tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210670.post115374927842954466..comments2006-08-09T10:01:58.703-07:00Comments on Pondering at the Keyboard: What I know about myselfKarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428861527840859589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210670.post-1155142918701681472006-08-09T10:01:00.000-07:002006-08-09T10:01:00.000-07:00By the way, I should note that I don't really show...By the way, I should note that I don't really show my enthusiasm for my family as I should, either, so I'm definitely to blame and guilty on that account...Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428861527840859589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210670.post-1155141690436337222006-08-09T09:41:00.000-07:002006-08-09T09:41:00.000-07:00Oh Amy, you are the best! I was feeling so sad th...Oh Amy, you are the best! I was feeling so sad the day I wrote this that I just had to blurt out everything. I know I'm a bit of a drama queen (that's what I get living with latins for so long!). I made the mistake of reading this at work and now I'm crying but thank you so much for the comforting words - you really hit it on the nail. I crave being back where I grew up sometimes and I am jealous of all of YOU for having that! I love you so much - you are really my best friend! (You are a very eloquent writer - you make me so proud of the person you are and to be your big sister!)Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428861527840859589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210670.post-1155090558940882542006-08-08T19:29:00.000-07:002006-08-08T19:29:00.000-07:00Sounds to me like you need a change. Very interes...Sounds to me like you need a change. Very interesting to learn some of these things about you. I must say that until now, I thought that I knew everything about you, about your character and I know now that I am missing out. You are a different person and so are all of us. I think we take each other for granted and because we all have each other here...you are by default the outsider. I think that most of us are jealous of you. You have lived so many experiences that none of us ever will. To imagine the things you have seen, the places you have been, the world you know...it is amazing! Most of us know the Minnesota weather, the fair, the trees, the roads that take us where we need to go. We live in a country where we are seperated by state lines and it seems strange to 'visit' another state for the weekend. You long to be home and face the usual...I long to experience life. The smells, the people, the language. I couldn't imagine living the way you do. I think that you are so brave to admit who you think that you are and I admire you a great deal for all that you have been able to do with your life. You made a wonderful choice in the man you married and he has a wonderful family. You have two beautiful kids and even though you feel you waited too long, at least you didn't have to wait while you were trying to create your family...you are truly blessed with those children. NEVER regret what you have or be sad that you waited too long for something. If you really really wanted or needed it, you would have found a way to make it happen.<BR/>I think that you will find the career that you want someday. You will take the chance to open a scrapbooking store and show 'your new culture' how satisfying it is. I could see you offering some incredible international shipping deals all over the world so that others can experience cataloging their lives. <BR/>Your family loves you. We don't do a good job of showing it.<BR/>I think about you everyday and I hope that I have never made you feel unimportant in my life. <BR/>I love reading anything that you write. If anyone really knew you, they would know that you write as you are. No sugar coating, you don't need fancy words all the time to sound educated. You have a flow that really pulls the reader in. Allows the reader to feel that you are actually talking to them. There is something so real about it. It is Kari in her purest form and probably one of my favorite authors. <BR/>I love you and think of you everyday and just thought I would put it here for everyone to see.Amy Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00775461810233364174noreply@blogger.com