tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post809515491960065207..comments2024-03-29T03:53:25.372-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Thoughts, Deep And OtherwiseMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44602972704944083882016-09-28T12:02:54.510-04:002016-09-28T12:02:54.510-04:00Loving and appreciating IS the most important. I s...Loving and appreciating IS the most important. I say that as a girl who was fortunate to be close to my grandparents when I was young and as a parent who is so fortunate to have my kids' grandparents (my parents) close and involved. <br /><br />I think sometimes about writing again. I seem to be in a word-free space. Steph(anie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01345590378662641435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-45091446544540910202016-09-28T11:19:01.120-04:002016-09-28T11:19:01.120-04:00I think it's natural to hit a "dry spell&...I think it's natural to hit a "dry spell" when you wonder if what you're writing is really up to par, or what you want to say, or otherwise doubtful. I certainly go through those spells. I for one admire you for your frankness and your openness. I think you walk the line between revealing too much and not enough in just the right place.<br /><br />I often think I've fallen into the "today I did this" vein -- and then I think, well, is that so bad? I mean, as long as we try to imbue it with some element of feeling and/or humor, it is what it is, you know? It's life.<br /><br />I quit blogging for a while about six years ago and I remember how surprised I was when so many people protested and said they'd miss me. I didn't think anyone was paying much attention at all! You'd be surprised to know how many followers are out there who would miss you should you stop. (Including me!)<br /><br />Life is routine. But routine is comforting -- even when it's someone else's routine that we have made our own.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-50719008644339509962016-09-28T09:58:49.490-04:002016-09-28T09:58:49.490-04:00there are times when I don't have much to say,...there are times when I don't have much to say, wonder if I'm running out of interesting stuff and just repeating myself. I don't post nearly as often as you do but I do try to post 2 or 3 times a week. and yeah, some of it is this is what I did today. I don't seem to be telling stories as much as I did at first or editorializing on current events. oh well. ultimately I guess my blog is for me so I guess I'll keep it up as long as I enjoy it.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-35132549179089571882016-09-28T08:13:41.064-04:002016-09-28T08:13:41.064-04:00Mary I would miss you so much if you stopped writi...Mary I would miss you so much if you stopped writing. I come here every day to see how you are and however you show up is perfect, no matter what you write about, I am happy and interested to hear it. I think I slow down in my blogging when I start judging what I'm writing, and imagining others are judging it too. The thing is I don't judge anyone else the way I judge me and when I let that judgement hamstring me, then I'm shutting down my own outlet and place of healing, because the friendships I have made here are powerfully healing, to know that beyond the specifics of experience we are the same under the skin. It's powerful. And the love I feel for you and your family at this point is so real. So I hope you will keep writing about anything that is true for you in the moment and I will keep reading, always. Trust me, Facebook, Instagram, snapchat, they are not the same. The sharing is not as deep or as true. Please don't stop writing. I don't plan to stop either even though I do get shy sometimes. But I wont stop writing because I'd miss my friends here too much. So let's keep gathering around the table, holding hands, enlarging our worlds, deepening them. I love you so very much. Always. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-36951708080044794672016-09-28T08:01:02.060-04:002016-09-28T08:01:02.060-04:00I agree 100% with what Liv wrote, I for one, hope ...I agree 100% with what Liv wrote, I for one, hope you never stop writing. <br />xoxo<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-51067048264766461062016-09-28T06:26:54.559-04:002016-09-28T06:26:54.559-04:00Please write. That is all. Please write. That is all. sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00433184291061135740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-65015348194978685732016-09-28T02:52:03.704-04:002016-09-28T02:52:03.704-04:00Well this post and these comments rock, Mary. I ha...Well this post and these comments rock, Mary. I have slowed down but have no intention of stopping. I sure hope you won't either!