tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post7323284956670570512..comments2024-03-18T16:49:08.253+11:00Comments on All the Blue Day: Quietly HeroicJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-87941308103956812122018-02-28T18:47:53.075+11:002018-02-28T18:47:53.075+11:00Gretchen Joanna :)
Meg Hopeful, 'just a crappy...Gretchen Joanna :)<br />Meg Hopeful, 'just a crappy day and there's still dinner on the table at the end of it' - oh, yes, that is the height of daily heroism :) Capes flapping indeed :)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-7060109864362038372018-02-22T11:57:42.813+11:002018-02-22T11:57:42.813+11:00Occasionally, when there is lot of stuff going on,...Occasionally, when there is lot of stuff going on, happenings that need juggling, a tiredness or illness or just a crappy day and there's still dinner on the table at the end of it I will think to myself, "Yep! Bit of a superhero really!" While I don't own a cape, I do think there are many heroes who do ordinary stuff (and not so ordinary stuff) while their invisible capes flap in the breeze! Meg:)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-12413760364108904522018-02-19T09:26:33.580+11:002018-02-19T09:26:33.580+11:00Thank you, Jo. I don't know what else to say.Thank you, Jo. I don't know what else to say.GretchenJoannahttp://www.gretchenjoanna.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-45791430514544313912018-02-14T09:12:30.694+11:002018-02-14T09:12:30.694+11:00Pam, thank you! I was so encouraged by that phrase...Pam, thank you! I was so encouraged by that phrase, 'quietly heroic' that I wanted to share it with you all :)<br /><br />Kate, that is so perceptive - 'the little things that aren't noticed until they aren't done' - yes, that is exactly what quietly heroic is. And yes, we are enough. Isn't that a hard thing to grasp? Well, it is for me..<br /><br />Anna, ah, regrets. Yes. And yet, as Kate said, clearly, you have been 'enough' for your kids, more than that, their safe place. And they will take that on in their own families and provide safe places for others. Because they can see the difference it makes.. having a perfect family and upbringing is not necessarily the be all and end all of a good life, but always having a safe person who loves you and builds you up, that is gold. <br /><br />Julie, yes, that is exactly why I felt I had to share this, to remind us all that the real business of life is the care that we give, as we quietly persevere in building up the people around us, and doing the job at hand. The kind of society we all want to live in depends on it.<br /><br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17803297366197086152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-17014075881430272002018-02-14T08:36:57.400+11:002018-02-14T08:36:57.400+11:00Thank you. In the day to day business of caring f...Thank you. In the day to day business of caring for my mom, my job, my cats, and my house it is easy to forget that one is "quietly heroic."Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562318532260722959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-8330483199535318712018-02-14T06:46:34.641+11:002018-02-14T06:46:34.641+11:00I'm certainly not heroic but I sincerely hope ...I'm certainly not heroic but I sincerely hope I can make it up to my kids for the hell they went through during my marriage. When I look back I think "what the hell did they have to live through" and yet they turned out so lovely. As for the "now" I am getting older, as we all are, but while I am alone I am not lonely. I have reconnected with my kids in a way that would never have been possible with my ex still here creating chaos. We have a good relationship and we laugh. I am so glad for my humour as it keeps my kids close to me. I know that sounds weird but I had a very young Russian colleague tell me today "I wish I had a mom like you" (as she was giggling away at one of my stupid stories). I guess the point I'm trying to make is, when you are older you don't have to impress so you can say what you really think - however irreverent that may be. AnnaTreadershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613671137557939083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-58840923262360391182018-02-13T14:31:54.045+11:002018-02-13T14:31:54.045+11:00I am enough, has been my mantra today, since I saw...I am enough, has been my mantra today, since I saw this post this morning.<br />And yes life is what we do everyday, thise small barely noticed, until they aren't done little things that keep everything ticking along even amongst the big things that try to road block us. Thanks for writing this and making me take a different point of view. <br />Cheers Kate simplelifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397507005757292686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838234360213313454.post-20758336436390092032018-02-13T11:18:45.718+11:002018-02-13T11:18:45.718+11:00And you, Jo, are one of our greatest inspirations....And you, Jo, are one of our greatest inspirations. Thanks!<br /><br />PamPam in Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895842137691734477noreply@blogger.com