grandkids and great grands. I even raised two of my grandkids. One, a boy, has his own son now. The other a girl, has moved to North Carolina and is expecting her first--a girl. My oldest great is now graduated from high school and taking course to be a preacher. My youngest grand has also graduated from high school, is working and going to college too.Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-27091081411455770592012-06-13T13:18:23.536-04:002012-06-13T13:18:23.536-04:00Maggie, I feel for you. When my daughter and son h...Maggie, I feel for you. When my daughter and son hit teens a year apart, I missed the weepy nostalgia because I had another new baby. When they both graduated and left home, I still had a little one, so there were only a few tears and "how did that happen?" But the baby was just starting school. The younger kids give you a little cushion, I think. Youngest jumped into college at 16, and I was kind of in shock, but he still lived at home and I worked at the college, so not a huge change. Then, he left for a year's study in England on an exchange program. I turned into Lot's wife right then. Even my husband burst into tears when we went into a children's bookstore to buy a present, and he saw little ones playing on the big carved animals. "It seems like yesterday that our little bunny was over there," he wailed. Our little bunny is now Dr. Bunny. :-)Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-48288707624238293432012-06-13T13:06:28.214-04:002012-06-13T13:06:28.214-04:00My boys were grown and gone before I knew it. The...My boys were grown and gone before I knew it. Then something wonderful happened. I got another chance. Believe me, I'm enjoying every moment with my grandkids. They're growing too fast, too, but I'm not wasting any of it this time around.LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-27502092182485544672012-06-13T08:54:43.190-04:002012-06-13T08:54:43.190-04:00Amy, I am right there with you. I am stunned by h...Amy, I am right there with you. I am stunned by how I feel right now. <br /><br />Laura, I know how you feel. You're still a year off. Enjoy every minute and every school visit. They are a lot of fun. MaggieMaggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-21402818225686999692012-06-13T06:50:11.984-04:002012-06-13T06:50:11.984-04:00Maggie, I'm right there with you, blinking off...Maggie, I'm right there with you, blinking off the tears more than I could have ever imagined.<br /><br />I have no regrets about the time I spent with my girls but I sure do wish I could press replay and do it one more time...Laura Bradfordhttp://www.laurabradford.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-1455790902617972812012-06-13T06:35:00.583-04:002012-06-13T06:35:00.583-04:00I feel you, Maggie! This week ends 5th grade for m...I feel you, Maggie! This week ends 5th grade for my daughter. While not graduating from high school and heading off for college, my daughter is graduating from being a little girl to being a tween. <br /><br />We're talking about clothes, glasses versus contacts, boys, junior high electives (junior high is still one a year off but she wants to talk now), and sex. <br /><br />We're standing at the edge of a different cliff than you and your daughter but still a cliff. She is ready to jump off and I am ... not.Aimee Hixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06045158961269334826noreply@blogger.com