Comments on: A Request and a Dedication http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jen http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-146076 Jen Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:55:31 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-146076 Ally, you are great! You mean to tell me that you and Scott don't have a Neil Diamond song? I remember when he told me that Neil was your guys favorite, I laughed and then found out...he really wasn't joking! Ally, you are great! You mean to tell me that you and Scott don’t have a Neil Diamond song? I remember when he told me that Neil was your guys favorite, I laughed and then found out…he really wasn’t joking!

]]> By: Sage http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145940 Sage Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:26:53 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145940 Ally: Thanks for the birthday wish! It was lovely. Yes, raising children gets easier and harder as they get older. My oldest will be 16 this month. My fifth is due any day now! And I'm 42! Though we've been through some hard times, sticking together has brought great happiness. I also try hard not to get mad about the little things and to express myself kindly and clearly when something is really bothering me. Ally: Thanks for the birthday wish! It was lovely. Yes, raising children gets easier and harder as they get older. My oldest will be 16 this month. My fifth is due any day now! And I’m 42!

Though we’ve been through some hard times, sticking together has brought great happiness.

I also try hard not to get mad about the little things and to express myself kindly and clearly when something is really bothering me.

]]> By: Sharlee http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145905 Sharlee Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:07:10 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145905 Zina, thanks for posting that link to "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow." We're huge Christopher Guest fans. I'm going to send this link to my husband next Valentine's Day! :-) Zina, thanks for posting that link to “Kiss at the End of the Rainbow.” We’re huge Christopher Guest fans. I’m going to send this link to my husband next Valentine’s Day! :-)

]]> By: Ally Condie http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145899 Ally Condie Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:37:53 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145899 Zina: We just listened to it. What a great song. My little boys adored it too (even though they've never played Mario Kart). I love the opening line about the princess and the toad. Zina: We just listened to it. What a great song. My little boys adored it too (even though they’ve never played Mario Kart). I love the opening line about the princess and the toad.

]]> By: Ally Condie http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145898 Ally Condie Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:29:50 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145898 Lindsay: I remember that song too. I've never been certain what, exactly, she was singing about. Miggy: How sweet! I think a song that your husband writes for you is the very best definition of "your song." Tiffany: Not many women can say that they have a physics dissertation dedicated to them. I think that's wonderful that your husband chose to acknowledge your support in such a meaningful way. I was giving my husband a hard time about not dedication his thesis to me, but then he pointed out that I am mentioned in the acknowledgments. Hmm. Does that count? Zina: I hadn't noticed that you posted links! Thanks for pointing that out. I was responding to the comments through my e-mail and for some reason the links weren't showing up there. Off to listen to the Mario Kart Love Song... Dovie: I love what you said about feeling like the teenager pretending adulthood. I think that's partly why I like to write young adult fiction. I definitely relate to that feeling of being sixteen and in love and it's not hard at all to feel sixteen again. For some reason, my real age (31) seems like the wrong one. :) Lindsay: I remember that song too. I’ve never been certain what, exactly, she was singing about.

Miggy: How sweet! I think a song that your husband writes for you is the very best definition of “your song.”

Tiffany: Not many women can say that they have a physics dissertation dedicated to them. I think that’s wonderful that your husband chose to acknowledge your support in such a meaningful way. I was giving my husband a hard time about not dedication his thesis to me, but then he pointed out that I am mentioned in the acknowledgments. Hmm. Does that count?

Zina: I hadn’t noticed that you posted links! Thanks for pointing that out. I was responding to the comments through my e-mail and for some reason the links weren’t showing up there. Off to listen to the Mario Kart Love Song…

Dovie: I love what you said about feeling like the teenager pretending adulthood. I think that’s partly why I like to write young adult fiction. I definitely relate to that feeling of being sixteen and in love and it’s not hard at all to feel sixteen again. For some reason, my real age (31) seems like the wrong one. :)

]]> By: Dovie http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145879 Dovie Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:42:56 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145879 We Close our Eyes, by Oingo Boingo. It makes me full up with joyful brimming emotions. There are a couple of others that are like that but that one does it every time. He will scoop me into his arms and spin me around defying his more reserved nature. He will sing to me and hold me close. The most surprising thing? It feels just like the song. We close our eyes and not just a year had come and gone but now years upon years. That is what is most surprising. I still feel like that teenage girl somehow suddenly grown up pretending adulthood with my sweetheart. We Close our Eyes, by Oingo Boingo.

