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jlc712
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Comments (5)Hi, Karl your message emphasized the point even more. Plus! it looks like not only generic garden centers can be a problem but also this! One time I called to check on a specific variety of climbing rose for Kansas that I might put on reserve for next year 2010 ( I contacted a so-called rose society hotline from my suburbs) and I did not find out until 15 minutes later into the conversation that the "volunteer" herself had never grown roses herself. And when I questioned then how can you know about what I'm asking about, she admitted wellllll, they give us a sheet and train us on how to answer a lot of the questions since we're mostly all volunteers.... ooo, my....see how I depend upon the real experts (you) etc, etc.... On the other hand Karl, happily I have learned some very key important things about canker, root strength and artist's instincts about the health of the rose and what I visually see and can predict. I was really surprised how accurate I'm starting to get just by looking at the coloration of leaves, stems, their formations etc and being able to tell which branches will blossom/bud first and other subtleties of how a rose is doing healthwise. Marianne, I looked up the Frau Karl Druschi and the Marianne, because it's the first time I've heard their names (being very new to roses) They are very dramatic roses! I hope you had the best of photos to keep of your favorites... should I ever succeed at my roses I will be taking "memory" pictures, just like I do of my Eluane (dog). Both she and the tree roses were my first tries (1st time pet owner, 1st time gardening). Now there is just one tree rose, and the others I've gotten since then are doing so beautifully and hope they will continue to. But again, I still have winter to worry about (of course nothing like Swedish winters) but with the help of so many here, I am sure they will have a fighting chance......See MoreI'm a little late on this...from previous thread...half siblings
Comments (9)I also can understand the *feeling* and the emotions (hurt, betrayal, anger, etc.) it might dig up. But I also think it is so important as parents to not project OUR feelings and emotions onto our children. Our children are separate individuals, not extensions of ourselves. They are entitled to form their own opinions and relationships with family members, independant of what our feelings might be. This reminds me so much of how BM has behaved in the past. She has never liked the fact that DH was with me (even though I didn't come on the scene until over a year after their breakup!) and I think she's always felt threatened by our family unit. She's admitted in the past to feeling jealous. And those feelings are hers, and that's okay. I can empathize with them. But what isn't okay is to project them onto her son, which is what she did for many years. Thankfully, she's better about it than she used to be, but she spent a good 3-4 years reminding SS that I wasn't his mom, that it was so sad that his dad loved me and DD more than him (TOTALLY UNTRUE) etc. She projected HER feelings of hurt and anger onto SS and that did a lot of damage to him over the years. KKNY might FEEL displaced if a new sibling is referred to as a sibling and not a half-sibling. But at the end of the day, isn't it up to her daughter to determine a relationship with her father, and any subsequent children he might have? Ditto Silver. KKNY's DD, I am sure, knows the dynamics and understands who her mother is. A sibling vs. half sibling debate doesn't change that fact....See MoreDo you know, how it feels?
Comments (12)Moni, if I ever have the honor of meeting you in person, and tears start to roll when I hear you speak, know it will be because I will love your accent! My dad was born and raised in Germany. He came to the USA in the early 1920's, after serving in WWI. He was from a fairly wealthy family, but they lost everything in that war, including his older brother. He came here under the impression he would be able to get a job and make a lot of money to send home to help his dad & younger siblings. It did sound like a good idea. How it worked was another story. Turned out America was not the promised land he had been led to believe. But, he met my mother, fell in love, they were married, and he never did get back to Germany until sometime in the 1960's, he and my mom went when his dad passed away, then again when his sister died a few years later. But I do know he sent money 'home to the old country' well up into the late 50's. He was treated terribly during WWII. His accent kept him from getting a decent job during the Depression and during WWII. I can't even begin to imagine what he felt inside himself, living here, having learned to love this country, but a younger brother was in the German army. He was believed to have been killed, but no one has ever known for sure where or when (for sure) or where his body may have been buried. I think my dad tried to find his brother's widow, he wanted to get her and their child out of Germany, but was never able to find her or what may have happened to them. My dad never lost his accent completely. As he aged, it even became more pronounced, to the point where the last time I saw him, a month or so before he passed away, he was speaking almost as much in German as he was in English. So you see, German accents bring back many memories for me. I have no problem at all with legal immigrants. I can sort of understand how it feels. But not completely. Only someone who has actually lived it can really understand, but I have lived very close to it. And I hope you always keep at least a part of your accent. Rusty...See MoreUser
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