http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting an online magazine for spiritual seekers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-17679 Catherine Mc Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:37:07 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-17679 Dear Carolyn, So delighted to have stumbled on this page - Fr. Henry was my Husbands Uncle. Fr. Henry's last surviving brother passed to his eternal reward on 16th August this year in his 95th year - May Eugene rest in peace. Yes Fr. Henry was a truly inspirational man - in 1978 when Fr. Henry was on holidays in Ireland, we all congregated for a house mass and like your experience of that Christmas mass that you have written about - I will never forget the one and only mass I attended with he as the Celebrant. It was touching to read your article. Dear Carolyn, So delighted to have stumbled on this page – Fr. Henry was my Husbands Uncle. Fr. Henry’s last surviving brother passed to his eternal reward on 16th August this year in his 95th year – May Eugene rest in peace. Yes Fr. Henry was a truly inspirational man – in 1978 when Fr. Henry was on holidays in Ireland, we all congregated for a house mass and like your experience of that Christmas mass that you have written about – I will never forget the one and only mass I attended with he as the Celebrant. It was touching to read your article.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-16957 Eileen H Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:35:24 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-16957 Thank you for your beautiful essay. You have a gift that has "lifted me up." My mother is 90 years old and has always been a spiritual woman. The tribulations of repeated hospitalizations and rehabilitations has brought us closer but I see her fading away. Your essay and the comments from readers have reminded me that while life on our beloved earth is to be lived to its fullest, the promise of eternal life and seeing our loved ones again on the other side of the veil is the true happy ending to our stories. Thank you for your beautiful essay. You have a gift that has “lifted me up.” My mother is 90 years old and has always been a spiritual woman. The tribulations of repeated hospitalizations and rehabilitations has brought us closer but I see her fading away. Your essay and the comments from readers have reminded me that while life on our beloved earth is to be lived to its fullest, the promise of eternal life and seeing our loved ones again on the other side of the veil is the true happy ending to our stories.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-11441 Heather S Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:02:42 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-11441 Dear Carolyn, I don't know if you remember me, I am Kathleen's younger sister, the one who was supposed to give her my bone marrow but could not bc she unfortunately couldn't hold on long enough in this world to receive it. I remember you and hope you are well. I am glad to see you have chosen to remember your(our) M.E. past in the written word. I found this article by doing a google search with my daughter, whose middle name was given in honor of my sister. What a wonderful experience to see your story come up as that result. Thank you so much. Heather Dear Carolyn, I don’t know if you remember me, I am Kathleen’s younger sister, the one who was supposed to give her my bone marrow but could not bc she unfortunately couldn’t hold on long enough in this world to receive it. I remember you and hope you are well. I am glad to see you have chosen to remember your(our) M.E. past in the written word. I found this article by doing a google search with my daughter, whose middle name was given in honor of my sister. What a wonderful experience to see your story come up as that result. Thank you so much. Heather

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8753 Marilyn M. Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:52:55 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8753 My computer refused to cooperate to allow me to reach this piece some time ago. I am so pleased to have been successful today. Tears and smiles mingled on my face as I read. I can just barely remember an elementary school memory wondering why we all had to die. Thank you Carolyn for all your sensitive and beautiful words. My computer refused to cooperate to allow me to reach this piece some time ago. I am so pleased to have been successful today. Tears and smiles mingled on my face as I read. I can just barely remember an elementary school memory wondering why we all had to die. Thank you Carolyn for all your sensitive and beautiful words.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8317 Mich Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:49 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8317 Carolyn is such a gifted writer. She has the ability to put her reader right there into her ten-year-old perspective. Her mother was my eighth grade English teacher and I know she is so very proud of her little girl. Thank you Carolyn for your inspiring words about faith. Carolyn is such a gifted writer. She has the ability to put her reader right there into her ten-year-old perspective. Her mother was my eighth grade English teacher and I know she is so very proud of her little girl. Thank you Carolyn for your inspiring words about faith.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8086 Linda Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:13:56 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8086 Carolyn,I wish you peace. Carolyn,I wish you peace.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8067 Sheila J Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:00:28 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8067 You've touched my heart again. Such serious thoughts for so young a child...but yet so familiar. Thank you for sharing and stay with your faith, it will get you through the toughest of times. You’ve touched my heart again. Such serious thoughts for so young a child…but yet so familiar. Thank you for sharing and stay with your faith, it will get you through the toughest of times.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8062 Karen Barkhurst Safranski Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:09:50 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8062 Carolyn, you are such a wonderful writer. I loved readin this essay. That was definitely a young age to endure three deaths. Many Blessings, Karen Carolyn, you are such a wonderful writer. I loved readin this essay. That was definitely a young age to endure three deaths. Many Blessings, Karen

