tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post3654268178445958145..comments2023-10-08T06:02:04.286-04:00Comments on The Morningstar Chronicles: AmaryllisKate Morningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03854090450164982040noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-30086060902601044152008-05-06T23:06:00.000-04:002008-05-06T23:06:00.000-04:00Jan -- thank you. Today has been trying and weari...Jan -- thank you. Today has been trying and wearisome. A lot of little things went wrong at once at work, on a day I was already feeling a little bit "Other Than ...". I forgot whose I am, and let them under my skin. Followed it up with being very rude to a pretty young woman working the cash register at the supermarket, and went back to apologize.<BR/><BR/>The prayer's a Godsent tonight. I'm going to visit my friends at their blogs now.Kate Morningstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854090450164982040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-82397398559180252882008-05-06T14:19:00.000-04:002008-05-06T14:19:00.000-04:00This is beautiful, Kate. Now your mom is connected...This is beautiful, Kate. Now your mom is connected to amaryllis bulbs for me. I like links to my mother, so I'll appreciate this one with yours. You expressed so beautifully your love and how you see and appreciate life. <BR/><BR/>This reminds me of a prayer I think I posted on my blog, but which we meditated upon in a reading group I facilitate today:<BR/><BR/>Your silence is full, irresistible;<BR/>your presence is joy unspeakable.<BR/>People drifting into mind<BR/>we lift to you and pray they find<BR/>health in sickness,<BR/>life in deadness,<BR/>strength in weakness,<BR/>light in darkness.<BR/>Their loss you bear, mysteriously;<BR/>Your peace you share, eternally.<BR/><BR/>~Anglican Church of Kenya, Our Modern Services (Nairobi: Uzima Press, 2002), p15Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061517211101084120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-31645252041148549162008-05-06T08:09:00.000-04:002008-05-06T08:09:00.000-04:00Thank you, PJ. I thought about what you'd said, o...Thank you, PJ. I thought about what you'd said, overnight, and realized -- I think I love my family better than I used to -- a little less of me in the way, and them in the front and centre.Kate Morningstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854090450164982040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-1486574687758820972008-05-05T17:22:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:22:00.000-04:00Kate, what a beautiful post. I envy all of you who...Kate, what a beautiful post. <BR/><BR/>I envy all of you who have the guts to write with real tenderness about your families. You, Kate, and Johnieb too. I seem to be unable to do that for some reason.<BR/><BR/>(((Kate)))pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263601584230477201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-56330525376587198072008-05-05T17:20:00.000-04:002008-05-05T17:20:00.000-04:00Fran, thank you -- I've spent all day trying to th...Fran, thank you -- I've spent all day trying to think what to say to you, and that's all I've got -- it's not enough.<BR/><BR/>CR, I know -- they look like fantasy. I do like gerbera daisies, in all their bright, riotous colours -- and one of the things I like about them is they look SO artificial.<BR/><BR/>JohnnieB, I had violets, Shasta daisies and lily of the valley in my garden that came from my maternal grandmother's -- the violets, of course, went all through the lawn.Kate Morningstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854090450164982040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-70342439620917764782008-05-05T14:49:00.000-04:002008-05-05T14:49:00.000-04:00I've really got to start Amaryllis again. It also...I've really got to start Amaryllis again. It also reminds me of my Mama, and the Cactus I thought was hers in my window, but is originally from her MIL, my Granny.johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-8104304035178397892008-05-05T12:27:00.000-04:002008-05-05T12:27:00.000-04:00oh Kate, HOW lovely...and my own big red amaryllis...oh Kate, HOW lovely...and my own big red amaryllis bloomed a couple of weeks ago after YEARS of nothing at all.<BR/>The first time I had an amaryllis bloom -- it was in my living room window -- a total stranger came to the door to ask whether it was "real" as she had seen it from the street and didn't believe any flower that big could be the real thing...Crimson Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020190454645032359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389742689883833624.post-50500042941605899592008-05-05T05:42:00.000-04:002008-05-05T05:42:00.000-04:00Kate- this whole post made me cry. What a beautifu...Kate- this whole post made me cry. What a beautiful and tender heart that you have, what an eye to see things and the ability to write about your life with such grace.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.com