Comments on: What I Found At The Lake This Year http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: emily-sarah http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-214 emily-sarah Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:18:18 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-214 This is precious and beautiful. And even when you do have more of a textbook relationship with your parents, it's a new world when you see your mom and dad interact on an entirely different sphere with your child. Sometimes I look at my parents and think, "Who ARE these people?! They were NOT so gullible with me. And they definitely didn't let me get away with such stuff!" Grandchildren can wrap their g'parents in whole new ways -- and it's a wonderful thing to behold for us adult children, isn't it? Thanks for a great post. Just now found you via happening upon an @sarahjbray message about your social media blogging. This is precious and beautiful. And even when you do have more of a textbook relationship with your parents, it’s a new world when you see your mom and dad interact on an entirely different sphere with your child. Sometimes I look at my parents and think, “Who ARE these people?! They were NOT so gullible with me. And they definitely didn’t let me get away with such stuff!” Grandchildren can wrap their g’parents in whole new ways — and it’s a wonderful thing to behold for us adult children, isn’t it?

Thanks for a great post. Just now found you via happening upon an @sarahjbray message about your social media blogging.

]]> By: Anna Barcelos http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-213 Anna Barcelos Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:56:41 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-213 Great post Amber! Our families are hardly perfect, but spending time together really helps you realize how much you love them and how it important it is to forget the annoying things they do (although many at times) and focus on how important and influential they really are in our lives. Great post Amber! Our families are hardly perfect, but spending time together really helps you realize how much you love them and how it important it is to forget the annoying things they do (although many at times) and focus on how important and influential they really are in our lives.

]]> By: Ann Handley http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-212 Ann Handley Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:08:08 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-212 This is an awesome, post, Amber. So many great lines in it... that I'm tempted to quote you back to yourself. But I won't do that. Instead, I'll just tell you I loved it. Thanks for sharing this.. it's wonderful. This is an awesome, post, Amber. So many great lines in it… that I’m tempted to quote you back to yourself. But I won’t do that. Instead, I’ll just tell you I loved it. Thanks for sharing this.. it’s wonderful.

]]> By: Teresa (@TransitionalTee) http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-211 Teresa (@TransitionalTee) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:13:31 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-211 It sounds like this vacation was absolutely perfect. It's amazing what adulthood and, I can only guess, being a parent can do to our perspectives of our parents. While I don't have children, I'm sure that if I ever do they'll be that great connector to my parents and reminder of what wonderful people both my mom and dad are. I truly hope you give yourself more opportunities to enjoy that connectivity between you, your father, and Abby. I think after this you just might do that. :) It sounds like this vacation was absolutely perfect. It’s amazing what adulthood and, I can only guess, being a parent can do to our perspectives of our parents. While I don’t have children, I’m sure that if I ever do they’ll be that great connector to my parents and reminder of what wonderful people both my mom and dad are.

I truly hope you give yourself more opportunities to enjoy that connectivity between you, your father, and Abby. I think after this you just might do that. :)

]]> By: geo geller http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-210 geo geller Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:12:22 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-210 it is said the older you get the smarter your parents get - i discovered my mother when i was 40 she is now 97 and is the youngest and funniest and honest person i know - we are friends and been so for a while now - food for imagination be well geo the art of living is loving it is said the older you get the smarter your parents get – i discovered my mother when i was 40 she is now 97 and is the youngest and funniest and honest person i know – we are friends and been so for a while now – food for imagination

be well

geo

the art of living is loving

]]> By: D.R. Eamon http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-209 D.R. Eamon Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:06:21 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-209 Your tale of reconnecting touched my heart. I'm not yet a grandfather, and my oldest children are thousands of miles away, but you brought memories of their bright innocence back to me. Enjoy your memories, and make sure to make many more... everyone involved needs them! Best, Don Your tale of reconnecting touched my heart. I’m not yet a grandfather, and my oldest children are thousands of miles away, but you brought memories of their bright innocence back to me. Enjoy your memories, and make sure to make many more… everyone involved needs them!

Best,
Don

]]> By: DJ Waldow http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-208 DJ Waldow Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:54:59 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-208 Amber - As I said <a href="http://twitter.com/djwaldow/status/2525815128" rel="nofollow">via twitter</a>, this post brought a (happy) tear to my eye. It made me smile. A post that I'll re-read when my parents are driving me nuts! Ha ha. Love that you (make) time to blog here as well. Love. (By the way, my wife's family is from Norway). dj <a href="http://twitter.com/djwaldow" rel="nofollow">@djwaldow</a> Amber – As I said via twitter, this post brought a (happy) tear to my eye. It made me smile. A post that I’ll re-read when my parents are driving me nuts! Ha ha.

Love that you (make) time to blog here as well. Love.

(By the way, my wife’s family is from Norway).

dj
@djwaldow

]]> By: Heather Rast http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-207 Heather Rast Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:34:34 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-207 I'm so glad to hear you had a special time this year, in both short-term and long-term perspectives. It sounds like a great respite, but also one of those memorable milestones that cast a bigger ripple, leave a larger impression, than at first you might imagine. Good for Abby, and good for you. I've also found that a little age, a little distance, a few trials/tribulations (okay, a lot) of my own make it easier to accept some others simply for who they are, and easier to forget who they weren't. Hoorah for your family vaca! I’m so glad to hear you had a special time this year, in both short-term and long-term perspectives. It sounds like a great respite, but also one of those memorable milestones that cast a bigger ripple, leave a larger impression, than at first you might imagine. Good for Abby, and good for you. I’ve also found that a little age, a little distance, a few trials/tribulations (okay, a lot) of my own make it easier to accept some others simply for who they are, and easier to forget who they weren’t. Hoorah for your family vaca!

]]> By: Steve Vandergriff http://ambernaslund.com/2009/07/08/what-i-found-at-the-lake-this-year/#comment-206 Steve Vandergriff Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:30:21 +0000 http://ambernaslund.com/?p=84#comment-206 Brilliant. Wonderfully told and something that many of us go through as we come to the realization that our parents aren't as dumb as we thought they were when we were teenagers. -Steve Brilliant. Wonderfully told and something that many of us go through as we come to the realization that our parents aren’t as dumb as we thought they were when we were teenagers.

-Steve

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