I find myself sad that I did not know your Jean. She must have influenced your world in ways I can only imagine. I think she would be a little bit proud that you spoke of her and not upset over your grieving. She knew you and would understand. Thank you for sharing her with us.
Thank you. And to prove your point, this weekend past I was putting photo albums away in the new bookcase my husband just built for me and I found pictures of our wedding that Jean had taken and a note from her about how wonderful the day was. If that’s not checking in from the other side, I don’t know what is? :)
Thanks for sharing Jean with us, she sounds like a very inspiring friend. by the way, boy is it tough to figure out how to make comments on your blog! SB
Yes, it is. Sadly, we are writers, not techies. If you know someone with programming skill whom we could bribe to help us reformat the wordpress template to be able to comment on *all pages, we’re listening. While we’re at it, we’d like to be able to archive all pages too. The shopping list is long. Cheers!
I sympathize completely with your plight… it’s true that some of the features that ought to be simple to navigate on the templates, simply aren’t. Wish I had more helpful advice somehow…. but the only way I can figure out how to comment on your blog is via the emails of your posts. that’s a bit of a sticky wicket, isn’t it?
Yes! I have experienced wp.org, which allows you to personalize your pages (almost) endlessly. I don’t enjoy the coding business as much as I love the writing business however, so I keep the template we have on wp.com. For now.
btw: I’ve found that the forums page @ wp is helpful. I sometimes also do a Google keyword search to try to remedy issues, which is helpful. Sadly, the answer I get about the “comments” question, when it arises, usually recommends coding. Boo. :)
Thanks for this info. I too have gotten the ‘just type in this long complicated code here and voila!” recommendation, which I have not yet dared to do. Well as long as we have work arounds, i guess we can make do, us un-techy, writer types!
. . .which just proves my theory: everyone should just do what they’re really good at. cheers! cg
Thanks so much. As for the blog, I’m in blogging preschool. Lucky for me, Cynthia does all the heavy lifting!
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I find myself sad that I did not know your Jean. She must have influenced your world in ways I can only imagine. I think she would be a little bit proud that you spoke of her and not upset over your grieving. She knew you and would understand. Thank you for sharing her with us.
We love knowing that what we write matters. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment.
She was an amazing woman and continues to be so…. Thanks for reading.
I bet if Jean can read on her side of the veil that she loved the tribute you wrote for her.
Aw! What a great thought.. . and it brings up an interesting idea: are they reading over our shoulders or simply reading our hearts?
Thank you. And to prove your point, this weekend past I was putting photo albums away in the new bookcase my husband just built for me and I found pictures of our wedding that Jean had taken and a note from her about how wonderful the day was. If that’s not checking in from the other side, I don’t know what is? :)
She did!
Jean reminds me of my mom. Sounds like an amazing woman.
Fortunate you!
Wow, how great to have a mom like that!
how lucky you are to have known her and how wonderful you write of her, from your very large and wondeful heart. I wish I had known he as well. Delly
From my large wonderful heart to yours — thank you. :)
I’m so grateful to have a Jean in my life…spunky, sweet and clairvoyant to boot =) Love her!
Cherish the times. They go fast.
Thanks for sharing Jean with us, she sounds like a very inspiring friend. by the way, boy is it tough to figure out how to make comments on your blog! SB
Yes, it is. Sadly, we are writers, not techies. If you know someone with programming skill whom we could bribe to help us reformat the wordpress template to be able to comment on *all pages, we’re listening. While we’re at it, we’d like to be able to archive all pages too. The shopping list is long. Cheers!
I sympathize completely with your plight… it’s true that some of the features that ought to be simple to navigate on the templates, simply aren’t. Wish I had more helpful advice somehow…. but the only way I can figure out how to comment on your blog is via the emails of your posts. that’s a bit of a sticky wicket, isn’t it?
Yes! I have experienced wp.org, which allows you to personalize your pages (almost) endlessly. I don’t enjoy the coding business as much as I love the writing business however, so I keep the template we have on wp.com. For now.
btw: I’ve found that the forums page @ wp is helpful. I sometimes also do a Google keyword search to try to remedy issues, which is helpful. Sadly, the answer I get about the “comments” question, when it arises, usually recommends coding. Boo. :)
Thanks for this info. I too have gotten the ‘just type in this long complicated code here and voila!” recommendation, which I have not yet dared to do. Well as long as we have work arounds, i guess we can make do, us un-techy, writer types!
. . .which just proves my theory: everyone should just do what they’re really good at. cheers! cg
Thanks so much. As for the blog, I’m in blogging preschool. Lucky for me, Cynthia does all the heavy lifting!