BlogHer - Where You Been?! - Comments

You're welcome

Candelaria Silva — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:29:45 -0600

Thank you for reading. I know what you mean about your "heart warming" when you see a dear friend after a long absence.

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Good and plenty!

Where you been?

allison sciplin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:07:42 -0600

I say that all the time. My heart warms when I see an dear friend after a long absence. My heart moves toward them when we hug, sometimes skips a beat or pauses when they leave. Whether a forever friend or for a time "family", the people in my life are the laughter, smiles and the smallest things that ask me to remember exactly who I am. Thank you for your words.

Allison

www.graceloveandpolitics.wordpress.com

Wouldn't it be great...

Candelaria Silva — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:28:42 -0600

If you could somehow gather the best of the bye-gone with the right-now and combine them. Something like having our cake and eating it,too!

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Good and plenty!

Thanks for your comments

Candelaria Silva — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:26:47 -0600

We do have an investment in the people who form the landscape of our lives.

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Good and plenty!

I know just what you mean.

Colormepink — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:41:41 -0600

I know just what you mean. There are so many times that I almost have to remind myself that I don't actually know the people whose lives I'm so invested in! On the other hand, I know almost nothing about the people I see in the stores every week while I run errands.

And White Castle? I would love a White Castle... I'm in Central Florida and Crystal Burgers are not the same, I don't care what anyone says!

Christine
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Congrats

Wilma Ham — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:28:36 -0600

Congrats and of course I had to click through.

Nostalgy of things come and gone. I notice when you do things in life, things, people, taste change as you move on.

And mostly that is a good thing, you don't want to stagnate in life and yes, sometimes I indulge in nostalgia an mostly I have to admit about food and smells and little rituals with the kids.

Hmm.

Wilma Ham

www.wilmasblog.com

Where You Been?!

Candelaria Silva — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:50:29 -0600

Where you been? OK, I’ll correct my grammar for the grummerians out there (I know it’s grammarians). Where have you been?

Who am I talking about? I’m talking about you – those people who I don’t really know but who I feel I know because I read their blogs; those people who are my "friends" on certain social networking sites (like shelfari.com) those people whose faces are familiar from my commutes (including the bus drivers); those people who were clerks at my favorite lunch spot or pharmacy; people like my mail man.

Where have you been? I miss you. I miss your smile – in the case of the driver of the #202 bus who is young and efficient and courteous and a fine specimen of maleness (a little eye candy who made me smile whenever I saw him, besides, I was going to find out if he was single so I could try to introduce him to a lovely young woman I know).

I miss your words – the poet whose inspiration has taken a hike, the photographer who seems to have stopped finding images to capture, and the deli-guy who knows just how I like the sub that I only have every two weeks or so these days in these days of frugality.

I miss y’all. You are part of my world and when you disappear without a word I want to know where you’ve gone and what you’re been doing. That’s nosy of me because in most cases, except for a few bloggers I don’t really know you that well. What I really want to know is that wherever you’ve gone, you’re doing fine.

I miss my walking crew. The weather has changed. It’s cold and dark in the morning which makes it easier to put off walking. The fall season is a demanding one for women on a mission to do all the things we do – volunteer, agitate, participate, work and manage relationships. I miss youse guys.

I miss places – Filene’s Basement. The real, original basement. Dot-2-Dot Café – are you really closed? So soon? I supported you as much as I could and told a whole lot of people about you. (I’ve walked by three times in the last two weeks, emailed and called and not found you open nor a note of explanation on the door.)

I miss tastes – what I wouldn’t give for a White Castle cheeseburger now. (I don’t eat hamburgers but maybe once or twice, okay three times tops, a year – mostly turkey burgers are on the menu now – but this particular craving wants satisfaction.) And the fried donuts from that place whose name I don’t remember in St. Louis.

Tastes and places, I can get over, replacing them with new tastes and different places. But these unique people are sure hard to let go of because you form the fabric of my life – a kind of security blanket. Don’t go disappearing on me without leaving a note of some kind, something like “Gone fishing. Be back soon.” If I know you’re coming back, I can be more patient and feel less of a loss of the familiar.