Comments on: Just Life, Except Crazy http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:39:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Therese Marie http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-39047 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:24:16 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-39047 Blessings be upon all of you who read and write for Common Ties! My namesake means "the little Flower," and as the story goes, if you pray to God through Therese, a shower of blessings, like rose petals, will drift down around you, and fill up the emptiness of so many. Blessings be upon all of you who read and write for Common Ties! My namesake means “the little Flower,” and as the story goes, if you pray to God through Therese, a shower of blessings, like rose petals, will drift down around you, and fill up the emptiness of so many.

]]> by: Terry Tucker Hinkley http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-38683 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:05:03 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-38683 I am so tired right now, I may take a nap. So if I drift off in the midst of this posting, you'll understand why! We writers are such a creative lot. Since the writers are on strike in Hollywood, I too am on strike. My column, Herbal Extracts, normally appears in the San Diego Union-Tribune. It has become such a skinny paper today! One of the ten top-rated daily newspapers in the United States, the SDU-T has won many prestigious awards. Among them is my editor Mary, who is outstanding as an editor and as a friend of mine. Together, Mary and I and certain other regular writers have won awards for the HomeScape section of the paper. I myself won an award some years ago, from BPI, bedding plants international, who chose my article on some garden topic or other as the Best in the Western Division of their contest. I received, and still proudly display, that yellowed old document. It has survived two moves, and still reigns supreme on my wall! I am so tired right now, I may take a nap. So if I drift off in the midst of this posting, you’ll understand why! We writers are such a creative lot. Since the writers are on strike in Hollywood, I too am on strike. My column, Herbal Extracts, normally appears in the San Diego Union-Tribune. It has become such a skinny paper today! One of the ten top-rated daily newspapers in the United States, the SDU-T has won many prestigious awards. Among them is my editor Mary, who is outstanding as an editor and as a friend of mine. Together, Mary and I and certain other regular writers have won awards for the HomeScape section of the paper. I myself won an award some years ago, from BPI, bedding plants international, who chose my article on some garden topic or other as the Best in the Western Division of their contest. I received, and still proudly display, that yellowed old document. It has survived two moves, and still reigns supreme on my wall!

]]> by: Terry Tucker Hinkley http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-38680 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:27:06 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-38680 How difficult it is to have Family in the military, especially in times like these when wars seem to pock the earth, here, there and everywhere! My father was a Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade. His ship, the U.S. Silverstein took a torpedo hit during the Korean War. He doesn't talk about it too much, but he's written a private, family book which includes replicas of his medals and ribbons, his own autobiography with details that only a genius could recall. And a genius he is. At age 80-something, he still works at the computer (brushing up on calculus, exploring the Web, helping his eight children with each of their (very!) indivdual projects. Our family is huge, some 400 people on both the Murphy and Tucker sides, and we keep in touch by telephone (imagine the number of phone calls my parents Chuck and Therese answer each day! In our very well-blessed family, there are artists, writers, poets, inventors, math geniuses and so much more! Wish you were one of us? Well, you ARE! The Family of Mankind is vast and all-loving. If you ever reach San Diego, look us up. You may be surprised at our response! Love to one and all, always! Terry How difficult it is to have Family in the military, especially in times like these when wars seem to pock the earth, here, there and everywhere! My father was a Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade. His ship, the U.S. Silverstein took a torpedo hit during the Korean War. He doesn’t talk about it too much, but he’s written a private, family book which includes replicas of his medals and ribbons, his own autobiography with details that only a genius could recall. And a genius he is. At age 80-something, he still works at the computer (brushing up on calculus, exploring the Web, helping his eight children with each of their (very!) indivdual projects. Our family is huge, some 400 people on both the Murphy and Tucker sides, and we keep in touch by telephone (imagine the number of phone calls my parents Chuck and Therese answer each day! In our very well-blessed family, there are artists, writers, poets, inventors, math geniuses and so much more! Wish you were one of us? Well, you ARE! The Family of Mankind is vast and all-loving. If you ever reach San Diego, look us up. You may be surprised at our response! Love to one and all, always! Terry

]]> by: Kelly Casey http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-38338 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:20:37 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-38338 I'm ping-ponging between a vice grip around my heart and a sense of .... calm? that it's just life, sometimes crazy. My son also joined the Army, except he has done so now.... now after we know the truth. But he still joined. His father and I are strong supporters of the Military, both coming from Military families. My ex's father fought in the Korean War, my father fought in WWII. My son's father was doing a tour with National Guard Unit in Iraq, telling our son that this was not the time to follow our plan. He should not join the Army at this time. But our son did. Partly because we instilled in him from the time of his birth that joining the military was a just and honorable thing to do. Partly because his father was in the midst of war. Partly because of the $8000 signing bonus. But mainly because he has a strong sense of patriotism and love for this country. It didn't matter how many times I forced him to watch Farenheit 911. He was going to join the Army and see the world. As his mom, I hope and pray that he would get stationed stateside, or better yet, Germany, where he can get a taste of the world without being in harms way. He just received his orders. He's going to Afganistan in June. I’m ping-ponging between a vice grip around my heart and a sense of …. calm? that it’s just life, sometimes crazy. My son also joined the Army, except he has done so now…. now after we know the truth. But he still joined. His father and I are strong supporters of the Military, both coming from Military families. My ex’s father fought in the Korean War, my father fought in WWII. My son’s father was doing a tour with National Guard Unit in Iraq, telling our son that this was not the time to follow our plan. He should not join the Army at this time. But our son did. Partly because we instilled in him from the time of his birth that joining the military was a just and honorable thing to do. Partly because his father was in the midst of war. Partly because of the $8000 signing bonus. But mainly because he has a strong sense of patriotism and love for this country. It didn’t matter how many times I forced him to watch Farenheit 911. He was going to join the Army and see the world. As his mom, I hope and pray that he would get stationed stateside, or better yet, Germany, where he can get a taste of the world without being in harms way.

He just received his orders. He’s going to Afganistan in June.

]]> by: CATHERINE ALTMAN http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37976 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:16:34 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37976 WONDERFUL!!!VERY MOVING-JUST TRY NOT TO CRY,BET IT CAN\'T BE DONE!!- THE WRITTER IS JUST SIMPLY THE BEST!!! WONDERFUL!!!VERY MOVING-JUST TRY NOT TO CRY,BET IT CAN\’T BE DONE!!-
THE WRITTER IS JUST SIMPLY THE BEST!!!

]]> by: John L. Altman, Sr. http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37915 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:00:29 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37915 An extremely well-written story accurately identifying the feelings of a father in his concern for a son. This is no less a reflection of a grandfather's worry for both his son's pain, and the grandson, in times of danger. An extremely well-written story accurately identifying the feelings of a father in his concern for a son. This is no less a reflection of a grandfather’s worry for both his son’s pain, and the grandson, in times of danger.

]]> by: Thomas C. Altman http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37875 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:09:59 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37875 Star 69. Funny line. Very insightful prespective... considering. Star 69. Funny line.
Very insightful prespective… considering.

]]> by: Mike G.(retired corrections officer) http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37851 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:06:16 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/11/19/just-life-except-crazy/#comment-37851 Thank you for this story.Parts of it reminds me when during an other war i joined the Ari force,in a way I folled my Dad he was Army Air Force during the second world war.He ended up serving in Japan at the end of the war as part on the occuational forces.He was verry proud of me joining the Air force. Thank you for this story.Parts of it reminds me when during an other war i joined the Ari force,in a way I folled my Dad he was Army Air Force during the second world war.He ended up serving in Japan at the end of the war as part on the occuational forces.He was verry proud of me joining the Air force.

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