Comments on: Happy Independence Day from NtB and Twistie! http://manolobrides.com/2008/07/04/happy-independence-day-from-ntb-and-twistie/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:59:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2008/07/04/happy-independence-day-from-ntb-and-twistie/#comment-187552 Never teh Bride Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:53:56 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=1625#comment-187552 I humbly apologize for my oversight, La BellaDonna, for women have indeed played an important role in armed forces from time immemorial! I remember reading about Deborah Sampson in elementary school and being utterly fascinated. Kudos to your sister for making the choices she did -- the veterans I knew have all passed on, but I still think of them on Veteran's Day and Memorial Day and the 4th. I humbly apologize for my oversight, La BellaDonna, for women have indeed played an important role in armed forces from time immemorial! I remember reading about Deborah Sampson in elementary school and being utterly fascinated.

Kudos to your sister for making the choices she did — the veterans I knew have all passed on, but I still think of them on Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day and the 4th.

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://manolobrides.com/2008/07/04/happy-independence-day-from-ntb-and-twistie/#comment-187521 La BellaDonna Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:22:46 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=1625#comment-187521 NtB, I would also like to remind you that not only men served as soldiers - Deborah Sampson enlisted as a man, and took a bullet out of her own leg to avoid being discovered as female, and she wasn't the only one to serve in disguise as a soldier. Molly Pitcher and countless others served the army as women, and without the work and support of the women on the home front, there wouldn't have been a home to come back to. In the spirit of '76, every 4th of July, every Veterans' Day, every Memorial Day, I call my little sister to thank her; she spent some long hard years overseas in the Navy, and I'm prouder of her than I can find the words to say. (I also try to do the same with all the vets I know - and there are quite a few, as it turns out.) And colour's not a bad thing! It's not to be feared! I wouldn't necessarily take advice from flowers for <i>everything,</i>* but they come in more colours than black, grey and white, and seem to do all right. *Actually, I don't know that I'd take a lot of advice from flowers, necessarily, but "wear a colour!" isn't so bad, as advice goes. NtB, I would also like to remind you that not only men served as soldiers - Deborah Sampson enlisted as a man, and took a bullet out of her own leg to avoid being discovered as female, and she wasn’t the only one to serve in disguise as a soldier. Molly Pitcher and countless others served the army as women, and without the work and support of the women on the home front, there wouldn’t have been a home to come back to. In the spirit of ‘76, every 4th of July, every Veterans’ Day, every Memorial Day, I call my little sister to thank her; she spent some long hard years overseas in the Navy, and I’m prouder of her than I can find the words to say. (I also try to do the same with all the vets I know - and there are quite a few, as it turns out.)

And colour’s not a bad thing! It’s not to be feared! I wouldn’t necessarily take advice from flowers for everything,* but they come in more colours than black, grey and white, and seem to do all right.

*Actually, I don’t know that I’d take a lot of advice from flowers, necessarily, but “wear a colour!” isn’t so bad, as advice goes.

]]> By: Little Red http://manolobrides.com/2008/07/04/happy-independence-day-from-ntb-and-twistie/#comment-187274 Little Red Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:52:11 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=1625#comment-187274 Color rules! Maybe, you can branch out into grays as a first step. Color rules! Maybe, you can branch out into grays as a first step.

]]> By: Twistie http://manolobrides.com/2008/07/04/happy-independence-day-from-ntb-and-twistie/#comment-186135 Twistie Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:59:00 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/?p=1625#comment-186135 NtB, I love you like a sister, but we have got to get you past this colorphobia. Trust me, there are plenty of colors that you can wear without looking like a 'crazed she-beast'. Pretty dresses. I like. NtB, I love you like a sister, but we have got to get you past this colorphobia. Trust me, there are plenty of colors that you can wear without looking like a ‘crazed she-beast’.

Pretty dresses. I like.

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