tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post5010801000863073330..comments2023-05-12T10:23:10.960-05:00Comments on Patch O' Dirt Farm: 48 todayNadjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-46408616939107307802011-11-29T16:18:58.051-06:002011-11-29T16:18:58.051-06:00I know how you feel. Lurking is a good word for wh...I know how you feel. Lurking is a good word for what it feels like right as fall moves in. Wish I could hear what it is the Lord is telling me. I open my hart and mind and just wait patently.<br />I love you blog. Thank you for always being there.<br /><br />God Bless,<br />DanielleRemodeling A Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171558507783607152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-77588676768416050922011-11-28T23:39:45.204-06:002011-11-28T23:39:45.204-06:00hello old friend...and i don't mean "old&...hello old friend...and i don't mean "old" as in you are old...teeheehee...i am sorry i missed your b-day. i've been so out of it lately, can't even seem to lurk on my favorite blogs like i was for a while, so i am skimming and scanning, trying to catch up as quickly as i can! glad to see you are well. you and your beautiful little family. belated wishes and blessings for reganhttp://andeverythinginitsplace.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-65762262318484190762011-11-19T09:51:28.098-06:002011-11-19T09:51:28.098-06:00Nadja, the joy your children bring you comes out i...Nadja, the joy your children bring you comes out in so many ways here in your space. That sadness of knowing there will be no more little ones or that the ones you have a growing oh so quickly comes at any age. I began motherhood at 25 and still share those very same sentiments many times—on birthdays, when I've noticed they've outgrown something, when they've learned something new...heather at wordplayhouse®http://wordplayhouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-44149626247898162552011-11-18T18:28:08.611-06:002011-11-18T18:28:08.611-06:00Thank you so much, Anne, for your sentiments. Yes...Thank you so much, Anne, for your sentiments. Yes, you are right: my mothering is something that will go on for the rest of my life, just a bit differently.<br /><br />I started so late--I pray I live long enough to hold my grandbabies!Nadjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-14012948602721003592011-11-18T17:04:50.694-06:002011-11-18T17:04:50.694-06:00Happy Belated Birthday, Nadja! So sorry I missed ...Happy Belated Birthday, Nadja! So sorry I missed your special day.<br />I think life is all about seasons ~ enjoy each one as it comes. I had my last child at 40 and two years ago was blessed with my first grandchild. It was so nice to rock a baby again! He is such a joy to our lives now. Your "mothering" days are never over, just altered a bit. :-) Before you know it, you will be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-25281672294138795822011-11-16T11:32:52.062-06:002011-11-16T11:32:52.062-06:00First thing - Happy (belated) birthday!!
Second, ...First thing - Happy (belated) birthday!! <br />Second, this is so beautiful...can you see the beauty in your words? <3 Your life is so full and blessed.<br /><br />I hope you had a day as beautiful as you are!! XOFrontierDreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279174669401662612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-80171160820876994312011-11-16T04:36:17.270-06:002011-11-16T04:36:17.270-06:00Sorry you are feeling depressed on your birthday. ...Sorry you are feeling depressed on your birthday. When you are 58 or 68 or 78 you will wish you could be only 48 again. Every day is a gift. Each phase brings blessing. Enjoy now! I know these things because I am 63 with the thick waist, mostly grown kids and wrinkles. Life is good. Happy Birthday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-85695840189552601152011-11-15T17:15:23.787-06:002011-11-15T17:15:23.787-06:00Happy Birthday! I hope you had a good day. It woul...Happy Birthday! I hope you had a good day. It wouldn't be much of a journey if everything stayed the same. Enjoy!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458243149834190714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-4740135127905145022011-11-15T16:26:53.177-06:002011-11-15T16:26:53.177-06:00Nadja, wising you a beautiful birthday surrounded ...Nadja, wising you a beautiful birthday surrounded by your gorgeous family. Life offers us so much on our journey through it. I think one of the greatest gifts is watching our children unfold and blossom before us. Happiest days to you. Jacinta xembracingitallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436733845443932508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-916093945904767962011-11-15T15:30:52.093-06:002011-11-15T15:30:52.093-06:00Thank you so much. My mom just came by with a Nuss...Thank you so much. My mom just came by with a Nusskuchen (nut cake) and a bottle of Irish Whiskey to put in my tea when it gets really cold this winter!Nadjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-83536118174115707992011-11-15T14:46:07.918-06:002011-11-15T14:46:07.918-06:00Happy, Happy Birthday dearest Nadja! Such beautifu...Happy, Happy Birthday dearest Nadja! Such beautiful, truthful thoughts, and I can relate so well to so many of them (my birthday was just the other day, we almost share). Enjoy a blessed, joyful day with your lovely, jolly family! Eat, drink and be merry. And thankful, as I know you are. xo (and Aves too)Kimberleehttp://www.ponderedinmyheart.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-39170270474293029502011-11-15T12:46:12.133-06:002011-11-15T12:46:12.133-06:00Happy Birthday!
