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Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

0 posted 2012-12-07 09:33 PM

For nearly thirty years, ‘I’ was ‘we’,
and ‘we’ was me, and the boys.
It’s been a while;
but still, sometimes,
it seems strange to once again
be ‘I’.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

1 posted 2012-12-07 11:55 PM

I certainly can relate to this one. I wouldn't believe it possible to survive as "I" once you've been part of a true "we" but here I am... I on the outside and half a we on the inside. (Hugs)

Michael

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

2 posted 2012-12-08 07:14 AM

The circle of life,Nicely done Nan. This is a feeling I am not looking forward to.

~Victoria~

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

3 posted 2012-12-08 03:24 PM

I am glad that "you" came to share the "I" with "us".

A

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

4 posted 2012-12-08 04:28 PM

This is poignant and very touching....and it makes me sad too. I am a firm believer when it comes to being comfortable in our own company. I guess because when it's all said and done, I want to be there for me.

Wishing you well dear Poetess~

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2012-12-08 05:53 PM

I agree with Blusey! As long as I can remember I was comfortable being who I was.I was "we" for 47 years but each with our own identities. For the last 17 years back to "I". As long as we know who we were and still are and keep our minds working the change comes with a certain ease.It is those who end the "I" when they become "we" who lose all around even before the departure of one half of "we". Best to you all,jo

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2012-12-08 09:01 PM

Sometimes "I" is not so bad when you get to know them.
Hugs, Ida

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

7 posted 2012-12-09 01:11 AM

Heartfelt, Ms. Nan.
Ms E

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

8 posted 2012-12-10 09:56 AM

Thanks so much guys. Oh yeah, I'm okay with being 'I', but sometimes it seems strange. And after all that time, the 'I' I was back before the 'we' is not the 'I' I am now.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

9 posted 2012-12-10 04:33 PM

I've always been comfortable with "I", and have always maintained that space even with "we" having existed since '74 - and I allow the same space to her, my belief being it takes two "I's" to truly be a we.

enjoyed, my friend....

j.

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