tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post4404623112939316278..comments2024-02-14T15:13:21.422-05:00Comments on Aging Gratefully: JFKJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710135137635433217noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-8119255301535097652013-11-27T14:09:11.154-05:002013-11-27T14:09:11.154-05:00In my convent boarding school, getting ready for b...In my convent boarding school, getting ready for bed, one of the nuns called us together and told us. We hadn't known much about him, in our closed-off lives, but we knew that something terrible had occurred, terrible and unforgettable.rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00474723200653576051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-54195328221722128562013-11-25T14:04:12.327-05:002013-11-25T14:04:12.327-05:00I have to wonder, if that same thing happened toda...I have to wonder, if that same thing happened today; what kind of display of emotion would we see coming from such young people? Would we see any at all? We are such a different world than that one was then...we've continued to decline down the slippery slope. I enjoyed the quote, and like another commentor mentioned, it filled me with a resigned sadness, but left me also, with hope. I too, am not resigned. Good post.C-ingspotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744931697050670013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-12855884225352382292013-11-24T19:29:02.505-05:002013-11-24T19:29:02.505-05:00Such a good post and a good quote. Probably all ou...Such a good post and a good quote. Probably all our heroes have feet of clay but it's what they stand for rather than what they are that makes them heroesVicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-39851872844074467232013-11-23T16:50:55.294-05:002013-11-23T16:50:55.294-05:00I wonder, at times like these, what might have bee...I wonder, at times like these, what might have been, had the tragedy not occurred that took a life too soon.Carolynn Anctilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566204713508877389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-35832289497990276722013-11-23T09:18:37.033-05:002013-11-23T09:18:37.033-05:00How long ago, and how little we've learned… Th...How long ago, and how little we've learned… The dirge makes me sad and hopeful at the same time. We all go down.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-50790724002744104992013-11-23T08:45:10.810-05:002013-11-23T08:45:10.810-05:00That dirge says it all. That time was a very dark ...That dirge says it all. That time was a very dark one in my world. I was a young mother and watched, along with the nation, as we saw our lives change in front of our eyes. Everyone I knew cried. You express it well here.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-79013023337350496982013-11-22T22:04:33.829-05:002013-11-22T22:04:33.829-05:00The loss of innocence as a generation and as a nat...The loss of innocence as a generation and as a nation...so wonderfully expressed!Dr. Kathy McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903015507894951725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-9339036705690521562013-11-22T20:48:57.339-05:002013-11-22T20:48:57.339-05:00The day our generation lost its innocence!The day our generation lost its innocence!Muffy's Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826630430126318583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179072149199219335.post-40598755462887338482013-11-22T20:20:45.797-05:002013-11-22T20:20:45.797-05:00Just about everyone who was old enough to remember...Just about everyone who was old enough to remember has a strong recollection of that day. Even we Canadians.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.com