tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post7835350116797386746..comments2023-08-03T06:26:45.186-04:00Comments on Terroni: No place like homeTerronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737715891767920516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-1377089969099887722007-05-09T16:44:00.000-04:002007-05-09T16:44:00.000-04:00Ah, family! Terroni, you write lovingly about you...Ah, family! Terroni, you write lovingly about your family even though it can be a trial at times. I think everyone feels like that, partly because your mother's voice is the one that you can't ignore and your father is the one you can't easily contradict even though you generally disagree with what he says - that's my experience anyway. I think you're perfectly normal and life choices sometimes just happen when circumstances don't turn out to be how you intended/hoped they would be.<BR/>Once you are a fully fledged M.D. you will have time to think about career/motherhood. You are still young enough to have many forks in the road. When you get a chance to have a look at Adelaide again, you will see me with my sisters, photo taken when I was about 9. I also have a brother, my mother's son from her second marriage. The two youngest girls in the photo were from my father's second marriage. We're all friendly now (except my parents who haven spoken for about 50 years) that we've grown up.<BR/>I think that your two younger sisters and brothers are very lucky to have you as their big sister. The first born is always the trailblazer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-34400526552853092132007-05-08T09:33:00.000-04:002007-05-08T09:33:00.000-04:00Thanks for taking the time for your reply. It help...Thanks for taking the time for your reply. It helps to understand. Thanks!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605292489556502765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-38999983907751572412007-05-07T16:09:00.000-04:002007-05-07T16:09:00.000-04:00Take a deep breath. You won't be there forever.Jus...Take a deep breath. You won't be there forever.<BR/><BR/>Just think, your room doesn't look like Abercrombiedad.Sassy Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614149534818526010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-53835252980215775932007-05-07T09:26:00.000-04:002007-05-07T09:26:00.000-04:00i am that outsider as wellthey will understand one...i am that outsider as well<BR/><BR/>they will understand one day!<BR/><BR/>:-)ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235496418514131965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-79241446450342431272007-05-06T22:03:00.000-04:002007-05-06T22:03:00.000-04:00I love my family and demonstrate it as such by:let...I love my family and demonstrate it as such by:<BR/><BR/>letting my father bore me to tears by talking about pasturization equipment...for hours.<BR/><BR/>letting my mom bore me to tears by nagging at me endlessly about everything...for hours.<BR/><BR/>I never stay longer then three days though, 'cause even a wake has to end sooner or later.<BR/>-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-29689907308771537152007-05-06T19:37:00.000-04:002007-05-06T19:37:00.000-04:00I think you sort of described me....as your future...I think you sort of described me....as your future self. And you know, I STILL am the one that everyone in my family wonders about. I'm the black sheep, the democrat, the crazy one who doesn't have a problem with illegal immigrants. And of course, the whole lesbo thing makes them just so sure that Liv is going to grow up..."funny." This makes me laugh as their children have jail time, dead beat dad tendencies and major be-mean-and-catty-to-your-mom tendencies. <BR/><BR/>I say, go stay with your brother at his house and let that sweet smell take you somewhere else for a while. But, then...you know me...I'm the one that they warn you about!Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049511202014141182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-37785084929693070602007-05-06T14:37:00.001-04:002007-05-06T14:37:00.001-04:00Mel~ I was a little worried no one was going to ge...Mel~ I was a little worried no one was going to get that. Glad you enjoyed it.<BR/><BR/>Robyn~ Always nice to hear from a kindred spirit. People who don't feel this way often look at me like I'm evil when I say I can only do my family in small doses.Terronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737715891767920516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-60650343511426208312007-05-06T14:37:00.000-04:002007-05-06T14:37:00.000-04:00Cheryl~I wasn't one of those teenagers who didn't ...Cheryl~<BR/>I wasn't one of those teenagers who didn't get along with her parents. I wanted to go away to college, but I wasn't walking around with a chip on my shoulder waiting to leave.<BR/><BR/>My parents are having a very hard time with the fact that I may make somewhat different life choices than they did, though. We don't fight. And this is not something I can explain to them. So...we just avoid the topic. <BR/><BR/>It's especially hard right now because I spend a lot of time on the med school thing. The only way to get through that much studying is to keep your eyes on the prize--to think and dream about your future life and career a bit. It's hard for me not to discuss any of that with them and still try to maintain some sort of relationship.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure it's hard for my parents as well. My friend, J, is my parents' age. She has one daughter. She has told me that it is hard to look at her daughter, who looks just like her, and remember that she is not a mini-J. I think my parents (my mom especially) can't see me without seeing all the things they would do differently if they were me.Terronihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737715891767920516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-61121036954978117852007-05-06T09:22:00.000-04:002007-05-06T09:22:00.000-04:00"That sweet stuff you smell ain't cookies, it's he..."That sweet stuff you smell ain't cookies, it's he and his roommates prophylactically treating glaucoma. You can never be too careful with your eyes."<BR/><BR/>Bwahahahaha! I seriously dribbled coffee once I finished blinking and thinking THAT one through.<BR/><BR/>Best line this month, at least!Ms. Meanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536346226067009688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-29246267315925310082007-05-06T09:05:00.000-04:002007-05-06T09:05:00.000-04:00Yep, that's what it's often like when I visit my f...Yep, that's what it's often like when I visit my family who I love. As long I don't talk about anything I really think about or what I believe in or don't believe in, all goes well. I find I can do that for a few days at a time a few times a year.Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06209638721810105979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337375229926186501.post-9694777027895555662007-05-05T22:55:00.000-04:002007-05-05T22:55:00.000-04:00So I wonder how you felt about being part of your ...So I wonder how you felt about being part of your family when you were growing up. Were you waiting to be old enough so you could leave home? Being a mother who loves her daughter, I hope we'll always have a good relationship. I can't imagine how I'll feel if we don't.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605292489556502765noreply@blogger.com