tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post5145062247640614430..comments2024-01-06T15:58:20.726-07:00Comments on Never Ending Journey: I Love This Place!Lyniluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-90991650700264398162007-05-19T14:05:00.000-06:002007-05-19T14:05:00.000-06:00Sounds wonderful, Lynilu, both the trust -- and th...Sounds wonderful, Lynilu, both the trust -- and the pleasure of new appliances !!!Constancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02702046097986873803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-5328734087052430102007-05-16T08:24:00.000-06:002007-05-16T08:24:00.000-06:00Daisy - the town I grew up in was larger, but fair...Daisy - the town I grew up in was larger, but fairly safe, too. (Or was it perhaps the era, 1950s?) And you're right ... I was ill prepared for some of the hard realities of other places, times, people. I think, however, that I'd rather had it that way that to have grown up in a non trusting environment. My professional experience has taught me that when people grow up in adversity, it never seems to go away. They may learn to cope, but "it" is an ingrained part of them. I'm happy that my ingrained seed is one of general trust for my fellow beings. I'm disappointed or hurt from time to time, more often than I like, but I always revert to that core of trust. It's a good place to come home to.<BR/><BR/>Patti - Having grown up in the era you cite, I know exactly what you mean. No, it wasn't perfect, but yes, it was a lot nicer. We used to go trick-or-treating without fear; we played after dark and our parents weren't terrified. Yes, bad things happened, even to me, but healing was always in the arms of my parents. In my work I found so many parents who didn't/couldn't/lacked the knowledge to do that for their children, and that alone makes the child much more vulnerable to the evils, I think. I'm glad I grew up when I did, where I did, and that when I remember back, it comes out of the section labeled "The Good Times." This place is bring back that feeling often. Never give up hope. Never.Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-5871100565105314102007-05-16T06:13:00.000-06:002007-05-16T06:13:00.000-06:00Wow that is definitely a rarity (being able to tru...Wow that is definitely a rarity (being able to trust like that) but a very very very nice one. I have often wishes I could go back and live in the 40's and 50's because life seems so much better then. I'm sure it had it's trials & tribulations but I sometimes don't like this mean old world we live in today at all. Your stories about the amazing place you live in do give me hope.Monogram Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00201245389134780751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-43766724191041460972007-05-16T00:02:00.000-06:002007-05-16T00:02:00.000-06:00I grew up in a place such as that. And, I can hon...I grew up in a place such as that. And, I can honestly say, after all these years, it is still very much the same...very trusting. Unfortunately it did nothing to prepare me for what reality is and what I could or should I say what I couldn't expect.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401667744228083776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-43263405458110338902007-05-15T22:12:00.000-06:002007-05-15T22:12:00.000-06:00Dawn - Thanks, but in the city, even with my hones...Dawn - Thanks, but in the city, even with my honest face, it was "pay up now." I'm daily amazed at the differences here in this smaller community. And to think ... I thought I was so "urbanized" that I needed to be near Albuquerque for shopping, dining, entertainment, etc. Now I go there for a few things that I can't get here, but I am actually beginning to dread those trips!! Aren't we strange creatures?!<BR/><BR/>Burg - I'm tellin' ya! BTW, my friend from your town loved it here so well that he is planning to bring his wife out to look around! It is easy to fall in love here.Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-1806866290136745152007-05-15T21:32:00.000-06:002007-05-15T21:32:00.000-06:00Wow! That's a truly unique place..Wow! That's a truly unique place..Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03761888051349398776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28840534.post-92128536307570131212007-05-15T17:45:00.000-06:002007-05-15T17:45:00.000-06:00Oh how I long to get back those days of REALLY tru...Oh how I long to get back those days of REALLY trusting people! That's awesome that you are being shown that trust and respect. Shoot, you look like an honest woman to me...I'd trust you too...smile.Dawn Bibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830436491702607448noreply@blogger.com