tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post5651735326722806156..comments2024-03-12T05:02:14.140-04:00Comments on MOUNTAIN MUSINGS: The Other Aunt in the StoryNCmountainwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-29049352040808695652013-02-24T15:47:21.578-05:002013-02-24T15:47:21.578-05:00This is such an interesting family tale. I've...This is such an interesting family tale. I've enjoyed reading about this very much.Rudeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889298704039071473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-44415739028980653502013-02-13T22:27:39.302-05:002013-02-13T22:27:39.302-05:00Your aunt's story is so sad! What a horrible,...Your aunt's story is so sad! What a horrible, horrible hearing that had to have been for her to sit through. <br /><br />It's amazing what we simply accept as children, isn't it. <br />Some things that seemed 'normal' at the time...! On a lighter note, my mother's uncle used to put on one of my grandmother's dresses when he'd come to visit because, he said, his suit was too darned hot. He'd sit out on the front porch in that dress--and nothing else. I never gave it a second thought. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-88636031743344146092013-02-13T15:30:14.535-05:002013-02-13T15:30:14.535-05:00I read this and went away to think about it. The q...I read this and went away to think about it. The question that keeps popping up is, did Rhoda explain her actions and apologize to her father? It sounds like she may not have. The precursor to forgiveness is repentance. It reads like your grandfather's love for his son who went into the ministry was the driver, not forgiveness of Rhoda's actions.Wayfarin' Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806995797136803377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-86508123311981821772013-02-12T22:43:44.375-05:002013-02-12T22:43:44.375-05:00What a story. I have this impression that there we...What a story. I have this impression that there were far more secrets in families years ago than now. But, perhaps I'm wrong - maybe there still are secrets like this one.<br /><br />I'm glad that there was some kind of reconciliation... but I do wonder how that aunt lived with herself.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this intriguing story.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16885661679762446456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-18744424681480930002013-02-12T20:54:52.402-05:002013-02-12T20:54:52.402-05:00Families have stories, some are more intriguing th...Families have stories, some are more intriguing than others...yours certainly is a tale with lots of twists and turns. I am glad your grandfather allowed Rhoda to be a part of the family again, and I am glad he saw his daughter who killed herself as the wronged party. Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-5985433377200805682013-02-12T20:00:07.573-05:002013-02-12T20:00:07.573-05:00The hidden things! Yet it is only until the hidde...The hidden things! Yet it is only until the hidden things are exposed that true healing can come.<br />Cicero Singshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438108795744902961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-77483196748965364152013-02-12T18:30:37.741-05:002013-02-12T18:30:37.741-05:00Wow. What a family story you have. I find it very ...Wow. What a family story you have. I find it very interesting....as I always like family stories. Even if they are not 'perfect'. {what family is perfect??}<br />It is amazing to me when a family can shun one member or vice versa. Although...it still happens today. Not in my family though; we are perfect. :) LOL<br />Thank you for sharing!<br />XOBusy Bee Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115487928147732314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-69556142505275376732013-02-12T14:22:22.103-05:002013-02-12T14:22:22.103-05:00I was going to say that I've never been good a...I was going to say that I've never been good at keeping quiet about family secrets because I don't see the point. But as I was typing that sentence I remembered two HUMONGOUS things in my family that will never be talked about. I guess the difference is that the parties involved worked through the issues long ago & there's no family rift because of them - and no need for younger generations to know about them!<br /><br />The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-43121774558219936022013-02-12T10:34:24.238-05:002013-02-12T10:34:24.238-05:00I really appreciated your telling about your famil...I really appreciated your telling about your family story, and it is very interesting! There are still unresolved relationship problems in my family, and yet I remember when I was much younger wondering why people carried all that baggage around. Couldn't they just sit down and talk it out? Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-71755075837201031902013-02-11T22:52:28.483-05:002013-02-11T22:52:28.483-05:00I had a doctor, with whom I worked when I was a st...I had a doctor, with whom I worked when I was a staff person at the state medical society, tell me that every family has skeletons in the closet. This doctor, a very wise psychiatrist, then said--and sometimes we can't help but rattle them.<br />I loved that observation--every family does have its skeletons. And we are affected by them in varying ways.<br />I think you have turned your awareness into first class stories. Hmmm--a novel in your future?KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3906718086309436335.post-23697220900081714602013-02-11T20:01:25.969-05:002013-02-11T20:01:25.969-05:00It was good that the family minister spoke out for...It was good that the family minister spoke out for peace in the family. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.com