tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post5422909849530445586..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: How We Do It, Part LVIIElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4215256044918960722015-12-11T10:14:34.437-08:002015-12-11T10:14:34.437-08:00Amen, sister!Amen, sister!kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35886777110062327152015-12-08T11:20:55.180-08:002015-12-08T11:20:55.180-08:00Got it -/ totally missed yer point Got it -/ totally missed yer point Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-12405460227096838032015-12-08T08:44:12.452-08:002015-12-08T08:44:12.452-08:00I think I may have been guilty of saying at least ...I think I may have been guilty of saying at least one of these things. Before I knew better. Thank you. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5519948027721182732015-12-08T06:17:38.730-08:002015-12-08T06:17:38.730-08:00ANY sentence that begins with, "At least...&q...ANY sentence that begins with, "At least..." is TFBS and has no place in friendship.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72488767599963404642015-12-08T04:58:35.962-08:002015-12-08T04:58:35.962-08:00I especially like 8 and 9, because everyone wants ...I especially like 8 and 9, because everyone wants a grown up doll.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-50846042714667309242015-12-07T20:42:26.524-08:002015-12-07T20:42:26.524-08:00My first born brought a "date" home at a...My first born brought a "date" home at age 14. When they walked in, I had Scott's legs up in the air, bare bottom all for the world to see, and the smell of a good BM wafting about. I vaguely remember her turning around and running out. My son said something like, "what's her problem?" I'm so proud of my other boys and sorry for what they've had to give up, wait for, explain, tolerate. And by tolerate, I mean a mom that's often tired and depressed. So proud of all my kids. Saints.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17533205834950854358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-18949017333132031012015-12-07T19:55:15.171-08:002015-12-07T19:55:15.171-08:00I hate no. 8 and no. 9. I like what Ms Moon said....I hate no. 8 and no. 9. I like what Ms Moon said.<br /><br />Best,<br />BonnieFrom the Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00789641912016566894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-82590284108074196492015-12-07T19:48:37.600-08:002015-12-07T19:48:37.600-08:00Oy! I think I've failed in this post! Like I t...Oy! I think I've failed in this post! Like I told the other commenters, I don't feel bad about these things. I'm just observing them and find them curious for the most part. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38582024013289092012015-12-07T19:48:00.437-08:002015-12-07T19:48:00.437-08:00I think people are looking for ways to feel better...I think people are looking for ways to feel better about things they don't understand. Does that make sense? I think we all do that, including myself. That's why I called it "spin."Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-3446663061711123562015-12-07T19:47:22.555-08:002015-12-07T19:47:22.555-08:00Yep. But I don't think people intend to be so ...Yep. But I don't think people intend to be so daffy!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-77253747904869014902015-12-07T19:47:09.212-08:002015-12-07T19:47:09.212-08:00How can there be words? I am so sorry. xoHow can there be words? I am so sorry. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46874867184475064312015-12-07T19:46:53.859-08:002015-12-07T19:46:53.859-08:00Like I said to Birdie, Tara, this post wasn't ...Like I said to Birdie, Tara, this post wasn't meant to judge anything people say but to convey how weird -- both in a sad and a hilarious way -- we communicate things. I think of it as a sort of spin. I know very well that people's intentions aren't cruel -- I'm only observing here, mulling over and don't mean to judge. I certainly don't "endure" these things -- they're not that bad!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52928617164962921682015-12-07T19:45:14.603-08:002015-12-07T19:45:14.603-08:00Yes. My words exactly, A. And TC Boyle writes like...Yes. My words exactly, A. And TC Boyle writes like a punch to the gut. You never know whether to laugh or to cry.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-70617827550087178352015-12-07T19:44:35.698-08:002015-12-07T19:44:35.698-08:00Sadly (and hilariously), people do, Birdie. But it...Sadly (and hilariously), people do, Birdie. But it's ok. My intent with this post was just to convey both the absurdity and the sadness of what I perceive as "spin." No judgement, really.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57014333369889225592015-12-07T19:43:23.259-08:002015-12-07T19:43:23.259-08:00Thank you, ma'am. I think you got it.Thank you, ma'am. I think you got it.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-10119275754910158262015-12-07T15:59:33.533-08:002015-12-07T15:59:33.533-08:00Wow. I am amazed at what people can say. I don&#...Wow. I am amazed at what people can say. I don't get it. Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015888228309968515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-30223602576199097982015-12-07T15:21:27.244-08:002015-12-07T15:21:27.244-08:00Many of the comments you have clearly heard from o...Many of the comments you have clearly heard from others baffle me. Especially 8 and 9. Really people?Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72736500532367883862015-12-07T14:45:02.166-08:002015-12-07T14:45:02.166-08:00we are all just stumbling along...well-meaning peo...we are all just stumbling along...well-meaning people do say the most awful things...it comes from their ignorance...we usually do not understand what we do not experience. Still and all, sorry you have to endure these comments.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052375488090209961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-49096506677034184142015-12-07T14:41:13.710-08:002015-12-07T14:41:13.710-08:00#10 I no longer know this one. Did she make me who...#10 I no longer know this one. Did she make me who I am? Amend who I am? Devour who I was or might have been? I'm sure I had answers thirty, twenty, fifteen years ago, but lately not. A friend of mine who teaches anthropology has her students read TC Boyle's A Friend of the Earth, which came out around the time we moved to the country and made me so deeply apprehensive I couldn't finish it.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-5403937223233365542015-12-07T14:22:58.627-08:002015-12-07T14:22:58.627-08:00As a mother of a teenage daughter I am especially ...As a mother of a teenage daughter I am especially baffled at #s 8 & 9. Do people that say this sort of shit not think at all? <br />(I have said before that Sophie is always dressed do nice but people thinking that YOU getting to dress her is some kind of reward is just baffling.)Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66686683543406629112015-12-07T13:34:07.263-08:002015-12-07T13:34:07.263-08:00Laugh? Cry? If Boyle is right, you're life is ...Laugh? Cry? If Boyle is right, you're life is art. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com