tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post1078253402191939748..comments2024-03-28T17:16:03.754-07:00Comments on Eye on the Edge: Easter 2014DJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-80757924020156054712014-04-27T01:35:29.149-07:002014-04-27T01:35:29.149-07:00That's a lovely picture D-Jan and says a lot a...That's a lovely picture D-Jan and says a lot about your family and how well cared for you all were - even though there were so many. I love to see your old photos. It is very nice to escape back into that simpler time, although it didn't feel simpler then, I'm sure.<br />Perhaps you should treat yourself to a new dress now?Stella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-80048904998007061982014-04-23T14:20:27.658-07:002014-04-23T14:20:27.658-07:00This is a lovely post. Enjoyed it.
I, too, have se...This is a lovely post. Enjoyed it.<br />I, too, have several photos of me standing on the doorstep, squinting into the sun, in my new Easter clothes. Seemed the time of year when I got a new slip and it was crisp and itchy. <br /><br />Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-42689458953954010472014-04-22T15:42:07.009-07:002014-04-22T15:42:07.009-07:00You girls looked so pretty all decked out for East...You girls looked so pretty all decked out for Easter with your baskets! My mom used to set my sister and my straight hair with pin curls and we'd look all curly topped like you two! And I don't own a dress, either. ;) Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-40789904581137977532014-04-21T10:19:59.016-07:002014-04-21T10:19:59.016-07:00Dear DJan, thanks so much for sharing this photogr...Dear DJan, thanks so much for sharing this photograph and for reminiscing about Easter when you and Norma Jean were children. When money was tight Mom didn't buy me a new Easter dress, but she always somehow found the money for an Easter bonnet. We attended St. Mary's Catholic Church in Independence and at that time, females wore hats at Mass. So a new straw bonnet was essential. <br /><br />Like you, I don't own a dress or even a skirt--all I wear are slacks, jeans, or shorts. But unlike you, I still have a taste for candy, especially Russell Stover's coconut and almost Easter eggs. Yum! Yum! Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-29041351765443226462014-04-20T20:42:17.797-07:002014-04-20T20:42:17.797-07:00Memories sustain us, gives us a sense of our own h...Memories sustain us, gives us a sense of our own history. Yours are powerful. Trish and Rob MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846270474176860924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-21878889794692906262014-04-20T20:27:09.650-07:002014-04-20T20:27:09.650-07:00What a wonderful old photo! Perhaps there was an ...What a wonderful old photo! Perhaps there was an Easter Egg hunt on the base. I may have missed three or four Easter services over the years. We worshiped this morning with our daughter, son in law and grandsons.<br />God's Peace and Joy to you dear DJan on this Easter day! If not before I will meet you in heaven I am sure of it! :) Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-18489804333338602762014-04-20T18:32:23.432-07:002014-04-20T18:32:23.432-07:00Since our numbers are getting big, we can easily l...Since our numbers are getting big, we can easily look back over 50 years and a lot has happened in those years. We have to look at the good like the picture of you and your sister.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-43501373273972756612014-04-20T17:23:38.076-07:002014-04-20T17:23:38.076-07:00We always had new spring dresses for Easter, but i...We always had new spring dresses for Easter, but it nearly always was so cold we had to wear winter coats over them. We used to get together with one of my brothers and his wife for Easter dinner, but when they divorced that ended. And this year we decided not to get candy for the grandkids. So our one last tradition is eating ham, which Peter is cooking right now. :) Happy Easter and Happy Spring. <br /> Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-9541958805122042942014-04-20T16:10:14.902-07:002014-04-20T16:10:14.902-07:00I loved your beautiful, poignant post. Like you Ea...I loved your beautiful, poignant post. Like you Easter is a time of remembrance for me of the promise to come. I think a lot about those olden times too and people who have gone on before me. I love you and your sister in your dressed up finery and the Studebaker is so beautiful too.Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-34441676505050937912014-04-20T15:39:23.441-07:002014-04-20T15:39:23.441-07:00That photo is a treasure, I enjoyed you sharing mo...That photo is a treasure, I enjoyed you sharing more about it, it's background, and the thoughts that flow from it. Happy Easter, DJan!<br />amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413812739575222069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-90493856010028473372014-04-20T15:32:14.666-07:002014-04-20T15:32:14.666-07:00Aw, you and your sister were adorable and obviousl...Aw, you and your sister were adorable and obviously so proud in your new dresses.<br />I do that too when I think back and realize everyone is now gone. We are at the head of the class these days. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-78931618134290134382014-04-20T13:10:03.832-07:002014-04-20T13:10:03.832-07:00Cyber hugs to you dear Jan. You have a home in my ...Cyber hugs to you dear Jan. You have a home in my heart.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-56419694734290699352014-04-20T08:48:28.737-07:002014-04-20T08:48:28.737-07:00The Easter traditions and the finery are still wit...The Easter traditions and the finery are still with me, too. <br /><br />At my church this morning everyone - men and women - has been asked to wear a hat, in memory of an older woman, recently deceased, who always wore one. I'll do that! We're all in this together.<br /><br />Enjoy your garden today, my friend.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-12297492993179089762014-04-20T08:01:52.032-07:002014-04-20T08:01:52.032-07:00For us "old" folks Easter Sunday morning...For us "old" folks Easter Sunday morning is a time to reflect on past family celebrations. We used to have so many people around my Grandmother's and then my Mother's table for Easter dinner. Now we are down to the eight of us family who live locally, and my daughter is the hostess. But there will still be Easter baskets and egg hunts and jelly beans and chocolate, and Jill and the kids will go to church while Tom cooks the ham and I go for a morning walk. That's how I worship these days.<br />Enjoy your day. Celebrate spring and think on only fond memories.<br />Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-59768549028106907932014-04-20T07:37:56.983-07:002014-04-20T07:37:56.983-07:00Your post has brought to mind many similar memorie...Your post has brought to mind many similar memories. We must me around the same age! My sister was 14 months younger than I and we were doted on by my grandmother who made all our clothes and dressed us the same for several years! Easter was a special time and always meant new shoes and dresses as well as a new Spring coat! What a great photo of you two, resplendent in your Easter finery.The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197597102880101691.post-90099773597650695182014-04-20T06:32:37.216-07:002014-04-20T06:32:37.216-07:00You and your sister look so pretty in that photo. ...You and your sister look so pretty in that photo. I knew what Easter was about from an early age, because we kids were forced by Mom to attend Mass -- not only on Easter Sunday but also during the Holy Week preceding it. And we sometimes had an egg hunt at some relative's party. I recall dying eggs, too. Lots of fun. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com