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8057 Anne M Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:16:00 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8057 Another great read! I've always thought that our human flaw is not fully understanding the spiritual dimension of our being, the one not bound by our physical limitations. I believe no one who has broken free of our physical chains, through death of the body, would ever choose to return to human form. I believe life, in the fullness of our spiritual form, is beyond anything we can imagine. That gives me comfort, as I deeply miss those loved ones who have left life as I know it. Thanks Carolyn for this lovely sharing...I know the journey has been long and hard. Good that you've captured it so others can read, and relate. Another great read! I’ve always thought that our human flaw is not fully understanding the spiritual dimension of our being, the one not bound by our physical limitations. I believe no one who has broken free of our physical chains, through death of the body, would ever choose to return to human form. I believe life, in the fullness of our spiritual form, is beyond anything we can imagine. That gives me comfort, as I deeply miss those loved ones who have left life as I know it. Thanks Carolyn for this lovely sharing…I know the journey has been long and hard. Good that you’ve captured it so others can read, and relate.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8051 Carol Tempesta Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:46:13 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8051 What a beautifully written piece. While my heart breaks for Kathleen, the 17 year-old, the memory of her sign in the window is heartbreakingly beautiful. Thank you Carolyn, for a wonderful read. What a beautifully written piece. While my heart breaks for Kathleen, the 17 year-old, the memory of her sign in the window is heartbreakingly beautiful. Thank you Carolyn, for a wonderful read.

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8049 Kate Murphy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:59:21 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8049 Beautifully written! Hope to see more from this writer! Beautifully written! Hope to see more from this writer!

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8010 Emily Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:35:10 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8010 Really great article. The problem I have with the popularity today of young adult books like the Twilight series is that the characters often make the decision to give up what waits for them after death in favor of eternity on earth. Tuck Everlasting handles the topic of immortality in much more profound and complex way, while still being on a level that children can understand. I hope it will continue to be read in classrooms for a long time to come! Really great article. The problem I have with the popularity today of young adult books like the Twilight series is that the characters often make the decision to give up what waits for them after death in favor of eternity on earth. Tuck Everlasting handles the topic of immortality in much more profound and complex way, while still being on a level that children can understand. I hope it will continue to be read in classrooms for a long time to come!

]]> http://bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/comment-page-1#comment-8009 Kim Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:39:11 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/living-and-dying-with-tuck-everlasting/#comment-8009 I'm also in my 30's and I just recently turned the fear of losing loved ones over to God. If I die, He'll take care of my loved ones. If they die, He'll take care of me. A recent death of a sweet 16-year-old girl at the school where I work has reminded me that life isn't about any of the things society deems important (getting married, having children, going on vacation)...it's about being with God for eternity. Those who have passed on have made the crossing that we must all make so that we can be reunited with them in the presence of our Lord and Creator. Acceptance of that and faith in God has made all the difference in my life. Thanks for the wonderful article. I’m also in my 30′s and I just recently turned the fear of losing loved ones over to God. If I die, He’ll take care of my loved ones. If they die, He’ll take care of me. A recent death of a sweet 16-year-old girl at the school where I work has reminded me that life isn’t about any of the things society deems important (getting married, having children, going on vacation)…it’s about being with God for eternity. Those who have passed on have made the crossing that we must all make so that we can be reunited with them in the presence of our Lord and Creator. Acceptance of that and faith in God has made all the difference in my life. Thanks for the wonderful article.

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