tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post3493965071723530370..comments2023-06-02T15:46:37.487+02:00Comments on JOURNEY INTO ELDERHOOD: Where I'm FromGrandmother Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-15660489415156216682014-10-11T17:50:17.928+02:002014-10-11T17:50:17.928+02:00Good to hear from you, Sunny.Good to hear from you, Sunny.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-12261225735463165552014-10-01T16:53:39.148+02:002014-10-01T16:53:39.148+02:00lovely.....lovely.....sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194522376789894727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-65480267009287442502014-09-28T12:33:34.537+02:002014-09-28T12:33:34.537+02:00Yes, roots, acceptance and building our own life.Yes, roots, acceptance and building our own life.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-41770502068505348282014-09-27T18:54:52.405+02:002014-09-27T18:54:52.405+02:00So moving... heritage is about finding roots...
I ...So moving... heritage is about finding roots...<br />I love 'My heritage is immigrant and for how long homeless?'<br />But heritage is also about acceptance, isn't it?Fascinating Questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14203231510123916405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-49107987500927224942014-09-27T17:30:45.331+02:002014-09-27T17:30:45.331+02:00more so as I've aged...more so as I've aged...Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-66920672716493001402014-09-27T13:46:58.511+02:002014-09-27T13:46:58.511+02:00The need to find our roots runs deep, as you so el...The need to find our roots runs deep, as you so eloquently express.Laurie Kolphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494759781947881343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-86048837155439023982014-09-26T17:01:09.096+02:002014-09-26T17:01:09.096+02:00I liked this prompt, Susan. For me it's the Ir...I liked this prompt, Susan. For me it's the Irish/Scottish mix and ancestors driven from their land. How brave they were.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-6742046988342488372014-09-26T16:56:22.558+02:002014-09-26T16:56:22.558+02:00It's the other side of immigration, certainly ...It's the other side of immigration, certainly in the US.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-27562593160299764942014-09-26T16:54:09.390+02:002014-09-26T16:54:09.390+02:00We in the US are immigrants for the most part but ...We in the US are immigrants for the most part but in visiting Ireland, especially, I realize people there have a deep sense of rootedness.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-3120070006933618962014-09-26T16:48:30.723+02:002014-09-26T16:48:30.723+02:00It's made more present because I've lived ...It's made more present because I've lived out of the US for the last 7 1/2 years. That and recent trips to my ancestors' homelands where I realized many people looked like me with their red hair and freckles.Grandmother Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169464484379536529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-43622887722417953692014-09-26T15:11:28.878+02:002014-09-26T15:11:28.878+02:00The face helps us trace--so does DNA these days--b...The face helps us trace--so does DNA these days--but for wandering tribes the heritage lies in stories and that facial map. I believe that most of the Middle East started that way--at least the Bible and other sources lead me to that conclusion. And I see that in my face too--the mixture of the steppes of Eurasia and Caucasion and Hun. I like your opening image of farmlands and the mix of old and new, the reasons for leaving what has come to be home and the search for a beginning. Greatly provocative poem. Thank you.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-79941488271189076342014-09-26T14:51:30.798+02:002014-09-26T14:51:30.798+02:00A great contrast is presented between that deep ye...A great contrast is presented between that deep yearning "........to find / those left pieces of me to make me whole." and the story of the displaced displacing others... Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-79353742662082939782014-09-26T14:19:19.429+02:002014-09-26T14:19:19.429+02:00Well done, Mary. I think we are all children of im...Well done, Mary. I think we are all children of immigrants and displaced people. At least I know I am. Your poem spoke to me. Thank you. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356093701102910263.post-15962151803843860992014-09-26T13:39:38.988+02:002014-09-26T13:39:38.988+02:00I love your take on the prompt...how homelessness ...I love your take on the prompt...how homelessness can feel even if housed...and a face that doesn't fit and always feels displaced I can certainly empathise withJae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.com