tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post708024775073334621..comments2024-03-29T10:38:57.071-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: A Strong Womanpjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-52395658291280864132010-07-05T17:20:56.282-04:002010-07-05T17:20:56.282-04:00Pam -- WOW, 94 and still helping out with the gran...Pam -- WOW, 94 and still helping out with the grandkids! That is strong and wonderful.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-51604092234512517372010-07-05T17:20:11.049-04:002010-07-05T17:20:11.049-04:00Wow, Dianna, she was definitely a strong woman! ...Wow, Dianna, she was definitely a strong woman! It amazes me how the women of that generation just did what needed to be done and a lot of the younger women today have no idea what being strong means.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-11798447068950734982010-07-05T17:18:43.906-04:002010-07-05T17:18:43.906-04:00Librarypat -- sure sounds like you have a long lin...Librarypat -- sure sounds like you have a long line of strong women in your family too. Great examples, weren't they?Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-49032473842243674172010-07-05T17:17:37.341-04:002010-07-05T17:17:37.341-04:00Oh Gannon, I'm sure you do feel the presence o...Oh Gannon, I'm sure you do feel the presence of those strong women who have gone before us. Just like you I can feel my Grandma giving me a little push during those difficult times.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-28302568148170818762010-07-05T02:22:32.513-04:002010-07-05T02:22:32.513-04:00Lovely tribute, Buffie. My grandmother is a stron...Lovely tribute, Buffie. My grandmother is a strong woman, too, raised her 5 kids on her own while working after a divorce, helped later with some troublesome grandkids. Still living on her own at 94, doesn't look her age, just keeps trucking along through everything, and taking care of one older grandson still.Pam Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707336988423231812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-2065024413921698372010-07-04T07:47:42.754-04:002010-07-04T07:47:42.754-04:00The strongest woman I ever knew was my mother with...The strongest woman I ever knew was my mother with her sisters all running as close seconds. When she was young her and my father lived with his sister and brother. My aunt had broken her leg, my uncle was sick and dad walked miles out of a holler to go to work leaving mother to tend to the sick. Carrying wood and water, washing on a washboard and hanging the clothes to dry. <br />She never hrdwrkdmom aka Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520769151419586319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-65308408661743494142010-07-03T23:23:26.449-04:002010-07-03T23:23:26.449-04:00Your Grandmother was cerainly a wonderful woman, w...Your Grandmother was cerainly a wonderful woman, well ahead of her time. I have been lucky with the Grandmothers I was given. Both of them kept families together and always had time for their many grandchildren. I was also blessed with a great mother who died much too early at 47, and a mother-in-law who was way ahead of her time and gaveu up much to take care of her sons when she bacame a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-33294824172138077092010-07-03T23:01:27.865-04:002010-07-03T23:01:27.865-04:00Buffie, what a beautiful tribute to your very spec...Buffie, what a beautiful tribute to your very special grandma! My grandma was much the same....and my mom, too. Yes, I come from a long line of strong women. My mother-in-law was cut from the same cloth, so, lucky for me, my husband is used to a strong woman. *g*<br /><br />These three strong and special ladies have all passed, but I feel them with me in spirit, especially when I'm going Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-53342964158010733062010-07-03T15:14:50.637-04:002010-07-03T15:14:50.637-04:00Thanks Jediskora!!!Thanks Jediskora!!!Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-63466479028840772362010-07-03T15:14:34.442-04:002010-07-03T15:14:34.442-04:00Aww, Andrea, I didn't mean to make you cry. B...Aww, Andrea, I didn't mean to make you cry. But I understand what you mean. I miss my Grandma terribly. I hate that she never knew my boys and that THEY never knew her.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-54321216863981373042010-07-03T15:13:25.890-04:002010-07-03T15:13:25.890-04:00Thanks PJ! Yes, Grandma was a head of her time.Thanks PJ! Yes, Grandma was a head of her time.