tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post64053960253284590..comments2024-03-28T08:55:00.522-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: 1967, a Year of Lost InnocenceMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-11081839617285653152017-11-20T19:22:11.726-05:002017-11-20T19:22:11.726-05:00I'm so happy you're doing this project. Yo...I'm so happy you're doing this project. You're going to learn a lot.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-4826585116789960332017-11-20T18:58:46.936-05:002017-11-20T18:58:46.936-05:00Thanks, Jean. I've started reading and it'...Thanks, Jean. I've started reading and it's like watching a WWII movie...the references, the language, the jargon. It's a daunting task, but I've got them in chronological order and starting to catalog the main topics of each letter. Fascinating since I never knew my father -in-law. I've only heard stories of him, which in some cases are confirmed by the letters,but in donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-84578177858948462392017-11-07T18:42:41.084-05:002017-11-07T18:42:41.084-05:00The Center for American War Letters would love you...The Center for American War Letters would love your WWII letters, too. Originals or copies. I am making really good time on retyping my letters but maybe yours could still be scanned? There's value in preserving the handwriting. I'm pacing myself typing 7-8 letters per night and I think I'll be done before Christmas. It would go faster but I keep googling guys to see what happened to Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-68736613556789023452017-11-07T16:20:18.895-05:002017-11-07T16:20:18.895-05:00What a FABULOUS project (and HAT!) I say write to...What a FABULOUS project (and HAT!) I say write to the guy, but protect your privacy. 50 years is a long time...anything could happen. (I'm paranoid that way.) We have a box of letters my husband's father wrote to his mother during WWII. I have not yet gone through them, but our oldest son is a history buff with a strong sense of family and I have it in my mind to make a book of them.donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-12665780089442768962017-11-06T21:03:37.222-05:002017-11-06T21:03:37.222-05:00Why do we always want fairy tale endings? My googl...Why do we always want fairy tale endings? My google search found that he lives with a woman 4 years younger with the same last name. Besides, we were so argumentative in letters we'd probably kill each other in person. LOL<br /><br />I did find another set of letters that made me fall in love. Be still my heart but, dare it, according to his Facebook page he's happily married. I think Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-37582465377072611542017-11-06T20:40:46.305-05:002017-11-06T20:40:46.305-05:00Oh heck yes--send him that note.
Wait--wouldn'...Oh heck yes--send him that note.<br />Wait--wouldn't it be something if he were widowed and he got in contact with you and then you met and, and, and................Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-66216883374120885782017-11-06T15:18:14.155-05:002017-11-06T15:18:14.155-05:00No kidding! I still have negatives laying around!...No kidding! I still have negatives laying around! :)Silver in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501467853392916885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-14423887316278187632017-11-05T12:02:37.098-05:002017-11-05T12:02:37.098-05:00Thank you. The project has been too rich not to sh...Thank you. The project has been too rich not to share.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-21699785303348002342017-11-05T11:29:47.519-05:002017-11-05T11:29:47.519-05:00I absolutely love this post Jean. Wonderful to hav...I absolutely love this post Jean. Wonderful to have the records of a snippet of your life. Linda dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167854309289774316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-74366238346268982932017-11-04T22:20:51.217-04:002017-11-04T22:20:51.217-04:00I'm having fun tonight. I just found a third g...I'm having fun tonight. I just found a third guy on Facebook. He wrote the funniest letters and his Facebook posts are the same way. Made me happy as heck. All his letters were written from a hospital bed, having been shot in a tunnel in Vietnam. No desire to contact him either.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-81686353183714510052017-11-04T20:59:23.742-04:002017-11-04T20:59:23.742-04:00I was wondering if guys kept that sort of thing. I...I was wondering if guys kept that sort of thing. I think it's less likely than a woman doing it. I didn't move out of the house where I was living in 1967 until 16 years ago and I had an attic to keep things in. I hope no one kept them! I'm so embarrassed reading my bad spelling. The only saving grace is a lot of the guys couldn't spell either.<br /><br />I found another guy on Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-50636986267584252282017-11-04T20:05:35.699-04:002017-11-04T20:05:35.699-04:00Looking forward to the next blog about it. I thin...Looking forward to the next blog about it. I think it's amazing that you wrote to that many too. Wouldn't it be something if one of those guys saved all the letters you wrote to him and donated them to the project. I'll bet some of them still have the letters. Could happen.:)BLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117081707533634194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-65908945590417571072017-11-04T15:27:49.602-04:002017-11-04T15:27:49.602-04:00I'd withhold a return address on it for my sak...I'd withhold a return address on it for my sake more than his. I don't want to complicate my life. Besides, I'm not hard to find online for anyone looking. I know, I tried to find me recently just to see. LOL<br /><br />I hope the project is a winner because before I'm finished I'll probably blog about it at least once more. The cover letter I'll send with the letters to Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-90985681419111896722017-11-04T14:45:35.441-04:002017-11-04T14:45:35.441-04:00I think this project is a pure winner. Can't i...I think this project is a pure winner. Can't imagine how you kept up with so many guys and kept them all straight. Guess the carbons helped with that.