Comments on: IT’S SO SO SAD

By: isabella01pd2015

isabella01pd2015 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:51:25 +0000

Hi. It’s been a long time since I’ve checked up on Ollie’s blog, but lately I’ve found some time. I’m very sorry to hear that she’s up there. May she be in peace. But this blog is so great and informative, I’m sure Ollie must be proud.

~isabella01pd2015

http://blogs.saschina.org/isabella01pd2015

By: Kym NSW Aust

Kym NSW Aust — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:03:31 +0000

I hadn’t checked in for quite a while and today i clicked on favs down to The Life of Riley… only to find the sad news.. Olive packed up her kit bad for the last time and travelled on ‘home’.. Glad you two managed to get to visit with her, she would of known you were there with her.. I was going Olives leaving gives a feeling of emptiness, but she wouldnt like that.. so I’ll say our lives are so much more richer in being able to shar Olives life..

By: Linda Jensen

Linda Jensen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:30:00 +0000

I have been reading your “blob” for probably a year now. I am very sad about your loss. She is in a better place now and you will see her again. I only just found out that she passed, I am going to miss her stories. She was a very strong woman in her younger days. May God bless you and your family and her family as well.
Linda, Seattle WA USA

By: kim (lyons)

kim (lyons) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:49:16 +0000

If I could take a step back in time
It would be back with Ollie to a favourite place of mine.
Seated next to the woodstove, knees under my chin
The kitchen at dinnertime, a marvellous din.
Later by candlelight tucked up into bed
Images of family life dance around in my head.

By: barbra

barbra — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:31:30 +0000

When I heard on Good Morning America that the oldest blogger had died, I knew right then it was Ollie, and I felt very sad. I feel as if I have lost a long time friend.
Please post more.
Thank you so very much for sharing her with us. My condolences to all of you.
Barbra in West Virginia, USA

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:23:06 +0000

I am so sorry to hear of Olive’s passing. I have been reading her blog for the past 6 months or so. I will miss her.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:58:00 +0000

I would love to see you do more posts about Olive. I am hoping that you won’t remove her blog entirely, as there are many people who wish to read all of her posts, starting with Post Number 1, including myself. It is the best blog reading I have seen thus far, and so very interesting and amusing, too!

So, yes, please post more!

Thank you.

By: Gabriela Garcia Calderon

Gabriela Garcia Calderon — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:39:07 +0000

What an intense life! Really a person to look up to! I feel thrilled for knowing Olive, yet posthumous. May her soul rest in peace.By the way, have you seen this?:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/19/saudi-arabia-what-if-olive-riley-had-blogged-all-along/
All the best from Peru.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:47:44 +0000

We will never forget dear Ollie.

By: Sandy in WI (US)

Sandy in WI (US) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:57:19 +0000

My deepest condolences to all of you on the passinng of Ollie. I was so hoping that Ollie would hold on till you returned and heard all of your marvelous stories that you would have to tell, but it was not to be.

Ollie lived a fantastic and adventurous life, and in the last 3 years that you knew her, you allowed all of her readers to see it through your writings of and for her. As one poster said, she was one gutsy lady in her heyday.

She’s now with her beloved Barnie and Emma and regaling them with all her stories, and I’m sure she’s holding court in heaven. She would be just the type to do it too!

I’m thankful that I had the pleasure of getting to know her through your writings. I feel as though I’ve lost a dear family member of my own.

Peace be with Ollie, and God Bless.

Sandy in WI(US)