tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446750.post8227708340166911563..comments2023-04-05T11:10:02.701-04:00Comments on The Hygiene Chronicles: Through Her EyesStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12020142087227196082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446750.post-41761215691762716372009-02-01T14:13:00.000-05:002009-02-01T14:13:00.000-05:00Jeff, I wholeheartedly agree - we ARE lucky to hav...Jeff, I wholeheartedly agree - we ARE lucky to have such friends.<BR/><BR/>We met through blogging. I had occasion to layover at Ronald Reagan airport last year, and Steve took time out of his day to fight through DC AND airport traffic to come and meet me for lunch. We had an amazing time, and I knew, about two minutes after the waitress delivered our sodas, that I'd found a longitme friend.Mrs. Chilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814787474739856911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446750.post-59686870666159712042009-01-28T21:33:00.000-05:002009-01-28T21:33:00.000-05:00Great story Steve. I dreamed of being able to atte...Great story Steve. I dreamed of being able to attend. The Chilis are lucky to have a friend like you. <BR/><BR/>Did you meet through blogging or were you friends before?Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446750.post-10043799340415088552009-01-22T10:12:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:12:00.000-05:00Steve, the whole thing was much more meaningful be...Steve, the whole thing was much more meaningful because I could share it with you. I am SO grateful to you and Larry for opening up your home and sharing your time with us.<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking a lot about my reactions to these things - more so lately than usual. I think my response comes from a belief (that borders on knowledge on a cosmic level) that we can be so much better than we are right now. People who understand that, and who work to try to encourage that understanding in others, are doing the most important work and are the people I hold in the highest regard. Can one person do it all? No, but one person CAN make an important difference. <BR/><BR/>Have you heard the starfish story? One night, there was a terrible storm that washed thousands of starfish up on the beach. As he was walking along, a man encountered a young boy tossing the fish one at a time back into the waves.<BR/><BR/>"You know," the man told the boy, "there are thousands of starfish on the beach. You can't save them all."<BR/><BR/>The boy looked around him, picked up another starfish, tossed it into the waves and said,"maybe not, but I saved THAT one."<BR/><BR/>Obama encourages us to do what WE can, even if that means raising a good kid or donating old clothes to a shelter or volunteering time to read aloud to elderly people in a nursing home. Love doesn't have to be grand and public, but every bit of it matters.Mrs. Chilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814787474739856911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446750.post-16373231202265969272009-01-22T09:50:00.000-05:002009-01-22T09:50:00.000-05:00I wish I could be a little more like you. I get so...I wish I could be a little more like you. I get so emotional about things sometimes, crying in movies, etc. Obama gets me worked up too, I really wish we could have come down there for the inauguration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12446750.post-27357733944405254552009-01-21T21:29:00.000-05:002009-01-21T21:29:00.000-05:00For some reason, I couldn't cry yesterday either.B...For some reason, I couldn't cry yesterday either.<BR/><BR/>But I think it's because I'm so afraid something will happen. I'm so afraid our new President has been handed a pile a crap that no one can fix and then when he fails everyone will say "see I told you."<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm just too afraid of getting my hopes up.Amie Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317241081653904332noreply@blogger.com