tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post3370001805680426771..comments2024-03-29T10:11:12.447-04:00Comments on CJ & Ink: Throwback Thursday - The NotebooksCJ Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-41518885104288677022019-02-24T07:35:04.840-05:002019-02-24T07:35:04.840-05:00What were the odds of running into a relative comi...What were the odds of running into a relative coming home from the war?CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-46583383744902436362019-02-23T22:03:21.219-05:002019-02-23T22:03:21.219-05:00This is very moving! Truly, a great coming home st...This is very moving! Truly, a great coming home story and running into his cousin! Brilliant! Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-80080649414372372532019-02-21T21:08:24.950-05:002019-02-21T21:08:24.950-05:00Especially when so many of their friends didn'...Especially when so many of their friends didn't make it home.CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-56645908353056086972019-02-21T20:34:18.026-05:002019-02-21T20:34:18.026-05:00All those service people must have been thrilled t...All those service people must have been thrilled to get home. I go away a week or 10 days and am glad to get home. They were gone for months if not years. Getting home had to have been such an important moment for them. Happy Thursday. Hugs-ErikaMy name is Erika.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04834435573574156495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-33614444133732344502019-02-21T16:23:00.104-05:002019-02-21T16:23:00.104-05:00A happy ending, for sureA happy ending, for sureCJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-71160705951653525632019-02-21T16:22:26.597-05:002019-02-21T16:22:26.597-05:00Of all the people to run into, but a cousin who co...Of all the people to run into, but a cousin who could give him a ride part way home.CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-35547549293612936112019-02-21T16:21:43.311-05:002019-02-21T16:21:43.311-05:00If everyone knew he was coming home, not only the ...If everyone knew he was coming home, not only the family reunions, but I can imagine the food. My folks lived with her parents for a couple of years after the war. My grandma was an extraordinary cook. She would have been cooking and baking for weeks.CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-85640752461249740612019-02-21T14:32:03.413-05:002019-02-21T14:32:03.413-05:00I love that story - seeing his cousin and ...getti...I love that story - seeing his cousin and ...getting home..sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-60128891283668642302019-02-21T14:15:47.301-05:002019-02-21T14:15:47.301-05:00CJ; the emotions that must have run when everyone ...CJ; the emotions that must have run when everyone finally saw dad again..... now THIS is what's called a reunion. it's funny how your dad "met" his cousin; my grandmother's brothers all served in the different branches and carl and jack met up somewhere purely by coincidence ! ☺☺♥♥da tabbies o trout townehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716543768517442543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-59749605771543804822019-02-21T14:05:07.820-05:002019-02-21T14:05:07.820-05:00What a great coming home story. And to run into hi...What a great coming home story. And to run into his cousin! I can imagine all of the emotions when he returned to his wife, and then his parents.Anne (cornucopia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18397114017003817397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-43837326633025343202019-02-21T10:08:57.441-05:002019-02-21T10:08:57.441-05:00I know, right!I know, right!CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-46101931537862438222019-02-21T09:51:35.081-05:002019-02-21T09:51:35.081-05:00I can't even imagine the emotions.....good thi...I can't even imagine the emotions.....good thing no one passed out or had a stroke! ;)robin cox walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036760466156241921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-17948084649245339452019-02-21T07:40:35.773-05:002019-02-21T07:40:35.773-05:00Yeah, but I'm sure she would have understood t...Yeah, but I'm sure she would have understood the family obligations. Ayer where Ft. Devens is out in the back of beyond so to get a ride to civilization where he'd be able to get to the bus and subway home was a gift. It would have been rude to run out on his uncle.CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-32904696046807999052019-02-21T07:38:18.321-05:002019-02-21T07:38:18.321-05:00His mother must have been so relieved to have her ...His mother must have been so relieved to have her first baby back home again. I can imagine her hugging and kissing Dad every time she walked by him.CJ Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14931779747826558608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-5538234735654262672019-02-21T07:23:53.622-05:002019-02-21T07:23:53.622-05:00AMAZING reunion. What a thrill to be home, but qu...AMAZING reunion. What a thrill to be home, but quite a wait for Mary, who probably expected him to come alone and sooner than happened.Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683035672152916229.post-31433739966294759382019-02-21T05:54:37.033-05:002019-02-21T05:54:37.033-05:00A moving story of the return to the family. Love t...A moving story of the return to the family. Love that his grandmother kept touching him to make sure he was in one piece. ValerieValerie-Jaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538850820168903865noreply@blogger.com