tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post4310028979741778346..comments2024-02-11T03:39:05.836-05:00Comments on still life with circles: One yearstill life angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-67070341405704836722010-02-28T07:09:02.376-05:002010-02-28T07:09:02.376-05:00I echo everyone's sentiments. Your words are ...I echo everyone's sentiments. Your words are such poetry and you always capture exactly what I can't figure out to say. I still quote you often, the "random, chaotic shitstorm" line.<br /><br />Much love to you, Angie. xoPaigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06345329799912987528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-59540051623496768322010-02-27T16:47:15.346-05:002010-02-27T16:47:15.346-05:00I think that, even if you do not mention it explic...I think that, even if you do not mention it explicitly in your writing, all of us reading here are aware of the Lucy-shaped hole.<br /><br />The image of Lucy's Grief growing up just broke my heart. xCatherine Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618295389400457254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-48187383127887668942010-02-26T16:40:29.301-05:002010-02-26T16:40:29.301-05:00somehow came upon your blog today. i lost my baby ...somehow came upon your blog today. i lost my baby girl too, and your story is mine, overlapping, heart upon heart. i feel you. all the way up to your last visit with your doctor - mine was the same way, but my son was born - induced at 37 weeks - healthy. shockingly perfect. yours will be too. what i've learned over the years is that this loss is so deep, when we give birth to them, some part of us dies too. but they also live on within us. it's such a strange paradox, but what it boils down to is love. Isabel and Lucia are love, pure love, giving to us a gift that is so precious it's blinding to see. but we feel it, always. comforting knowing hugs and love to you, angie.jouettelovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593433996272814486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-43712050105371170162010-02-26T02:47:48.413-05:002010-02-26T02:47:48.413-05:00Thank YOU for sharing your grief, and Lucy with us...Thank YOU for sharing your grief, and Lucy with us, for sharing your wisdom and thoughts and stories. I am so grateful you are here, yet I wish this is NOT how I get to know you! ((hugs))janishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326099151319592743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-4638145390700241382010-02-26T00:23:10.738-05:002010-02-26T00:23:10.738-05:00Thank you xThank you xCarly Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586501928364642712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-12457949833689665162010-02-25T20:34:56.807-05:002010-02-25T20:34:56.807-05:00happy blogoversary angie. i started reading loss b...happy blogoversary angie. i started reading loss blogs within a month or two of losing angel mae, and yours was one of the first i found. so that would have been maybe april of last year? it's funny to think that you were only blogging for a month or two at that point - your voice and POV was then, and remains, so clear and strong and so immensely your own. i hope you always keep writing, here, elsewhere, however. xoJennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682133967979817385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-26695848976781882372010-02-25T19:26:48.818-05:002010-02-25T19:26:48.818-05:00Can't believe you have been here for a year al...Can't believe you have been here for a year already. Thanks for all of your support and your friendship.CLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030787972960755420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-50727953652015632162010-02-25T15:18:40.446-05:002010-02-25T15:18:40.446-05:00Thank you, Angie. Your blog in particular has been...Thank you, Angie. Your blog in particular has been very helpful to me these past two months.biojenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502436465193662273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-82794971841659546182010-02-25T13:34:44.015-05:002010-02-25T13:34:44.015-05:00Thank you, for writing and being here.
