tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post4125660221864933406..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: The Greatest Generation's Biggest Legacy: BOOMERSKathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-66556515582132925662008-01-14T15:09:00.000-06:002008-01-14T15:09:00.000-06:00NOT TRUE ! the greatest generations biggest mistak...NOT TRUE ! the greatest generations biggest mistake was the "boomers". Your generation has run this country into the ground with greed, corruption and the introduction of a world wide drug epidemic and std's that kill you. The "boomers" will be lucky if they are even shown mercy by their children in the next 20 years to come. The "boomers" have caused irreversible damage as a whole to this country and you should all be ashamed of yourselves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-69099898434284577382007-11-06T19:20:00.000-06:002007-11-06T19:20:00.000-06:00Great question, Anon. I guess it depends on the c...Great question, Anon. I guess it depends on the circumstances and whether you have contact with birth parents. If they're available, photos and words from birth grandparents might be a lovely gift.Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-78885859383666914852007-11-06T10:33:00.000-06:002007-11-06T10:33:00.000-06:00memories/belief journal is a wonderful concept. An...memories/belief journal is a wonderful concept. Any ideas on how to approach with adopted children?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-80058577412897979142007-11-05T14:41:00.000-06:002007-11-05T14:41:00.000-06:00More than anything I want my children to know they...More than anything I want my children to know they are everything to me. I've dedicated a book to each of them, so if they ever forget how important they are, they can see it in print. (So it must be true.)lois greimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758677401591191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-45186408745742549662007-11-05T13:35:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:35:00.000-06:00I love that mantra, Christie. "Why not you?" I'm...I love that mantra, Christie. "Why not you?" <BR/><BR/>I'm so much more of a cheerleader now than I was years ago. I sing stupid songs with the grands, like "We did it! We did it! We did it, did it, did it!" There's a dance that goes with it. You neither want to see nor hear, but they're too young to be embarrassed by the fact that Nana no longer cares that she can't sing and no longer watches herself in the mirror when she dances.Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-3116704183303031232007-11-05T13:27:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:27:00.000-06:00Helen: I Am Dippity-Do (And So Can You!)Actually,...Helen: I Am Dippity-Do (And So Can You!)<BR/><BR/>Actually, it never worked very well for me. I think I wore curlers to the photo studio and sprayed it solid just for the sitting. I'm sure it fell when I walked outside. It was August, as I recall.Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-74459499673545014892007-11-05T13:23:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:23:00.000-06:00If you're interested in legacy and memoir writing,...If you're interested in legacy and memoir writing, check out this site: www.womenslegacies.com/programs.htm<BR/>Rachael Freed is a friend who does retreats twice a year where she teaches the form and you get started on your legacy. I keep promising myself I'm going to do the one out West one of these days. That will be a big gift to myself. Rachael talks about just this very subject--that women are the legacy keepers, that it's up to us to pass the torch to our daughters. Those journals and quilts and photos and family stories would mostly disappear if it weren't for mothers and grandmothers. I'm sure of it.Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-65426642880794759242007-11-05T13:17:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:17:00.000-06:00Deb, the friend I've been talking about wrote a bo...Deb, the friend I've been talking about wrote a book with her father just a couple of years ago. It was a project she put together with the survivors of his WWI squadron--guys who'd continued having regular reunions over the years. (My dad--who also died much too young at age 48--went to squadron reunions, too.) They'd been talking about doing a book, and when they decided to self-publish, she was drafted as their editor. It's a lovely book, and I know how priceless the experience was for her. So cool that you were able to do that, too!Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-52605910265980217222007-11-05T12:40:00.000-06:002007-11-05T12:40:00.000-06:00Memories/beliefs journal? I've never heard of/see...Memories/beliefs journal? I've never heard of/seen one and think that's a great thing to leave behind. Must go find one. I like the idea of directed journaling, probably because being creative is my day job.<BR/><BR/>Things to leave to my kids...they're both boys, so don't know how much they'll treasure my treasures, such as my grandmother's china.<BR/><BR/>On an intangible level, I'd like to leave them with the sentiment I express to them often..."Why not you?" The idea that they can achieve a life or career that only happens to a few (like publishing books for a living!). A house in Hawaii? Why not you? A career making movies? Why not you?