tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post8249422496724467886..comments2023-10-21T07:52:03.819-07:00Comments on Sojournering: Follow-upOTRgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433339525588500502noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-44074448651880842742008-01-29T15:02:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:02:00.000-08:00Just by putting "Taare Zammen Par" on Google, I go...Just by putting "Taare Zammen Par" on Google, I got several web sites. In fact, I could watch the whole movie again for free -- but on a web screen the size of a large postage stamp. For such a glorious movie, with its excellent camera work and its many scenes of beauty, the larger the screen the better.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing it again. If any readers are also <BR/>interested, a better translation from the Hindi is <BR/>"Each Child Is Unique".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-5177946224063218252008-01-27T18:58:00.000-08:002008-01-27T18:58:00.000-08:00I just want you to know I'm proud of how you handl...I just want you to know I'm proud of how you handled that. A good mix of firmness and compassion.<BR/><BR/>Mike Scudderflurphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014529602135032097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-45267009082213481272008-01-23T22:42:00.000-08:002008-01-23T22:42:00.000-08:00I've always found that line oddly comforting. Alon...I've always found that line oddly comforting. Along the lines of the "it's allright to cry..." idea. Underneath all the social niceness, there's a river of grief each person carries; sometimes the waters are deep and sometimes shallow, but the river is there.<BR/><BR/>I actually didn't know the context of the line, so thank YOU. That's lovely. I'm going to have to find the whole poem now.OTRgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433339525588500502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-10798225172367238412008-01-22T09:54:00.000-08:002008-01-22T09:54:00.000-08:00Your day with your dad sounds so... (for lack of w...Your day with your dad sounds so... (for lack of words on my part) lovely. <BR/><BR/>...that is one of my favorite quotes - as a matter of fact, I think that IS my favorite verse. <BR/><BR/>"Come away, O human child!<BR/>To the waters and the wild<BR/>With a faery, hand in hand,<BR/>For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."<BR/><BR/>Ironically, it used to be on my mind a lot when I was dealing with emotional trauma in my late teens and early 20's... now, it feels more a mantra for me to find a new fresh life for LN and me...<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Mama Nabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00873676249958692247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-35362026242207967322008-01-21T18:11:00.000-08:002008-01-21T18:11:00.000-08:00Just to clarify: my marriage was and is doing well...Just to clarify: my marriage was and is doing well, that's why the thoughts didn't make any sense! I think it was a parallel/mirror into what my neighbor was thinking that whole time. As soon as Ex moved out, the thoughts all stopped.<BR/><BR/>OTRmama, thanks for telling me that Mom had that, too. It's not something we ever got a chance to discuss.OTRgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433339525588500502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-65603342257700902042008-01-21T16:44:00.000-08:002008-01-21T16:44:00.000-08:00I hate the feeling of realizing I should have been...I hate the feeling of realizing I should have been praying for someone. For me it usually is more something that I see in someone else, or can see coming in their life, and my flesh reaction is to be annoyed by or judgemental of it. I have to work to remember that God shows it to me for the purpose of praying...and sometimes that realization comes a bit late.scarphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739443078497005864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-58113641503610328822008-01-21T15:15:00.000-08:002008-01-21T15:15:00.000-08:00It was a beautiful post. So glad your Dad is gett...It was a beautiful post. So glad your Dad is getting to visit you all. My children are the best thing that ever happened to me and when I can be with them is really special. Even if I get to talk to all of them in one day is a red letter special day. Your mom had that same gift - to "channel" people's emotions. It's probably called something else...but she got to understand that some of her intense emotions were coming from the people around her that God wanted her to hold in prayer, and not from her own "craziness". I think it was scary for her, too, when she felt like those emotions were of her making.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-82339931654960514662008-01-21T14:29:00.000-08:002008-01-21T14:29:00.000-08:00This is a beautiful post. Thank you for the remind...This is a beautiful post. Thank you for the reminder to take a step back from my emotions and consider how God may want to use them outside of myself...They could serve a purpose beyond driving me nuts! :)Wistful onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08462208715945351317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-31105583406040537872008-01-21T14:16:00.000-08:002008-01-21T14:16:00.000-08:00The mind, heart and spirit work in very interestin...The mind, heart and spirit work in very interesting ways sometimes. I'm glad you're on more solid footing now.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear about your neighbor. At least she was already planning to move. What a difficult situation, though. I hope she finds a place where her ex can't find her.B.E.C.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17692965288646024168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-24565707221936316172008-01-21T13:26:00.000-08:002008-01-21T13:26:00.000-08:00I can imagine it would be hard to know if an emoti...I can imagine it would be hard to know if an emotion is yours alone or "spiritual empathy" for someone else. I have a hard enough time figuring out my OWN emotions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-4544139692380443362008-01-21T13:02:00.000-08:002008-01-21T13:02:00.000-08:00I just added that movie to my Netflix queue (well,...I just added that movie to my Netflix queue (well, reserved it for when it releases on DVD) as I heard from a coworker that it's great. Glad to have that confirmed by someone else. How cool that you could travel so far in only 25 minutes. <BR/><BR/>Ugh, ugh, and ugh about the situation with your neighbor. And I'm sorry to hear that times were so tough for you and Jrex. I hope your neighbor finds peace, and that you and Jrex do, too.Snickollethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123630374052898460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17698318.post-52723237691392360382008-01-21T11:45:00.000-08:002008-01-21T11:45:00.000-08:00Glad you had fun with your dad. There are free con...Glad you had fun with your dad. There are free concerts in Stern Grove all summer. I always meant to go, but alas.<BR/><BR/>And I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor, and her ex-husband. And that you and JRex were so close to the brink (although I think it happens in the best of marriages.)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520269852156590259noreply@blogger.com