tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post7515305537587566156..comments2024-03-27T03:16:57.365-04:00Comments on Girlfriends Book Club: What I Wish My Crystal Ball Had Shown MeWriter Wenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730769794553260336noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-6874167505104597412011-12-19T08:48:46.806-05:002011-12-19T08:48:46.806-05:00I do not have a crystal ball, what I have is a mag...I do not have a crystal ball, what I have is a magic eight ball and it works sometimes when I ask the right question hahahaxl pharmacyhttp://www.xlpharmacy.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-39944074279693913522011-10-27T10:10:35.214-04:002011-10-27T10:10:35.214-04:00I wish a Crystal Ball would have told me not to wa...I wish a Crystal Ball would have told me not to waste close to 10 years on a man who was unworthy of me. But I guess that's what your 20s (and early 30s) are for. :-) Great post!Carleen Bricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-6638581447210962192011-10-24T15:29:59.365-04:002011-10-24T15:29:59.365-04:00I agree, Ernessa. Who knew???I agree, Ernessa. Who knew???Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-34651805167130401622011-10-21T14:57:16.426-04:002011-10-21T14:57:16.426-04:00I wish my Crystal Ball had told me to work on my s...I wish my Crystal Ball had told me to work on my social skills a bit more. I'd always planned to be a writer, but had no idea how much I would need them!Ernessa T. Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765310225042942524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-87015997841961382212011-10-19T19:06:51.182-04:002011-10-19T19:06:51.182-04:00My goodness, Juanita! I can see why you wouldn...My goodness, Juanita! I can see why you wouldn't have believed the crystal ball. I'm no fortune teller, but I'm envisioning only good things coming your way from now on!Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-88602493667142840792011-10-19T17:46:54.508-04:002011-10-19T17:46:54.508-04:00Great post Susan. A crystal ball would be nice, b...Great post Susan. A crystal ball would be nice, but knowing me, I would forget what it showed me and go along my merry way. Sieve brain you know!<br />I wouldn't have believed it would tell me I would be widowed by the age of 45 and start a new career by 50 and then start a new career at 60. Ah well, live and learn as I say.Juanita Olsonhttp://whistleahappytunejuanitao.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-55333280033483121032011-10-19T14:20:55.508-04:002011-10-19T14:20:55.508-04:00Mary, enjoy those organic veggies! (I just had so...Mary, enjoy those organic veggies! (I just had some as a matter of fact--yum!) And, yes, I think being a "happily single woman who hasn't met a man worth her undying commitment" is something not well understood--or accepted. It seemed to make my family crazier than me. ;-)<br /><br />Kathy, hearing you say that about LBD tickles me pink! Thanks for that. :-) Can you even imagine now feeling like 20 is old? Oh, man! I'm not sure I even know what I think is old any more. Whatever's 20 years ahead of me, I guess!<br /><br />Maggie, ain't that the truth!!! Life is certainly an interesting (and surprising) journey. :-)Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-49572043959671991482011-10-19T13:30:26.701-04:002011-10-19T13:30:26.701-04:00Great Post!
SO MANY THINGS turned out unexpecte...Great Post! <br /><br />SO MANY THINGS turned out unexpectedly and I am uncertain I would have believed even the crystal ball. <br /><br />A Midwestern Attorney-Happily Childless-In Chicago ends up a Full-Time Writer-Mother of Two-In Los Angeles? <br /><br />So not what I planned. <br /><br />Makes me wonder what will happen in the next 20 years.Maggie Marrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423567809178142889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-53200971379080764172011-10-19T12:11:33.046-04:002011-10-19T12:11:33.046-04:00Susan - some things are better when you don't ...Susan - some things are better when you don't know them ahead of time. But, yes, I wish I hadn't panicked the night before I turned 20, thinking I was so old! :) <br /><br />And I have to say, I'm reading "Little Black Dress" and it is brilliantly written! <br /><br />Great post - lol on the blonde hair, kudos on finding Mr. Right and hugs on the cancer. Wow! Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-17875911897576422272011-10-19T12:10:21.580-04:002011-10-19T12:10:21.580-04:00I may have had less angst during my dating years i...I may have had less angst during my dating years if I had known it was possible to be "a happily single woman who hadn’t met a man worth my undying commitment." (not that I've given up on the possibility, but it's nice not to worry about it.<br />I'm with you on the vegetables, learning to really love my CSA veggies, fresh and grown without chemicals -- they just taste better!Maryhttp://www.storytellermary.