tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post116889030382640189..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): Leaving on a Jet Planejo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-71247592963401900432011-05-16T17:12:38.748-04:002011-05-16T17:12:38.748-04:00Leaving home is always tough, specially if there a...Leaving home is always tough, specially if there are kids trying to convince you that you cant go, that they are going to starve if you leave.viagra onlinehttp://www.iservepharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168995819494125842007-01-16T20:03:00.000-05:002007-01-16T20:03:00.000-05:00Have a good trip, Wonderful Smart Beautiful Daught...Have a good trip, Wonderful Smart Beautiful Daughter! Take Famous European City by storm!Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168983277353055682007-01-16T16:34:00.000-05:002007-01-16T16:34:00.000-05:00I talked to her over the internet this afternoon. ...I talked to her over the internet this afternoon. She has arrived safely and is very excited to be there.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168981313631624172007-01-16T16:01:00.000-05:002007-01-16T16:01:00.000-05:00Beautiful post. You'll let us know when she's saf...Beautiful post. You'll let us know when she's safely in, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168978801966791792007-01-16T15:20:00.000-05:002007-01-16T15:20:00.000-05:00I'm still in denial. If yours can grow up and away...I'm still in denial. If yours can grow up and away, does that me mine have to too?timnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985699859449138316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168967454705909252007-01-16T12:10:00.000-05:002007-01-16T12:10:00.000-05:00There she goes...following in her mother's footste...There she goes...following in her mother's footsteps. So exciting and also a little bit sad...your first little birdie out of the nest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168958959118019592007-01-16T09:49:00.000-05:002007-01-16T09:49:00.000-05:00You are going to love your visit out there, aren't...You are going to love your visit out there, aren't you!? I hope everything went well on her trip out. The comment about Canadians cracked me up!BrightStar (B*)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11167685794935402108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168946645142013342007-01-16T06:24:00.000-05:002007-01-16T06:24:00.000-05:00I know just how you feel. I, too, was watching th...I know just how you feel. I, too, was watching the weather report yesterday and wondering if your daughter would make her flights. Even though she allowed hours between flights, my daughter still missed her flight to London last semester due to weather delays. I'm glad your daughter's departure was smoother. She's going to have a wonderful time.listiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03531432035830658570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168946204644645372007-01-16T06:16:00.000-05:002007-01-16T06:16:00.000-05:00As you know, the GoodinParts household is on stand...As you know, the GoodinParts household is on standby too...But she won't need us. She'll be too busy having a great experience. <BR/>Hugs and loves to all of you, traveller and stay-at-homes xxKathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168943972618506412007-01-16T05:39:00.000-05:002007-01-16T05:39:00.000-05:00That photo brought a lump to my throat. But I'm gl...That photo brought a lump to my throat. But I'm glad she's coming to experience something of London. Tell her to give me a shout if she needs to (yes, I know I don't really know you or your family but the offer is there) :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168933445315552182007-01-16T02:44:00.000-05:002007-01-16T02:44:00.000-05:00Don't know if I'll ever experience this. I once wr...Don't know if I'll ever experience this. I once wrote a poem that featured, in part an old woman staring at a slide. I wondered if she was remembering children long grown and I wondered if I'd ever do the same, experience the loss of children grown or stare at a slide wondering why I'd never had children and which ache would be harder...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168926150621963372007-01-16T00:42:00.000-05:002007-01-16T00:42:00.000-05:00I'm not looking forward to the day one of my sons ...I'm not looking forward to the day one of my sons has to travel to so far away. It may happen sooner to us, since we do have family in a foreign country. I hope she has a great trip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168923145233053282007-01-15T23:52:00.000-05:002007-01-15T23:52:00.000-05:00How can time pass so slowly and so quickly all at ...How can time pass so slowly and so quickly all at the same moment? <BR/>-PKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168920646452123272007-01-15T23:10:00.000-05:002007-01-15T23:10:00.000-05:00i'm all teary, too. she will have a wonderful tim...i'm all teary, too. she will have a wonderful time!