tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post9030838878649766294..comments2023-10-31T12:12:35.050-05:00Comments on The Last Leaf On This Branch: Sentimental Sunday - To Whom It May Concern...Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-34808638156332743972011-11-09T13:12:00.120-06:002011-11-09T13:12:00.120-06:00Thank you all for your generous comments. I've...Thank you all for your generous comments. I've been touched by how many people have responded to this post; sometimes it's difficult to express things that challenge us, but I know that I'm not alone in how I feel and that's what prompted me to write it.Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-58713987825987727152011-11-06T15:41:53.741-06:002011-11-06T15:41:53.741-06:00Laura, So many of the childless family members imp...Laura, So many of the childless family members impacted our extended family over the generations - the aunts and uncles who took in orphaned ancestors, the priests and nuns who continue to inspire us, the cousins and aunts who lived large in our lives because they were not so absorbed in their own children. <br /><br />Our value lies in the fullness of the life we live - not in whether we have children. And after we die, well I can't say it any better than Nigel did above.Susan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009218875010743399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-53248011046636122162011-11-06T10:59:35.067-06:002011-11-06T10:59:35.067-06:00I've never really bothered looking into my fam...I've never really bothered looking into my family history (not a genealogist), but I'm sure that there are relatives that have not been lucky enough to expand their family branch. But family does not completely define us. I have no doubt that they touched and enriched friends' lives just as much, maybe more, than those who did expand their branches. I believe good friends are family members that we actually get to choose.Heatherhttp://yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-71969210204209519302011-11-06T09:44:39.255-06:002011-11-06T09:44:39.255-06:00A beautiful and heart-warming post Laura. It made ...A beautiful and heart-warming post Laura. It made me stop and think not only because of some of my ancestors but also myself.<br /><br />Probably the time's past for another generation but for this last leaf there's the chance to enhance the rest of the forest when I fall off my branch. Until that point I'm soaking up the wonderful autumnal sun.<br /><br />Thanks for such a wonderful post.Nigel Greaveshttp://www.genealogytalk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-34048905132922314792011-11-06T07:24:07.168-06:002011-11-06T07:24:07.168-06:00What a moving post. I will admit I have not spent ...What a moving post. I will admit I have not spent as much time as I probably should on the "last leaf" on some of my branches. But on the other hand I have tried to make it a point to tell the stories of some of those who never had the opportunity. <br /><br />Like my cousin Bob Brouk the Flying Tiger. He did marry but was killed in a training accident during WWII three weeks after marriage. My great great uncle Michael Kokoska who died during WWI and my cousins James Privoznik and Frank Winkler who died during WWII. All those men died young and never had a chance to have heirs or tell their stories. We need to remember those leaves as well.Jennifer Holikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376766797515931160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-927510992143247693.post-89552149288791415252011-11-06T06:19:39.252-06:002011-11-06T06:19:39.252-06:00Laura, when I find people in my tree who did not m...Laura, when I find people in my tree who did not marry, or more frequently, childless couples, I try to "adopt" them a bit since I know it's unlikely anyone else will tell their stories. In the last 150 years there are quite a few of them in my mother's family - thus, we are a pretty small family. Thanks for your words, I truly think you speak for a lot of people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com