tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post6949749797225931301..comments2023-08-20T01:57:46.374-06:00Comments on rubowhappenings: Caboose. After A Long Train of Thought.Rachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904348716444211746noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-71635124284781791682011-02-19T13:29:57.359-07:002011-02-19T13:29:57.359-07:00Thank you all for your sweet, kind, encouraging, c...Thank you all for your sweet, kind, encouraging, comforting thoughts. I am truly blessed.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904348716444211746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-1485733240419804322011-02-19T12:57:14.777-07:002011-02-19T12:57:14.777-07:00Oh, wow. A beautiful post. You are one power*ful...Oh, wow. A beautiful post. You are one power*full mama. <br /> <br />I recall being in the hospital shortly after my Middling was born. She had become non-responsive and was whisked away. I was ALONE, terribly weak, and left wondering if my baby was alive or not. There was no word for thirty minutes. Finally the doctor walked in, shrugged his shoulders while shaking his head, and said, "We don't know what happened." I was SURE he was telling me that my baby had died. She hadn't. (She is a healthy and spunky 7 year old now). He was very awkwardly trying to tell me that they had resucitated her but didn't know why she had crashed in the first place. But I will always remember that airless moment of nothingness. That flatness of incomprehension. A terrible place. <br /><br />Now, cabooses. Cabooses are a celebration. An exclamation mark at the end of the train.W-S Wanderingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242784517253760863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-85977721552541882742011-02-17T06:05:31.406-07:002011-02-17T06:05:31.406-07:00This post is absolutely beautiful. I just ache to...This post is absolutely beautiful. I just ache to give you a really big hug and tell you you're not alone. Even though you're not in the middle of such trying times--they do leave scars, don't they?<br /><br />Even though your experiences are yours, and there is much that I do not actually understand, you've written about so very many feelings that mirror my own experiences. <br /><br />I'm so glad you had your "caboose." I'm so glad he wasn't an "oops." I'm so glad you listened to Heavenly Father. I'm so glad you shared these really intimate and important feelings.<br /><br />I needed to read them.Anaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606090702540012629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-56390436683114141532011-02-16T21:38:38.911-07:002011-02-16T21:38:38.911-07:00I've never heard of the caboose being an oops....I've never heard of the caboose being an oops.<br />Where was I during all of this?Kathy Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-6741678643726146762011-02-16T20:19:40.463-07:002011-02-16T20:19:40.463-07:00This was....I don't even think there is a word...This was....I don't even think there is a word for it. If there is one I don't know it. Thanks for sharing your strength, faith, and insight. You are, as always, simply AMAZING.Richard & Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948731851516592946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-30012904375083068372011-02-16T14:19:36.619-07:002011-02-16T14:19:36.619-07:00I've never thought of a caboose as an oopps ei...I've never thought of a caboose as an oopps either. a very important part of a train.<br />I love that picture of Levi as a baby! sooo cute!!!<br />When the day comes for the next time I have morning sickness I will have a mantra: 'If Rachel can do it, so can I! If Rachel can do it, so can I!" Thanks for the mantra hopefully I will need it one of these years.Rob and Marseillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13723166385445493627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-45048424421959107032011-02-16T11:34:25.306-07:002011-02-16T11:34:25.306-07:00That was absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing...That was absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing that today.Linnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813312996970089854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-71429392458545297642011-02-16T11:34:11.961-07:002011-02-16T11:34:11.961-07:00Beautiful, Rachel. Every word. You are a rock. ...Beautiful, Rachel. Every word. You are a rock. And that picture of Levi... wow. <br /><br />Last thing. Can you teach me how to wear my baby? I've used a store-bought sling for the last couple of yay-hoos but it doesn't hug me right.Gerbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103247512887532095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-34985241977202540002011-02-16T11:21:31.789-07:002011-02-16T11:21:31.789-07:00yeah jadon's cute till he gets on the wii....t...yeah jadon's cute till he gets on the wii....then he screams about how "YOU DON"T KNOW HOW TO PLAY ANYMORE!" but other then that yeah.Scarf Kid said... said... said... said... said... said... said...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-73507342168867539862011-02-16T11:15:01.556-07:002011-02-16T11:15:01.556-07:00Beautifully and painfully written. How so much st...Beautifully and painfully written. How so much strength got packed into that slender little waif of a body of yours, I don't know. It is an assurance that God can do anything, even make a little mother out of titanium. Every train needs and end - a good end - to be the last charming thing that passes you before you are in another country altogether. Now I've made myself cry.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040714440875408436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-52364218569190610832011-02-16T10:30:19.946-07:002011-02-16T10:30:19.946-07:00Every time I pass that little guy in the hallway, ...Every time I pass that little guy in the hallway, I have to giggle to myself a little bit. He is so adorable and just such a cute little munchkin. What a wonderful mother you are. Really.Tami Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09777813687822816255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127063223404008364.post-32016736734953570032011-02-16T10:15:17.241-07:002011-02-16T10:15:17.241-07:00thanks for giving me courage. Tacking on a caboose...thanks for giving me courage. Tacking on a caboose can be a scary thing.Sarah Tolmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546738546187671906noreply@blogger.com