Comments on: The Women I Come From *Updated to Add Lyrics* http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/ raising kids and eyebrows since 1992 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: HeartVisions http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-12191 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:46:54 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-12191 Dear Tori, I can’t believe I found this site. I’ve always wanted to have an opportunity to ‘thank you’ and all the women involved with the two CDs, ‘Sisters’ and ‘Always Sisters/Always Friends.’ I can’t tell you how much it blessed me when I found them during a very dark period in my life. Every song on both CDs reflected the lives of my 7 sisters’ lives and my Mom’s 7 sisters’ lives, as I’m sure it did for every women listening to the lyrics. I sat many nights with my headsets on listening over and over. They really helped me to heal. I came to Christ, or as some would say, I was saved or born-again, I say I was ‘rescued’ because I literally was. I moved away from home and everyone I knew in my small hometown when I went away to college at 17 years old. I’m turning 65 in a few weeks (YIKES)and, although I went back home a lot through the years and was very close to my family, I never returned there to live. It was when I took a stand (finally)in September of 1996 that I became the family enemy. What I did was the right thing to do, LONG overdue, but it was a very painful process for me to see it. I went from the ‘darling’ of the family, you know the one who never forgets anyone’s birthday, anniversary, gift giving, Christmas, etc., to the family enemy with just one 15 page document & a copy of a book called, “The Right to Innocence” to 50 members of my family. It was after this event that I found these 2 CDs and your song, “These Are the Women I Come From.” I was the 7th daughter, so my 6 older sisters were my ‘Gods’ in many ways. They were the ‘Christians’ and I was but a lowly heathen career woman, out here doing my thing at the time, and not paying much attention to my spiritual life. I grew up in church, but at 16 years of age I announced to my Mother one Sunday morning that I knew everything I needed to know about God and I would get back to Him when I was done sinning. LOL (My poor Mother!) While they were praying; I was educating myself on the subject. The more they prayed, the more I learned. The more I learned, the more I knew I had to act since they seemed incapable of it. Many positive things happened during the 5 years after I dropped the emotional bomb on my family, or as my family would refer to ‘The Letter’ but those 5 years were hell. I know this is long, and you probably will never see it, but I’ve been wanting to say it for years. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Many blessings to you and all the women of Sisters’ CDs.

Evie (not ‘that’ Christian singer, the other one!) LOL

]]> By: broupp http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10863 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:15:26 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10863 I love this song. I played this for my cousin that I lead worship with my cousin at a very small country church and made her cry, she had never heard this song and we’ve had some incredible women in our family and we really want to do this song to honor the women that have impacted the members of our congregation, but I can’t find the chords to the song. Could you help us, please?

]]> By: kidpyramid http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10676 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:19:15 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10676 Now what did you have to go and do that for? Beautiful and so touching. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Barbara M. Lloyd http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10674 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:16:39 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10674 You know, friends, Tori would want us to keep the home fires going while she is busy building her new nest.

Betty W, I understand that you didn’t get to see Tori when you went to Family Fest. That tells me Tori is extremely busy because she rarely misses being there and even lingering afterwards with the family for a time. I know she is disappointed she didn’t get to spend time with you.

Gracious, Phyllis, in my day I could dance about anything. Now…”the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.”

Since Russ is back out on the road singing, we know he is doing well. But, let’s not stop praying for Russ and his three girls and their ministries.

I’m sure Mothers’ Day was tough for Tori…and Fathers’ Day won’t be any easier. But, oh, how thankful we all are for the years we had and the precious memories we shared.

]]> By: Barbara M. Lloyd http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10670 Mon, 27 May 2013 19:44:34 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10670 I’m ready to dance, sweet Phyllis. You may want to charge admission…we could donate it to the purchase of a tractor for Russ.

Okay, Tori, we are anxious to see what you have done in your new home. If you haven’t finished, well….we could call the first pictures “The Before Pictures”….then when you are finished, you could send “The After Pictures”. Then, there could be “The Christmas Pictures” and we could go on and on with this longed-for project.

We’d also like to know how my singing hero is feeling by now….and how excited the girls were when they came home to country living? Oh my goodness, and how the puppies are enjoying the freedom of farm living? And, sweetheart, don’t forget to include how you are holding up, too.

