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#209705 - 12/19/10 09:55 AM
Re: In Memory of our Loved Ones
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 01/21/07
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Thx for sharing Edelweiss.
When I think of my sister, I tend to remember her mannerisms, how she interacted with her children when they were young. I probably remember this more because I relocated to Vancouver from Toronto at the time, her children had just started/about to begin university. Thereafter for the next 9 years, I only saw her/my family annually or less since it is costly to fly to Toronto.
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#209710 - 12/19/10 03:09 PM
Re: In Memory of our Loved Ones
[Re: orchid]
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Registered: 11/19/08
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Loc: American living in Germany
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I'm so glad you all enjoyed the poem. It was very personal for me, but if it comforts, then that is good.
Orchid, do you have any particular childhood memories of your sister? Were you close as children?
This must be so very hard for your nieces and nephews ( don't know how many)this time of year. I hope they are enjoying the Freshmen year at the university.
You mentioned that you have moved because of a new job. Seems like alot of changes have taken place in your life recently.
I am so enjoying my peacefull life right now. I feel like I'm recovering. Sometimes it was alot for me, between taking care of my mother, my granddaughter and working full time. For the first time in years, I finally feel relaxed.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Goethe
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#209828 - 12/23/10 11:07 PM
Re: In Memory of our Loved Ones
[Re: Edelweiss3]
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Edelweiss (your nickname of course, I think of my dearie's mother who passed away at 93 yrs. a few years ago: one of her well-loved the "Sound of Music"'s song...yes, when Christopher Plummer sings of a nostalgic longing for Germany):
Now when at Christmas when I hear of the season's many different soaring music/songs, I think of my sister. When those music notes rise to heart-breaking heights...
My memories aren't a whole lot about playing with her as a child, but more of a tough childhood she would have remembered with me. She would have shared with me to look after younger siblings.
I have another sister who is funnier/more comical bedause that's just her --more goofy.
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#209834 - 12/25/10 09:39 AM
Re: In Memory of our Loved Ones
[Re: orchid]
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Edelweiss is the national flower of Switzerland and Austria
"Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps. It is sung by Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his family during the concert near the end of Act II as a defiant statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany. In the 1965 film adaptation, the song is also sung by the Captain earlier in the film as he rediscovers music and a love for his children.
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#209838 - 12/25/10 07:00 PM
Re: In Memory of our Loved Ones
[Re: Mountain Ash]
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Registered: 01/21/07
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Before his mother died, my partner bought the DVD of Sound of Music for her when she moved into the nursing home. He knew how much his mother loved the story line and the music....even though abit romanticized. (I've seen the movie several times. I have also been in Stowe, Vermont where the real von Trapp family moved to when they left Austria.) The edelweiss flower to me, is appropriate for his mother...not a showy flower, but quiet and enduring.
My sister, the one who died recently, played the video often for her children when they were young. Many songs to enjoy children with.
Julie Andrews has an amazing voice. This alone is a gift to the movie.
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