tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post6558388849715212172..comments2024-02-18T18:51:16.406-08:00Comments on What Matters Most : seeing each other againLovella ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/13870567090244361779noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-6406386651883320292009-10-03T22:01:08.360-07:002009-10-03T22:01:08.360-07:00Hello Lovella,
I just found your blog through Menn...Hello Lovella,<br />I just found your blog through Mennonite Girls Can Cook Blog. I too live in BC. I was drawn to this particular post because of the word adoption. My husband and I have been married for 16 years, and we have 3 beautiful children. Our oldest joined our family through adoption, and the birth of each of our children is a unique and precious story. I expected to read an adoption story and I did, but the end was difficult for me as you spoke of your parents being in heaven. My dad passed away 9 months ago from cancer, and he was only 69. Some days I miss him so very much. I probably spoke to him and my mom almost every day on the phone especially in the last year and a half as he was on bed rest. Anyway, I have been so blessed to have had loving Christian parents and to have had a wonderful dad for 36.5 years. My mom is still here and we are very close, so it is hard sometimes as we walk through this time of grief with because I can't take away the heartache, but I can pray for her. I am so thankful that I know I will one day see my dad again in heaven with our Saviour. Praise the Lord!!! Thank you for sharing this story with us, I am having a hard time not to cry tears of heartache and joy. Thank you.<br /><br />My husband's grandmother came Canada with her two sisters in their early 20's from Russia. Their parents and brother were not allowed to come and they never saw them again. My husband's grandmother lived to be one month shy of her 101st birthday.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747406896308051755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-43757817380349764312008-07-26T06:08:00.000-07:002008-07-26T06:08:00.000-07:00Lovella....I am reading this post for the first ti...Lovella....I am reading this post for the first time.... In waiting to hear how my mom is doing I was looking for pictures of papakrut to post and your blog came up on google. (see my July 26th post)... anyway...one thing led to another and I backtracked to read this wonderful post. How special that your father got to meet his brother before passing...what a history your dad had. You know, my dad was born in 1919...one year after your dad then I guess...so we must have very similar life views...family ages etc. My dad is 89 now, mom is 87. We have been blessed to have them in relatively good health for most of their lives...they have been blessed.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953079867758399259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-74288875892855654732007-10-01T19:30:00.000-07:002007-10-01T19:30:00.000-07:00Beautifully written. That's all I can type as I c...Beautifully written. That's all I can type as I can't see the screen because my eyes are welling up.Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878708545575863115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-82947310583304932422007-09-29T08:55:00.000-07:002007-09-29T08:55:00.000-07:00what a beautiful story of family love and reunion....what a beautiful story of family love and reunion....<BR/>we forget what people have had to go through in years past... before coming to the full freedom of America...<BR/>and isn't it wonderful to know that you will indeed see them again!!!Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05829978526818067941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-69831504507200356862007-09-28T20:21:00.000-07:002007-09-28T20:21:00.000-07:00This is beautiful Lovella! Very moving.This is beautiful Lovella! Very moving.Carolannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948899343901608273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-65169219550034327752007-09-28T17:22:00.000-07:002007-09-28T17:22:00.000-07:00what a beautiful post...hugsKimmiewhat a beautiful post...<BR/><BR/>hugs<BR/>KimmieKimmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462108880167593207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-5387065136862544542007-09-28T11:45:00.000-07:002007-09-28T11:45:00.000-07:00Actually knowing people on the other side makes it...Actually knowing people on the other side makes it all the more real. What a beautiful sight - greeting one another.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099844850489313986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-48798488199280596122007-09-28T01:32:00.000-07:002007-09-28T01:32:00.000-07:00Add my tears to the already full bucket. Beautiful...Add my tears to the already full bucket. <BR/>Beautifully written, Lovella. <BR/>I can so easily imagine the joy of your parents greeting Bernhard on the other side of the river. <BR/><BR/>We sorrow on this side but one day we will all be rejoicing on that side. <BR/>I am so looking forward to the extended family of God enjoying the reuntion to end all reuntions.