tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post911274014583059051..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: The Beef (and I've longed to give it up)Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38967288142121064182010-05-07T05:21:50.761-07:002010-05-07T05:21:50.761-07:00It's strange I should read this today. Yester...It's strange I should read this today. Yesterday I was just thinking, what if? What if the province could no longer afford to care for Katie? What would I do? Makes me feel sick thinking about it. I have no advice but I do know how hard it is. Take care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-9504246786433409652010-05-05T23:47:50.693-07:002010-05-05T23:47:50.693-07:00Elizabeth, you should be in politics. You have vi...Elizabeth, you should be in politics. You have vision and drive, your ideas would get far. I agree with Allegra about contacting the Gates Foundation. You really have nothing to lose. I also agree with Ex-in-the-City, regarding the paypall button on your blog.Angie Muresanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830360358541367259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-84520129670763717812010-05-05T19:46:25.782-07:002010-05-05T19:46:25.782-07:00My friends who have a daughter who have the same c...My friends who have a daughter who have the same condition as your daughter hired a nanny to help their daughter out. They also live in Southern Cal. Not that it is any consolation, but we are having drastic cuts in school education here in Georgia too. Shorter school year, no music, teacher cuts and larger classrooms. Schools should be the last thing to cut. We are robbing our children of a future in the global market. They will not be able to compete with their conterparts from around the world.likeschocolatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01733431135937009206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-53468265649589431762010-05-05T19:21:04.714-07:002010-05-05T19:21:04.714-07:00You are one amazing lady, hitting another nail on ...You are one amazing lady, hitting another nail on the head with these few paragraphs. And you know what? I sometimes wish more of our world functioned on the "just because" system. I worry about the hoops and hoopla my kids will increasing face as they grow. Could we create a better way? And why oh why is there so little money for our children?Lovely Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638494377600184295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-27929927388398578962010-05-05T13:29:27.145-07:002010-05-05T13:29:27.145-07:00I think you make a very big difference in the worl...I think you make a very big difference in the world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20303620496065003852010-05-05T11:01:50.046-07:002010-05-05T11:01:50.046-07:00P.S. I hope you get somewhere with that Steve Lope...P.S. I hope you get somewhere with that Steve Lopez fellow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-78785642334794155212010-05-05T11:00:29.622-07:002010-05-05T11:00:29.622-07:00I read your experience and have my own here, and w...I read your experience and have my own here, and wonder how on earth this country makes it to the next day. Seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-32774899750948339652010-05-05T08:29:12.216-07:002010-05-05T08:29:12.216-07:00I was just thinking the exact thing that Allegra w...I was just thinking the exact thing that Allegra wrote! Though the Gates Foundation seems to prefer to work on huge issues outside of the US, you have a VERY compelling thing to tell them here. If they refuse, let's brainstorm who else you can contact. <br />That school you are envisioning sounds like a place of enlightenment. If such a place as the Hutch School exists, why not your school? How can we help you? XOGbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-45079833480175794402010-05-05T06:35:00.399-07:002010-05-05T06:35:00.399-07:00"Just Because." A beautiful vision. Don&..."Just Because." A beautiful vision. Don't give up on it. I found your blog only recently, and from what I've read so far, you ARE making an incredibly REAL contribution to this world. By loving your family, loving Sophie. By declaring and celebrating her beauty and her LIFE. And by writing about it so we can know and care and pray and maybe, understand that we are not alone in suffering. <br /><br />I personally suffer from a chronic illness that causes daily pain. I pretty much live on liquids, but the pain (and often sickness) persists. I have been told there is no cure. I can't take pain meds other than Tylenol (and that doesn't work) because pain meds make the condition worse. <br /><br />Yet I am surrounded, even on the really bad days, by love and light and beauty. Some days it is hard to see through the pain and the weariness, but it is there, and I am trying to learn to look for it. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing the beauty you have found in your world, and for sharing also the weariness and the reality. I'm sorry I don't have any really good, helpful, practical words to offer you. I just wanted you to know that I understand the feeling of utter weariness, the feeling of not being able to take another step forward, yet taking that step anyway, the feeling of wanting something really good to happen around the next corner - something like winning the lottery and starting a school like, "Just Because."<br /><br />I pray that you will have strength and grace for another day, and light for your path, and the love of God surrounding all.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221703763145912238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-24399732638715078502010-05-05T06:03:32.914-07:002010-05-05T06:03:32.914-07:00You know, Elizabeth, you are the sort of woman who...You know, Elizabeth, you are the sort of woman who can dream and then make that dream come true. I agree with Allegra- why not try the Gates foundation? <br />I love your dreaming heart, I love your steel spine.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-77272042502995964992010-05-05T04:28:05.551-07:002010-05-05T04:28:05.551-07:00Very interesting post. Good luck with that. The wh...Very interesting post. Good luck with that. The whole world seems to need budget cuts nowadays. Why? I guess, people need to be more accepting of taxes. In Denmark, 60% of salary is deducted in taxes, and so there is no shortage of money for health, education and welfare.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167458171459084910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-69101949151649799332010-05-05T03:18:13.210-07:002010-05-05T03:18:13.210-07:00Ack. The school sounds like heaven.
I hear you on...Ack. The school sounds like heaven.<br /><br />I hear you on the fighting the system. It's a nearly impossible task when you are overextended w/ care-giving in the first place. I'm not in the thick of it (fighting my school system (also my employer) on my son's behalf) right now... but I remember... ack ack ack. <br /><br />I think writing the letter is a step in the right direction! Hang in there...cheatymoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06328903955238115971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36648699988791829442010-05-04T22:45:11.688-07:002010-05-04T22:45:11.688-07:00What a beautiful idea. I've been wishing you w...What a beautiful idea. I've been wishing you would run for political office. Starting this school would be a higher calling. Put a paypal button on your blog? Approach Mr Hefner--maybe he has $ left after the Hollywood sign? Who is rich and famous & has a disabled child? You are amazing.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-24095589165924797662010-05-04T21:56:43.200-07:002010-05-04T21:56:43.200-07:00This may sound crazy but have you thought of conta...This may sound crazy but have you thought of contacting the Gates Foundation? They are, with all the faults that people may want to find, really caring people when it comes to children, and their foundation is one of the few that quietly provide for ideas such as yours. <br /><br />Try it, what do you have to lose that you have now, other than a wonderful idea that you won't lose by talking to them? This is one of the reasons why I wish I had money.A.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947308878002639964noreply@blogger.com