tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723342246366700898.post1971331479557724829..comments2023-05-25T11:51:00.982-04:00Comments on A Nest Amid Thorns: Another TreasureSusan Humestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14374042568634619411noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723342246366700898.post-23628718002592840682008-05-03T16:59:00.000-04:002008-05-03T16:59:00.000-04:00My parents' birthplace was upstate NY, so I spent ...My parents' birthplace was upstate NY, so I spent a few years there, too. I want to take my girls to see it someday--in the summer, of course, when the wildflowers are out and when the rolling hills are green.Angie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17538856225270236027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723342246366700898.post-82315953490389337022008-05-03T15:30:00.000-04:002008-05-03T15:30:00.000-04:00I feel that finding this pamphlet inside the Bible...I feel that finding this pamphlet inside the Bible was no accident - God meant for me to be comforted. I remember the cold war years, although when I was 9 I don't think I worried much - it was later in my mid-teens that I was petrified.<BR/><BR/>The Blog Award came from http://tacachale.blogspot.com/ - Florida Cracker Crumbs. I don't think I did it correctly - I was supposed to do something more with it, but I don't remember what...<BR/><BR/>The squirrel actually isn't as large as northern squirrels - it's just the size of the photo, perhaps. We don't have the beautiful trees that you do up north. I grew up in upstate NY, and the trees in summer are breathtaking.Susan Humestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374042568634619411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723342246366700898.post-35183037875497575842008-05-03T15:11:00.000-04:002008-05-03T15:11:00.000-04:00What a great post. I'm bursting with comments. F...What a great post. I'm bursting with comments. First, I love it when I find inscriptions, highlighting, and other markings in old books because I can find out more about the owners--it makes them more real. So how delightful that there was a story behind that Bible and the owner's name and a document. <BR/><BR/>Second, what a well-written and reassuring statement you quoted. <BR/><BR/>Third, funny that you should be reflecting about childhood like that--I've been thinking the exact same thing lately. Being a kid was so simple with so few burdens, so I could enjoy places and activities in full, without emotional baggage attached. Sometimes I feel tempted to go back and live there in my mind, and something holds me back. I think it's that I do view it in an idealized way, and those unfettered joys were temporary, in a way created by the wall of a stable home. I don't think God wants me to live there mentally and thus waste time. Or I just refrain from it, but can't fully articulate why I feel that I shouldn't. Maybe it would reflect a lack of contentment in my present circumstances. Or maybe, as you said, I should be longing for my real home. <BR/><BR/>So where did the blog award come from? Congratulations.<BR/><BR/>Florida is so beautiful year-around. We just now, in the last day of April, emerged from a long winter. Sigh. That's a big squirrel.Angie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17538856225270236027noreply@blogger.com