tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post4065782134578772473..comments2024-03-28T08:54:28.654+08:00Comments on Cresting The Hill: THE 4 SENTENCE EULOGY CHALLENGELeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-82234686891831975482020-07-17T17:33:26.237+08:002020-07-17T17:33:26.237+08:00Hi Marsha - I just popped over to your blog and ch...Hi Marsha - I just popped over to your blog and checked out all your interesting posts. There are some amazing photos on there and I'd love to be interviewed (we have several blogging friends in common!) I'll send you an email and we'll chat some more. I'm so glad you enjoyed the eulogy challenge idea.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-27143468991186266192020-07-17T17:21:28.172+08:002020-07-17T17:21:28.172+08:00Hi Jude - I found it immensely challenging to thin...Hi Jude - I found it immensely challenging to think of something good to write about myself - and that I didn't feel awkward about someone saying about me down the track. I just wish I could have lived an exciting enough life that it knocked people's socks off - but there's still time....Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-33105682384426723772020-07-17T17:20:17.851+08:002020-07-17T17:20:17.851+08:00Hi Joanne - I do hope you give it a try. I found i...Hi Joanne - I do hope you give it a try. I found it really interesting - and you can definitely tell that Jo is a writer can't you! She inspired me to try to be more witty if I write another one some day.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-33065969957041187382020-07-17T17:19:04.603+08:002020-07-17T17:19:04.603+08:00Hi Pat - I put it off for a very long time because...Hi Pat - I put it off for a very long time because I wasn't sure how to broach the whole idea. Having the others agree to participate really helped me push through the reluctance and put fingers to keyboard. I'd love to see what you come up with if you were brave enough to tackle it.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-35129901112149056042020-07-17T15:02:06.637+08:002020-07-17T15:02:06.637+08:00Leanne, I read Erica's post referring back to ...Leanne, I read Erica's post referring back to your challenge. I enjoyed all of your blogger friends' eulogies especially Jo's. What a wonderful sense of humor. I also laughed out loud at the titles of your related posts. Would you be interested in having your challenge listed on my blog, Always Write? Is this ongoing? I have a series running right now interviewing bloggers who host challenges, both writing and photography. Let me know if you might be interested in participating. Email me at tchistorygal@gmail.com Have a great week, Marsha Ingrao. :)tchistorygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12155007239178930442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-83120239644465705752020-07-15T12:38:57.233+08:002020-07-15T12:38:57.233+08:00A very challenging exercise, to be sure! Not only ...A very challenging exercise, to be sure! Not only is it hard to make up nice things to say about oneself, but it’s also hard to write imagining the voices of those left behind. I’ve done exercises before where I’ve listed my core strengths, or listed the values I care most about. But writing it in the form of a eulogy — yikes!<br /><br />JudeDr Sock https://www.blogger.com/profile/13378594360241846301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-90441422064597170302020-07-14T21:08:31.036+08:002020-07-14T21:08:31.036+08:00What an interesting and extraordinarily difficult ...What an interesting and extraordinarily difficult exercise! I find the thought daunting ... which means of course I will HAVE to try it 🙂<br /><br />The eulogy from Jo made me laugh out loud. Yes, now I have to go and check out her blog!<br />Joanne Siscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608356344027992348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-82437745601173872242020-07-14T01:33:36.230+08:002020-07-14T01:33:36.230+08:00Thanks for sharing a few different ones... and sin...Thanks for sharing a few different ones... and since I "know" all these women, it was extremely enlightening! I'm still not sure I could do one on myself - I feel like I'll get it "wrong" for some reason. Pat WDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058910207832261196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-13682796222514907402020-07-11T16:48:38.923+08:002020-07-11T16:48:38.923+08:00Hi Miriam - didn't they all do it so well? I&#...Hi Miriam - didn't they all do it so well? I'm glad you popped over to leave a comment, Erica is like the friend we all wish we had in real life isn't she? I want to shrink the world so I can go for a visit to her place (Australia is a veryyyyyy long way from Vancouver Island!)Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-10705865077682433022020-07-11T16:47:22.647+08:002020-07-11T16:47:22.647+08:00Hi Leslie - yes you could hear each of us in our w...Hi Leslie - yes you could hear each of us in our writing couldn't you? Isn't that the great thing about blogging? You get to have a little picture in your head about how each of us is and it's pretty spot on - I can hear you when I read your comment too!Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-26546789122231901382020-07-11T16:43:36.157+08:002020-07-11T16:43:36.157+08:00Hi Janet - I've picked my funeral songs - one ...Hi Janet - I've picked my funeral songs - one less thing for my family to do - I haven't actually written my "real" eulogy or selected the photo montage (maybe I should!) I think I'll be cremated too - maybe I'll put in my will that my kids have to keep me on their mantle shelf? :DLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-22680885961731664812020-07-11T16:42:15.390+08:002020-07-11T16:42:15.390+08:00Hi Corinne - I loved how they each tackled the cha...Hi Corinne - I loved how they each tackled the challenge and how individual each one was (just like their authors!)Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-33267086457101480792020-07-11T14:12:13.347+08:002020-07-11T14:12:13.347+08:00Hi Sue - you're so right about how difficult i...Hi Sue - you're so right about how difficult it was not to "talk ourselves up" or feel vain about writing something nice (and true) about ourselves. We've been so conditioned to play down our good points haven't we? I really hope I can work on that aspect of myself and start owning some of my better character traits so I can develop them more in the years ahead.