tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post6504501465655958074..comments2024-02-11T03:39:05.836-05:00Comments on still life with circles: such is lifestill life angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-14566469028599930792011-04-16T18:32:58.479-04:002011-04-16T18:32:58.479-04:00It's taken me a long time to learn the differe...It's taken me a long time to learn the difference between understanding your emotions and being able to name all the technicolor variations in them and actually feeling them. Hope that, little by little, this very complicated journey starts to feel more like just you, walking.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673054313143096148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-85734234702904367232011-04-16T14:54:58.912-04:002011-04-16T14:54:58.912-04:00Hugs.Hugs.little vitu's momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278601777604552101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-8310229766779123052011-04-15T14:18:00.650-04:002011-04-15T14:18:00.650-04:00The Giraffe Princess announced in all her 9 yr old...The Giraffe Princess announced in all her 9 yr old innocence the other day how she was the only one in our family who was 'normal' and then starting with LBR and his asthma worked her way up through us all - and I thought to myself - "You are very much in the minority, my love. That doesn't seem like normal to me." You are so so normal, Angie, every bit of you. <br /><br />You have so much feeling, but it is your feeling, in your way and that doesn't have to everyone else's way. Maybe the drink helped for a while, but the drink wasn't the feelings and it wasn't the words you used to let them out either.<br /><br />Whenever I am really beating myself up about my way of being - my "not the same as everyone else's" way, my therapist asks "What is good about being like this?" It is always hard to answer, but always such a relief to stop beating myself up and realise it the way that I need to be right now for me.<br /><br />Willing you up this mountain.... xoLouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768707723539793390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-57217233396358267532011-04-15T07:17:35.207-04:002011-04-15T07:17:35.207-04:00You're awesome Angie, you really, really are (...You're awesome Angie, you really, really are (and I think Godot would be proud of you too!!)<br /><br />I believe your relationship with words will come back - I do. As you integrate your sobriety, I think it will all flow again. you are too good a writer for it not too.Fireflyforeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290560217994184778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-11135074914547818652011-04-14T05:50:08.549-04:002011-04-14T05:50:08.549-04:00If I ever quote Beckett, before or after 8AM, it&#...If I ever quote Beckett, before or after 8AM, it's a sign that my body's been taken over by a well-read pod person.<br /><br />I could say that I'm so sorry that you're having to deal with the struggle to stay sober on top of everything else but it's really more like I'm pissed off on your behalf. This just doesn't seem fair. I want things to be easy for you. I demand that the universe serve up some normal right now!<br /><br />It probably won't work. But know that I'm thinking about you and sending you strength from across the mighty Delaware.TracyOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227348728165440844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-70304174000455378752011-04-14T04:59:48.935-04:002011-04-14T04:59:48.935-04:00Once again thank you for sharing your heart so pur...Once again thank you for sharing your heart so pure... today is here... no worries for tomorrow. I have cliches but "Just for today.." I dunno that one makes sense? Thinking of you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-85480842105057104262011-04-13T20:12:40.743-04:002011-04-13T20:12:40.743-04:00You know you made me realise something very import...You know you made me realise something very important today - this is not my new normal. This is my normal. I hadn't thought about it like that before, but you are so right. And my counsellor says similar things about me. Some days I wish I could just switch off from the thinking.<br />I'm so proud of you in so many ways, Angie. And you're such a gifted writer.<br />Keep on keeping on. We're all here for you.<br />xoHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-23773697782579291992011-04-13T20:10:56.555-04:002011-04-13T20:10:56.555-04:00Angie, you stole my comment before I could get to ...Angie, you stole my comment before I could get to it, I was going to say that just like you are integrating Lucy's death into your life, and it no longer feels different, it just IS what is, I know that you will have the same relationship with not drinking too someday. And I know you will continue to write, when you can, when you will, and I know that I will continue to savor every single word that you share, because you are that good, that wonderful, that insightful...<br /><br />Abiding whether there are words or new posts showing up here or not. Always here, Angie.<br /><br />love,<br />sarahsarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316131078833658090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-20695238727039283682011-04-13T17:15:57.812-04:002011-04-13T17:15:57.812-04:00I'm thinking about you. I know this is hard.I'm thinking about you. I know this is hard.HereWeGoAJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457680345376171720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-65416506893310256072011-04-13T15:29:07.108-04:002011-04-13T15:29:07.108-04:00It's clear to me that you're a writer, and...It's clear to me that you're a <i>writer</i>, and I think you'll find a way to get the words and emotion and truth out again, but I wish it weren't so hard right now. I hope your office becomes home to you again, that you find a feeling of normalcy with your writing soon. <br /><br />I would say that Godot before 8 a.m. is probably okay, though it may be a slippery slope. If you start quoting Endgame, I'll be worried.ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347057746449071812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-79101650008872525662011-04-13T10:37:55.633-04:002011-04-13T10:37:55.633-04:00You wrote exactly what you needed to Angie.
Good ...You wrote exactly what you needed to Angie.<br /><br />Good for you for being honest with yourself and your readers. I hope you find a way to let your emotions flow while remaining sober. Maybe they are flowing just fine, but at a gentler pace than when fueled by alcohol.<br /><br />I hope this doesn't sound like I'm minimizing how disturbing your new dreams are but I still sometimes have dreams that I eat spaghetti and french bread before remembering that I cannot eat wheat. I call them the pasta dreams. Don't even get me started on the donut dreams!AnnaBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614241329182982677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-469190798433941432011-04-13T09:43:24.076-04:002011-04-13T09:43:24.076-04:00There is so much here, I don't know where to s...There is so much here, I don't know where to start. <br /><br />I think first off that you are emotional, but I understand the need to analyze those emotions (I'm an INTP so I get the living in your head). But my impression of you is someone who feels greatly and loves strongly, both great qualities.<br /><br />As for the drinking, I'm proud of you, Angie. It can't be easy. Try and be gentle with yourself. <br /><br />Remembering Lucy. xoMoniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188684792415196300noreply@blogger.com