tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post645574166070136725..comments2023-12-16T22:38:40.273-08:00Comments on .: How do the raccoons survive?menohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-66183772166047870272010-08-24T18:39:44.405-07:002010-08-24T18:39:44.405-07:00Junior. Did you say JUNIOR? That just isn't ...Junior. Did you say JUNIOR? That just isn't possible. Where did the time go? Zounds.Sabrahttp://myowntimemachine.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-18222617500895080992010-08-24T05:22:16.069-07:002010-08-24T05:22:16.069-07:00Parents try to instill a semblance of self-suffici...Parents try to instill a semblance of self-sufficiency in their children and, what you know? they don't need you in the way you want them to need you....until they become boomerang children in their thirties and forties.The raccoon population is not shrinkingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-51970928529663760522010-08-23T05:55:15.027-07:002010-08-23T05:55:15.027-07:00The mind reels at the future which lies ahead. I c...The mind reels at the future which lies ahead. I can barely imagine it. <br /><br />It's awful, isn't it, when you know you should feel so relieved and happy for her, instead of feeling sort of extraneous to it all. I'm reading Bill Bryson's A Short History of Everything. In it, he tells a story of a physicist working on determining the age of the universe. When he finally gets close to solving this puzzle, and the age is staggeringly old of course, the guy drives all the way back to his childhood home in Iowa to ask his mommy to take him to the hospital because he thinks he's having a heart attack. <br /><br />She'll always need you. Even after you're gone. Score!peevishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14135920853307511091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-21486945776495252312010-08-21T23:25:02.606-07:002010-08-21T23:25:02.606-07:00Ohh, poor baby. (You, not Em.) Been there, done th...Ohh, poor baby. (You, not Em.) Been there, done that. Feeling obsolete hurts, and in some dark, cobwebby corner of my heart, I am still waiting for them to give up this grown-up nonsense and come home to Mommy.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-24584475476632798532010-08-21T11:37:04.881-07:002010-08-21T11:37:04.881-07:00Awwwww...
You gotta do what you gotta do but you d...Awwwww...<br />You gotta do what you gotta do but you don't have to like it. I don't like not having them in my life everyday, so I keep them in my heart every second!luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-20015076215435438172010-08-20T22:07:16.610-07:002010-08-20T22:07:16.610-07:00perhaps you may console yourself with the knowledg...perhaps you may console yourself with the knowledge that you have brought up a child who wants to fly free! This is the best thing any parent could do. When she's in her 30s she'll come back to you, transformed into your best friend.<br /><br />xxooTaradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-10985101372355384322010-08-19T19:50:43.509-07:002010-08-19T19:50:43.509-07:00Well... there is always Shasta in September...Well... there is always Shasta in September...Scott from Oregonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01331284708780612453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-90264305064487750722010-08-19T17:29:23.844-07:002010-08-19T17:29:23.844-07:00I'm hoping I live long enough to see my kid ge...I'm hoping I live long enough to see my kid get to college. So far, it's not looking promising. She just got her drivers license and the stress is killing me. I understand how you feel though.JelliDonuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01062492342058178839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306964.post-85278591662462504412010-08-19T11:29:34.270-07:002010-08-19T11:29:34.270-07:00It must be a dreadful wrench when your kids barely...It must be a dreadful wrench when your kids barely need you any more and are out there happily living their own lives. As you say, a fifth wheel (hadn't heard that expression before - nice one!).<br /><br />The colossal toll of roadkill is heartbreaking but it's hard to see what can be done to stop it. Unfortunately animals crossing roads recklessly don't have a chance against vehicles moving at massive speeds. That won't change until the day we can all fly and cars go out of fashion.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com