tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post8410920053677770357..comments2024-03-29T06:37:40.071-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Widow's WalkMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8605534575877137362011-09-19T19:18:12.372-04:002011-09-19T19:18:12.372-04:00Ms. Bastard-Beloved- When we build our house in Ap...Ms. Bastard-Beloved- When we build our house in Apalachicola, perhaps we shall put on a Widow's Walk and when you visit, you can sit up there and enjoy the vista. I'll be right by your side. Mr. Moon will bring us drinks.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-67595638058056843932011-09-19T09:40:57.203-04:002011-09-19T09:40:57.203-04:00I have always wanted an old house with a widow'...I have always wanted an old house with a widow's walk.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116577711704241625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-58437691012546618212011-09-18T21:28:01.890-04:002011-09-18T21:28:01.890-04:00Syd- Yes. That.
Denise- Oh honey. I needed one f...Syd- Yes. That. <br /><br />Denise- Oh honey. I needed one for the skinny guitar player. I know.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-91147114421632350412011-09-18T20:54:48.379-04:002011-09-18T20:54:48.379-04:00I could have used a widow's walk--the big fat ...I could have used a widow's walk--the big fat L.A. attorney version facing the downtown skyline. Is he on his way home? Now? How about now?Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-35027886201336533172011-09-17T13:58:03.889-04:002011-09-17T13:58:03.889-04:00I get that feeling when I just need some solitude....I get that feeling when I just need some solitude. Maybe I am going someplace that I really don't want to go, so I disengage. I know that I need some down time. Time to be quiet and get busy being and not doing.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-10027220862605994822011-09-17T10:51:01.146-04:002011-09-17T10:51:01.146-04:00Elizabeth- Sometimes I think it's just all too...Elizabeth- Sometimes I think it's just all too much and my "too much" gets smaller all the time.<br /><br />Elisabeth- Thank you for such beautiful words. I really do appreciate them. And yes, today, of course everything is better. Of course. It always gets there.<br /><br />Lisa- Yes. Those I would try. Bathtub fingerpaints. Thank you, sweet, for your words too.<br /><br />Jaye- Who knows? It is always a bit traumatic for me when dealing with Mother. Always. But it has mellowed, that feeling, as has she. This is a good, good thing.<br /><br />Ms. Fleur- Nah, I don't think it was Glen leaving. Not for one day. But I'm with you on the finger paint thing!<br /><br />Photocat- All is well and the glass wall is dissolved. Amen and thanks!Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-38556866303245245602011-09-17T07:31:54.831-04:002011-09-17T07:31:54.831-04:00I call that split off feeling you have my glass wa...I call that split off feeling you have my glass wall. Caught behind my glass wall. I can see you and you can see me but there is a barrier of safety between. (at least that is how I see it: safety/protection). It could be something completely different for you. <br />Neat to buy colors and paper for your Owen-bless his heart. Have a great weekend... Your man will be back soon.Photocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915353764183007346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-48001751202946999792011-09-17T00:07:57.290-04:002011-09-17T00:07:57.290-04:00My guess is that Glen's leaving may have trigg...My guess is that Glen's leaving may have triggered the dissociation. It's hard sometimes though to nail those triggers.<br /><br />Good move waiting on the finger paints. Harley is almost 6 and I'm still waiting.<br /><br />xoPetit fleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626110471501778855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-31882235847146221562011-09-16T22:47:25.979-04:002011-09-16T22:47:25.979-04:00Thank you for sharing your day with us.
Helping y...Thank you for sharing your day with us.<br /><br />Helping your mother/helping the doctor/helping yourself help both of them--this is trauma. Perhaps something needed you to get out of yourself--you needed to get away from you for a powerful reason. Only you can find the source of this. <br /><br />Sending you peace.Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53573645029831740022011-09-16T20:56:02.169-04:002011-09-16T20:56:02.169-04:00I just love your writing. I think you know that bu...I just love your writing. I think you know that but I'm just saying it again.<br /><br />Also - I have never been ready for fingerpaints - but the kind that are designed for use in the bathtub are nifty.Lisa Page Rosenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959648783502475353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-60850222590352593652011-09-16T20:41:25.899-04:002011-09-16T20:41:25.899-04:00For one who feels dissociated you write about it s...For one who feels dissociated you write about it so beautifully Ms Moon, and as you say, your sense of 'being there' will return. <br /><br />The things you describe here, especially your mother's developing dementia might be enough to trigger your own disappearance. These things are complex. <br /><br />Old feelings rise to the surface from past difficulties and can grab at us when we least expect. Hence perhaps the need to dissociate, to take a little time out. <br /><br />I know the feeling well, and the discomfort of it all but it will pass, as all these things do. <br /><br />Your image of the widows of old is so poignant. It matches your mood powerfully.<br /><br />Thanks, as ever Ms Moon, for your riveting writing. I only hope the pain of the experience that comes across in the writing has mellowed in the process and that Mr Moon comes home with a big grouper for your supper.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-66224611959463199472011-09-16T20:32:07.446-04:002011-09-16T20:32:07.446-04:00Dissociation -- disengagement -- I know that feeli...Dissociation -- disengagement -- I know that feeling and don't understand how it comes and goes so mysteriously.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-6091106853590379662011-09-16T20:19:38.969-04:002011-09-16T20:19:38.969-04:00Jo- Ah. Fall in love with a man and you take on so...Jo- Ah. Fall in love with a man and you take on so much. Mine has called and he is fine and coming home with fish. Again- I am lucky beyond belief.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-76598335707565479632011-09-16T20:01:40.121-04:002011-09-16T20:01:40.121-04:00Arnica is good for grounding. For things like jet ...Arnica is good for grounding. For things like jet lag. If you have some, maybe try taking one and see if it makes any difference? I'm not sure if it's the right thing, but it won't do any harm if it's not. <br /><br />Maybe it will feel better when Mr M is back home too. <br /><br />My friend's boyfriend is a fisher man. Deep sea, gone for weeks, dangerous, industrial sort of fishing. She's confident that he knows just what he's doing, and when she goes to pick him up after a trip he throws away his cigarette and jumps onto the dock to meet her while the crew cheer, and it's all very cinematic. I'd say she still worries a lot though.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.com