It makes me full up with joyful brimming emotions. There are a couple of others that are like that but that one does it every time. He will scoop me into his arms and spin me around defying his more reserved nature. He will sing to me and hold me close.

The most surprising thing? It feels just like the song. We close our eyes and not just a year had come and gone but now years upon years. That is what is most surprising. I still feel like that teenage girl somehow suddenly grown up pretending adulthood with my sweetheart.

]]> By: Zina http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145875 Zina Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:13:21 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145875 Ally, I'm not sure you noticed that the songs I listed have clickable links -- click on "Mario Kart Love Song" (which is not by Nintendo) and it will take you to a YouTube video of a guy who taped a yarn mustache on to look like Luigi, singing the song he composed. Ally, I’m not sure you noticed that the songs I listed have clickable links — click on “Mario Kart Love Song” (which is not by Nintendo) and it will take you to a YouTube video of a guy who taped a yarn mustache on to look like Luigi, singing the song he composed.

]]> By: Tiffany http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145849 Tiffany Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:24:01 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145849 FoxyJ's comment about her husband dedicating his thesis to her reminded me that my husband dedicated his doctoral dissertation to me. While it was about obscure physics topics that I didn't understand, it meant a lot to me that he considered me a huge part of his process to get his PhD. FoxyJ’s comment about her husband dedicating his thesis to her reminded me that my husband dedicated his doctoral dissertation to me. While it was about obscure physics topics that I didn’t understand, it meant a lot to me that he considered me a huge part of his process to get his PhD.

]]> By: Miggy http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145826 Miggy Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:25:04 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145826 We started dating a right before Christmas. My birthday is in early January and of course then comes Valentine's day in February. It was sort of a triple slam for a new relationship (gifts and expectations) and I think by february my then boyfriend (now husband) was not sure what else to do...so for Valentines day he asked me if I wanted to go out with his parents to dinner? The 4 of us. I thought it was really sweet that he liked his parents enough to want to spend Valentine's day with them but of course part of me was bummed that it was going to be less romantic and not just the two of us. However, after dinner we went back to his place where he whipped out a guitar. Now here's the thing, he wasn't and isn't the best guitar player/singer so I knew he was reaching out of his comfort zone a little. But he wrote me this song that really knocked my socks off. It was cute, special, sweet and he wrote it about ME! I was hooked. I'm not sure it's officially 'our' song, but one thing that is very 'us' is making up songs for everything. EVERYTHING. We make up and sing stupid little songs as we drive, as we do dishes, and we even take our daughter's favorite nursery songs and make them unique and silly (an R&B version of 5 little ducks for example). I think there is a lot about marriage that has surprised me and some not-so-much. One of the biggest surprises is that I really don't care that someone else sees me naked all the time. When I was single I really used to wonder about that. :) We started dating a right before Christmas. My birthday is in early January and of course then comes Valentine’s day in February. It was sort of a triple slam for a new relationship (gifts and expectations) and I think by february my then boyfriend (now husband) was not sure what else to do…so for Valentines day he asked me if I wanted to go out with his parents to dinner? The 4 of us. I thought it was really sweet that he liked his parents enough to want to spend Valentine’s day with them but of course part of me was bummed that it was going to be less romantic and not just the two of us. However, after dinner we went back to his place where he whipped out a guitar. Now here’s the thing, he wasn’t and isn’t the best guitar player/singer so I knew he was reaching out of his comfort zone a little. But he wrote me this song that really knocked my socks off. It was cute, special, sweet and he wrote it about ME! I was hooked. I’m not sure it’s officially ‘our’ song, but one thing that is very ‘us’ is making up songs for everything. EVERYTHING. We make up and sing stupid little songs as we drive, as we do dishes, and we even take our daughter’s favorite nursery songs and make them unique and silly (an R&B version of 5 little ducks for example).

I think there is a lot about marriage that has surprised me and some not-so-much. One of the biggest surprises is that I really don’t care that someone else sees me naked all the time. When I was single I really used to wonder about that. :)

]]> By: Lindsay1138 http://segullah.org/daily-special/a-request-and-a-dedication/#comment-145812 Lindsay1138 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:56:54 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=3300#comment-145812 My brother and his girlfriend's song was "It's All Coming Back TO Me Now" by Celine Dion. Needless to say, they broke up. My brother and his girlfriend’s song was “It’s All Coming Back TO Me Now” by Celine Dion. Needless to say, they broke up.

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