Comments on: We Can Make That Work

By: Patricia Barraclough

Patricia Barraclough — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:20:24 +0000

In the military, each move was an adventure. Admittedly, they weren’t anywhere nearly as difficult as the early settlers packing up everything and moving, but there are similarities. Some people do well, others can’t handle it. My aunt’s husband was transfered to Germany and they spent 2 years there (I think, this was 40+ years ago). She wrote home describing scenes from Heidi and The Sound of Music, and hated every minute of it. It was different from what she was used to and she couldn’t handle it. There were many wives like her when we were in the military. Either you like it and can handle it, or you can’t. There isn’t a wrong or right here. Not everyone is cut out to face change and embrace it. We always looked at each move as an adventure and took advantage of as much as we could in each area. I’m not so sure I could handle it, but I would like to think we would have been among those who headed out to settle new territory.

By: Tracy Garrett

Tracy Garrett — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:05:22 +0000

Karen, I had no idea CA had lava fields. Another place to put on my bucket list.

Well said, Jeanne!

By: jeanne sheats

jeanne sheats — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:19:19 +0000

You just named one of my favorite authors – I have most of his books and Hawaii was a favorite. People don’t really like change but yet it is the key to survival and it seems we can adapt to most anything – good and bad. It’s hard to be a risk taker but without risk no glory.

By: Karen Kay

Karen Kay — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:59:45 +0000

I’ve never been to Hawaii, but I can imagine how beautiful it is. Interesting, here in CA there are many, many lava beds — when my husband and I go on trips we are often made aware of this fact.

Lovely post, Tracy.

By: Tracy Garrett

Tracy Garrett — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:09:22 +0000

The lush beauty of the islands is made even more amazing when you find out that 99% of the plants we see today were imported. Hawaii only has 1000 species that were there to begin with – thanks to birds and wind and such. Most of the rest were brought over by the Polynesians in those tiny canoes, or by whaling ships, European visitors and the like.