<BR/><BR/>my baby daughter went for a month in japan, summer before last, and it was really hard to see her go. REALLY hard. we flew to the big tacky southern california city, where she was to meet her group and depart. once she was all settled with her group and they were doing shifts with checkin, and it was apparent i was the only parent hanging around, i left before i started a scene. i made it down a flight of stairs before crying my heart out. she had a great time. <BR/><BR/>in the fall, she'll be off to college -- at least an hour away, maybe a flight away. i think i'm ready, but know i'm not, really.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168920237963541282007-01-15T23:03:00.000-05:002007-01-15T23:03:00.000-05:00Bon voyage to her! And comfort and peace to you.Bon voyage to her! <BR/><BR/>And comfort and peace to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168917016376948082007-01-15T22:10:00.000-05:002007-01-15T22:10:00.000-05:00What PPB said.What PPB said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168916262849965922007-01-15T21:57:00.000-05:002007-01-15T21:57:00.000-05:00Bon Voyage, Wonderful Smart Beautiful Daughter! I...Bon Voyage, Wonderful Smart Beautiful Daughter! I went abroad almost eight years ago and it continued to change my life for years afterward. <BR/><BR/>However aware I am of the realities of time, I read that paragraph about kindergarten, where my girls will be this fall, and still can't believe they will ever be old enough to fly away from me across great oceans. But when (if) they do, I hope they will go as confident and brave as your daughter will, jo(e).jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773428182105442661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168906405506391012007-01-15T19:13:00.000-05:002007-01-15T19:13:00.000-05:00Good luck and godspeed, Wonderful Smart Beautiful ...Good luck and godspeed, Wonderful Smart Beautiful Daughter! Don't forget to send digital photos for your mom to post on the blog!landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168905606936506682007-01-15T19:00:00.000-05:002007-01-15T19:00:00.000-05:00You know, when I turned on the radio yesterday and...You know, when I turned on the radio yesterday and heard there was a big storm in Snowstorm City, I immediately thought, "Oh, no! Will Jo(e)'s Wonderful Smart Beautiful Daughter be able to get her flight to the Big European City?"<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad to hear that she did.<BR/><BR/>May she have a wonderful, smart, beautiful time there.elswherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682431666658202440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168904751688910002007-01-15T18:45:00.000-05:002007-01-15T18:45:00.000-05:00Damn it! Why am I crying? ;-) I don't think I'll...Damn it! Why am <I>I</I> crying? ;-) I don't think I'll ever have to watch my cat get on a plane to go off to another country for four months!<BR/><BR/>She's going to have a fabulous time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168900175657701032007-01-15T17:29:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:29:00.000-05:00She looks so much like mine from behind. How do t...She looks so much like mine from behind. How do these little girls go off with such confidence? My dd, who is not much bigger than when she really was a little girl, told me that she wrote in her school year abroad app for next year something about having covered much of the US last year (college in NOLA and Oregon, summer job in NC) but still not having made it abroad. I hope that yours has the best and most life-defining time ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168900049603519352007-01-15T17:27:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:27:00.000-05:00Oh, it must have been hard to wave goodbye. She's...Oh, it must have been hard to wave goodbye. She's going to have an amazing time :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168898520515745012007-01-15T17:02:00.000-05:002007-01-15T17:02:00.000-05:00She'll be fine just as you were when you went. A ...She'll be fine just as you were when you went. A Life Circle for sure! You are indeed lucky to have all this. A really nice blog...warm and fuzzy!Mother of Inventionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797365678860039018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168897872025972752007-01-15T16:51:00.000-05:002007-01-15T16:51:00.000-05:00Oh, I am so excited for her. It makes me feel lik...Oh, I am so excited for her. It makes me feel like it was just yesterday when I took my first semester abroad. And yet, it was 20 years ago.<BR/><BR/>15 years from now, I will be saying, it seems like just yesterday that my daughter was in kindergarden (she is now) but.......<BR/><BR/>Congratulations, Jo(e) on a job well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1168897026366331362007-01-15T16:37:00.000-05:002007-01-15T16:37:00.000-05:00She's gonna have a great time!She's gonna have a great time!Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503422107908380716noreply@blogger.com