tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post1725897835576530285..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Family DayDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-60817223139620543672011-03-02T19:39:32.529-05:002011-03-02T19:39:32.529-05:00Damn, Dave, you made me cry AGAIN.Damn, Dave, you made me cry AGAIN.Cynthia F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-39012567567768361892011-03-01T14:17:08.280-05:002011-03-01T14:17:08.280-05:00The day before the pride parade in Belgrade in 201...The day before the pride parade in Belgrade in 2010, I had the opportunity to witness the Family Parade that the ultra-right wing nationalists had organised, as they passed right by the building where I happened to be. Mostly young men in their 20's, hardly a family in sight. No children that I saw (though I did see pictures from news coverage of it that there were a few children persent), only a couple women. It was a sad and angry sort of parade/mob. They weren't sad; I was sad looking at them.<br /><br />Contrasted to our parade, the next day, with the bright colours and pretty banners, a few children carrying signs saying "love is a human right". It was beautiful there, behind the police barriers that kept the noise and smells of the riots away from us. Sad, though, that only people who really got a good look at our bright colours and flags were the police closest to us, the police who were saving our lives. My own love was watching us online via the closest webcam she could find, which showed the waves of rioters, tear gas, violence, ambulances for the wounded, that I didn't get to see until that night watching the news. I wish I could replace the images in her head of that day with the ones in my own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-21206421954802296592011-02-22T12:52:12.770-05:002011-02-22T12:52:12.770-05:00Thank you for this. You have a wonderful way of w...Thank you for this. You have a wonderful way of writing and seeing the important things in an ordinary day.<br />I enjoy reading your blog almost every day for over a year now.<br />Thanks for including us in your family,<br />FionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-89541336640445574502011-02-21T21:43:25.597-05:002011-02-21T21:43:25.597-05:00Hey Dave! Once again...you have said it so very w...Hey Dave! Once again...you have said it so very well! Thank you!! I did want to share a Family Day thought...although in Ontario as well, we cannot offer Family Day today...we cannot afford it and we already offer enough stat holidays to meet Employment Standards. However, I was thinking about the positive side of what we do...we offer two float holidays...employees can choose which day(s) throughout the year to celebrate Family Day...isn't that more the way it should be? Each family is different and perhaps ready for a celebration at a differnt time...so having Family Day designated today may not work for everyone. I kinda like the way we do it! Anyway...you continue to inspire me...thank you and hope you and Joe had a wonderful Family Day!Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-70170273332252263652011-02-21T17:42:53.832-05:002011-02-21T17:42:53.832-05:00Have a great Family Day, bro.Have a great Family Day, bro.Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424036357963352399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-18882082024641546722011-02-21T11:40:44.347-05:002011-02-21T11:40:44.347-05:00Dear Dave:
Happy Family Day! to you and Joe and a...Dear Dave:<br /><br />Happy Family Day! to you and Joe and all your family. And the blog family.<br /><br />I know first hand that family has little to do with genetics and lots to do with love. <br /><br />I think I will carry the image of the mom and her sign with me for a long time - thanks for that. What kind of society are we that makes it necessary for a mother to have to carry a sign like that?<br /><br />ColleenColleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-57379015708687879532011-02-21T09:30:20.148-05:002011-02-21T09:30:20.148-05:00Thanks again Dave and once again truly enjoyed eve...Thanks again Dave and once again truly enjoyed eventhough needed a kleenex for this one. Love feeling the meaning and passion of what you write. <br />Happy Family Day to you and yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-81990273882150443392011-02-21T08:34:01.980-05:002011-02-21T08:34:01.980-05:00Thank you, Dave.
I'm lucky enough to have a g...Thank you, Dave.<br /><br />I'm lucky enough to have a genetic family that also largely happens to be a family in what I view to be a "true" family ... a family created by choice and by love. But I also have the other kind of family, the kind not formed by genetics. And I've always felt that genetics is not really any more than a potential starting point for building a family: you create a family day by day by what you do, not what your DNA says.Andrea S.http://wecando.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-47748615643915535502011-02-21T03:27:07.339-05:002011-02-21T03:27:07.339-05:00God Dave, what a beautiful post. It truly brought ...God Dave, what a beautiful post. It truly brought me to tears. You know, I would be honored if any of my sons grew up to be a man like you are.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791317184998122691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-55758454492229481312011-02-21T01:43:09.718-05:002011-02-21T01:43:09.718-05:00Dave, To those that read your blog, even though we...Dave, To those that read your blog, even though we haven't met, probably never will meet, you have become be part of our "family", someone we choose that matter to us. <br /><br />It's a pretty big and nice family. I'm saying this awkwardly but thanks and Happy Family Day.<br /><br />SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com