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-24929241890226541432020-07-11T14:10:42.400+08:002020-07-11T14:10:42.400+08:00Hi Candi - I loved that it was short and sweet and...Hi Candi - I loved that it was short and sweet and we didn't need to overthink it (although some said they found it quite hard to do). I think mine was a bit superficial, but it had a lot of the elements of what I want to be remembered for hidden within it, so I guess I achieved what I set out to do :)Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-25477524504140108702020-07-11T14:06:36.494+08:002020-07-11T14:06:36.494+08:00Hi Jennifer - you certainly have the reason behind...Hi Jennifer - you certainly have the reason behind the prompt figured out. A lot of people wonder why anyone would want to do it, but when you look deeper at the idea of a legacy and who you want to develop and grow into, then it all makes so much more sense. I really enjoyed it - and reading the other responses too.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-66540441700199448532020-07-11T14:05:06.158+08:002020-07-11T14:05:06.158+08:00Hi Natalie - yes I noticed that you could hear the...Hi Natalie - yes I noticed that you could hear the "voices" in each blogger's writing and I loved how each was different - so interesting when we're all similar in our age and interests - but our writing is definitely influenced by our personalities and styles.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-38489465687596343252020-07-11T14:03:50.502+08:002020-07-11T14:03:50.502+08:00Hi Denyse - yes my weak coffee preference is snigg...Hi Denyse - yes my weak coffee preference is sniggered at by some of my friends - I blame it on too many years of drinking rubbish instant coffee! I now ask for my "coffee on the side" and then I can make it to my exact liking - and one of my friends adds the leftover shot to her's!Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-57756090201646259812020-07-11T14:02:06.094+08:002020-07-11T14:02:06.094+08:00Hi Enda - I think that was the biggest part of the...Hi Enda - I think that was the biggest part of the challenge - to look within ourselves and to acknowledge that there are some really good parts (along with all the not so great stuff) and then to develop those further is the next part. I'd really like to think that others remember some lovely qualities about me - and that puts the ball in my court to develop them! And I laughed at the teenage daughter reference - I'm sure my daughter would have had a few different descriptors for me when she was a teen too (and probably still has now she's an adult!)Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-84212171731711368582020-07-11T13:59:52.663+08:002020-07-11T13:59:52.663+08:00Hi Michele - yes, the concept of a legacy is hugel...Hi Michele - yes, the concept of a legacy is hugely important isn't it? Why live and die and leave nothing of yourself behind? It'd be a selfish life indeed if you did. I loved what the others wrote too - and how they were all different in their content and writing style (and yes, you can tell that Jo does it professionally!)Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-78745387507060968062020-07-11T13:57:11.379+08:002020-07-11T13:57:11.379+08:00Hi Christie - I think your description sums you up...Hi Christie - I think your description sums you up beautifully - and isn't it good to have some descriptors that you know you're showing - but can develop further? I know I've still got a long way to go to be the person I'd love to be, but to be working on it is a great way to grow and develop - and become a better human being.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-79360362226926021022020-07-11T13:55:34.459+08:002020-07-11T13:55:34.459+08:00I found it really challenging to come up with some...I found it really challenging to come up with something Deb - which is why I coerced a few of the others to add theirs - it made it feel fuller than just my tiny little life's contribution. I do think it's a great exercise for acknowledging the good stuff in our character - something we're not very comfortable doing. And fancy you knowing her!!Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-26246492983646750332020-07-11T13:53:58.989+08:002020-07-11T13:53:58.989+08:00Hi Laurie - I loved that it made me write somethin...Hi Laurie - I loved that it made me write something positive about myself - it's really hard to acknowledge our good points "out loud" because we were brought up to think that it was vain to be proud. Now I'm starting to think that they're our badges of honour.Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-63236128733774947512020-07-11T08:42:01.075+08:002020-07-11T08:42:01.075+08:00What an interesting and meaningful exercise Leanne...What an interesting and meaningful exercise Leanne. I’ve just come from Erica’s blog where I just had to read her eulogy, amongst all of the others. Beautiful. And so incredibly life affirming and thought provoking. Well done on putting this together. Cheers to life and living each day as a gift! Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751722508853123638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-87159962633975682042020-07-11T05:24:07.459+08:002020-07-11T05:24:07.459+08:00OH MY GOSH!! These are so very precious. So accu...OH MY GOSH!! These are so very precious. So accurate to what I know of each of the gals. And yet I can imagine everyone struggling just a bit with writing positive, self-loving kinds of things. Sue does achieve everything she sets her mind to and more. Deb is so creative and clever. Donna has such a caring heart for others. Erica sees the silver lining. And YOU. I know you adore your family and those grandgirls. Love that you also appreciate sparkle.onceuponatimehappilyeverafter.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496967140182523960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722898771124083282.post-71923381855980123702020-07-11T01:11:46.295+08:002020-07-11T01:11:46.295+08:00How interesting. My husband keeps telling me &quo...How interesting. My husband keeps telling me "I want this song played at my funeral" or "You can say this about me in my eulogy," but I have never given it much thought. I don't want to be buried, rather cremated and the ashes spread somewhere nice like the ocean. Thanks for sharing this piece. <br /><br /><a href="https://scr4pl80.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Janet’s Smiles</a>Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10949606196473376619noreply@blogger.com