Comments on: Seventeen years

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:25:38 +0000

Oh, how I loved Grandma Sooter.

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:34:07 +0000

In reply to Christy. Beautifully said, Christy. I agree with you completely.

By: Christy

Christy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:57:26 +0000

I am amazed that the older I get, the more understanding I have of my parents. The older I get, the more I see their reasons for the rules, the disciplines, and the traditions that were a part of our home. The older I get, the more I love and respect them. It is commonly said that you don’t really understand your parents until you are one yourself. I am 62 and both of my parents in eternity but I love, understand and respect them more every day.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:28:14 +0000

Thank you for sharing this post. I love hearing about the people and experiences that have shaped you.

My heart aches for you as I read this because I am so very close to my own mom and I wish yours was still here with you. What a joy though for you to know that she is sitting with Jesus and will some day wrap her arms around you again.

Thank you for sharing this anniversary with us.

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:23:05 +0000

In reply to Sue Raimo. Thank you for your wonderful words, Sue.

By: Sue Raimo

Sue Raimo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:40:31 +0000

Thank you for sharing just a glimpse of the woman who helped make you who you are. As I was reading your description of your mother, much(if not most) of it would be how I would describe you. So not only does she live on in heaven, through her daughter she lives on here on earth.

My sincere sympathy to you as you remember this day.

Love, Sue

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:26:34 +0000

In reply to Tauni. Oh, Tauni. Now I'm sobbing again. Thank you for remembering all these things, and for writing them here. I love you.

By: Tauni

Tauni — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:14:27 +0000

Dear Jules ~ thank you so very much for sharing about your mom. I had not remembered the date, or that it has been so long. My heart hurts for the pain of your earthly loss, but I am joyful that you will be able to “see” her again! I too have so many memories of your mom. I remember her looking the way she does in that photo. You and I had just met at that time! Your mother had a way of making me feel so comfortable in your home. She was as you have described and much more. I became teary eyed even as I read. Some of my most vivid memories of your mom, was in the summer months when all the windows and doors were open cuz we did not have central air conditioning and hearing her play her organ in the afternoon hours. My parents loved hearing her play too! I remember you and I crowded around her in the “dining room” where the organ was (man that thing seemed huge!) and asking her to play all kinds of songs and we would sing along, as would she when we did not remember the words. I remember popcorn balls, fun bingo games she would organize for you and your friends, and food, yes I remember your mother’s cooking! She would make some pretty special things. I remember your mom being very patient with us too. I don’t know if I ever heard her yell except to call our names from the back of the house. I am grateful I was able to see her again before she passed away. I know your mother would be so proud of the woman, mother and grandmother you have become. She would be blessed to know how many lives you have touched in the years you have been on this earth. And I can hear her say now with that beautiful smile of hers, “I love you too, Julie.”