tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post2866450780238186185..comments2024-03-06T22:56:55.030-06:00Comments on A Gathering Place: REMEMBERING LAURARebecca Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14662129266792835433noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-72788566916502424212009-04-10T08:58:00.000-05:002009-04-10T08:58:00.000-05:00Hi, Rebecca! I'm not sure if we've met before but...Hi, Rebecca! I'm not sure if we've met before but my name is Holly. <BR/><BR/>I've been reading through your blog this morning and filling my mind with your lovely pieces of work. <BR/><BR/>Reading about 5th grade while listening to Bread... How fitting. Wow. Thanks for writing this. It was beautiful. I'm happy to say that I'm still in contact with my best friend from 5th grade. Every few years we connect all over again then drift apart. Our lives are so different but we're always there for each other if needed. <BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful day. ♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-75512595349086171192009-02-27T13:03:00.000-06:002009-02-27T13:03:00.000-06:00Oh my goodness Rebecca! I had missed this beautifu...Oh my goodness Rebecca! I had missed this beautiful post! I have tears in my eyes and chills as I read this. You definitely spoke to me here as I too have a dear friend I need to find. You have a give for writing! Just beautiful. I can picture everything in my mind.<BR/>Big Hugs to you sweetie!<BR/>AmyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729179669767436353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-36841943478224762422009-02-26T11:45:00.000-06:002009-02-26T11:45:00.000-06:00Rebecca,This story really touched my heart and mad...Rebecca,<BR/>This story really touched my heart and made me remember that our time here on this Earth is only temporary. I have 2 girlfriends that I have not kept in touch with in a very long time. Now I feel that I need to get their addresses and mail them a letter and get caught up on each other's lives. One is in Texas and one is in Tennessee. Time has a way of slipping by so fast. Thanks for this beautiful post.<BR/>Hugs to you,<BR/>Lee LaurieA Southern Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474441937098224092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-31824544864765139662009-02-25T16:34:00.000-06:002009-02-25T16:34:00.000-06:00Rebecca, Thank you again for writing your story as...Rebecca, Thank you again for writing your story as it gave me the opportunity to know that someone else, a new friend, had gone through a similar loss. I love that God brought us together to share our experiences. Take care.Coralie Cederna Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396599065245860045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-73017359865884642492009-02-25T09:49:00.000-06:002009-02-25T09:49:00.000-06:00This story is very touching and so beautifully wri...This story is very touching and so beautifully written. Thank you for the love (your comments) and I'm sending some love right back to you as I am putting you on my google ready. I don't want to miss a thing!Ele at abitofpinkheavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06182216534531725678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-33675794857263133582009-02-25T08:41:00.000-06:002009-02-25T08:41:00.000-06:00I, too, had a wonderful friend from another city w...I, too, had a wonderful friend from another city with whom I lost touch after high school. I thought she'd always be there where I could find her one day again but it was not to be. Many years later, when I began learning to use a computer, I began a search which lasted over ten years. Then last summer I found her class had celebrated a 50th year reunion and I was able to contact class members only to learn she'd passed on from breast cancer 10 years ago. I cannot tell you how sad this made me feel. <BR/><BR/>I learned that she had tried to get in touch with me too. She had married and changed her first name so nothing I could do would help find her. I also learned though we had both moved hundreds of miles away from our homes, we ended up living less than 40 miles from each other all those years. Each of us had continued to be involved in community theaters and it is amazing that we didn't actually meet again. <BR/><BR/>I decided that I have to hold her in my heart as she was and trust one day we will meet again.Coralie Cederna Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396599065245860045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-47562962391564707282009-02-24T23:49:00.000-06:002009-02-24T23:49:00.000-06:00Rebecca, you are such a blessing to so many! I pr...Rebecca, you are such a blessing to so many! I prayed today that you would feel the hands of God holding you, comforting and giving you the joy that you once knew with your friend Laura. What a wonderful soulmate He has given you too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-15539207217566299092009-02-24T22:10:00.000-06:002009-02-24T22:10:00.000-06:00Hi Rebecca, what an incredible story. You touch my...Hi Rebecca, what an incredible story. You touch my heart more then you know and reflect a very similiar story. I believe everything happens for a reason and for a purpose. Perhaps to share a story, teach a lesson or bring back a memory from long ago, so worth remembering.<BR/>Laura had a purpose, only God knows why. In her short life she gave you the gift of childhood friendship in the purest kind. You loved her, and Jesus loved her more.<BR/>Blessings to you dear friend.