tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post650026844020772826..comments2023-08-02T07:00:04.503-05:00Comments on Never Enough Time: A Visit With ElizabethBalishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298193443371503407noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-10089006225488421362013-06-23T06:48:12.232-05:002013-06-23T06:48:12.232-05:00Staying interested in new things and keeping your ...Staying interested in new things and keeping your mind sharp is guaranteed to make the aging process easier. Elizabeth sound wonderful and you are also wonderful to spend time with her.<br /><br />I love those cookies, too!<br /><br />xo<br />ClaudiaClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691249261693845371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-23222676225518893642013-06-22T14:39:52.804-05:002013-06-22T14:39:52.804-05:00Hello Balisha !
Thank you so much for stopping by ...Hello Balisha !<br />Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and telling me about your past adventures of greening up an ally way with your neighbors : )<br />This was such a lovely story about your visit with such an interesting woman! .. Elizabeth will stay young in her heart because she finds so many things interesting .. I think that is a key element to us all.<br />I am so sorry for your loss. It is hard to say anything of great comfort. Do you feel that time does heal ? I hope so.<br />I just read about the gentleman that actually does the gardening!<br />Now that was a surprise !! LOL<br />Joy : )CanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-45833519892985724852013-06-22T09:47:07.228-05:002013-06-22T09:47:07.228-05:00Hi Balisha,
I so enjoyed reading about Elizabeth ...Hi Balisha,<br /><br />I so enjoyed reading about Elizabeth today. She seems like the sweetest of ladies. And you are a kind friend for thinking of her and visiting her often. The company of friends, a little conversation and a chuckle can do wonders for the heart and the soul.<br /><br />Hope you are having a nice weekend!<br /><br />PoppyPoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08980323586402386609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-89349162880317505482013-06-22T08:22:18.721-05:002013-06-22T08:22:18.721-05:00Hi Debra,
I would have loved to put a picture of ...Hi Debra,<br />I would have loved to put a picture of her in my post. She's a very private person and I thought it would be rude of me to ask. I did tell her once, that when her coneflowers bloom...I would love to take her picture sitting among them.She just smiled.<br />BalishaBalishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298193443371503407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-16500059775678640902013-06-22T08:18:31.922-05:002013-06-22T08:18:31.922-05:00Hi Jane...You must have been a real joy to Henry. ...Hi Jane...You must have been a real joy to Henry. I think that sometimes elderly people simply love a younger friend who will listen to their stories. The world moves so fast that people don't take or have the time to listen anymore. I would love to read a post about your friend.<br />BalishaBalishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298193443371503407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-3553774982084204382013-06-22T08:15:19.223-05:002013-06-22T08:15:19.223-05:00
Hi Judy...We had hoped to eat out on her patio, ...<br /><br />Hi Judy...We had hoped to eat out on her patio, but the rain kept us inside. It was still a treat for me to sit and look out her wrap around windows....and watch the shower.<br />Her dogs are so well behaved and they are the reason she stays in her home.<br />BalishaBalishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298193443371503407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-45277204020327108002013-06-22T06:45:58.693-05:002013-06-22T06:45:58.693-05:00I remember her from a prior post! :)
always soun...I remember her from a prior post! :) <br /><br />always sounds like a delightful visit :) debra @ HOMESPUNhttp://www.thehomespun.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-73496781268235762992013-06-22T00:01:52.077-05:002013-06-22T00:01:52.077-05:00Balisha...I so enjoyed reading about Elizabeth and...Balisha...I so enjoyed reading about Elizabeth and your visit with her. We can learn so much about life and find so many commonalities with people that are both younger and older than we are. She sounds like a wonderful friend and likewise, you are certainly someone who provides her with company and joy.<br /><br />I know when I comment here that I often go on with tangents of my own...I hope you don't mind. I often thought of doing a post about my very elderly friend, Henry, who has now been gone just under twenty years. If you can just imagine a young 30 something housewife and mother, and a 74 year old neighbor who had just lost his wife...well, that was my friendship with Henry. He was born in Poland, studied and became a lawyer. Soon after, he was taken by the Nazis when they invaded, but held a high position in their military because of his education. He did however, escape three times and each time he was caught, he was brutally disciplined. He was finally set free and married a young German doctor and moved to the U.S., just 3 doors away from my home (but many years before I was even born). He was lonely when I met him and I needed adult companionship, being a mother with 4 kids under the age of 10. Somehow I got this cranky old man to take me to lunch (he was by then a retired judge), every Thursday for the next three years, where we talked about everything under the sun! When he had cancer and was getting chemotherapy every Monday, I cooked his dinner, brought it to him and sat with him while he ate. Likewise, when I was hospitalized countless times for asthma, he sat at my bedside for hours. We made him a part of our family, and as a reserved, stoic and well mannered man amongst our crazy American family, he learned to really relax and enjoy the last years of his life.<br /><br />He died in his sleep one beautiful spring morning. I noticed his blinds weren't drawn and sadly I was the one to find him. I visited his grave every week for many months as he had no relatives in the U.S....and I really, really missed him.<br /><br />Well, sorry for such a long story...I would love to write a post about our friendship, but as he said about writing a memoir, the details are just too hazy to fill in the blanks.<br /><br />Hold Elizabeth close to your heart. She will teach you many things, as she has already. She will bring you joy as you do for her. Someday they will just be warm memories.<br /><br />Much love,<br />Jane Blondie's Journalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988377413260331618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-51832214772664618602013-06-21T22:12:42.096-05:002013-06-21T22:12:42.096-05:00What a wonderful blessing for you to have this fri...What a wonderful blessing for you to have this friend! I would have loved to have a Westmoreland Terrier sitting on MY lap--I have always wanted one--I love their little square heads. Gardens...flowers. Little tucked away water falls and fountains and ponds--dark green shade--this is what summer is all about!!! Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-61735974519936446442013-06-21T18:05:22.679-05:002013-06-21T18:05:22.679-05:00She doesn't garden and never did. The man who ...She doesn't garden and never did. The man who takes care of the yard has taken care of it for over 15 yrs. He did gardening there before E. and her husband bought the house.<br />I was surprised to find that out today...I kind of thought that maybe she was once a gardener.<br />BalishaBalishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298193443371503407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526821574480507893.post-31626741575080130612013-06-21T17:21:28.327-05:002013-06-21T17:21:28.327-05:00Elizabeth sounds like a doll. Does she keep up he...Elizabeth sounds like a doll. Does she keep up here garden herself still? What a nice visit. Thanks for sharing. Hugs for both of you!Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.com