tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post4553371401674556351..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Epileptic by David B.Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-91894599904480545772010-03-13T13:01:53.801-08:002010-03-13T13:01:53.801-08:00These are questions you have to ask yourself, of c...These are questions you have to ask yourself, of course. But you are aware of the needs of their interior lives, and this is the family thay were born in: a "less-than-orthodox family" perhaps, but a deeply loving one. Isn't family about love above less-than-orthodox situations? And you can't just take a graphic novel as a portrait of how the author lived his childhood - just like your son's drawings don't mean that he's a violent child.Francescahttp://www.fuoriborgo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73674636713402849362010-03-13T06:57:45.900-08:002010-03-13T06:57:45.900-08:00you are brave to open the book and smart to read i...you are brave to open the book and smart to read it the way you are trying to. it is not your experience or theirs. i think the battle scenes are brilliant and healthy. so is everything you do.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37392880527432187392010-03-12T22:19:46.826-08:002010-03-12T22:19:46.826-08:00What a deep way of expressing feelings...those rem...What a deep way of expressing feelings...those remind me of old-fashioned woodcuts. Powerful. <br />I echo what Allegra said...and am sending love and blessings to you and your family.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-18530854600792284062010-03-12T17:41:12.683-08:002010-03-12T17:41:12.683-08:00Amazing graphic. I clicked to enlarge so I could ...Amazing graphic. I clicked to enlarge so I could read the words. Raw and real. <br /><br />You have strength and courage to face the fear the book stirred in your mind.<br /><br />The book will be a real recounting of David's experience and maybe as you get into it, you'll feel enlarged by seeing how he thought. <br /><br />At the base of everything though, your children have their own feelings, not his; their lives are not his. They have security he didn't have, and trust in your love and that of your husband.<br /><br />You're doing everything you can. It is enough.Kathleen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868566314392048880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64757511750098359092010-03-12T09:56:01.174-08:002010-03-12T09:56:01.174-08:00Here is the link http://amma.org/events/iam.html
I...Here is the link http://amma.org/events/iam.html<br />If you are interested yourself it is usually offered in major cities throughout the year, as well. Since you are in LA that is a hub. I have heard there might even be an ashram coming in LA. No doubt there is a large "Amma community" there.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071740989565033354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39537055306706309012010-03-12T09:52:54.664-08:002010-03-12T09:52:54.664-08:00There is a children's meditation course that A...There is a children's meditation course that Amma has created, it is taught at the retreats every year. There will be one in LA in June. You might consider it for the boys, if not now for in a year or so. I can tell by their faces that they are well loved, well adjusted, and happy kids, regardless of what they have to deal with. I will post a link to the meditation course... <br />ps let their art be a free expression, they can use it to work through their feelings. Altho most boys their age draw battle scenes.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071740989565033354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72539047977825526822010-03-12T01:40:04.269-08:002010-03-12T01:40:04.269-08:00How can this not affect them? The drawings, I thin...How can this not affect them? The drawings, I think, are a FABULOUS avenue for them to pursue their feelings around Sophie's seizures. Of course, I'm partial to the arts. But there is so much that art can bring out in subtle ways -- so much they don't have to say with hard words, but can depict sometimes even more clearly than their vocabularies allow them.<br /><br />I saw your post on the drawings, and didn't realize (skimmed too fast?) that his teacher said the pictures were too violent! Seems to me a VERY healthy expression of deep-rooted anger. Better that it comes out on paper, and with such fine detail!<br /><br />My T-Bone is much younger than your two boys, but even at this tender age, I can see that having a brother with a mental illness greatly affects him. Let's not kid ourselves -- it's 3:30AM and I'm telling him in his bed that we're bringing his brother to the hospital tomorrow. Anyway, my point is that these posts on your Oliver and Henry always interest me. I am only at the beginning of dealing with "sibling issues," and watching how you handle them helps me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52148386600528767652010-03-11T21:44:50.657-08:002010-03-11T21:44:50.657-08:00Sending love, I have nothing else to offer here. I...Sending love, I have nothing else to offer here. I admire you and you know it, I hope. Children are not only resilient but they thrive when they are loved as yours are. That's all. Nothing else matters.A.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947308878002639964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5527184799286932312010-03-11T17:19:51.864-08:002010-03-11T17:19:51.864-08:00All of us are woven on different looms. That canno...All of us are woven on different looms. That cannot be changed. But it is the skill and the love of the weaver which makes the difference. You have great skill and immense love. Your children are and will be amazing.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com