Sometimes ...Thank you, for writing and being here.<br /><br />Sometimes this is the oddest of two-way streets.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-73036219071348082692010-02-24T22:52:49.137-05:002010-02-24T22:52:49.137-05:00great post. my thoughts are with yougreat post. my thoughts are with youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-87938831855922597192010-02-24T22:47:16.695-05:002010-02-24T22:47:16.695-05:00I loved this post. I have been thinking lately abo...I loved this post. I have been thinking lately about how my grief has changed, over the last 14 mos, but I could never have articulated it so well. Thank you.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03425243574893835625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-70849485330799300102010-02-24T18:37:53.785-05:002010-02-24T18:37:53.785-05:00Angie,
This is a wonderful post. I feel like these...Angie,<br />This is a wonderful post. I feel like these words came out of my mouth, specially this passage:<br /><br />"Because it isn't simply her death, it is the way in which her death has changed my life and my experience. I cannot parse out the grief from the daily pressures. Along with being overwhelmed and anxious and sad and alienated, the grief is just a constant nagging presence. It is like at the end of the litany of stressors, I have to add, "And my daughter is dead.""<br /><br />Some times I totally lose it and feel like shit afterward. As I like to say: it sucks in every possible way.<br /><br />Thanks for blogging your experience. I am not a writer, but I am a big reader. Reading what other mom's write about their own feelings and experience has helped me a lot. You are a very good writer.Franciscahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906704416048827050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-10948893209929411392010-02-24T07:20:39.942-05:002010-02-24T07:20:39.942-05:00Sounds like you're having a really rough time ...Sounds like you're having a really rough time of it lately Angie. I hope things pick up soon.<br /><br />xxSophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663682329663202706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-20067447191774370652010-02-23T23:17:18.762-05:002010-02-23T23:17:18.762-05:00Angie, you always have the perfect words..Angie, you always have the perfect words..Shannon Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288990166879426608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-58357199025553798152010-02-23T21:05:51.419-05:002010-02-23T21:05:51.419-05:00I feel so honored, so lucky, so blessed to have me...I feel so honored, so lucky, so blessed to have met you this year and so damned sorry about why. I know it's possible to feel alone in a room full of loving friends, which this is, so I won't tell you not to. But I'm here, close by. Always.Dani819https://www.blogger.com/profile/00620957484893505246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-76582743962584562352010-02-23T20:58:29.525-05:002010-02-23T20:58:29.525-05:00And thank YOU too. You have a lovely way with word...And thank YOU too. You have a lovely way with words and I'm sure it has helped us all. Thinking of you. :)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339073098081631983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-86475714312114093392010-02-23T19:13:33.707-05:002010-02-23T19:13:33.707-05:00our grief changes ore than our daughters ever will...our grief changes ore than our daughters ever will...<br /><br />lovely prose, as usualYa Chunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816837461370619194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-36040059988985986522010-02-23T17:04:26.079-05:002010-02-23T17:04:26.079-05:00I remember being directed to your blog, one year a...I remember being directed to your blog, one year ago. I remember it well. Just the overwhelming feeling of "not another one" despite the fact I knew full well my baby would not be the last one to die. I knew they would keep on dying, I am just so sorry it had to be your precious Lucia.<br />This is an incredible piece of writing on an incredible blog by an incredible woman and mother.<br />And Angie, you're not alone.<br />With love.<br />xoHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-37348416008383767722010-02-23T15:07:49.306-05:002010-02-23T15:07:49.306-05:00Beautiful post Angie. You manage to put into words...Beautiful post Angie. You manage to put into words what I for one struggle with daily.<br /><br />xxxBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484695553612265127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-26215440544020677582010-02-23T12:57:15.635-05:002010-02-23T12:57:15.635-05:00Really, really well put.
And as I write that, I w...Really, really well put.<br /><br />And as I write that, I wish that you had never had to write this at all. <br /><br />Sending many xoxoxoxo'sKimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04051199795831166004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-61214453174966995832010-02-23T10:56:45.369-05:002010-02-23T10:56:45.369-05:00I am happy you have found blogging. I find that i...I am happy you have found blogging. I find that it helps me with my grief in many ways. <br /><br />Always thinking of you! xxJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349971620040597427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-5832203605923889722010-02-23T10:52:37.283-05:002010-02-23T10:52:37.283-05:00Blogging has truly changed my life too. I am so g...Blogging has truly changed my life too. I am so glad that you are in it now.HereWeGoAJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457680345376171720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-71738088979968663332010-02-23T10:51:34.965-05:002010-02-23T10:51:34.965-05:00love you angie.love you angie.ezra'smommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342399045659116165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-20533550952807156802010-02-23T09:36:14.712-05:002010-02-23T09:36:14.712-05:00"I used to test the bruise to see if it still..."I used to test the bruise to see if it still hurts. Start conversations about her to see if I could manage. " WOW, that just sums it up what I've been doing the last 5 plus years... I'm still mourning for Alex... my heart still aches for him, I guess it's just not as raw. And I find myself crying about the "what ifs" as I celebrate Leia's 4th Birthday today. <br /><br />Much Love,<br />Mimluke515https://www.blogger.com/profile/17208042917503238673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-13426903152527376462010-02-23T09:10:49.017-05:002010-02-23T09:10:49.017-05:00Thank you Angie. You always put into words what I&...Thank you Angie. You always put into words what I'm struggling to make sense of, but this is exactly what I was trying to explain to my best friend on Sunday as I sat in the snow at the park crying into my mobile phone.<br />My pre teen and teen girls had just had a fight over lunch and threw food at each other, I lost the plot, and fled the house crying.<br />It's all the everyday stuff and my daughter is dead too!<br />Sending you much love.xJeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423818333034603238noreply@blogger.com