Comments on: Out With The Old

By: MinD

MinD — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:24:49 +0000

Isn’t it amazing how something as tangible as a car can make us sad? I was a crying mess turning in the keys for my very first car…

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:57:08 +0000

Well, we love our Focus and you will love yours too.

And if only I had a dollar for every time mental illness screwed up my life…

By: supercareo

supercareo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:38 +0000

I got misty eyes when I traded in my car this summer too. Alhtough I have to say that your car had a lot more of a backstory than mine did.

And I am so sorry about yor grandpa. My grandparents have always been around … I don’t know what life would be like without them.

By: sleepyjane

sleepyjane — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:08:51 +0000

I never knew my grandparents on my moms side, and my grandparents on my dads side were pretty distant. I never had a very close relationship with them and they also lived pretty far away from us so we only saw them at christmas.

They’ve both passed away now, and I hope that someday my kids will have a relationship with my parents the way I never had with my grandparents.

I’m sorry that you guys are hurting, I can’t imagine how it must feel.

By: f.B

f.B — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:38:51 +0000

So true. You can only knock so many times before having your knocks go unanswered is harder than not trying at all.

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:15:03 +0000

Oh wow, that sure must have been hard. I hope that someday you both can reconcile and share a few good times while there is still time. Until then, keep trying. Maybe one day something will click.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:35:15 +0000

I have a hard time understanding why people that are supposed to love us unconditionally find it so difficult to do sometimes. What’s worse, is that because we expect love from these people, it hurts a lot more when they don’t.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:41:26 +0000

I have a similar relationship with my paternal grandmother. It’s hard to let go of the hurtful things she’s said and done, even though I wouldn’t have let it bother me if she’d just been a stranger.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:02:19 +0000

Very good post, Kim.

I have some items that have a lot of emotions attached to them because my grandma gave them to me before she died. It’s hard when you have to let those things go for whatever reason.