Comments on: Always a Daughter http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Wed, 23 May 2012 03:05:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: m&m http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-122090 m&m Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:51:24 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-122090 Beautiful and stirring. Thank you. Beautiful and stirring. Thank you.

]]> By: Dawn http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-122009 Dawn Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:24:47 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-122009 Leslie you put to words the deep loss most of us feel when we lose a parent. Thank you. I was moved to tears once again as I ponder the deep loss I feel each year as I celebrate the birth of our Savior without my parents. It gives me great joy to know that the birth of that small babe means that I will someday see the beautiful faces of my dear mom and dad once again. I wasn't yet done with the need of them. However, I look at my own motherhood differently because of my own loss. Love travels well through the veil. Thank you for the poignant reminder. Leslie you put to words the deep loss most of us feel when we lose a parent. Thank you. I was moved to tears once again as I ponder the deep loss I feel each year as I celebrate the birth of our Savior without my parents. It gives me great joy to know that the birth of that small babe means that I will someday see the beautiful faces of my dear mom and dad once again. I wasn’t yet done with the need of them. However, I look at my own motherhood differently because of my own loss. Love travels well through the veil. Thank you for the poignant reminder.

]]> By: Maralise http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121889 Maralise Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:30:21 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121889 my favorite line (it was hard to choose): 'I am without my father and it is part of my desert, and every step belongs to my journey.' So beautiful Leslie. my favorite line (it was hard to choose): ‘I am without my father and it is part of my desert, and every step belongs to my journey.’

So beautiful Leslie.

]]> By: Leisha http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121848 Leisha Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:06:16 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121848 My brother's wife lost her father, to cancer, today. This made me cry with every ounce if my being. It was just so beautiful. And bittersweet. My brother’s wife lost her father, to cancer, today. This made me cry with every ounce if my being. It was just so beautiful. And bittersweet.

]]> By: Kim http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121820 Kim Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:27:54 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121820 Thank you--this really touched me. I lost my father 1.5 years ago and while this second Christmas without him hasn't carried quite the same level of pain, its been getting harder and harder for me each day--and music does bring so many memories back for me, so I really appreciated your experience. Thank you–this really touched me. I lost my father 1.5 years ago and while this second Christmas without him hasn’t carried quite the same level of pain, its been getting harder and harder for me each day–and music does bring so many memories back for me, so I really appreciated your experience.

]]> By: Jill http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121807 Jill Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:17:00 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121807 Thank you Leslie. I lost my own dad in October and this piece speaks to my heart. Thank you Leslie. I lost my own dad in October and this piece speaks to my heart.

]]> By: Michelle L. http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121795 Michelle L. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:46:35 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121795 you brought me to tears Leslie-- thank you for tugging my heartstrings on this crazy/busy/lovely day. you brought me to tears Leslie– thank you for tugging my heartstrings on this crazy/busy/lovely day.

]]> By: Shari http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121794 Shari Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:40:18 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121794 Thank you so much for your thoughts. They have helped me organize MY thoughts as I try to compose a letter to my grieving DIL; as she lost her mother 5 days before Christmas, 3 days before her 52nd birthday. ~Shari in Vancouver, WA Thank you so much for your thoughts. They have helped me organize MY thoughts as I try to compose a letter to my grieving DIL; as she lost her mother 5 days before Christmas, 3 days before her 52nd birthday.
~Shari in Vancouver, WA

]]> By: Janet http://segullah.org/daily-special/always-a-daughter/#comment-121777 Janet Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:19:23 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1741#comment-121777 Thank you for reminding me to hug my parents this Christmas - not that I wouldn't have anyway - but it will be with more meaning because you shared your pain. Thank you for reminding me to hug my parents this Christmas – not that I wouldn’t have anyway – but it will be with more meaning because you shared your pain.

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