Comments on: Life is Short http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/ Scenes from the podium...one pager at a time. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:18:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Rhonda http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7364 Rhonda Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:42:46 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7364 I spent yesterday evening beginning to plan a baby shower for a friend after spending the day helping her 18 year old chose his classes for his semester at college (morning sickness had kicked her butt and she wasn't able to do it). Life has really pulled the rug out from beneath her too. She had finally found the nerve to leave the husband that never deserved her only to discover that she is pregnant and "needs" him all over again. I found myself thinking about you when she was breaking the news and weighing her options. I wish that she had even half the courage you have displayed in the past year. She is so afraid of change and so unwiling to believe in herself that she has trapped herself into being miserable and it breaks my heart because as you said......life is too short. I spent yesterday evening beginning to plan a baby shower for a friend after spending the day helping her 18 year old chose his classes for his semester at college (morning sickness had kicked her butt and she wasn’t able to do it). Life has really pulled the rug out from beneath her too. She had finally found the nerve to leave the husband that never deserved her only to discover that she is pregnant and “needs” him all over again.

I found myself thinking about you when she was breaking the news and weighing her options. I wish that she had even half the courage you have displayed in the past year. She is so afraid of change and so unwiling to believe in herself that she has trapped herself into being miserable and it breaks my heart because as you said……life is too short.

]]> By: namaste http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7363 namaste Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:51:37 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7363 Yes...I know. You rock, RG. Keep on rocking... Yes…I know. You rock, RG. Keep on rocking…

]]> By: Jenn http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7362 Jenn Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:45:24 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7362 I'm sorry about your friend. Even though you didn't know him very long, yes, he was a friend. Hang in there, honey. You're just surfing a couple of lows right now... Big hug.-J I’m sorry about your friend. Even though you didn’t know him very long, yes, he was a friend. Hang in there, honey. You’re just surfing a couple of lows right now… Big hug.-J

]]> By: Natalie http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7361 Natalie Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:00:51 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7361 I know a sweet old fellow. When I was a teenager I used to babysit his grandkids once in a while when they came into town. I used to wear a necklace that had a pendant of Big Bird holding an N. He could never remember my name so it was no surprise that he asked me what the 'N' was for. I decided to be funny and say "Nachos". And from that day forth I was Nachos to him. I have fond memories of him driving me back home after babysitting. He has a deep baritone voice and he would sing me songs. In recent years he has become legally blind. I see him every once in a while when I am in town visiting my folks. I always go up to him and his wife will say, "It's Nachos" because he can't see me anymore. And I give him a big hug. To him I will always be Nachos. I know a sweet old fellow. When I was a teenager I used to babysit his grandkids once in a while when they came into town. I used to wear a necklace that had a pendant of Big Bird holding an N. He could never remember my name so it was no surprise that he asked me what the ‘N’ was for. I decided to be funny and say “Nachos”. And from that day forth I was Nachos to him. I have fond memories of him driving me back home after babysitting. He has a deep baritone voice and he would sing me songs. In recent years he has become legally blind. I see him every once in a while when I am in town visiting my folks. I always go up to him and his wife will say, “It’s Nachos” because he can’t see me anymore. And I give him a big hug. To him I will always be Nachos.

]]> By: Karen http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7360 Karen Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:43:22 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7360 I was listening to a song by Mike and the Mechanics in the car this morning. It's called 'The Living Years' and I cried and I cried. But everything makes e cry at the moment. So ten minutes before i read your blog I had just realised that life is short!! I was listening to a song by Mike and the Mechanics in the car this morning. It’s called ‘The Living Years’ and I cried and I cried. But everything makes e cry at the moment. So ten minutes before i read your blog I had just realised that life is short!!

]]> By: Kim Ayres http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7359 Kim Ayres Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:51:33 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7359 Yup, life is short and the ending is almost always unexpected. It's why we have to enjoy the journey and not keep putting life off until we reach the destination. Yup, life is short and the ending is almost always unexpected. It’s why we have to enjoy the journey and not keep putting life off until we reach the destination.

]]> By: Leda http://www.restaurantgal.com/2008/07/life-is-short/comment-page-1/#comment-7358 Leda Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:52:20 +0000 http://www.restaurantgal.com/?p=565#comment-7358 I spent my evening rocking my four-month-old nephew who is moving six hundred miles away tomorrow. Yes, it crossed my mind that life is short as I looked down at the boy who won't recognize me the next time I hold him. I spent my evening rocking my four-month-old nephew who is moving six hundred miles away tomorrow. Yes, it crossed my mind that life is short as I looked down at the boy who won’t recognize me the next time I hold him.

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