tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post6907787609659497420..comments2023-10-25T04:36:32.644-05:00Comments on Just Passing Through: "Importance"Heather M. Rosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531766752385785489noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post-2476789019671570192023-04-24T21:48:39.925-05:002023-04-24T21:48:39.925-05:00I recently had something similar happen. My niece ...I recently had something similar happen. My niece found a typed version in my mom's condo and thought she had written it. My wife and I tracked down that it was published in Seventeen Magazine in 1957.GReghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12097171884923395084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post-71278922917323008362021-08-05T16:35:39.592-05:002021-08-05T16:35:39.592-05:00Thank you all for your comments. You've brough...Thank you all for your comments. You've brought it back to me as it really is, and that, too, is of importance!Heather M. Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531766752385785489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post-21964347967040397342021-08-05T15:25:18.690-05:002021-08-05T15:25:18.690-05:00I have a copy of this that was printed somewhere a...I have a copy of this that was printed somewhere and I kept it. My copy says Carol Combs (not Coombs) but I can't find it anywhere other than here eitherDebra Liljegrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06598805138631642091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post-11740240562811029342017-07-30T17:08:14.236-05:002017-07-30T17:08:14.236-05:00I have this poem as well, in my dad's handwrit...I have this poem as well, in my dad's handwriting. I have a feeling he copied it for my mom. He died in 1981.Not Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020963020882124144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post-85103518953528582572016-06-22T12:40:01.271-05:002016-06-22T12:40:01.271-05:00Actually, mine IS different! My grandmother seems ...Actually, mine IS different! My grandmother seems to have 2 extra lines...<br /><br />Importance<br />by Carol Coombs<br /><br />I've mending I must do, and beds to make.<br />I should not sit and watch the red sun set<br />Behind the hills of afternoon, nor take<br />This time to dream when I have work. And yet<br /><br />Supposing that I go at duty's call<br />To make the beds and sweep the floors? What then?<br /><br />These have no great value after all.<br />Tomorrow they must all be done again.<br /><br />I have too many of such tasks to do<br />Therefor I shall forget them every one.<br /><br />I shall sit and feel the rising dew<br />And watch the haze around the setting sun.<br /><br />I may find time for the other, too,<br />When this, the more important thing, is done.Aleta Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096056289133965672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-730649112150425763.post-70606210751713857102016-06-22T12:13:19.099-05:002016-06-22T12:13:19.099-05:00I found this written in my grandmother's handw...I found this written in my grandmother's handwriting, on a piece of paper stuck in my mother's dresser. I'm going to read it at my mother's funeral because it was always how my mom and grandma lived. I agree... I've been searching for almost an hour and this is the first post I've found it on. I was having difficulty reading the faded handwriting. Thanks for sharing!Aleta Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096056289133965672noreply@blogger.com