tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post5262837226969618668..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: TwistedElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-89135327116899417402009-08-08T18:46:29.035-07:002009-08-08T18:46:29.035-07:00You make so much sense and I hate it when get behi...You make so much sense and I hate it when get behind with your blog because it is absolutely awesome.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3692787717838115572009-08-06T16:20:55.616-07:002009-08-06T16:20:55.616-07:00Makes so much sense... now that you've written...Makes so much sense... now that you've written it. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49423269102539319582009-08-06T06:24:46.524-07:002009-08-06T06:24:46.524-07:00After going through what you do day in and day out...After going through what you do day in and day out, how could you not have those thoughts and feelings? I know what you're talking about, and wish there were something anyone could do to help stop Sophie's seizures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-58674923862823696622009-08-05T03:56:41.146-07:002009-08-05T03:56:41.146-07:00Elizabeth, wow. Wow and then a bit more wow. I c...Elizabeth, wow. Wow and then a bit more wow. I could see your DNA structure take that turn as you wrote this. DNA has never looked so beautiful.Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-21626406333043546382009-08-04T23:16:21.059-07:002009-08-04T23:16:21.059-07:00You make total sense, and you do it so beautifully...You make total sense, and you do it so beautifully. I learn so much from you -- you write things I can't articulate but that resonate so strongly. thank you Elizabeth!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399324383367077919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54091915047231079982009-08-04T16:15:27.704-07:002009-08-04T16:15:27.704-07:00I find something sacred in your words, and must co...I find something sacred in your words, and must comment on how this was so beautiful. The truth of deep unconditional love . <br />I hope that being a little unburdened brings more blessings your way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-64699403573614786262009-08-04T08:07:39.974-07:002009-08-04T08:07:39.974-07:00Yes, this totally makes sense. Thank you for shar...Yes, this totally makes sense. Thank you for sharing such raw emotion. No matter what our road in life is, there will always be something to make it a bumpy ride. I'm praying for a peaceful ride for a while for you and your family.Palmer and Cohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422412149238050696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59921706123355612702009-08-04T07:55:43.671-07:002009-08-04T07:55:43.671-07:00I understand what you are saying
we all do
and we ...I understand what you are saying<br />we all do<br />and we love youLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985522830610197074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48329571591380952942009-08-03T19:15:03.577-07:002009-08-03T19:15:03.577-07:00That is a beautiful and profound transition. Compa...That is a beautiful and profound transition. Compassion for yourself AND others. <br />Your life is hard, in fact, LIFE IS HARD, and beautiful, and good and heartbreaking, scary, strange and inexplicable. It's a comfort when you name it honestly, instead of judging it. It comforts me, too. Thank you for your honesty and openness. I always feel less alone after I read your thoughts.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-89407286779416779112009-08-03T18:54:02.447-07:002009-08-03T18:54:02.447-07:00you are amazing, elizabeth.
there is a doctor i v...you are amazing, elizabeth.<br /><br />there is a doctor i very much admire, who constantly reminds 'for there to be compassion, it must be universal'. <br /><br />yes, we cannot hold compassion toward ourselves if we do not hold it toward the 'other', and vice-versa.<br /><br />and we cannot hold compassion if we are looking at a measuring stick. i must remember this.<br /><br />very mucch love to you, beautiful, whole woman.adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981984403481555118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-11089274017394698402009-08-03T18:39:56.520-07:002009-08-03T18:39:56.520-07:00I am in awe of your heart.I am in awe of your heart.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49857743094842658922009-08-03T15:13:43.115-07:002009-08-03T15:13:43.115-07:00oh, elizabeth. this moves me so much. i see you wi...oh, elizabeth. this moves me so much. i see you with your body on sophie, oliver's body clinging to yours, the tears and then the next thing. and you do it with grace. i don't mean la la like some phony pious thing, but i mean REAL and HONEST and OPEN and so, yes, that is why you experience this shift, this twist, because you make space for it in your soul. i so admire you. i wish i lived closer so i could stand right there next to you and all of it, all of the messy, shitty, wonderful, horrible, beautiful stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-91764227062625019582009-08-03T13:55:41.001-07:002009-08-03T13:55:41.001-07:00For me, emotional whiplash is the most trying kind...For me, emotional whiplash is the most trying kind of pain. You have lots, every day.The Blue Suitcasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202096484293528150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-7928688311420623412009-08-03T13:01:57.711-07:002009-08-03T13:01:57.711-07:00In the end we are all in the same boat. Pain is pa...In the end we are all in the same boat. Pain is pain whether measured by the prickle of a pin or the cutting of the flesh. Does it really make any difference how much or how little? How much do you feel either or both? How much do I? Would my feeling more make yours less? or vice-versa?<br /><br />Yes, you are right to be angry and frustrated and sad and all of the other things that remind us that not all our dreams are bound to turn out the way we dreamed them. But you also have the right to be serene, and compassionate -starting with yourself- about making a misstep in front of your son who needs to know that love takes many forms and some times it is the cry of love unresolved - as with Sophie's inability to respond to your love in a tangible way - that cries out in a cuss and a tear. His mother is human and there is no reason to hide that or be fearful of the consequences, you opened a door for him to express his own feelings in the matter. Something he may or may not have done afraid of its own consequences. There is a balance there that shouldn't be dismissed.<br /><br />Life is hard and unpredictable and full of promises unfulfilled. So you and I should know that the only way to survive is to let steam escape once in a while and never look back or feel guilty about it. What stays inside otherwise festers and infects the growth of compassion and self worth. You have the right. You earned it.A.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947308878002639964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34653087947271554632009-08-03T11:02:27.480-07:002009-08-03T11:02:27.480-07:00You make perfect sense Elizabeth.
If could not ev...You make perfect sense Elizabeth.<br /><br />If could not ever make more sense.<br /><br />It is like after a very long time you have come out of another side. A side of acceptance, compassion and love. A side you have been showing all along.<br /><br />You have helped me. You have made me sad and sorry and knowing that we can bash our heads against the wall or cradle our little boys.<br /><br />Thank you Elizabeth.<br /><br />Be good to yourself.<br /><br />Love Renee xoxoReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.com