Comments on: My funny valentine http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/ The continuing adventures of a couple of San Francisco food dorks Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:04:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Tartelette http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-84412 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:19:25 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-84412 I was just thinking about you and your dad and this post as I was writing <a target="_blank" title="Doughnuts for my Valentine" href="http://tartelette.blogspot.com/2008/02/doughnuts-for-my-valentine.html" rel="nofollow">mine</a>. When I asked for one donut at Kripsy Kreme, I also asked them for a coffee cup half full of sprinkles!! I was just thinking about you and your dad and this post as I was writing mine. When I asked for one donut at Kripsy Kreme, I also asked them for a coffee cup half full of sprinkles!!

]]> by: Married …with dinner » Blog Archive » DOTW: Widow’s Kiss http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-80557 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:59:38 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-80557 [...] Dia de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a bit of a misnomer, especially in Mexico where the festivities are often spread out over two or more days. Like most Latino holidays of a spiritual sort, this fiesta integrates indigenous traditions alongside Catholic feasts, blending traditional pre-Hispanic ancestor worship with the Europeans’ All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Children and other innocents are remembered on November 1, and those who died as adults are honored the next day and night. As someone for whom death is a relatively fresh memory, setting aside a few days to remember those we have lost seems eminently wise, a useful way of mourning together and acknowledging individual loss as part of a universal experience. [...] […] Dia de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a bit of a misnomer, especially in Mexico where the festivities are often spread out over two or more days. Like most Latino holidays of a spiritual sort, this fiesta integrates indigenous traditions alongside Catholic feasts, blending traditional pre-Hispanic ancestor worship with the Europeans’ All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Children and other innocents are remembered on November 1, and those who died as adults are honored the next day and night. As someone for whom death is a relatively fresh memory, setting aside a few days to remember those we have lost seems eminently wise, a useful way of mourning together and acknowledging individual loss as part of a universal experience. […]

]]> by: Anita http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-47808 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:00:36 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-47808 I read <a target="_blank" title="Salon: Cary Tennis column" href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/03/21/fathers_death/index.html" rel="nofollow">this article on Salon</a> a couple of days back, and it really struck a chord for me. I really appreciated the letter-writer's comment about how he never realized how comforting expressions of condolences -- which sound so hollow when you're offering them -- actually can be. So thanks again -- it means a lot to me, in ways I never could explain, just to have you say "we're here, and we're sorry." I read this article on Salon a couple of days back, and it really struck a chord for me.
I really appreciated the letter-writer’s comment about how he never realized how comforting expressions of condolences — which sound so hollow when you’re offering them — actually can be. So thanks again — it means a lot to me, in ways I never could explain, just to have you say “we’re here, and we’re sorry.”

]]> by: Anita http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-36624 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:30:43 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-36624 Thank you. Believe it or not, it's a special holiday Krispy Kreme. Dad always did love doughnuts... Thank you. Believe it or not, it’s a special holiday Krispy Kreme. Dad always did love doughnuts…

]]> by: Linda http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-36608 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:29:15 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-36608 this is so beautiful -- the post AND the pastry! this is so beautiful — the post AND the pastry!

]]> by: Laurie http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-28367 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:19:37 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-28367 Thank you for sharing this post, which charmed me and I'm sure all your readers. I've been thinking of you--and your dad. What a wonderful guy. Thank you for sharing this post, which charmed me and I’m sure all your readers. I’ve been thinking of you–and your dad. What a wonderful guy.

]]> by: Anita http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-23413 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:11:10 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-23413 Thank you all for your sweet notes. Just knowing that there are people out there who are thinking of me/us is very comforting. When I wrote this post about Dad, I had a very strong memory of <a target="_blank" title="Lucullian Delights" href="http://lucullian.blogspot.com/2006/09/formaggio-fritto-con-uva-fragola-or.html" rel="nofollow">Ilva's posts about her father's passing</a>, and <a target="_blank" title="Running with Tweezers" href="http://runningwithtweezers.typepad.com/runningwithtweezers/2006/10/my_hospital_mon.html" rel="nofollow">Tami writing about her mother</a>. As I worried that none of our readers would want to read something so personal and sad, I remembered I was so touched those posts. It helped me be brave enough to share it. I knew I couldn't cope with people writing to ask why we weren't posting, so I felt I had to write -something-, and since I had to write it, it might as well be a rememberance. In hindsight, I'm so glad that I did. And thank you all for indulging me, and comforting me. Thank you all for your sweet notes. Just knowing that there are people out there who are thinking of me/us is very comforting.

When I wrote this post about Dad, I had a very strong memory of Ilva’s posts about her father’s passing, and Tami writing about her mother. As I worried that none of our readers would want to read something so personal and sad, I remembered I was so touched those posts. It helped me be brave enough to share it. I knew I couldn’t cope with people writing to ask why we weren’t posting, so I felt I had to write -something-, and since I had to write it, it might as well be a rememberance.

In hindsight, I’m so glad that I did. And thank you all for indulging me, and comforting me.

]]> by: kitchenMage http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-21400 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:55:47 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-21400 I think that ice cream may taste a bit sweeter with that memory to accompany it. Your tribute is sweeter still. <i>hugs</i> from another newcomer to your site. ~km I think that ice cream may taste a bit sweeter with that memory to accompany it. Your tribute is sweeter still. hugs from another newcomer to your site.

~km

]]> by: Helen http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-20682 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:58:21 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-20682 What a beautiful tribute to the first man in your life. My thoughts and condolences go out to you and your family. What a beautiful tribute to the first man in your life. My thoughts and condolences go out to you and your family.

]]> by: Bill http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-20556 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:36:43 +0000 http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/02/05/my-funny-valentine/#comment-20556 Never read your blog before, but found you through Tastespotting. This post was a beautiful tribute. I'm sorry for your loss. But as a dad, I can tell you that your father would be touched by your words of remembrance. Never read your blog before, but found you through Tastespotting. This post was a beautiful tribute. I’m sorry for your loss. But as a dad, I can tell you that your father would be touched by your words of remembrance.

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