Comments on: Fragmented Fridays (Family on the Brain) https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/ Funny San Francisco Latina Blogger Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:38:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mrs4444 https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-4047 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:38:12 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-4047 Following via Twitter

]]> By: Mrs4444 https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-4048 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:38:05 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-4048 Following via GFC

]]> By: Mrs4444 https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-4049 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:37:57 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-4049 I want to win!

]]> By: unknownmami https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3938 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:20:55 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3938 Liz is a sweetheart and I truly appreciate her kind words as I do yours. Thank you for coming by, I'm off to visit you now.

]]> By: Aging Mommy https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3937 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:48:46 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3937 I hopped over here at the recommendation of Liz at No Excuses and am so very glad I did. What a wonderful post. I would say simply that giving birth to or fathering a child does not make you a mother or father. Loving, caring for and nurturing that child is what does.

]]> By: Lindyloumac https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3705 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:31:51 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3705 Thanks for your recent visits and comments over at News From Italy. With all our visitors now departed I am catching up on my Blog reading.

A touching post, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Tracie https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3671 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:46:36 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3671 I loved this. I have a very small family and we aren't particularly close – geographically or emotionally. I always wondered what it would be like to have those close relationships.

]]> By: Rita https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3668 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:56:20 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3668 LOVE this post….For a minute I thought I wrote that!!! The last paragraph really hits home and helps to re-enforce the decisions I've made in my own family life. I hope you have a beautiful week Mami!

]]> By: Joann https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3656 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:28:50 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3656 Thank you for the beautiful post. I have been graced with a loving and supportive family – the blood relative kind, and the soul relative kind. Your post reminded me of how special that is.

Blessings!

]]> By: Mary Anne Gruen https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3645 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:34:38 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3645 I can't help but smile when I think of your Mom finding you a second father. How lucky for you both! I understand about protecting family from family.

I've given you another award over at my blog. Don't worry about doing the whole award thingy. I know you're really busy. I just wanted to give your blog a mention.

]]> By: FromTracie https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3643 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:58:25 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3643 I also have a father who is not really my family anymore….and another man who will hopefully one day get my mother to agree to a proposal. They have been together for several years now and whatever happens between them in the future….he will always be a part of my family.

]]> By: Saltsays https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3644 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:56:33 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3644 This is beautiful. Family has always been the most important thing in my life and like you, it extends beyond blood relations to me. My best friend is just as much my sister in my mind as my little brother is my brother. I would do anything to protect both of them!

]]> By: Betty https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3642 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:23:11 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3642 What meaningful post! Soo so true. Family is not necessarily “blood”. I´m glad you have a family that loves you!

]]> By: unknownmami https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3640 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:55:14 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3640 I agree, you do not have to have kids to have an understanding of what family means.

]]> By: unknownmami https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3641 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:53:41 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3641 Thank you for your kind words. They mean much to me.

]]> By: Jingle https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3639 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:19:33 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3639 beautiful post,
family has deep meanings, one has to adore another half and one's extended family to be whole…it shall be mutual.
Happy Saturday!

]]> By: Dawn (Bee and Rose) https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3638 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:16:49 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3638 I loved this post:) I feel this way about my 22 year old stepdaughter…she is my daughter just as if I gave birth to her:)

]]> By: Betty Manousos https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3637 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:24:47 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3637 Loved your “family” post, Mammi.
Great thoughts! I have one family though. My mum/sister/brother.
Big hugs!
B xx

]]> By: Kristin_The_Goat https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3634 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:43:18 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3634 I don't think you have to have kids to realize what family means because I don't have kids and I find each day that I am trying to understand my past and present relationships with my family. It's a process and I am closer than ever to my immediate family.

Hearing that a new family member introduced herself to you folks just brought out the waterworks! How brave of her and how wonderful that you all embraced her. Although that doesn't surprise me at all 🙂 Your heart, my blogging friend, is golden. I love stories like this. Thank you.

]]> By: The Urban Cowboy https://byclaudya.com/fragmented-fridays-family-on-the-brain/#comment-3630 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:18:32 +0000 http://byclaudya.com/?p=542#comment-3630 What a wonderful story for you to share. From my own experience, I have also found that genes are not a prerequisite for one to be considered family, and family will always be there when we need them the most. Never judging, always supportive, and always there.

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