tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post7186967481131463213..comments2023-12-13T05:02:42.167-05:00Comments on SHARLENE MACLAREN: SHARLENEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04457286835246419013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-26637661650159277452010-12-15T22:47:10.961-05:002010-12-15T22:47:10.961-05:00Gertie and Becky, I hope you guys check back here ...Gertie and Becky, I hope you guys check back here to read my responses. Thanks so much for reading my blog and then taking the time to comment. That means so much to me. Sounds like we have some similar "old time" memories. Love it. Christmas always seems to bring out the nostalgia in us all, doesn't it.<br /><br />God bless us one and all!SHARLENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457286835246419013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-54296650548450770702010-12-15T18:43:45.376-05:002010-12-15T18:43:45.376-05:00Sharlene...What beautiful memories. It helps me re...Sharlene...What beautiful memories. It helps me recall back to the 1970's when my grandparents were alive. My Grandma would prepare a delicious meal for our parents and my brother, sisters, and I. We also enjoyed frosted Christmas cookies and dutch rusk with sugared butter on it.<br />They had a small home, but my Grandma was an excellent sewer. I received a handsewn Mary Poppins doll with an outfit to put on her that looked very similar to her outfit in the movie. I loved it.<br />Blessings,<br />Becky SteinhauerBeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13349658999218670090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-20598240910887309052010-12-15T15:44:39.982-05:002010-12-15T15:44:39.982-05:00Shar......I loved your story. Many of us who are &...Shar......I loved your story. Many of us who are "older but young at heart" have some similar memories. It's difficult for young people who have so much today to know the real joy of gifts like that. Your mother did all of that sewing with love in every stitch. What a wonderful memory for you! Love and blessings from Gertie.Gertienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-82590570224088067992010-12-15T13:46:16.760-05:002010-12-15T13:46:16.760-05:00Sue, Maria, and Kirby, you guys have touched my he...Sue, Maria, and Kirby, you guys have touched my heart with you comments. Thanks so much. A blessed Christmas to each of you...SHARLENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457286835246419013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-55592968481756780062010-12-15T06:10:03.418-05:002010-12-15T06:10:03.418-05:00Thank you for reminding me of a less complex time ...Thank you for reminding me of a less complex time where love truly knit our relationships together. I want to share this story with my students.Kirby Chittendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11523494384992096093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-26781526213434442482010-12-14T22:57:20.327-05:002010-12-14T22:57:20.327-05:00a treasure to be had, this one I have just read! S...a treasure to be had, this one I have just read! Shar, my sweet friend, I am going to print this and show it for my own grandchildren to one day read. I want them to understand the sense of wonderment that comes with THIS DAY. I am so blessed to know you - so much so, it makes my knees quiver = seriously! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, a thousand times... THANK YOU.Maria Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109441488664560676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15645582.post-47033239231566655482010-12-14T22:49:32.748-05:002010-12-14T22:49:32.748-05:00Shar....that is a beautiful heart warming memory! ...Shar....that is a beautiful heart warming memory! It brought tears to my eyes. We sometimes let the true meaning of Christmas get lost in all the commercialisim. I have some wonderful memories also of my younger years, but I remember when my divorce happened and I only worked part time. I was unable to buy all the gifts that my children were used to. I was devastated, but when I talked to them and explained why I couldn't give all the things they were used to receiving, my oldest son, your son in-law, said, "Mom, that is not what Christmas is all about!" What a wise young man. Thank you God for my famliy and my extended family and friends. That year was one of my most treasured!<br />Merry Christmas to you and Cecil!<br />Sue McKenziesuzettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861509240104189298noreply@blogger.com