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029451742280017744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-80397929320992572782007-09-27T17:01:00.000-07:002007-09-27T17:01:00.000-07:00oh lovella,the tears are streaming down my face, t...oh lovella,<BR/>the tears are streaming down my face, this too is such a familiar story to my family. my father had a reunion with his brother and thankfully my grand parents were still alive to embrass their son after being seperated for 35 years. he was left behind, and all the rest were able to go to canada. thankyou for sharing this story so thoughtfully with such tenderness. where would all these people be who experienced such hardship and tragedies with out GOD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-78313961158866817972007-09-27T16:00:00.000-07:002007-09-27T16:00:00.000-07:00Truly so heartfelt Lovella. Well said. Thank you f...Truly so heartfelt Lovella. Well said. Thank you for sharing this.L&Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300904977347356094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-64446567784182124452007-09-27T14:46:00.000-07:002007-09-27T14:46:00.000-07:00Add me to the list of those you made cry. This wa...Add me to the list of those you made cry. This was so beautiful, Lovella. I am so thankful that we can KNOW that we'll see our loved ones again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-80626008164853864862007-09-27T14:23:00.000-07:002007-09-27T14:23:00.000-07:00that was beautiful Lovella. knowing how wonderful ...that was beautiful Lovella. knowing how wonderful heaven must be makes it easier when those we love leave us here on earth.Hayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00321028397978190790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-47110149417733492252007-09-27T13:04:00.000-07:002007-09-27T13:04:00.000-07:00I got goose bumps reading your story. I too imagin...I got goose bumps reading your story. I too imagine the rejoicing that is happening in heaven with your grandparents and their children. What a powerful picture of your dad and his brother meeting. What a blessing it is to have a heritage of faith, isn't it?Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426225825423478595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-82081901290668161602007-09-27T11:38:00.000-07:002007-09-27T11:38:00.000-07:00Wouldn't your uncle have been surprised to learn t...Wouldn't your uncle have been surprised to learn that his life and passing would be read about by such a varied collection of people, and that tears were shed by those he had never met. We don't really weep for him; we weep at the inevitable separations from our loved ones that we all must face inevitably. <BR/> Such a different sorrow than the sorrow of those who have no hope of reunion.Thoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-8511281038684325612007-09-27T11:01:00.000-07:002007-09-27T11:01:00.000-07:00I cried too...my Dad immigrated to Canada from Rus...I cried too...my Dad immigrated to Canada from Russia in those hard times and had to say goodbye to some family members. What a sad time that must have been.<BR/>Thanks Lovella for the post even if you opened "the floodgates" for some of us!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-65100746789170934892007-09-27T10:43:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:43:00.000-07:00Bless you --- so sweetly written, there are no wor...Bless you --- so sweetly written, there are no words to express the depth of emotion that you must be feeling right now.<BR/><BR/>God be with you!<BR/>LaTeaDahLa Tea Dahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138624485398178242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-72371608283704387312007-09-27T10:28:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:28:00.000-07:00Such a beautiful tribute ... we are so lucky and i...Such a beautiful tribute ... we are so lucky and it's so easy to take our lives and family for granted ... how cool to think about the whole family reunited.Nancy Skeelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043603250264802901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-34774735849187080982007-09-27T10:26:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:26:00.000-07:00Reunions in glory...what a hope for us all! Thank...Reunions in glory...what a hope for us all! Thanks for sharing this story. <BR/>Ten years ago I travelled to Europe with my parents, and together we went to visit my dad's aunt who had been left behind in Russia in the 1920's, and recently moved to Germany. She was the youngest sister of my grandmother, and when I met her it was like seeing my grandma once again. Family reunions are special times!Judy https://www.blogger.com/profile/00929685771427155673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-17293746002937309032007-09-27T10:19:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:19:00.000-07:00You made me cry too. What a sweet story. Just mak...You made me cry too. What a sweet story. Just makes you think...What matters most.<BR/><BR/>corinneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-50776375352094391772007-09-27T10:15:00.000-07:002007-09-27T10:15:00.000-07:00You made me cry. Maybe because I just finished re...You made me cry. Maybe because I just finished reading the historical accounts of what happened in Russia at that time and seeing the results so many years later. My dad's only living brother stayed behind in Russia because he was adopted by an aunt. My dad also only found out the truth later, because he was of the impression that this was a cousin. To make a long story short, the brother and family imigrated to Canada in 1978! Talk about reunion! Yes, just a glimpse into the reunion we will have in heaven!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-54921788367758582272007-09-27T09:38:00.000-07:002007-09-27T09:38:00.000-07:00The photo of the brothers is so precious. May God ...The photo of the brothers is so precious. May God continue to comfort you and give you hope...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com