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Comments on: Outward Bound/Homeward Bound https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466 A mid-life shrink raps about life, friendship, psychology, and politics Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1765 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:32:07 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1765 In reply to Eloise Rivera.

I love that photo too! Too bad it’s a Burlington-Northern freight train in the upper Mississippi region, but it did capture the mood I was aiming for. Thanks for writing, Eloise.

]]> By: Eloise Rivera https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1764 Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:12:24 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1764 I loved the beautiful photo–the wide scape of sky and water in winter that matched the mood of parting and distance. I liked the whole piece and the present view of longing and loving, letting go and staying home.

]]> By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1762 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:22:48 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1762 In reply to Sue LeBreton.

Thanks, Sue. Glad to live in this century, and not 100+ years ago!

]]> By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1761 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:21:52 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1761 In reply to Harriet Heydemann.

Thanks, Harriet!

]]> By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1760 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:20:21 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1760 In reply to Janine Kovac.

Thanks, Janine. I like being the homebody–it’s so much easier. Will have to get your thoughts on Wild!

]]> By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1759 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:18:51 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1759 In reply to wendyj59.

Thanks, Wendy. This is actually my daughter’s 3rd time in Russia–both girls are quite the world travelers! No Whatsapp with Emma, though, given her utter disdain for smartphones!

]]> By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1758 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:17:11 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1758 In reply to Heidi BK Sloss.

Thanks, Heidi–glad you liked it, and can relate!

]]> By: shrinkrapped https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1757 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 05:16:37 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1757 In reply to dyannedillon.

Our technological tethers have their pluses and minuses, don’t they?

]]> By: dyannedillon https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1756 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 03:50:02 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1756 We are so used to having constant contact with our kids that I can’t imagine sending one off like you did and not knowing exactly where she is, yet our parents did it with us, didn’t they? I have no doubts that Emma will make it to St. Petersburg with no problem she can’t handle (although I did have a flashback to the movie “Silverstreak” but am confident she won’t get thrown off the train at any point on her journey). What stories she will have to tell!

]]> By: Heidi BK Sloss https://shrinkrapped.com/?p=1466&cpage=1#comment-1755 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:15:53 +0000 http://r9f.352.myftpupload.com/?p=1466#comment-1755 Beautiful piece about the contraction and expansion our mother hearts go through when we release our adult children into the world. Heart connection with our kids never end, but they change and grow over time. As someone going through some similar things with my kids I found myself tearing up with both joy and sadness while reading.

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