tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post2318258037628548501..comments2024-02-15T00:43:45.855-08:00Comments on A Soulful Life: Amish Inspired PonderingsShosannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848582110304798801noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post-91798559534938591692012-01-04T07:44:19.901-08:002012-01-04T07:44:19.901-08:00I sure do love this post. The Amish are wonderful...I sure do love this post. The Amish are wonderful people, there are a lot of them here in Indiana. I wish for a sense of community and roots also. And, you are right, the blog world has also been one of the most rewarding places for me, to find true friends. :) Happy New Year Suzy! xoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post-44210937068193833562012-01-02T09:51:30.802-08:002012-01-02T09:51:30.802-08:00I sensed that *realness* in you this last year too...I sensed that *realness* in you this last year too, suzy...letting down your hair with no apologies. I like it. It's something I feel calling to me this year too...to just BE and drop off the shackles of everyone else's expectations of what is good or right...I just want to be at peace with myself and who I really am.<br /><br />Thank you for your good friendship...you are dear.toniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619052605209933375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post-43249539877420719612012-01-01T19:00:25.600-08:002012-01-01T19:00:25.600-08:00I love your ideas of community. I find that even ...I love your ideas of community. I find that even my homeschool community leaves me feeling unfulfilled. If I did not share homeschooling with these people would they be part of my support group, would I hang out with them, and share my life? One of my homeschool groups imploded right around Halloween, and has left us searching again for that sense of community. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, they made my day!<br />Linda<br />Homeschooling one child, online for five years, with a little help from the <a href="www.time4writing.com" rel="nofollow">online writing tutor!</a>Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784646366110943578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post-67381147995943361922012-01-01T18:22:37.068-08:002012-01-01T18:22:37.068-08:00My very best to you!!!! Wishing you a New Year fu...My very best to you!!!! Wishing you a New Year full of simple blessing and the grace to share them!!! CathyA Bit of the Blarneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18418671116015181693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post-88191078415854245722012-01-01T15:31:48.025-08:002012-01-01T15:31:48.025-08:00I once attended a lecture by a wise man (whose nam...I once attended a lecture by a wise man (whose name I cannot recall offhand) speaking about the importance of community. And how modern culture has suffered deeply from lack of the "town square". It is the same as what you speak so eloquently to here. <br /><br />Wishing you a new year of lifelong blessings...W-S Wanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242784517253760863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5693083781931131475.post-42518977397987127612012-01-01T10:21:58.795-08:002012-01-01T10:21:58.795-08:00gosh, your writing is lovely. reading it has both ...gosh, your writing is lovely. reading it has both affirmed some of the things that have been going around my head as we enter the new year and has introduced some new and very helpful thoughts.<br />i have recently been reading prayers from a book by Tess Ward called 'the Celtic Wheel of the Year' i get a similar feeling from your post as i do from this book. you write with a beautiful soft light.<br /><br />warmest blessings for 2012 xxx<br /><br />sumeamorikomidorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07419777267216848186noreply@blogger.com