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77141999996667577972016-09-28T02:02:43.581-04:002016-09-28T02:02:43.581-04:00My own words have been dried up for some time now....My own words have been dried up for some time now. I think I used to be more confident of my own worth than I am now, perhaps. Hmm. <br /><br />Magnolia looks like a teenie Communist dictator in that black hat. And the photo of Jessie is brilliant. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-30046635899516401492016-09-27T23:05:52.402-04:002016-09-27T23:05:52.402-04:00It's okay not to write sometimes, I think. And...It's okay not to write sometimes, I think. And I know that it's been hard for me to blog lately--well, ever since moving here, and ever since I have felt like my life, and what I say about my life, doesn't just affect me any more. And also how the narrative has changed and I'm not sure how to write that. But god, i'm so glad for blogs, for yours, for all the people I've met through reading you. The ordinariness of all of it is a testament to the fact that our lives MATTER. The stuff that the outside world says doesn't matter, or is trivial or is too minor to matter (maybe the female stuff? yes--I think that's what these blogs, yours, do for me, they tell me that a woman's life matters). Anyway, rambling. But so glad you are here and are writing and not-writing sometimes.Ramona Quimbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308882206677929003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-47488482632023117912016-09-27T22:11:21.196-04:002016-09-27T22:11:21.196-04:00I hope you never stop writing. I, and so many othe...I hope you never stop writing. I, and so many others need you. Is that selfish? Maybe a little. <br /><br />I hope there will always be blogging. I am on Facebook now but not really enjoying it all that much. It is a time sucker. As I have always said about Facebook, it is not keeping us in touch but out of touch with one another. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-63950413324972233682016-09-27T21:33:49.241-04:002016-09-27T21:33:49.241-04:00They really are so gorgeous, those kids of yours. ...They really are so gorgeous, those kids of yours. I was looking at my 15 year old and seeing what a beautiful being he is, it's amazing! <br /> I sometimes feel a similar way and start to say nothing, just watch and experience and feel and see what comes up in me without saying it out loud. It becomes a path that I have to eventually make a point of breaking out of though it feels very comfortable.big mamabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06758974733590946010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-38541443277887347282016-09-27T21:27:24.768-04:002016-09-27T21:27:24.768-04:00I don't hear you say you are going to stop wri...I don't hear you say you are going to stop writing or my brain just won't go there. You are my friend now. I care about you and your whole family. It's a daily visit. I'll take anything you've got and I'm happy. You are just my Mary and I love my Mary. Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015888228309968515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-57149643716570263622016-09-27T20:57:56.275-04:002016-09-27T20:57:56.275-04:00Mary, Mary, Mary. I love what you write. I come ...Mary, Mary, Mary. I love what you write. I come to my computer in the morning with my coffee or tea to hear what you have to say. I feel like you are talking to ME. I've been reading you for a long time though I don't often comment. I really feel like I'd have lost a friend if you stopped writing!<br />Carolcarolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-44402293197816805362016-09-27T20:20:47.681-04:002016-09-27T20:20:47.681-04:00I was thinking that the other day. What would it b...I was thinking that the other day. What would it be like if these people stopped writing, or even slowed down, as one of my fav. blogs has? How would my life change? I think I've been reading you for a good 7 years, so obviously I think I "know" you. I've read the hard times, the very hard times, the good ones and just about everything in between. I still find you vastly interesting, no matter what you write about. When you talk about the mundane, it never strikes me that way. I can honestly say I don't think I've ever felt bored with one of your posts.<br /><br />It is also, for me, like being a part of something. I don't have family or anyone to turn to to say "How was your day?" So to come here, and to other blogs, and sort of check in is very comforting. I'm sure I wouldn't feel that if I didn't love you in a way, so that is important too. To have someone out there who cares enough to share a part of their day with me makes me feel loved in a way too. To slow down is only natural, especially if you've been doing it a long time, but (no pressure..ha)if you stopped all together, that would definitely have an effect on my life. Nothing lasts forever, that is life, but I sure do hope there is still a lot of Mary to come.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.com