tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post743513321484441021..comments2023-09-10T06:31:57.471-05:00Comments on Dispatches From the Away-Dad Nation: A WeddingHal Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350917997504370743noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-16575886536037402652009-04-02T23:42:00.000-05:002009-04-02T23:42:00.000-05:00That was wonderful Hal...I feel your pain at missi...That was wonderful Hal...I feel your pain at missing out on that little girl. And the joy of you both in being reunited on one very special day.<BR/>Congrats to you both!!!<BR/>:-)<BR/>BBBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985371070644061676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-74231660341556794252009-03-28T12:12:00.000-05:002009-03-28T12:12:00.000-05:00You're a very real person, Hal. What a great, hea...You're a very real person, Hal. What a great, heartfelt post.Roland Denzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973262223130314573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-91523547346335073882009-03-27T20:39:00.000-05:002009-03-27T20:39:00.000-05:00Wonderful. I love your writing, Hal. You always ...Wonderful. I love your writing, Hal. You always manage to tug at my heartstrings! Great piece.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682276702374490664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-10776173185615228872009-03-27T18:24:00.000-05:002009-03-27T18:24:00.000-05:00Don't you just love it when someone takes their sh...Don't you just love it when someone takes their shoes off and leaves the prints of their soul all over your heart?! I wonder if we ever really get to choose who we love. We get the choice of how we love but I don't think we get to choose the who. Lucky you to have fully enjoyed the taters and tarter sauce.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Beautiful Story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-38977200931086004412009-03-27T08:13:00.000-05:002009-03-27T08:13:00.000-05:00Aw, very sweet story. Good job with your talk.Aw, very sweet story. Good job with your talk.Algernonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698040927871199780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-21623360275849007522009-03-27T06:19:00.000-05:002009-03-27T06:19:00.000-05:00Beautiful, Hal. What a gift you gave, and receive...Beautiful, Hal. What a gift you gave, and received. We never know when we're going to have the opportunity to connect with our past. I loved this.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978016568840318921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-36227952801817808922009-03-27T06:11:00.000-05:002009-03-27T06:11:00.000-05:00You're such an endearing doofus, Hal. Great story...You're such an endearing doofus, Hal. Great story.<BR/><BR/>quidquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954222271507913856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-55386451851303930442009-03-27T05:46:00.000-05:002009-03-27T05:46:00.000-05:00That last line hit me hard. It sort of sums up wha...That last line hit me hard. It sort of sums up what I've been wondering about these last few months, what I've been trying to reassure myself with...I just want to know that I left more than I took. Great story.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-25906123210253145322009-03-26T23:39:00.000-05:002009-03-26T23:39:00.000-05:00Snuffle, snuffle...great, great story. Thanks for...Snuffle, snuffle...great, great story. Thanks for sharing it.An Unlikely Retirementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048658142680350189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-55234402062107847802009-03-26T21:59:00.000-05:002009-03-26T21:59:00.000-05:00Wow. Where to begin...where to begin?First of all...Wow. Where to begin...where to begin?<BR/><BR/>First of all, great story! Damn, I wish I could write stuff like that. You have all these...<I>connections</I>. By comparison my life seems like a series of unrelated non-events.<BR/><BR/><I>I guess folks find it quite touching when a tall middle-aged guy makes a blubbering ass of himself.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know the feeling - well, without the blubbering part. My recent best-man toast didn't go *AT ALL* like I had planned.<BR/><BR/>And what about Terry? Was she not at the wedding? Enquiring minds want to know! I suspect there's more to the story.<BR/><BR/>I think the best we can do is to hope that in relationships we leave a little more than we take. But we have to do more than hope, I guess, we have to actively work at it. Sounds like you did, during the time you knew them and were in their lives. No one could blame you for starting a new life with Rhonda. <BR/><BR/>Glad you were able to be there for her Big Day. Let's hope that she and Ty have a long, happy, wonderful life together.<BR/><BR/>(Too bad you couldn't have shown up at the wedding on the Harley.)Bob Barbanes:https://www.blogger.com/profile/12344068760904928223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-65854892292161557002009-03-26T21:05:00.000-05:002009-03-26T21:05:00.000-05:00Wonderful and totally heartwarming! Hal, I can't ...Wonderful and totally heartwarming! <BR/><BR/>Hal, I can't tell you how much I look forward to each of your posts, your little life vignettes!!<BR/><BR/>They never fail to touch me in some way!<BR/><BR/>This one was certainly no exception!!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17133743056974995270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-32486051246344350672009-03-26T20:20:00.000-05:002009-03-26T20:20:00.000-05:00What a sweet, sweet story!What a sweet, sweet story!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-10071562799153332952009-03-26T13:54:00.000-05:002009-03-26T13:54:00.000-05:00Wasn't enough how? Seems to me like you both can ...Wasn't enough how? Seems to me like you both can be very content that you've mutually blessed each other.Redleftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834798382800790723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33980200.post-1622152908532839092009-03-26T12:52:00.000-05:002009-03-26T12:52:00.000-05:00Wonderful little piece of your heart here. Thanks...Wonderful little piece of your heart here. Thanks for sharing it with the rest of us one-percenters.MarionLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131364497408446013noreply@blogger.com