Comments on: Old Ladies http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-ladies Mona's posts and podcasts share how to create and sustain married love: follow her romantic twist on a turn abroad... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:27:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mona http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-1403 mona Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:00:38 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-1403 Soooooooooooo sweet. How lucky you are. I did not have 4 grandparents to know and love - just one really - and I saw her rarely - even so, she called me "baby" all my life. Soooooooooooo sweet. How lucky you are. I did not have 4 grandparents to know and love – just one really – and I saw her rarely – even so, she called me “baby” all my life.

]]> By: Heidi Kohler Nickerson http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-1398 Heidi Kohler Nickerson Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:37:26 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-1398 So beautifully written and described. I am in the rare situation of having all of my grandparents, on both sides still living. I love to be able to call them up and hear their sweet voices, the way my grandma Kohler so lovingly says "Heidi Dawn" each time she sees me, her rose petal soft skin that brushes against me as I bend down to give her a hug. My cool cat grandpa Kohler, who has an indescribable connection to his great grandson. It's as if he's waking up from a sleep as I watch him play with my toddler. Grandma Cannon. My little pixie grandma who is always so eager and interested in everything happening in my life. And my beloved grandpa Cannon who lovingly calls me "Heidibabe" He is my Merlin, and I am his Arthur. How very blessed I am. I never want them to go away. So beautifully written and described. I am in the rare situation of having all of my grandparents, on both sides still living. I love to be able to call them up and hear their sweet voices, the way my grandma Kohler so lovingly says “Heidi Dawn” each time she sees me, her rose petal soft skin that brushes against me as I bend down to give her a hug.

My cool cat grandpa Kohler, who has an indescribable connection to his great grandson. It’s as if he’s waking up from a sleep as I watch him play with my toddler.

Grandma Cannon. My little pixie grandma who is always so eager and interested in everything happening in my life.

And my beloved grandpa Cannon who lovingly calls me “Heidibabe” He is my Merlin, and I am his Arthur. How very blessed I am. I never want them to go away.

]]> By: mona http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-95 mona Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:41:46 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-95 Tessie, what a sweet perspective..."spirits and skins"...I'm so thankful to have learned this same regard for those with more years than I when I was a young wife...it's been invaluable as you say. Tessie, what a sweet perspective…”spirits and skins”…I’m so thankful to have learned this same regard for those with more years than I when I was a young wife…it’s been invaluable as you say.

]]> By: Tessie http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-90 Tessie Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:10:31 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-90 I remember when I was first married and later had a newborn baby and moved into a new ward...the Sunday School teacher was SO OLD... then I went to RS and the same thing...I just wanted to go back to my old ward...but luckly I stayed and learned these ladies were not old in their hearts and I soon learned to love and appreciate them and was saddened that so quickly they left this world- today I tearfully look back at these special ladies and am thankful for the things they taught me. Wishing I had been around longer to learn more. But learning a very valuable lesson about books and covers the same as for spirits and skins... Mona- thank you so much for taking the time to share your heart and soul with all for us...I love to hear the Muse musing . I remember when I was first married and later had a newborn baby and moved into a new ward…the Sunday School teacher was SO OLD… then I went to RS and the same thing…I just wanted to go back to my old ward…but luckly I stayed and learned these ladies were not old in their hearts and I soon learned to love and appreciate them and was saddened that so quickly they left this world- today I tearfully look back at these special ladies and am thankful for the things they taught me. Wishing I had been around longer to learn more. But learning a very valuable lesson about books and covers the same as for spirits and skins…

Mona- thank you so much for taking the time to share your heart and soul with all for us…I love to hear the Muse musing .

]]> By: mona http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-64 mona Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:50:25 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-64 Oh Bekah! I LOVE your observation about "stillness". Young women can so benefit by the company of older, even senior, women who reflect a life endured, even well lived. Oh Bekah! I LOVE your observation about “stillness”. Young women can so benefit by the company of older, even senior, women who reflect a life endured, even well lived.

]]> By: mona http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-63 mona Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:48:15 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-63 Carole, So. Now we know where so much of incredible YOU comes from. That's the way LeOra was for me. It's a lucky woman to have such a model. Carole, So. Now we know where so much of incredible YOU comes from. That’s the way LeOra was for me. It’s a lucky woman to have such a model.

]]> By: Bekah http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-57 Bekah Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:08:01 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-57 I often feel more connected to the "old ladies" in my ward than I do to the younger ones. They are so affirming of anything I do, so encouraging. I dropped in on one of my favorites a few weeks back with just my baby in tow, and left feeling so refreshed, as if I had a drink of cool water that was long overdue. Maybe it was her ability to be still, in contrast with my almost complete inability to be still. I haven't thought much of myself as an old lady, but I definitely don't worry about it either. I often feel more connected to the “old ladies” in my ward than I do to the younger ones. They are so affirming of anything I do, so encouraging. I dropped in on one of my favorites a few weeks back with just my baby in tow, and left feeling so refreshed, as if I had a drink of cool water that was long overdue. Maybe it was her ability to be still, in contrast with my almost complete inability to be still. I haven’t thought much of myself as an old lady, but I definitely don’t worry about it either.

]]> By: carole http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-56 carole Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:11:26 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-56 I don't have to imagine what I'll look like at 90, I'm the spitting image of my grandma Shipley who was 93 when she died. I lived with her for 10 years; from age 12-22 and our dispositions are even the same. She attended the temple every Thursday, volunteered at the Veterans Hospital every Wed for 8 hours. She was faithful in the gospel, did her visiting teaching EVERY month...a wonderful example to me. I don’t have to imagine what I’ll look like at 90, I’m the spitting image of my grandma Shipley who was 93 when she died. I lived with her for 10 years; from age 12-22 and our dispositions are even the same. She attended the temple every Thursday, volunteered at the Veterans Hospital every Wed for 8 hours. She was faithful in the gospel, did her visiting teaching EVERY month…a wonderful example to me.

]]> By: mona http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-52 mona Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:42:56 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-52 Heidi, a lovely old man spoke in church Sunday and I was enraptured....he was grand...the epitome of a person who had lived life so well and understood his role now as exemplar and teacher. His challenges are real but they are born of natural causes, not the result of poor choices. That's the peace I want as an old woman. Heidi, a lovely old man spoke in church Sunday and I was enraptured….he was grand…the epitome of a person who had lived life so well and understood his role now as exemplar and teacher. His challenges are real but they are born of natural causes, not the result of poor choices. That’s the peace I want as an old woman.

]]> By: mona http://www.monasmusings.com/old-ladies/#comment-43 mona Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:27:55 +0000 http://www.monasmusings.com/?p=57#comment-43 Sara Lyn, I think about that also. To have lived a full life and to have no one care about your story...how strange to diminish while young people "increase" -- yet it seems the way of life...do you think we're humbled before passing into the next life or something......hmmmmm.... Sara Lyn, I think about that also. To have lived a full life and to have no one care about your story…how strange to diminish while young people “increase” — yet it seems the way of life…do you think we’re humbled before passing into the next life or something……hmmmmm….

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