tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post1251732364699973509..comments2024-03-29T06:37:40.071-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Thank You, Mother MaybelleMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10116749300774147722022-11-03T16:46:45.267-04:002022-11-03T16:46:45.267-04:0037paddington:
Crazy to recall that once upon a tim...37paddington:<br />Crazy to recall that once upon a time sex was just sex. What a different world our kids were born into. I’m so sorry home was so fraught for you growing up. How could it not follow you to Colorado? Still, you made it my friend. Enjoy the weekend with the ladies!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-32713816219314360172022-11-03T09:12:00.801-04:002022-11-03T09:12:00.801-04:00I have been lurking those last four years or more,...I have been lurking those last four years or more, all the way from Denmark - that's the lovely thing about blogging. And no, I do not play any more I never sung, as I sing like a broken bottle. Charlotte (MotherOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01059356989361649639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-58754204415911242712022-11-02T17:22:45.048-04:002022-11-02T17:22:45.048-04:00Knowing you for the reader you are, Jennifer, I re...Knowing you for the reader you are, Jennifer, I really do appreciate that. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61824830396993659532022-11-02T17:22:20.521-04:002022-11-02T17:22:20.521-04:00Hello, Nana Su. Thank you for your kind words. I d...Hello, Nana Su. Thank you for your kind words. I do appreciate them. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53596942496120682052022-11-02T17:21:45.568-04:002022-11-02T17:21:45.568-04:00I know that most teenagers really do feel like mis...I know that most teenagers really do feel like misfits. But when you're going through that period of life it seems like everyone around you has it all together, doesn't it? At least it did to me. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-47654420665595257672022-11-02T17:19:54.134-04:002022-11-02T17:19:54.134-04:00Do you ever still play or sing, Charlotte? And hel...Do you ever still play or sing, Charlotte? And hello. I don't know that I've ever seen you here before. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-6662809352035267962022-11-02T17:19:17.151-04:002022-11-02T17:19:17.151-04:00Steve- I don't think he actually said those wo...Steve- I don't think he actually said those words in one sentence but I certainly grasped his meaning. He was a shit. <br />I do not remember Ernie Lee. <br />There is a huge difference between what we have come to think of as "country music" and what its original roots were which was mountain music, really. <br />Pixie- I wonder why that is. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-41509608541554278292022-11-02T17:15:52.446-04:002022-11-02T17:15:52.446-04:00Oh Elizabeth.
Sigh. Oh Elizabeth. <br />Sigh. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-43835923513955225222022-11-02T17:15:39.164-04:002022-11-02T17:15:39.164-04:00It is a very classic song from Mother Maybelle'...It is a very classic song from Mother Maybelle's era. It may be quite old, I do not know. It's sweet, though, isn't it? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-40530958213872609902022-11-02T17:14:39.181-04:002022-11-02T17:14:39.181-04:00Thank YOU.Thank YOU.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45329276772495342162022-11-02T17:14:28.398-04:002022-11-02T17:14:28.398-04:00I certainly never took the trolley to the toy shop...I certainly never took the trolley to the toy shop! I did love the botanical gardens though. That was a place that smelled more like home. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-39182103499342031952022-11-02T17:13:22.428-04:002022-11-02T17:13:22.428-04:00The things we learn as girls, as young women, are ...The things we learn as girls, as young women, are so culturally influenced, aren't they? And our behaviors as young women are influenced not only by culture of course, but how we were raised. I do think that a girl's relationship with her father is very important and it can wreck her or give her the self-esteem she needs on her journey through life. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-54241555860756341722022-11-02T16:46:39.707-04:002022-11-02T16:46:39.707-04:00I'm loving these memories you're sharing w...I'm loving these memories you're sharing with us. Thank you, Mary. You have such a gift for words. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8465001181854223742022-11-02T13:30:19.688-04:002022-11-02T13:30:19.688-04:00Oh Dear Mary Moon. Thank you so much for your way ...Oh Dear Mary Moon. Thank you so much for your way with words. Reading your posts on a regular basis helps my mental state improve Greatly! <br /> I remember well hearing NGDB the first time! Oh my word, such wonderful memories. I am not a southern girl, bur grew up in rural NM hearing quite a bit of 50's country music. Did not resonate with me at all. THEN I finally heard NGDB and others, and felt it. So sweet. <br /> Indeed, thank you Mother Maybelle. Nana Su in NMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189089768356008378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-46319594658532377882022-11-02T10:30:05.220-04:002022-11-02T10:30:05.220-04:00I think some of this story is universal for those ...I think some of this story is universal for those of us who grew up at that time. I relate to so much though my details are different. But the escape, <br />the drugs, the sex, the trying to find our way, the depression (though I wasn't depressed so much as miserably unhappy, a square peg trying to fit in a round hole. