tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post3467059182884308515..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Pandemic DartsElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8097125112846558352020-07-30T03:41:36.971-07:002020-07-30T03:41:36.971-07:00Two beautiful women and a lovely post. I long for ...Two beautiful women and a lovely post. I long for the outside too.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-47506746425230313652020-07-24T20:15:52.124-07:002020-07-24T20:15:52.124-07:00Outside, helping us to survive the madness. Listen...Outside, helping us to survive the madness. Listening to Beethoven's 5th. Beautiful Sophie. I love you both.beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54173312229607812912020-07-19T17:43:38.650-07:002020-07-19T17:43:38.650-07:00If we lived near you Mommy and I would love to be ...If we lived near you Mommy and I would love to be outside with Sophie and you. Love to you. I don't understand a Mother's worry because I am not a Mommy but I hope that you find peace somewhere.Helmet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657270712206097668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-56535608359615097912020-07-19T06:52:03.614-07:002020-07-19T06:52:03.614-07:00I Loved this Post Elizabeth, when we don't kno...I Loved this Post Elizabeth, when we don't know what to do and have done all we can, that has to be Enough. We don't have to Rest in it really, constant Restlessness when numbing Hard Stuff is a constant and without End is sometimes the best we can manage. Sophie just appreciating Simplicity of the Being of Outdoors is a Lesson, perhaps there is an Awareness there that Joy must be had in spite of what the Soul, Spirit, Body is up against every single Day of Life? I dunno, she's probably more intuitive than I as to how best to Cope and just Be in each Moment, a Wise Lesson we all could Learn much from actually. I think it was timely you Shared this one and during Pandemic, everyone now is doing Hard Stuff every Day, whether they want to, like it or not... no Choice but to.Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13410759168988030512020-07-18T18:54:55.909-07:002020-07-18T18:54:55.909-07:00I have tears from this. Hard truth.I have tears from this. Hard truth.Kathleen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868566314392048880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37143928078748319142020-07-18T18:18:03.452-07:002020-07-18T18:18:03.452-07:00Sophie is loved. That makes all the difference in...Sophie is loved. That makes all the difference in the world.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-87633362688449931232020-07-18T08:16:39.237-07:002020-07-18T08:16:39.237-07:00Sophie looks so delicate and yet so determined in ...Sophie looks so delicate and yet so determined in this picture. <br />I love what you wrote here, especially that we have to let go of our attachments and expectations.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-23408299476484874802020-07-17T18:25:15.467-07:002020-07-17T18:25:15.467-07:00a beautiful piece, elizabeth. your writing is alwa...a beautiful piece, elizabeth. your writing is always on target but this goes deeper; or maybe we’re all so open & raw that we are finally almost able to stay with you. xosusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-56593874174142878002020-07-17T13:48:22.559-07:002020-07-17T13:48:22.559-07:00I, too, think Sophie looks like Frida in this phot...I, too, think Sophie looks like Frida in this photo. How lovely that the outdoors brings her such happiness and that it is something you can do for her. I have a new appreciation for being outdoors right now. Even if it's sitting on my porch feeling the breeze and watching the birds and squirrels.<br /><br />Your writing about the doc and you is brilliant. Such visuals!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37060070006714022032020-07-17T12:46:19.697-07:002020-07-17T12:46:19.697-07:00I miss you. I miss you. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20810057947330012972020-07-17T11:42:54.993-07:002020-07-17T11:42:54.993-07:00Lovely, as always. And i wish I was in a bar throw...Lovely, as always. And i wish I was in a bar throwing darts. Im just not sure at whom I would be aiming Maggie Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578683202372124444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-22588952572199354392020-07-17T11:33:48.327-07:002020-07-17T11:33:48.327-07:00Sophia is a teacher. And so are you. You are both ...Sophia is a teacher. And so are you. You are both full of extraordinary grace. How wise of Sophie to take you outdoors. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-65549326965388385052020-07-17T11:20:37.509-07:002020-07-17T11:20:37.509-07:00How lovely and full of grace Sophie is as she enjo...How lovely and full of grace Sophie is as she enjoys the sun, fresh air,and blue sky.susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-9616010664345994582020-07-17T08:09:54.193-07:002020-07-17T08:09:54.193-07:00I think your final line is on target -- setting as...I think your final line is on target -- setting aside expectations and attachments. Which is essentially what the Buddhists teach, right? If we expect nothing we won't be disappointed or tormented when it doesn't happen (or when it does). We just deal with it. Not to say I have any idea what it's like to be a parent to Sophie, or to have expectations and attachments on behalf of a child. I've said it before -- she is so fortunate to have you as a mother.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5831971754770894082020-07-17T07:30:13.526-07:002020-07-17T07:30:13.526-07:00I wanted to add that you have been waiting and wat...I wanted to add that you have been waiting and watching Sophie for twenty-five years and you do with grace and wit and humor. You rock woman.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-17310093637509091972020-07-17T07:26:13.432-07:002020-07-17T07:26:13.432-07:00Yes, yes. I know that feeling all too well. 24 yea...Yes, yes. I know that feeling all too well. 24 years of daily seizures excluding the less than a handful of seizure free days we enjoyed when we first started cannabis some 5 years ago. Now, after a week of vomiting added into the mix, "just seizures" feels like a lark. It's all relative. I haven't written to you in quite a while but haven't stopped reading your eloquent and thought-provoking posts.<br />Frimet RothFrimethttps://frimetgbu.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48316379328219749552020-07-17T06:40:50.895-07:002020-07-17T06:40:50.895-07:00It must feel like a game of waiting, waiting for t...It must feel like a game of waiting, waiting for the next seizure, waiting to see how severe it is, waiting for it to end. Endless waiting. The pandemic feels like that too. Waiting and waiting, knowing that people die from this, both seizures and COVID. Endless waiting that wears away the surfaces and etches our souls.<br /><br />Sending hugs and love. May Sophie be safe.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48862338083056299232020-07-17T06:00:08.593-07:002020-07-17T06:00:08.593-07:00When I most need you to speak for us you do. Maia ...When I most need you to speak for us you do. Maia and Sophie in yards and fields. Lakes and parks. I'm taking her now to the sea. That is the ultimate. Knowing that there could be a seizure even as she dog paddles around and I might have to save her again. But we'll go. Gracefully.jacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056411434561012994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13324179352825358972020-07-17T05:59:08.833-07:002020-07-17T05:59:08.833-07:00She looks like Frida here. Your darling Sophie Fri...She looks like Frida here. Your darling Sophie Frida. Honey, you don’t just throw darts. You pull your bow string and aim true, let loose, let fly. You slay fire breathing dragons every single day. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-45676505431943991892020-07-17T03:54:40.510-07:002020-07-17T03:54:40.510-07:00So much in this post. Thank you. Your writing neve...So much in this post. Thank you. Your writing never ceases to amaze me. fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.com