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-2757177188194222712011-10-19T09:57:42.506-04:002011-10-19T09:57:42.506-04:00Thanks, Christa! You're right, I probably wou...Thanks, Christa! You're right, I probably wouldn't have believed the crystal ball either. It's so funny when we look back how many things that seemed awful paved the way for something interesting to happen!<br /><br />Marilyn, I thought that if I ate a Snickers a day (and sometimes a pint of Ben & Jerry's chocolate chip cookie dough), I was getting all the nutrients I needed. Go figure. ;-)<br /><br />Laura, there is a book in there somewhere! I just have to find it. (Or maybe it's so obvious that I'm missing the forest for the trees.) Yeah, writing takes a lot out of us. How we get the energy to keep doing it boggles the brain. Scientists need to study us, I think. <br /><br />Brenda and Judy, you're so right! I look back often and realize it's like dominoes falling. If this thing didn't happen then this next thing wouldn't have happened...and so on. So I'm with you. I don't think I'd want to really know or change anything!<br /><br />Karin! "God Bless the broken road that led me straight to you" is THE song I think of when I understand how much had to happen for me to meet Ed. That's so funny. I didn't know you were 40 before you met your amazing dude, too! Definitely worth the wait. :-)<br /><br />Sara, I would do that, too!Susan McBridehttp://susanmcbride.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-87502009956037908542011-10-19T09:39:21.095-04:002011-10-19T09:39:21.095-04:00Loved this post, Susan. Sometimes I think it's...Loved this post, Susan. Sometimes I think it's good we don't know what's coming in the future. It can be comforting, but knowing myself, I would hardly think about the good stuff and worry obsessively about the negative things!Sara Rosetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963383062554754294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-54285712709772533132011-10-19T08:14:47.903-04:002011-10-19T08:14:47.903-04:00What a fun post! Like you I didn't meet my hus...What a fun post! Like you I didn't meet my husband until I was 40 and had given upon ever getting married. Just turns out I had to wait for the most amazing guy ever. I always think of that song, "God Bless the broken road that led me straight to you."<br /><br />It's a good thing I couldn't see into the future because if I knew if my 20s how long I'd be single I would have freaked out.Karin Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526466399023966816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-51486544517810968652011-10-19T08:12:40.716-04:002011-10-19T08:12:40.716-04:00Love this post! This is the sort of thing I think...Love this post! This is the sort of thing I think about all the time. But I tend to agree with Judy-- if we'd changed things, who knows if we would have ended up where we are now?!Brenda Janowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341902606434073240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-78364698611064872502011-10-19T07:52:49.101-04:002011-10-19T07:52:49.101-04:00Oh, Susan, this entire post makes me smile . . . a...Oh, Susan, this entire post makes me smile . . . and nod in agreement. I've come to believe though, that not only do I not want to know what's ahead for me, I also wouldn't have changed a thing--because it's never just one little change; everything is related.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-70470736627555034092011-10-19T06:50:35.399-04:002011-10-19T06:50:35.399-04:00Insightful and honest post, Susan. Every time I he...Insightful and honest post, Susan. Every time I hear you talk about Ed, I think: There's a book in there somewhere... And, yes, I do believe every book takes a chunk out of you. Some days that very thought gets me out of bed, "Just one more book, and I won't have to do this anymore, because there won't be anything of me left!"Laura Spinellahttp://www.lauraspinella.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-59517401890852834592011-10-19T00:30:06.579-04:002011-10-19T00:30:06.579-04:00Such a fabulous post, Susan! I loved it, and I'...Such a fabulous post, Susan! I loved it, and I'm so with you on that second one -- writing novels doesn't ever get easier. So much work, every time...and just different enough to make me wonder if I'm a newbie again. <br /><br />And YAY on 5 years of being healthy! <br /><br />This line, of course, is proof that you're a sister of my heart: "To me, Snickers was a vegetable." Wait...you're saying it isn't?! xoMarilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-4756186716179075522011-10-18T22:59:19.552-04:002011-10-18T22:59:19.552-04:00Great post, Susan. Honestly, I doubt I would have ...Great post, Susan. Honestly, I doubt I would have believed the crystal ball. Lately, my life is a long list of, "Things I Never Thought I Would Say."Christa Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12620389675433700944noreply@blogger.com