<BR/><BR/>I think that's about the best thing I can leave behind for my loved ones...belief in their dreams and themselves.Christie Ridgwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036552271272402052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-20888933279157077732007-11-05T12:23:00.000-06:002007-11-05T12:23:00.000-06:00Love the picture of you, Kathy! A little bit of D...Love the picture of you, Kathy! A little bit of Dippity Do in those curls, eh?<BR/><BR/>I liked the video link too. Thought provoking - amazing how little things change thru time.<BR/><BR/>What will I leave? I don't journal, so Deb hit it for me. Time. I want to experience things with my kids and grandkids, when/if I get them. I'd like a few adventures ... camping, traveling, holidays.Helen Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08680081195181747377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-7697965745590013872007-11-05T11:52:00.000-06:002007-11-05T11:52:00.000-06:00I've written in journals fairly regularly from aro...I've written in journals fairly regularly from around junior high until a few years ago (now that I have kids, I tend to write once a year, if that!) I'm not sure I want my kids to have these though...<BR/><BR/>My husband kept a sort of journal of the six months or so before we got engaged, and I would like my kids to have that. :)<BR/><BR/>And of course pictures and all that...<BR/><BR/>Actually, I'm a terrible packrat, so it's more of a question of what won't I save for them... ;)Fedorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879033776125666713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-31528261784925319162007-11-05T11:24:00.000-06:002007-11-05T11:24:00.000-06:00My sister gave all of us with children a "memories...My sister gave all of us with children a "memories/beliefs" journal to fill out. Hardback, directed journaling, wide range of questions. Daddy was the only one who finished his and that book of questions is now priceless to all. Daddy died unexpectedly a few years after that.<BR/><BR/>Through a quirk of publishing fate, my nonfiction publisher wanted a book on small town cops and met my father at a conference where he was speaking. (He was a funny, informative guy with some unbelievable experiences.) They "made" me write this book with him. The family is so thrilled to have that piece of Daddy's life and what he stood for, how he approached his life's work. I can't believe that I was actually a little ticked that they went behind my back and told him they'd "find him an author to work with. Not to worry about that." What could I say when he came zooming up to tell me the unbelievable news that he'd gotten a publishing deal with an advance an everything??? Of course I wouldn't take anything for that experience now.<BR/><BR/>Which I guess is what forms my answer. I hope to give my son time. Time with me. Time to talk about the memories. And so much of me is in the books I've written. We've already done the beliefs and ethics as he grew up.<BR/><BR/>That leaves the grandchildren which aren't here yet. I guess maybe I need to find that beliefs/memories journal and write it all down. Just in case.Debra Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992776098849029414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-3015767777416727202007-11-05T10:57:00.000-06:002007-11-05T10:57:00.000-06:00Oh, my Betina, those journals. Leaving them to be...Oh, my Betina, those journals. Leaving them to be found by the next generation sounds cool. I think that's what our friend's (see post) mom did with those wartime letters. Some time ago she (mom) mentioned that she probably should get rid of them. "Nobody would be interested, and I don't know whether I want anyone to read them." But she didn't get rid of them, and they're serving a second time to defy time and space with words of love and hope. plans and dreams and life. What a treasure!Kathleen Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1054780266181858002007-11-05T10:05:00.000-06:002007-11-05T10:05:00.000-06:00Hmmmm. . . saving for the grands. Some of my book...Hmmmm. . . saving for the grands. Some of my books, maybe. My journals. Ooops-- maybe not the journals. I've written journals over the years and I'm conflicted as to whether I should get rid of them or let them stay on the shelf for the kids and grands to find after I'm gone. <BR/><BR/>Do the kids need to know my doubts, fears, hopes, dreams, disappointments, discoveries, triumphs, and the musings of my life in good times and bad? Would it be a comfort or a disappointment to them to peek inside my thoughts?<BR/><BR/>One thing I would like them to have-- a few years ago, I sat down and wrote out a list of my "beliefs." What I really think about the world and our place in it, about God and good and evil, about the fabric of reality, about how human beings related to each other. Maybe it won't make sense to anybody but me, but maybe it would explain me to them someday.<BR/><BR/>In terms of physical stuff. . . I'm really not certain the things I love would mean much to them. . . except some of the pieces of furniture their granddad made. Maybe a few quilts from my own mom and dad. And photos. I have tons of photos. . .Betina Krahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11379124690406269848noreply@blogger.com