<br />I say put your address on the letter to him. His wife should appreciate the person who gave her husband a taste of normal during a horrid time. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-45989293468624966382017-11-04T14:43:29.494-04:002017-11-04T14:43:29.494-04:00My spelling, back then, embarrasses me now. I'...My spelling, back then, embarrasses me now. I've always known it was bad but it's having me shake my head at my "creativity" now.<br /><br />I don't know if it was forward thinking. I just knew I needed a way to know what I wrote to who.<br /><br />I wish I never would have given up skiing and my little sailfish. That's what I was doing in all my spare time back that Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-46197612842170562242017-11-04T14:38:28.397-04:002017-11-04T14:38:28.397-04:00Another flash from the past is how long we had to ...Another flash from the past is how long we had to wait for film to be sent in to the developers and get photos back. My how that's changed!Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-59819991162082500302017-11-04T14:37:18.962-04:002017-11-04T14:37:18.962-04:00No, I blame it on my not writing clear enough for ...No, I blame it on my not writing clear enough for someone to understand. I used to have to write how-to instructions for using a website for people who had strokes so I prided myself on being clear. I've lost my touch. At least you're old enough to understand what carbon paper is. I'm not sure young people know. LOL <br /><br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31317572248762075562017-11-04T13:22:36.374-04:002017-11-04T13:22:36.374-04:00You are amazing! What a great hobby and wonderful...You are amazing! What a great hobby and wonderful thing to do for our servicemen. And of course your writing would have evolved over time ... one would hope you have learned and evolved over the past 50 years!<br /><br />I love this project. You were very forward thinking to make copies ... and to have BOILERPLATE sections! Smarty pants!The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-56179373274136828522017-11-04T12:59:24.507-04:002017-11-04T12:59:24.507-04:00Jean--Thank you for being so patient and gracious ...Jean--Thank you for being so patient and gracious with me. I really am such a dimbulb sometimes. Of course you would not have the Original of any letters you sent! Those would be with the recipients. Sigh. That you have copies is a testament to your amazing foresight.<br /><br />I will blame this a bit on my ongoing B12 deficiency. But honestly--I'm too young for this severe of a SeniorNancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-2689093996306951342017-11-04T12:02:12.245-04:002017-11-04T12:02:12.245-04:00gosh, the days of writing letters, of pretty or un...gosh, the days of writing letters, of pretty or unusual stationery, heck, of ANY stationery! Thanks for the flashes from your past.Silver in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501467853392916885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-51144273585849621242017-11-04T09:38:11.430-04:002017-11-04T09:38:11.430-04:00I was hoping you'd weight in on my question si...I was hoping you'd weight in on my question since your husband served in Vietnam. We were all kids back then and my current self feels guilty that I didn't answer his last last. LOL <br /><br />Oh, gosh, the homesickness does come through in a lot of the letters. I'm so glad I've decided to take on this project and send the letters off when I'm finished. I did a search of thatMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-35027569921552677752017-11-04T09:26:19.033-04:002017-11-04T09:26:19.033-04:00I hand wrote all my letters on nice stationary usi...I hand wrote all my letters on nice stationary using a carbon paper underneath so the end result was I was able to keep the carbon paper copy of the letters for myself. They are hardly readable now, and quite smelly. That's what I'm throwing out and making typed copies of, but not with all the sets just the ones that have iconic things in which is about 1/3 of the sets. My letters were 90Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-29297253400107357022017-11-04T09:03:48.704-04:002017-11-04T09:03:48.704-04:00Wonderful post today, and the picture is a bonus.
...Wonderful post today, and the picture is a bonus.<br /><br />I'm confused about you retyping the letters. Did you just send one mass letter to everyone, or what? Please forgive my stupidity. Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-14892729594046260602017-11-04T08:58:04.856-04:002017-11-04T08:58:04.856-04:00You must send the note to your soldier pen pal. If...You must send the note to your soldier pen pal. If he has a wife, she will enjoy it, too. That photo of you is priceless. You look like someone famous, but I can't put my finger on it. It feels a little strange when I look at photos of myself back then. I was a different girl. Oh, what life does to us, and how we do change, and how the times do change. Love the perfume story. They were so Bella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-35815612421326689892017-11-04T05:20:34.491-04:002017-11-04T05:20:34.491-04:00I have changed so much since that photo was taken ...I have changed so much since that photo was taken in more ways that looks. Even the words I used back then and my sentence structure has changed.<br /><br />That looking back will be so much easier 50 years from now because people will find the bloggers and Facebook users as well as the media. I doubt they will look upon today as the good old days. God, how bad would it have to get if they did! <Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.com