I’m a little concerned that the reason we haven’t heard anything from you is: too many mint julips sitting in rockers on that porch.

I bet you have our grand old flag up and blowing freely in the breeze today! I can see it now…..

]]> By: Phyllis S http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10669 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:07:47 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10669 So glad to know that you are enjoying BB, I know the ice cream parlor will soon be open. PLEASE eat one for me!

We are so thankful for the memories that God has given us, but the loss is still with us.

Tori, the you tube video was spectacular! I wish more churches (our’s included) would do more dancing. The feeling, the mood and the kids in this was tops. Thanks for sharing.

Linda, I think we should get Mommalloyd to do some dancing for us, talk about feelings!

]]> By: Gramma Jac http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10668 Thu, 16 May 2013 04:34:11 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10668 Thanks for the lyrics!!! “Ask and ye shall receive!!”

]]> By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10666 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:06:47 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10666 Love to see more pictures of the new digs! What color scheme are you using throughout? Did you have to paint before you moved in? How big is your yard? Have a garden? What day is garbage day? (LOL—-I get carried away sometimes.)

]]> By: LindaB http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10665 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:02:33 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10665 You have jumped right into the country life from the big city! And what’s next? A bearded Russ shooting ducks from your front porch and a reality show called “Taff Dynasty”? (Wait a minute. Shooting ducks? I forgot who I was talking to. Adopting ducks is more like it.) Aren’t you going to miss the exciting Nashville life? How far are you from Music City anyway?

Love the song! I can identify totally.

I am intrigued by the Bell Buckle Cafe and “RECORDS”! You’re kiddin’ me? They cook and record too? So when someone says that song is “cookin'”, they really mean it? More info please! I HAVE to eat there someday!

]]> By: jonny http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10664 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01:27 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10664 Thanks for the up-dating and sharing = )

]]> By: Gramma Jac http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10663 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:37 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10663 Beautiful!! I am so blessed to still have come from some pretty awesome women also–and to still have my Gramma!

I don’t remember if I wrote this here–sorry if I’m being repetitive: we had an incredible 90th birthday party/family reunion. Great time, great photos. We were all pretty darn proud! My daughter was visiting my Gramma one day and Gramma leans in and says “If I live to be 95,…no more parties!!” The matriarch has spoken!!

I tried to find the lyrics to this song–can you post them? Thank you so much for sharing this performance!

]]> By: bettyrwoodward http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10662 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:35:13 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10662 Welcome back. Glad you are settling in well. Our Mothers day is in March for didn’t celebrate this weekend. I love cats as well but this is a bit far for you to bring it!

]]> By: Barbara M. Lloyd http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10661 Tue, 14 May 2013 07:28:48 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10661 Bill Gaither may use this and we all will be again blessed when we see and hear it as he will beautifully produce it….but it won’t be with any more beauty or depth of celebrating women from our past than I just witnessed by the First Baptist Church.

Makes my heart do a happy dance visualizing my little Taff family residng in Bell Buckle now.

]]> By: DonnaMariePatterson http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10660 Mon, 13 May 2013 22:46:41 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10660 That was beautiful, Tori. Thanks for sharing it with us. I thought about you yesterday. I’m so thankful that we’ll see our moms again one day.

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.babybloomr.com/2013/05/13/the-women-i-come-from/comment-page-1/#comment-10659 Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:11 +0000 http://www.babybloomr.com/?p=6580#comment-10659 You’re back!! We’ve missed your smiling words, I say words because we can’t see your face, but you always bring joy; and a laugh or two.
I’m a cat person; so if Porch Cat gets to be too much, you can always send her to me.

Last year was my “Honeymoon” stage in being back home after my stay in the St. Louis area, this year Mother’s Day was quiet; we were given Roses, and a special blessing @ church. I didn’t hear from my daughter; or grandchildren, but I had a blessed day nonetheless, Mom was w/ me; our imagination mixed w/ memories can @ times be a very fertile place to “Play” for a few hours.

So glad to hear that you love the area as much as you’d hoped, I believe the Lord has planted you in very rich soil, so I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Have a great week,
Cynthia

]]>