tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post8026850711400105842..comments2023-07-10T11:41:10.728+01:00Comments on RETIRED AND CRAZY- ME? SURELY NOT!: A POEMwww.retiredandcrazy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-67856724418259557332010-04-29T10:55:24.543+01:002010-04-29T10:55:24.543+01:00Good news about Kev, Pea & Contessa, but I thi...Good news about Kev, Pea & Contessa, but I think you had a big hand in this too. Like Davy, you have been an inspiration to so many people. Keep up the good work. I love you both to bits. Ann xxwww.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-84672828036682820592010-04-28T23:48:31.767+01:002010-04-28T23:48:31.767+01:00Good to hear you again RAC. So right, Davy was a o...Good to hear you again RAC. So right, Davy was a one off. As we say over here "they threw away the mould when he was born".All is well here and Kev ihas two weeks completed in his residential course. Home at week-ends. Thanks Davy!!! Love Pea & Contessa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-79163640663858536762010-04-26T10:17:28.383+01:002010-04-26T10:17:28.383+01:00I must "fess up" here Ellen. The words ...I must "fess up" here Ellen. The words were not uniquely his. He first heard them at an AA meeting, but they made such impression on that they became one of his many mantras!www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-7388672087804748892010-04-26T10:16:05.477+01:002010-04-26T10:16:05.477+01:00I know Carmen, I do think that I was meant to hear...I know Carmen, I do think that I was meant to hear it. But also his daughter needed to hear it too. She is having a tough time at the moment.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-89483344950228805502010-04-26T10:14:57.355+01:002010-04-26T10:14:57.355+01:00I know DogLover, his broad Scottish accent and wei...I know DogLover, his broad Scottish accent and weird logic was sometimes hard to follow wasn't it? Actually even his mother couldn't alwas understand him! But, I've said it before and I dare say I'll say it again, he was a "one off".www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-91684449243845966852010-04-26T10:12:47.920+01:002010-04-26T10:12:47.920+01:00You said it Maggie, you do have choices and Davy c...You said it Maggie, you do have choices and Davy chose to live life to the full after his diagnosis and even when he felt really ill. He was a great example to me.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-91205749012109567772010-04-26T10:11:29.947+01:002010-04-26T10:11:29.947+01:00Sorry I didn't get back to you in time aims, b...Sorry I didn't get back to you in time aims, but I really hope that you used the poem at your aunt's funeral.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-13531020179988295962010-04-26T10:10:24.074+01:002010-04-26T10:10:24.074+01:00We have so much in common Addy but that is almost ...We have so much in common Addy but that is almost weird!www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-5932911714626446532010-04-26T10:08:58.422+01:002010-04-26T10:08:58.422+01:00It was hard Anne, but if I hadn't gone I would...It was hard Anne, but if I hadn't gone I wouldn't have heard these words. Proof, yet again, that I have to get out into the world no matter how difficiult it is at times.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-91744827404121833922010-04-26T10:07:42.659+01:002010-04-26T10:07:42.659+01:00Yes, it's so profound isn't it Flagmaker?Yes, it's so profound isn't it Flagmaker?www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-24792439885872285502010-04-25T20:50:05.300+01:002010-04-25T20:50:05.300+01:00What a wise man your Davy was - 'don't lis...What a wise man your Davy was - 'don't listen to the words, feel the meaning'. If only more people did that, what a better world we would all live in.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917542327482001911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-67207268156877082182010-04-25T17:51:47.807+01:002010-04-25T17:51:47.807+01:00Is it just coincidence that this poem came into yo...Is it just coincidence that this poem came into your life as it did? I can just see Davy, smiling down, as you heard it, hard as it might have been. I am copying it to my computer as it is so special, I want to keep it close at hand.<br /><br />Hugs to you.RNSANEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02841873957894861725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-21903738391866802862010-04-25T09:05:00.420+01:002010-04-25T09:05:00.420+01:00"Don't listen to the words, feel the mean..."Don't listen to the words, feel the meaning". <br /><br />Dear old Davy was the prize example of someone who always did just that.<br /><br />And it was sometimes necessary to apply it to what he was trying to say, wasn't it !!DogLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790183909033947474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-21578933933481345982010-04-25T09:02:05.980+01:002010-04-25T09:02:05.980+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.DogLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790183909033947474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-21649057911967849552010-04-24T22:31:08.067+01:002010-04-24T22:31:08.067+01:00That must have been a poignant poem for you, so so...That must have been a poignant poem for you, so soon after Davy's funeral.<br />I suppose we do have choices how to react in every situation though.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-15935891784795375032010-04-24T19:27:26.644+01:002010-04-24T19:27:26.644+01:00Very hard to attend another funeral so soon. It ju...Very hard to attend another funeral so soon. It just keeps reminding us that life is about living and dying. <br /><br />It sometimes takes years to go through the grieving - but it is all healing. <br /><br />Can I use this for my aunt's funeral today that I have to miss?aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-26736630562040255352010-04-24T14:51:17.484+01:002010-04-24T14:51:17.484+01:00OMG - we had this reading at Greg's funeral!!OMG - we had this reading at Greg's funeral!!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-27215192416389106652010-04-24T13:48:02.604+01:002010-04-24T13:48:02.604+01:00I think I have heard this poem before. Lovely wo...I think I have heard this poem before. Lovely words and they convey so eloquently all that sometimes needs to be said at such difficult times. Hard for you RAC to have to attend a funeral so soon after the loss of your dear husband. A xStrawberry Jam Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695110960213262472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-17650306924384952522010-04-24T13:03:23.260+01:002010-04-24T13:03:23.260+01:00Love this. FlagmakerLove this. FlagmakerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com