tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post116551821586167546..comments2024-03-06T05:16:15.314-05:00Comments on Chicky Chicky Baby: Just meChicky Chicky Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18056206889322232109noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1168107441645368792007-01-06T13:17:00.000-05:002007-01-06T13:17:00.000-05:00What a wonderful post. Sad and thoughtful. Thanks ...What a wonderful post. Sad and thoughtful. Thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>Janet A.K.A. Wondermom sent me over here.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584642250579986707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1167907760568275262007-01-04T05:49:00.000-05:002007-01-04T05:49:00.000-05:00This is a beautiful tribute to three generations o...This is a beautiful tribute to three generations of women: your mom, you, and your little angel.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for telling me what I should be doing for my own little angel. Her baby book is sadly neglected. I need to keep your questions in mind as I compile notes and photos and tributes to her so as she looks at it later she will never question that she is my everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1167882730912388232007-01-03T22:52:00.000-05:002007-01-03T22:52:00.000-05:00Hey Chicky, I'm just seeing this now but tonight y...Hey Chicky, I'm just seeing this now but tonight you are going into my (new-to-me) bloglines list so that I don't miss something like this again.<BR/><BR/>I lost my Mom a while back and wrote about my grief for her just a couple of weeks ago. It is very hard to raise a child without that mothering voice to reassure and to guide you. It is very hard living day-to-day without a mom. I know. <BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>MadMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416585771017767796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1167830142114625582007-01-03T08:15:00.000-05:002007-01-03T08:15:00.000-05:00What a beautiful post and wonderful tribute. I hav...What a beautiful post and wonderful tribute. I have two daughters. My oldest's baby book is much more complete than my youngest's. I think today I will go work on hers. And, too, I will call her and have her read this as she has an 18 month-old who has a baby book with some pages that need to have something documented on them. Plus, I will go open my baby book, not necessarily to READ what's there, but to just go look at my mom's handwriting, to feel her closeness. I lost her over 20 years ago and I there are so many things that happen everyday I really want to share with her and ask her about. Thank You.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1166865675720042432006-12-23T04:21:00.000-05:002006-12-23T04:21:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1166805740552806332006-12-22T11:42:00.000-05:002006-12-22T11:42:00.000-05:00So sweet. I'm a memory pack-rat, and try to keep e...So sweet. I'm a memory pack-rat, and try to keep everything I can for my kids to look through when I'm older. Thank you for sharingSarcasta-Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481007617535972530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1166800185602020482006-12-22T10:09:00.000-05:002006-12-22T10:09:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1166651206100001992006-12-20T16:46:00.000-05:002006-12-20T16:46:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1166154641137709192006-12-14T22:50:00.000-05:002006-12-14T22:50:00.000-05:00I just wanted to let you know that I this moved me...I just wanted to let you know that I this moved me so very much. I just have no words to offer. How I wish that you had those answers, understanding and praise.ms bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997925420763913039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1166057872535566962006-12-13T19:57:00.000-05:002006-12-13T19:57:00.000-05:00Wow. I think I need to make sure the girls' baby ...Wow. I think I need to make sure the girls' baby books are up to date now.<BR/><BR/>Such a beautiful, heart-wrenching post. Absolutely impossible to not tear up while reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165938829375773682006-12-12T10:53:00.000-05:002006-12-12T10:53:00.000-05:00Aw. What powerful memories that baby book must inv...Aw. What powerful memories that baby book must invoke for you. It ties you, your mother and daughter all together. Beautiful.Damselflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165866988317869272006-12-11T14:56:00.000-05:002006-12-11T14:56:00.000-05:00Geez, you really know how to soften my cold, dark ...Geez, you really know how to soften my cold, dark heart. I'm so sorry your mother isn't here with you today; but you've memorialized her in such beautiful, heartfelt writing. <BR/><BR/>Hugs to one of my favorite writers...Jess Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987689969282168406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165852067376955682006-12-11T10:47:00.000-05:002006-12-11T10:47:00.000-05:00I hate that you've made me mess up my makeup. Masc...I hate that you've made me mess up my makeup. Mascara running... goop...tears.<BR/><BR/>At least you have a baby book. I still have my mother with me, and I can't squeeze any information out of her. She doesn't remember. She didn't jot anything down. Very frustrating.<BR/><BR/>I, however, have started writing emails and letters to my daughter. So that she can know how I feel about things. Makes me wonder whether I should start printing out pages of my blog as well. Thanks for the great post, and I'm SO SO sorry for your loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165851773647204992006-12-11T10:42:00.000-05:002006-12-11T10:42:00.000-05:00So beautiful. This is why our story-telling (in bl...So beautiful. This is why our story-telling (in blogs or in baby books or - best - in person) is so important: it keeps memory alive. Sometimes we don't realize how valuable that is until it's too late.Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165814103292524792006-12-11T00:15:00.000-05:002006-12-11T00:15:00.000-05:00I am so sorry for your loss. There are really no w...I am so sorry for your loss. There are really no words that would provide comfort, but I just wanted you to know that what you wrote, though sad, was beautifully written. And also, that Chicky Baby is one lucky little girl.Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245436504933052526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165804223772816752006-12-10T21:30:00.000-05:002006-12-10T21:30:00.000-05:00This is probably the most beautiful perspective on...This is probably the most beautiful perspective on keeping a baby book that I've ever seen. We always think of it as giving our kids a record of themselves. But as you so eloquently point out, what they really have is a record of how we saw them. <BR/><BR/>You just solidified my commitment to keep one for baby #2. Thank you so much for that.Mom101https://www.blogger.com/profile/15468524489744839899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165785954939321172006-12-10T16:25:00.000-05:002006-12-10T16:25:00.000-05:00Powerful words, Mrs. Chicky.Now I'm going to find ...Powerful words, Mrs. Chicky.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm going to find some kleenex and call my crazy mother.<BR/><BR/>(I'll likely regret said move and curse at you later, but for now, I am inspired.)Redneck Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947243296264284961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165766714375487662006-12-10T11:05:00.000-05:002006-12-10T11:05:00.000-05:00;'(Mrs. Chicky,There are no words.... (((HUG)));'(<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Chicky,<BR/>There are no words.... (((HUG)))The Domesticatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333326286672903879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165709589928960382006-12-09T19:13:00.000-05:002006-12-09T19:13:00.000-05:00my heart hurts for you *hugs* i struggle with the ...my heart hurts for you *hugs* <BR/>i struggle with the death of my father... he was such a powerful storyteller and a fountain of memories but remembering all of them or recording events on paper or in letters wasnt something he did<BR/>so consequently its all up to me to try and pass any of our history on. and my memory is crap.<BR/><BR/>lets try and do better for our kids ... i loved the post by 'joker the lurcher' ... just writing a simple letter each year could make all the differenceditzymoihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13083490079089729743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165683767887125482006-12-09T12:02:00.000-05:002006-12-09T12:02:00.000-05:00i so relate to what you say about trying to draw o...i so relate to what you say about trying to draw out information from fragments of things. i left my mum when i was 8 to live with my dad and my stepmum. i never knew why my mum didn't fight to keep me. by the time i had plucked up the courage to speak to her about it she was starting to become demented. she died of alzheimers in 2000. <BR/><BR/>most of her stuff ended up in a skip when the council took her flat back. what was the most painful was the letters i had written to her as a child being destroyed. most people don't need to write letter to their mum. they would have given a picture of me and also of her. <BR/><BR/>i have a file of letters she wrote to a friend in russia, letters she wrote to me, letters she wrote to her twin. i read them hoping to find answers about why she gave me up but none are there.<BR/><BR/>for my own son, in case i am not around when he is grown up, i write a letter each year on the night before his birthday. i tell him what he acheived that year and how much i love him and how clever he is. i tell him who his friends were and which pets we have. so if anything happens to me he will have at least that.<BR/><BR/>i so missed knowing what age i walked, talked, all the other stuff. but now i know my son is autistic he would probably not be doing any of it the same time i did. he is his own unique self and in a way not knowing whether i was breast fed or bottle fed, and all the other stuff like that, has freed me up as well as leaving me adrift.<BR/><BR/>keep writing about this stuff - it is hugely important. and sorry for such a long post!joker the lurcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260629209872897792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165658420552930832006-12-09T05:00:00.000-05:002006-12-09T05:00:00.000-05:00So I haven't read blogs in days and I came over he...So I haven't read blogs in days and I came over here first and you made me cry. <BR/><BR/>Sending big hugs to you and you phenomenal writer and mother ... big hugs.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049745050947936354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165638320390799142006-12-08T23:25:00.000-05:002006-12-08T23:25:00.000-05:00My mother gave me my babybook when I told her I wa...My mother gave me my babybook when I told her I was pregnant. I read that thing and laughed and cried. It was so strange to read things she wrote about me. I can't read some of the things she wrote because they are embarrassing, but the good parts...they really make me smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165617314750181782006-12-08T17:35:00.000-05:002006-12-08T17:35:00.000-05:00My wife and I have delayed and delayed and delayed...My wife and I have delayed and delayed and delayed making our baby book for emme - not anymore. What a wonderfully sweet and touching essay -- poetic and poignant. And motivating like hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165613469660428422006-12-08T16:31:00.000-05:002006-12-08T16:31:00.000-05:00What a beautifully written and thoughtful post. P...What a beautifully written and thoughtful post. Please take a little comfort in knowing that as you are writing so much about Chicky, even if she doesn't have you, she will have your words. I know that it isn't a replacement, but it's the very reason I write so much in my scrapbooks and especially during the first years of my children's lives. They will have those memories (my memories) forever.<BR/><BR/>I wish I could make it better for you, I really do.<BR/><BR/>Carriecarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779098.post-1165612872200952822006-12-08T16:21:00.000-05:002006-12-08T16:21:00.000-05:00yeah. remember what you said about wishing you co...yeah. remember what you said about wishing you could write like me? um, please don't ever wish to write like anyone but yourself. ever. because it's music on a white background, your writing.<BR/><BR/>also, like mr. chicky said. damn you for making me cry. *shakes fist*<BR/><BR/>also, here's a hug, you cry-maker, you.<BR/><BR/>*hug*Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14163363926316904033noreply@blogger.com