I know how you feel about the ba...Happy Birthday! <br /><br />I know how you feel about the baby season being over. My almost 5 yo has learned to read and has a loose tooth and I broke down and cried. <br /><br />Your children are beautiful, your family is blessed and you are a wonderful gift to all who surround you, in your life and on the web.justamousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082723705687057148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-18048059886737503012011-11-15T12:38:30.265-06:002011-11-15T12:38:30.265-06:00Just read you for the first time- sent to me by my...Just read you for the first time- sent to me by my sister. I waited until I was 30 to start mothering. I am 43 now and the year after my husband and I reluctantly made the final decision to stop having babies, his eldest became pregnant at the age of 18. Despite all the worry, disappointment, etc that came with that- there arrived this perfect baby girl who is 7 months old now and who fills that Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06592532417364025009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-14326794576186954772011-11-15T12:19:19.506-06:002011-11-15T12:19:19.506-06:00This brought me to tears. This morning I sang at t...This brought me to tears. This morning I sang at the local retirement home and as I looked around at all the old women (for the women far outnumbered the men) I wondered at their lives: the men they'd loved, the children they raised, the many loads of laundry and dishes they'd done...and I saw my mother in them, and myself...and my daughters. It is melancholy. <br />Still, I'm so gladThe Knitty Gritty Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890656094078973552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-26955476270478517802011-11-15T12:04:59.021-06:002011-11-15T12:04:59.021-06:00Well, I got my birthday wishes in early, but it br...Well, I got my birthday wishes in early, but it brings me joy to say, "Happy Birthday!" again. Your thoughts above are beautiful. You know I share them. May God bless you always! Love, AnnitaMom2Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556390705963609169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-62263975061439470792011-11-15T10:56:55.116-06:002011-11-15T10:56:55.116-06:00God bless you! You are so beautiful, so blessed.God bless you! You are so beautiful, so blessed.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-86818482727116078022011-11-15T10:43:26.597-06:002011-11-15T10:43:26.597-06:00Oh, thank you Michele and Marilyn! Your prayers a...Oh, thank you Michele and Marilyn! Your prayers are very dear gifts to me. I can't say how many times I have been able to actually feel the effects of prayers offered on my behalf...Nadjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-8182224603281427452011-11-15T10:12:47.509-06:002011-11-15T10:12:47.509-06:00Happy Birthday! I will offer my rosary for you tod...Happy Birthday! I will offer my rosary for you today. No need for melancholy - your life is a lovely tapestry. And isn't it incredible that you are ONLY 48 years young - given that we will live for ETERNITY, and that our time here on earth is just a tiny time of our eternal life.<br /><br />Tipping my tea cup your way.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04100296835463461946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6691883299905666578.post-73158767847804088522011-11-15T10:05:31.674-06:002011-11-15T10:05:31.674-06:00Happy Happy Birthday Nadja! 48 is a very good yea...Happy Happy Birthday Nadja! 48 is a very good year. And you look a decade younger at any rate, fwiw....and while a little nostalgia can be savory...don't tred too long in melancholy today - birthdays are the best celebration of the best of gifts. Enjoy!!! You're a beautiful amazing talented wonder of a 48 year old woman who continues to bring such gifts to your family, ones that will coffeemomhttp://anotherespressoplease.netnoreply@blogger.com