tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2184811675003987069..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: I'd like to introduce you to Rosina - Hilary HawkesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65402963278575819382017-08-29T18:11:00.751+01:002017-08-29T18:11:00.751+01:00Beautiful post about a very memorable woman, Hilar...Beautiful post about a very memorable woman, Hilary. How wonderful to be able to know your grandmother, not only through everyone's stories, but also through that kind of reflective attention given to words when you are typing them up. <br /><br />I recall a small silvery "garland of leaves" brooch of my own grandmother, and that carried the word "Mizpah" in gold on the front. I never knew - pre-internet - what the term meant emotionally for sure, or the story, but sensed the loss and longing.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22949129378620464682017-08-29T17:29:04.301+01:002017-08-29T17:29:04.301+01:00Tank you, yes, she was an inspiring person.
Diann...Tank you, yes, she was an inspiring person.<br /><br />Dianne: I too have an inherited 'Mizpah' item - an engraved 'badge' that had belonged to my father's mother. She'd given it to him when he joined the army as a very young man. It's a lovely meaning. How special to find that note in your grandmother's Bible and to have the necklace.Hilary Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573780178193323715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-27469522424673642152017-08-29T14:40:02.682+01:002017-08-29T14:40:02.682+01:00What a lovely post, Hilary! Your grandmother soun...What a lovely post, Hilary! Your grandmother sounds a wonderful person. Many thanks for telling us about her.Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13358604798633661022017-08-29T10:07:56.237+01:002017-08-29T10:07:56.237+01:00Thanks for sharing this Hilary. How lovely to have...Thanks for sharing this Hilary. How lovely to have that box of diaries and notes. Marvellous to have such a real connection to the life of your grandmother through her words and paintings. I had one single blue glass necklace from my grandmother and a note in her Bible which had a single word written on it. 'Mizpah' I've since learnt that Mizpah apart from being a place in the Bible is interpreted as signifying an emotional bond between people who are separated, either physically by distance or by death. You have this with your grandmother. <br /><br />Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-65713880841171300892017-08-29T08:04:59.783+01:002017-08-29T08:04:59.783+01:00Goodness, what a wonderful story!Goodness, what a wonderful story!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com