tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post2985491707225543220..comments2023-10-01T18:34:10.884-05:00Comments on Waltzing Matilda: St. John Paul IICharlotte (WaltzingM)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12690056082240865041noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post-88386508444538952242014-04-29T07:46:26.801-05:002014-04-29T07:46:26.801-05:00I loved this. He was the only pope I ever knew to...I loved this. He was the only pope I ever knew too...so I also cried like a baby when he died. I could still cry about it. I loved him. You are blessed to get that picture though and be that close to him! I never saw him except in the papers or on TV. <br />Jamie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678469484585027738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post-43183279437454531672014-04-28T14:39:12.290-05:002014-04-28T14:39:12.290-05:00I could have written the exact same thing. Even do...I could have written the exact same thing. Even down to the other side of the row and pictures of the back of him. I did my semester in Austria in The fall though around the same time, mid 90's. Felt the same way when he died. Thanks for sharingMimi Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512113361808087548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post-53610169085272397172014-04-28T14:38:48.140-05:002014-04-28T14:38:48.140-05:00I could have written the exact same thing. Even do...I could have written the exact same thing. Even down to the other side of the row and pictures of the back of him. I did my semester in Austria in The fall though around the same time, mid 90's. Felt the same way when he died. Thanks for sharingMimi Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512113361808087548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post-86591506006085425592014-04-28T11:11:44.037-05:002014-04-28T11:11:44.037-05:0090's tech AND poofy 90's denim jackets! Go...90's tech AND poofy 90's denim jackets! Gotta love it. <br /><br />I always enjoy reading about your "formative" years, Charlotte. You were a bit behind me, college-wise, but we have a lot in common in terms of trajectory. Margaret in Minnesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603439076606550856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post-53376916612985655662014-04-28T03:01:05.704-05:002014-04-28T03:01:05.704-05:00I do love this, so much. He was the only Pope I ha...I do love this, so much. He was the only Pope I had ever known, and he was the Pope when I came into the church eleven years ago. I realized today, while watching the canonization, that there's a strong possibility that if he had never been who he was, and taught us all what he did about the theology of the body, I may not be Catholic, or have my children, or be married to my husband. He has touched so many lives in unimaginable ways! My youngest, who is 4, is named after him, and the Mass today made me cry like a baby.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318132679190959986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6268877237940592285.post-84137865026932726262014-04-27T22:42:33.341-05:002014-04-27T22:42:33.341-05:00You and me, both. I cried like I had lost a belove...You and me, both. I cried like I had lost a beloved grandfather the day he died…because I had. I credit him for my amazing marriage. I don't think if my husband and I had gone on the WYD '93 trip with our Life Teen group that we would have eventually gotten married. I named my 6th child (he was born 4 months after JPII death) after him . Experiencing ordinary stuff in an extraordinary way.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076870583313429655noreply@blogger.com