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karen1129:
I have a distant cousin that has gathered a lot of information thru census records from way back
about my maternal grandmothers side of the family.
It is very intersting information.
I love the names. My great grandmothers name was Partha ????
Her mothers name was Davey !!!
There is information going back to the late 1700's.
A lot of women died in childbirth. we figured out one
relative during that time, a man, at the age of 47 had 22 kids all together !!
One wife died leaving kids, he would married again and have more kids, she would
die.... etc...etc... Course the age range in the off spring was big, but still !!!!
He was fertile !!!!
These people were all farmers too. More kids you had, the more farm hands !!!
notBastet:
Hello there,
Have been catching up on your blog. Struck by this: Life becomes another job, another obligation.
A few weeks ago, I glanced in the mirror and was somewhat surprised to find that I finally looked like an adult... No more passing for a youngster... A moment of grief and then on with life. Anyhoo - so I've been periodically thinking about what makes someone a "grown-up" and I think what you said is one of those things. Only "grown-ups" think of their lives as jobs...
Thanks for letting me meander through.......
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: notBastet on October 28, 2007, 12:41:54 pm ---so I've been periodically thinking about what makes someone a "grown-up" and I think what you said is one of those things. Only "grown-ups" think of their lives as jobs...
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Hiya nB......
Interesting thought, but I have to say, I don't agree with it. I consider myself a "grown up", but I don't view life as a job. For me, it's a learning experience, and an adventure.
notBastet:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on October 28, 2007, 02:59:41 pm ---
Hiya nB......
Interesting thought, but I have to say, I don't agree with it. I consider myself a "grown up", but I don't view life as a job. For me, it's a learning experience, and an adventure.
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I would say that is a blessing, to have never felt that living one's life could be a bit of a job... And, just to clarify, I didn't mean that in order to be a "grown-up" you had to have such feelings, just that when one is young, or as one is 'growing up,' one doesn't typically experience such thoughts...
I don't always think of my life as a job either, but I agree with what I think was the original intention behind the statement, sometimes obligations come up that feel much more like "work" than "life"...
::)
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: notBastet on October 28, 2007, 05:20:03 pm ---I don't always think of my life as a job either, but I agree with what I think was the original intention behind the statement, sometimes obligations come up that feel much more like "work" than "life"...
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ahhh....Ok, I getcha!
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