Comments on: Hester http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/ Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: just like that http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-10259 just like that Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:50:40 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-10259 Oh God, AM, how she must have felt to know that she would never be there for her children again... I almost cried from office reading this, I have tears welling up as I write this. Sad that both your grandmoms (haven't forgotten Ruth)had such sorrow in their lives-- one who longed to die, but lived, and one who longed to live, but died. AM, am feeeling all teary again... Oh God, AM, how she must have felt to know that she would never be there for her children again… I almost cried from office reading this, I have tears welling up as I write this.

Sad that both your grandmoms (haven’t forgotten Ruth)had such sorrow in their lives– one who longed to die, but lived, and one who longed to live, but died. AM, am feeeling all teary again…

]]> By: Stacey http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Stacey Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:35:42 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1355 Oh my goodness, I can't even imagine having to go through this as a Mom. What she must have been thinking as she drove away from her sweet children. Wow, that really made me tear up! Oh my goodness, I can’t even imagine having to go through this as a Mom. What she must have been thinking as she drove away from her sweet children. Wow, that really made me tear up!

]]> By: DreamSinger http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 DreamSinger Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:44:03 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1354 Speechless...thank you. Speechless…thank you.

]]> By: Miriam Pauline http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 Miriam Pauline Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:09:16 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1353 I'm sitting here sobbing. My maternal grandmother (Miriam/Mary) died in childbirth when my mother was 5. The baby died as well. My grandfather never spoke of it--it was too painful. I miss her and I never knew her. Your tribute to Hester captured so much of what I feel. Bless you for sharing. I’m sitting here sobbing. My maternal grandmother (Miriam/Mary) died in childbirth when my mother was 5. The baby died as well. My grandfather never spoke of it–it was too painful. I miss her and I never knew her. Your tribute to Hester captured so much of what I feel. Bless you for sharing.

]]> By: Kathy http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 Kathy Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:22:59 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1352 My grandmother died of leukemia when my mom was a little girl. She left behind 5 children, including one who was just 6 months old. Her death impacts her children to this day, more than 50 years later. This post makes me cry so much I'm almost afraid to send it to my mom... Anyway, if I get to heaven someday, I really hope to meet my grandmother. It sounds like she was a really neat lady. Thank you for reminding me of her. My grandmother died of leukemia when my mom was a little girl. She left behind 5 children, including one who was just 6 months old. Her death impacts her children to this day, more than 50 years later. This post makes me cry so much I’m almost afraid to send it to my mom…
Anyway, if I get to heaven someday, I really hope to meet my grandmother. It sounds like she was a really neat lady. Thank you for reminding me of her.

]]> By: gracie http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 gracie Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:58:58 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1351 ok.. lurker confessing and coming out of closet.... There are tragic, heroic, real stories in every family and they fade from memory as each generation passes... if only they could be told, and retold, and written as well as you have written this one!!! Hester lives in your words.. and reaches our hearts and we are changed. Thank you. ok.. lurker confessing and coming out of closet….
There are tragic, heroic, real stories in every family and they fade from memory as each generation passes… if only they could be told, and retold, and written as well as you have written this one!!! Hester lives in your words.. and reaches our hearts and we are changed.
Thank you.

]]> By: bubandpie http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 bubandpie Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:21:19 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1350 I just came by here on the recommendation of Veronica Mitchell and I am in awe. I sometimes have a short attention span with storytelling on blogs, but this one was totally compelling from beginning to end. I have a lump in my throat. I just came by here on the recommendation of Veronica Mitchell and I am in awe. I sometimes have a short attention span with storytelling on blogs, but this one was totally compelling from beginning to end. I have a lump in my throat.

]]> By: april http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 april Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:14:46 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1349 Oh, that was a beautifully sad story, thank you for sharing it. Oh, that was a beautifully sad story, thank you for sharing it.

]]> By: Roxanne http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Roxanne Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:59:43 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1348 We are so touched by modern day tragedies. . .mom's with cancer, "freak" accidents during birth, etc. We forget that in the not-to-distant past childbirth was the number one killer of women. What a long way we've come. . .what medical "miracles" we enjoy in these modern times. Thank you for the story. . .it is because of women like Hester that we are reminded exactly how blessed we are. We are so touched by modern day tragedies. . .mom’s with cancer, “freak” accidents during birth, etc. We forget that in the not-to-distant past childbirth was the number one killer of women. What a long way we’ve come. . .what medical “miracles” we enjoy in these modern times.

Thank you for the story. . .it is because of women like Hester that we are reminded exactly how blessed we are.

]]> By: Susan L http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 Susan L Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:59:46 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/2006/08/27/hester/#comment-1347 I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. That was well told. I could relate a similar story about my great-grandmother, but I would never be able to tell my story so well. Thank you for sharing Hester with us. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. That was well told. I could relate a similar story about my great-grandmother, but I would never be able to tell my story so well. Thank you for sharing Hester with us.

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