tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107084270133664269.post3296299130122942950..comments2023-03-18T03:28:20.404-05:00Comments on Letters from Home: Life Undivided: Frigidaires and Failures of the Imagination, Part IIBethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863307329650400799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107084270133664269.post-11370822938815993392010-11-05T14:25:21.751-05:002010-11-05T14:25:21.751-05:00Friend, I love you more than words can describe. ...Friend, I love you more than words can describe. This post blessed me from the tips to the top. These lines:<br /><br />"And so the picture remains on the fridge. It reminds me of my first night with that group--the night I walked into a room of strangers, and found they had saved a chair for me."<br /><br />They made tears spring into my eyes and joy leap out of my heart, for this, *Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927563710112368891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107084270133664269.post-71586174428091616022010-10-26T19:13:14.247-05:002010-10-26T19:13:14.247-05:00"My people" really is a wonderful phrase..."My people" really is a wonderful phrase -- though so hard to define. I like it because it says something more than "friend" -- it suggests the ground for that friendship, kinship: common work, common ways of seeing the world, and maybe more.<br /><br />Of course, I also remember a time when the phrase "my people" maddened me: I was trying to understand why my Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863307329650400799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107084270133664269.post-69721566362422233722010-10-22T19:59:53.758-05:002010-10-22T19:59:53.758-05:00Tom and I met on St. Patrick's day, so we try ...Tom and I met on St. Patrick's day, so we try to celebrate it in some small way every year. I'm not sure if that meets your question, but it is something that's important to us that other people might think a little silly.<br /><br />Also sort of, but not really, in relation to your questions, I must say that the ongoing relationships with my workmates in 406 has really meant a lot Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13085998366391299221noreply@blogger.com