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-47574413905128911022022-11-02T09:48:09.988-04:002022-11-02T09:48:09.988-04:00I saw a pyshciatrist once who told me that I neede...I saw a pyshciatrist once who told me that I needed to gain weight. A lot of men seem to believe that a woman's worth or happiness is dependent on her weight.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-59258221157877525412022-11-02T07:52:35.178-04:002022-11-02T07:52:35.178-04:00This is one of the songs that made me begin to pla...This is one of the songs that made me begin to play in a band - and stop again. I do not need to press the "Play" arrow to hear it. Thanks for the memories, your story and your courage!Charlotte (MotherOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01059356989361649639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44301910483847235342022-11-02T07:26:05.146-04:002022-11-02T07:26:05.146-04:00What a horrible thing for the psychiatrist to say....What a horrible thing for the psychiatrist to say. I feel certain a counselor wouldn't say something like that today. Thank goodness for greater awareness and knowledge. (One hopes!)<br /><br />The line in your story that caught at me was "there was no AIDS or herpes and well...sex was just sex." So much of my youth and romantic life was hijacked by AIDS that an earlier time to me sounds positively dreamlike.<br /><br />I'm not a huge fan of country music either, but that old-fashioned authentic country is a different thing in my book. Do you remember Ernie Lee? He used to play the guitar and sing on the "Breakfast Beat" morning news show in Tampa back in the '60s and '70s (Channel 13, I think?), and he was a country singer from the old school and I loved listening to him. I have his music on my iPhone even now! I will listen to Mother Maybelle when I get home from work later.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-82425696604997738832022-11-02T02:52:40.951-04:002022-11-02T02:52:40.951-04:00I love all this memory spinning. And that Maybelle...I love all this memory spinning. And that Maybelle Carter makes me think of my one true love, a Tennessee mountain boy.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-21676116003639617422022-11-02T00:54:06.217-04:002022-11-02T00:54:06.217-04:00I vaguely remember hearing that however many years...I vaguely remember hearing that however many years ago, but by someone else and I don't know who. Dare I say that although your past is always part of you, you have now found your own sunny side of life? Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68002853559625796872022-11-01T22:25:48.161-04:002022-11-01T22:25:48.161-04:00Music has saved me. I have to have it.
Take your t...Music has saved me. I have to have it.<br />Take your time with your story. <br />Thank you:)<br />Monicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-82550922612548512782022-11-01T21:55:13.215-04:002022-11-01T21:55:13.215-04:00Southern gal- in DENVER! Glad you got so homesick ... Southern gal- in DENVER! Glad you got so homesick that you left that city forever. I remember one good thing about Denver when I was a child- the trolley to the toy shop. That's all. Denver is no place for sweet sincerity, for a darling southerner - good job settling into the life of Mer Moon , a garden, a whole bunch of lovely family and a nack for being a great teller of stories. Thoroughly enjoying tales of your life. Thank you.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-39006022144925398532022-11-01T21:14:40.893-04:002022-11-01T21:14:40.893-04:00I was never sexually abused but I did learn that s...I was never sexually abused but I did learn that sex=power, or so I thought. When I was growing up my dad always told me I was ugly and stupid, a backhanded compliment I understand now but as a child, I took his word for it. I was always skinny as hell. But I hit sixteen or seventeen and discovered I could make some boys do things, like that's any great accomplishment, but at the time I thought it was. <br />I'm glad you trust us to tell your story Mary. It can't be easy writing it. Sending hugs and love.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-407039440140100372022-11-01T20:45:22.177-04:002022-11-01T20:45:22.177-04:00Yes. I love her so much. Yes. I love her so much. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68500826000198786702022-11-01T20:45:02.845-04:002022-11-01T20:45:02.845-04:00Thank you, Susan. This may be a slow story. Thank you, Susan. This may be a slow story. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com