Comments on: On this day, looking back, looking forward http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/ Playing with our food since 2005 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Emma http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-2165 Emma Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:40:30 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-2165 What a wonderful story, so beautifully written. What a wonderful story, so beautifully written.

]]> By: mrs D http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1848 mrs D Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:52:38 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1848 Thank you all again for such wonderful comments! And Kate: Whale calf swimming through ash cloud: Beautiful! I love it! Thank you all again for such wonderful comments! And Kate: Whale calf swimming through ash cloud: Beautiful! I love it!

]]> By: piggy http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1796 piggy Thu, 15 Jun 2006 06:30:56 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1796 Thanks for the beautiful and touching story... Thanks for the beautiful and touching story…

]]> By: Jean http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1792 Jean Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:43:27 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1792 Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you for sharing this with us.

]]> By: Pamela http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1719 Pamela Tue, 13 Jun 2006 06:13:01 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1719 I only came across your site this morning and was so touched by ypir story. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Such beautiful words. I too nursed a parent through cancer and can empathize with the rollercoaster of emotions it brings. I did have a tear in my eye as I read your story but your message of hope swells my heart! Thank you I only came across your site this morning and was so touched by ypir story.

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Such beautiful words. I too nursed a parent through cancer and can empathize with the rollercoaster of emotions it brings.

I did have a tear in my eye as I read your story but your message of hope swells my heart!

Thank you

]]> By: lucette http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1703 lucette Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:55:27 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1703 Thanks for this post. My sister and I were caregivers for my mother and father in the year before they died (although we didn't know they were dying--we were so in denial), and this reminded me very vividly of the pleasures and pains of that time. Thanks for this post. My sister and I were caregivers for my mother and father in the year before they died (although we didn’t know they were dying–we were so in denial), and this reminded me very vividly of the pleasures and pains of that time.

]]> By: Margaret http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1696 Margaret Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:18:14 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1696 This is a bittersweet and beautiful piece of writing, thank you so much for sharing it. This is a bittersweet and beautiful piece of writing, thank you so much for sharing it.

]]> By: Kissymonkey http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1602 Kissymonkey Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:13:14 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1602 My own father died just 6 months ago and I couldn't be there when he died. It's an enormous loss which hasn't really sunk in yet but also an opportunity to celebrate the life of a man who gave others nothing but laughter and happiness. It seems your father was that kind of man, as well. I can only wish you a long life in which you will remember him with love, affection, a smile and a tear. My best regards. My own father died just 6 months ago and I couldn’t be there when he died. It’s an enormous loss which hasn’t really sunk in yet but also an opportunity to celebrate the life of a man who gave others nothing but laughter and happiness. It seems your father was that kind of man, as well. I can only wish you a long life in which you will remember him with love, affection, a smile and a tear. My best regards.

]]> By: Kate http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1536 Kate Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:33:48 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1536 Having just lost my own father but a few months ago, on the lovely Island which is Hawai'i, I both got teary eyed, nodding my head "yes" at your post, and felt an instant connection between the native Hawai'ians who honored my father so wonderfully in his last days, and your native tribes who did the same for your father. Whenever I look out to sea, I see my father, because his ashes are in every molecule of every sea, having instantly become a swirling mass around the planet, after sea turtles danced through his ashes as we scattered them. Your dad's whale calf now swims through my dad's ash cloud, and I find that so endearing. Thanks for your post. Having just lost my own father but a few months ago, on the lovely Island which is Hawai’i, I both got teary eyed, nodding my head “yes” at your post, and felt an instant connection between the native Hawai’ians who honored my father so wonderfully in his last days, and your native tribes who did the same for your father. Whenever I look out to sea, I see my father, because his ashes are in every molecule of every sea, having instantly become a swirling mass around the planet, after sea turtles danced through his ashes as we scattered them. Your dad’s whale calf now swims through my dad’s ash cloud, and I find that so endearing. Thanks for your post.

]]> By: Tea http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/29/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1531 Tea Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:13:46 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/05/30/on-this-day-looking-back-looking-forward/#comment-1531 Oh my, what a tender, sweet, heartbreaking, and healing tribute to a remarkable father and daughter. Thank you for sharing. Tears are flowing and I too will be thinking of your father if I get a chance to see some whales this summer. And I am so glad you started Belly-Timber! Oh my, what a tender, sweet, heartbreaking, and healing tribute to a remarkable father and daughter. Thank you for sharing. Tears are flowing and I too will be thinking of your father if I get a chance to see some whales this summer.

And I am so glad you started Belly-Timber!

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