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-54296997254868462792010-07-03T15:13:00.443-04:002010-07-03T15:13:00.443-04:00Thanks Janga!! Joie de vivre described it perfect...Thanks Janga!! Joie de vivre described it perfectly!Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-40665568139491598352010-07-03T15:12:20.451-04:002010-07-03T15:12:20.451-04:00I love how women of that generation exemplified ho...<i>I love how women of that generation exemplified how inner strength is so much more important than physical strength!</i><br /><br />Well said, Lisa! I totally agree with you. Inner strength requires so much more of us.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-48326915315021460802010-07-03T12:45:14.846-04:002010-07-03T12:45:14.846-04:00Great post Buffie. ^^Great post Buffie. ^^Sissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510427989803193826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-52554489812712801172010-07-03T11:24:18.850-04:002010-07-03T11:24:18.850-04:00Buffie, your post brought tears to my eyes for two...Buffie, your post brought tears to my eyes for two reasons. First, it is an absolutely beautiful tribute to your grandmother, and second, because she reminds me a lot of my grandmother. <i>A lot</i>. My Mamaw was one of the strongest women I've ever had the priviledge to know and I think of her all the time. I second what Deb said that your grandmother is a testament to all that is held dear.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-47772166423453316602010-07-03T11:12:53.389-04:002010-07-03T11:12:53.389-04:00Buffie, what a beautiful, loving tribute to your g...Buffie, what a beautiful, loving tribute to your grandmother. She was certainly a woman ahead of her time and what a wonderful legacy she left you!<br /><br />Thank you for sharing her with us!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-87874680693215137102010-07-03T10:24:21.731-04:002010-07-03T10:24:21.731-04:00Oh, Buffie, what a lovely post! And what a wonderf...Oh, Buffie, what a lovely post! And what a wonderful legacy of strength and joie de vivre your grandmother left you!Jangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128188159653860806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-3704767111216277812010-07-03T10:03:48.931-04:002010-07-03T10:03:48.931-04:00Wow! What a lovely blog post, Buffie and what a tr...Wow! What a lovely blog post, Buffie and what a tribute to a wonderful, special, woman. You got me all misty!<br /><br />Your grandmother reminds me of mine. She was strong, and did what needed to be done for her family without compliant, and kept active with her friends. And always had delicious food on the table. :) <br /><br />I love how women of that generation exemplified how inner strength Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587031501210303668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-11044407536511743062010-07-03T08:30:46.102-04:002010-07-03T08:30:46.102-04:00Practimom -- Thanks! My, your mother sounds lik...Practimom -- Thanks! My, your mother sounds like a VERY strong woman. To survive all that she has and to still live life to the fullest -- that IS a strong woman. Hold her close every day and tell her what she means to you. Thank you so much for sharing her story with us.Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-65119663544522694902010-07-03T08:29:30.557-04:002010-07-03T08:29:30.557-04:00Thank you, Deb! She was a wonderful lady and lik...Thank you, Deb! She was a wonderful lady and like I said she taught me a lot!Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-4963461884789948662010-07-03T08:19:18.680-04:002010-07-03T08:19:18.680-04:00Oh, what a great post. My mom is my hero, too. S...Oh, what a great post. My mom is my hero, too. Surviving 3, count them 3, different rounds with cancer (her 2 latest in the past 6 years), enlarged spleen (which had to be taken out), Lump in her breast (removed), Tumor in her throat (removed), breaking her part of her vertebrea in 1980 but not finding that it happened until 1990 so now she has to wear a back brace the rest of her life. do youpractimomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11449919388645283281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-4651659880786902572010-07-03T08:14:28.722-04:002010-07-03T08:14:28.722-04:00Buffie, loved, loved, loved your post!! You wrote...Buffie, loved, loved, loved your post!! You wrote such a beautiful, loving piece and I thank you for sharing it here. Wow! Your grandmother was a wonderful lady and is a testament to all that is held dear: love of God, love of family, love of country, love of life.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831144769121001738noreply@blogger.com