<BR/>Celestina MarieCelestina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021633519525822335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-55751894287788678332009-02-24T20:53:00.000-06:002009-02-24T20:53:00.000-06:00Ooohh ~r~, Sniff Sniff again,How true your words a...Ooohh ~r~,<BR/> Sniff Sniff again,How true your words are, how God, the Creator, is the ultimate judge..We so easily judge others,by sight, and not by their hearts..BUT, it is in the end, we see the goodness and love in all,I believe..Thank God for HIS grace and mercy in our lives.. He loves us each where we are, in the valleys or on the mountain tops.. He is there..What a wonderful, touching story..You are truly gifted my friend, with your words..And,Mr.AGP.. aahh.. What a wonderful man you have..But, he used my "love you most", soo I'll say, love you mostess..xxoo<BR/> Big Hugs ~t~Tanzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925692031508367878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-86748409333300461272009-02-24T19:38:00.000-06:002009-02-24T19:38:00.000-06:00Honestly, you should be a writer. How very beautif...Honestly, you should be a writer. How very beautiful your thoughts are and your heart is so precious! I am so very thankful I have found your blog in this world. It certainly makes me happy to know you and wish there are more people just like you. You are the kind of person I like to surround my life with. Many hugs and much love my new and dear friend! RhondaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-72738151810109244372009-02-24T18:43:00.000-06:002009-02-24T18:43:00.000-06:00Rebecca, as I read your post and moved down the pa...Rebecca, as I read your post and moved down the path your words took me, I realized the time you spent is what made your realize what you think you missed. I have to believe in life we learn from the participation in ones life and the removal. I think you learned the absolute gift of "compassion without judgement".<BR/><BR/>Many people judge me without knowing me and it used to bother something awful. I have two autoimmune disorders that effect my everyday life. I come from a very hard, lonely humbling past. I raised two children with disorders. I am still at the end of the day.... a woman who just needs a moment to do...whatever my soul needs.<BR/><BR/>I truly believe your dear friend Laura knows your heart. If not during her short earthly life, certainly in her heavenly kingdom.<BR/><BR/>The journey of christianity is not always easy. Much the opposite. It is ever challenging us to become better women. For ourselves and all those we touch. Let Laura's teaching be one you pass on. I believe you have been, you continue to do so. I know first hand. Your lovely emails and kind words touch a void in myself. Laura lives on. Bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-79702324208782061272009-02-24T17:40:00.000-06:002009-02-24T17:40:00.000-06:00My Darling Rebecca,Oh my, my. What a great story....My Darling Rebecca,<BR/>Oh my, my. What a great story. Everything you write is so beautiful but this one really got to me. I had to be careful not to cry at my desk, people at the office would be worried about me. :-)<BR/>Your talents never cease to amaze me. You paint a picture with words as if you had a brush in your hand. Your words, like your roses, seem to emanate a sweet fragrance, stirring emotions long since buried.<BR/>I would like to think that Laura found salvation at some point in her life and was looking down at you, smiling sweetly, as you wrote these words this morning. She would be thrilled to know that you are the one who now has charge over her precious book of memories. <BR/>I am so very proud of you and all that you do. If you keep writing like this you are going to have over a thousand followers some day! I truly believe you should be published one day as few authors I have ever read in my life can evoke such vivid scenes in my head as you do with the use of words. It is obvious to me that you are doing what God intended you to do and he is blessing you and your work. You go girl!<BR/><BR/>Love You Most,<BR/><BR/>meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-35684447779278079752009-02-24T17:37:00.000-06:002009-02-24T17:37:00.000-06:00I sit here with tears in my eyes, feeling like I g...I sit here with tears in my eyes, feeling like I got to know a small part of a woman that left this earth too soon. Thank you for sharing this touching story and for reminding us all how important our relationships really are!<BR/><BR/>Bless youA day at the Cappuccino Caféhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420581409719078061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934579070684149103.post-58515054536884119742009-02-24T16:06:00.000-06:002009-02-24T16:06:00.000-06:00Ooooohmygoodness, how sweet of you to come by and ...Ooooohmygoodness, how sweet of you to come by and see my "refurbished office, sweetpea!! I remember seeing your things on ebay and you even helped me with ruffles a long time ago. Nice to see you blogging. We're transplanted from Calif. to Idaho.<BR/><BR/>You've also touched my heart deeply with the story of Laura. I have a very tender heart and tears are streaming down this old face. I <B>AM</B> an old lady, ya know, chickee! But I know exactly what you mean.<BR/><BR/>But just come to visit with me and we'll exchange blogs. I've put you on my Google Reader already. I love to uplift and am a happy, positive, funny, witty and humorous chick. At least, my kids and grandkids think so. So come over and giggle with me on occasion. You will <B>NOT</B> be disappointed!!! If you are I'll refund your money, honey!! <BR/><BR/>:-)<------Me smiling at you!<BR/><BR/>xoxo,<BR/>ConnieConniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836857167023454619noreply@blogger.com