tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post2817241901717253309..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: How We Do It: Part XXVI in a seriesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16089404758087344282013-03-31T04:40:11.874-07:002013-03-31T04:40:11.874-07:00i'm right there with you.i'm right there with you.Christy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-15504555984993451182013-03-30T08:28:04.031-07:002013-03-30T08:28:04.031-07:00You call it "how we do it"
Maybe it shou...You call it "how we do it"<br />Maybe it should be "why we do it"<br />Because the how is in the why<br />LoveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-56855136836554016332013-03-29T16:36:48.835-07:002013-03-29T16:36:48.835-07:00When I took my mum out in her walker or her wheelc...When I took my mum out in her walker or her wheelchair, I was forever complaining/advocating about handicapped accessibility.<br /><br />It ain't easy. Sending hugs. If you lived nearby they would be real hugs and not just virtual hugs. Take care woman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72090047531537627402013-03-29T15:25:30.771-07:002013-03-29T15:25:30.771-07:00I agree with Birdie and Ms. Moon. I feel stunned, ...I agree with Birdie and Ms. Moon. I feel stunned, every time. How do you do it? You just do, I guess. Every way is fine. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64132409275257488442013-03-29T09:23:24.934-07:002013-03-29T09:23:24.934-07:00Love.Love.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-27753856735851583362013-03-29T09:19:47.150-07:002013-03-29T09:19:47.150-07:00I am sitting here with tears in my eyes, feeling f...I am sitting here with tears in my eyes, feeling frustration and resignation and sadness come through your words. I am so grateful that this medium exists so that you can share your experience and we can share our support and love for you and your family. I hope you feel it rushing toward you.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-47727133867042169082013-03-29T07:21:28.545-07:002013-03-29T07:21:28.545-07:00I find this picture of Sophie beautiful...as well ...I find this picture of Sophie beautiful...as well as the honesty in this post. You are a very good mother.colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329067973795030839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73154614597537377572013-03-29T01:38:20.584-07:002013-03-29T01:38:20.584-07:00That is a beautiful photo. There's something h...That is a beautiful photo. There's something here about beauty amid the misery of such a frustrating, horrible morning, but I'm not sure how to express it without sounding trite.<br /><br />And yes, like Birdie, I do wonder more and more how you do it -- but Ms Moon hits the nail on the head when she says "love."Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13668688726043061552013-03-29T01:27:48.970-07:002013-03-29T01:27:48.970-07:00hope that your daughter feels your love, just as I... hope that your daughter feels your love, just as I hope my own daughter feels mine. What else can there be indeed Ms Moon?<br /><br />Perhaps some situations can only be powered through with quite a bit of bitterness and imprecation. Or we would stop. And that isn't an option? <br /><br />But what would I know. <br /><br />A beautiful photograph.Catherine Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618295389400457254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-74739717468274341462013-03-28T19:15:52.601-07:002013-03-28T19:15:52.601-07:00it makes me feel so lonely for you two sitting the...it makes me feel so lonely for you two sitting there on the stoop. I wish I could have stopped and sat with you .Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-87674107320457730452013-03-28T14:10:14.976-07:002013-03-28T14:10:14.976-07:00Sometimes, we are not grateful. Word verification:...Sometimes, we are not grateful. Word verification: poetwor.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13070297384173508509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4743045102837523992013-03-28T11:45:39.216-07:002013-03-28T11:45:39.216-07:00you snapped a magical photo of your girl, the ligh...you snapped a magical photo of your girl, the light splashing down around her, loving her, as you do. i wonder so much about Sophie's internal life, all the things she knows but cannot tell you in words, but perhaps you know anyway. not perhaps. you do. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60146699109341155962013-03-28T11:43:29.112-07:002013-03-28T11:43:29.112-07:00Every time I read a post in this series I end up w...Every time I read a post in this series I end up wondering even more how you do it. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-80475784643230051662013-03-28T11:24:39.255-07:002013-03-28T11:24:39.255-07:00I think that at the bottom of all of this, you do ...I think that at the bottom of all of this, you do it through love (which is NOT always patient and kind and whatever but is often bitter and so what? you are human) and I do think that, as tropicalpenguin said, Sophie must feel that love. What else can there be? Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-32841794204518621282013-03-28T10:47:04.609-07:002013-03-28T10:47:04.609-07:00I know the feeling of coming out of a seizure, lim...I know the feeling of coming out of a seizure, limbs weak and mind numb to experience my parents crying around me. I felt sad that I was putting my parents through that kind of pain but the other side of the coin was that I felt so loved. I'm sure that, at a deep level, Sophie feels that love. tropicalpenguin18https://www.blogger.com/profile/11800176995322015524noreply@blogger.com