tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post383555744276674449..comments2024-03-03T22:03:05.210-05:00Comments on A Joyful Chaos: Stormy Days ~ Part ThreeA Joyful Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647481484192797931noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-63971763610993254322010-12-21T12:35:12.066-05:002010-12-21T12:35:12.066-05:00Oh no, please tell me she didn't go through wi...Oh no, please tell me she didn't go through with it...Monica https://www.blogger.com/profile/09434370272889356134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-64266846401638986902010-12-20T07:55:34.521-05:002010-12-20T07:55:34.521-05:00Oh, I can feel this coming... the life I could hav...Oh, I can feel this coming... the life I could have lived, had I not left the community and my boyfriend at the same time. Amish women can feel so trapped in an unhappy marriage... I can attest to that with my mother. <br /><br />I hope there is a happier outcome for your friend.<br /><br />SalomaSaloma Miller Furlonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269289644573402840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-5561885231691535342010-12-19T19:08:06.830-05:002010-12-19T19:08:06.830-05:00I am another fairly new reader who found out about...I am another fairly new reader who found out about your blog courtesy of the NY Times.<br />I absolutely love your stories; they are beautiful and fascinating. Thank you for sharing your lovely, open-hearted and positive perspective and answering so many questions I have never had a chance or a respectful way to ask about the life of the Amish.<br /><br />Poor Rachel! I hope she didn't reallyRai, a drop of golden sun :)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-37359884387579013202010-12-19T14:24:00.714-05:002010-12-19T14:24:00.714-05:00I'm not sure if it is very foolish or very vai...I'm not sure if it is very foolish or very vain of Rachel to think God would punish hundreds of people because of something SHE did. God doesn't work that way. We are given free choice, and He doesn't force us to act as He wishes. If we do, fine; if we don't, it's never too late to change things - He'll wait.<br /><br />The Bible tells us that marriage is supposed to be a Lady Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608765381189723792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-76330456080875741322010-12-18T15:30:58.452-05:002010-12-18T15:30:58.452-05:00Thank you so much. I am really enjoying your stori...Thank you so much. I am really enjoying your stories and look forward to them so much.Tanya Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-1895877476540185082010-12-18T12:15:03.522-05:002010-12-18T12:15:03.522-05:00Thank you for posting another installment so soon....Thank you for posting another installment so soon. Interesting the almost superstitious belief of 'Rachel' at that time of having caused the tornado. As a psychologist, I have had many a person thank me for helping them, when sometimes "all" I had done was listen in respect to their thoughts & feelings. That's what you did--which is one of the highest forms of showing Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122656833028913453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260159263783917143.post-50174118524300237222010-12-18T11:21:02.803-05:002010-12-18T11:21:02.803-05:00This is such an awful feeling seeing devastation a...This is such an awful feeling seeing devastation and wanting to do everything possible but feeling as though your hands are tied and yet, sometimes the best help we can give is a listening ear. You were there for your friend - that's what mattered at the time. When there was lots of flooding in the Midwest a few years ago, it was AWFUL driving down highways and just seeing rooftops stickingThe imPerfect Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09155280178284448740noreply@blogger.com