tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post4911754944302442545..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: How We Do It: Part XXIV of a seriesElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-62795826492930113382013-02-28T23:20:32.767-08:002013-02-28T23:20:32.767-08:00I'm sure that does seem like a lifetime ago.I'm sure that does seem like a lifetime ago.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-86449871209684255372013-02-28T13:11:28.537-08:002013-02-28T13:11:28.537-08:00I see the moon, and the moon sees me.
The moon see...I see the moon, and the moon sees me.<br />The moon sees somebody I long to see.<br />God bless the moon and god bless me,<br />and god bless the somebody I long to see.Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-15098328610129404812013-02-28T05:21:25.812-08:002013-02-28T05:21:25.812-08:00this is an exceptionally fine posting, elizabeth, ...this is an exceptionally fine posting, elizabeth, altho i think that reflexively now, at least once a week. <br />we saw that amazing moon here, on Monday night, out walking before dinner. i kept stopping to stare at it...and had that overwhelming sense of what a miracle life is, our existence on this tiny planet in the middle of the vastness of beauty and nothingness. i know you know that feeling.susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81698457410819292242013-02-27T23:52:41.189-08:002013-02-27T23:52:41.189-08:00I am sorry for that loss, and so grateful that Sop...I am sorry for that loss, and so grateful that Sophie has you as her mother.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35587198002827642702013-02-27T20:02:44.372-08:002013-02-27T20:02:44.372-08:00oh, you got me crying now!! so so so beautifully ...oh, you got me crying now!! so so so beautifully said. poetic perfection.Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-15431035438392503022013-02-27T19:22:00.107-08:002013-02-27T19:22:00.107-08:00I am so sorry for this pain which struck you. I th...I am so sorry for this pain which struck you. I think I understand that sudden piercing feeling, and I am with you in spirit.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61731289389112063932013-02-27T18:44:25.107-08:002013-02-27T18:44:25.107-08:00Elizabeth, you make me want to be a better writer....Elizabeth, you make me want to be a better writer. I love reading your words, particularly in this series. You're amazing.gradydoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10639816377218206777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36907836000908316212013-02-27T15:44:41.513-08:002013-02-27T15:44:41.513-08:00Sending love.Sending love.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51953699688416101562013-02-27T12:56:27.405-08:002013-02-27T12:56:27.405-08:00I am glad you can cry when you need to. I am sorry...I am glad you can cry when you need to. I am sorry when you have to, when those piercings and crushings come. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-58255939022578461842013-02-27T12:43:57.173-08:002013-02-27T12:43:57.173-08:00sometimes the veil parts and everything is reveale...sometimes the veil parts and everything is revealed, the arrow, the rock, the weight of years, but also the moon drawing you forward. you were crying as much for you, perhaps, for everything realized and unrealized. it's a gift that most days don't hold such unveilings, just one foot in front of the other, one breath at a time. you amaze me. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81938303340591710982013-02-27T12:05:53.258-08:002013-02-27T12:05:53.258-08:00What N2 said.
xoWhat N2 said.<br />xoMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-7962631762544055172013-02-27T11:54:34.910-08:002013-02-27T11:54:34.910-08:00Such sorrow and beauty. I am word-struck.
Sending ...Such sorrow and beauty. I am word-struck.<br />Sending love.<br />N2N2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09508740809219902631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57399979786634867572013-02-27T10:40:20.857-08:002013-02-27T10:40:20.857-08:00I am struck by how those black symbols on a white ...I am struck by how those black symbols on a white page translate through the arches and curves of our minds to start a chemical cascade of feeling. I hope that, by now, you can see those dates and feel proud of the mother you are to Sophie, the ferocious advocate for her that you are, and know that it has made all the difference in her life.<br /><br />Love.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-53420526514473285072013-02-27T10:15:41.653-08:002013-02-27T10:15:41.653-08:00I recently had to renew my driver's license an...I recently had to renew my driver's license and noticed the "original date of issue" on it. It had kind of a similar effect without the emotional wallop of fifteen years' worth of IEPs. In June, when Nigel graduates, we start ISPs. New acronym, same piercing arrow. xo Tanya Savkohttp://tanyasavko.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3032541604529389602013-02-27T09:56:43.516-08:002013-02-27T09:56:43.516-08:00I had a similar experience the other night. Indy w...I had a similar experience the other night. Indy was sick and climbed in bed with me and I thought about sleeping with her at my breast when she was an infant, and the fact that she turns seven this year, and wondered how many nights of her warm body curled up in mine do I have left? It's terrible, isn't it? I don't know how we do it.<br /><br />God, I love your writing. Moonstruck.Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61431018532410422562013-02-27T09:37:37.792-08:002013-02-27T09:37:37.792-08:00Yea. You just go along and then something unhidden...Yea. You just go along and then something unhidden comes into focus and knocks you over.<br /><br />But then there's the moon. Thankfully.Maggie Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578683202372124444noreply@blogger.com