tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post4310559399591799439..comments2009-12-07T10:31:04.318-08:00Ellecubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124902217006060520noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-43866424252368757442009-12-07T10:31:04.318-08:002009-12-07T10:31:04.318-08:00i am really sorry that you are going through such a huge loss. just know that we are all here for you. i agree with your friend, write your blog posts from your heart just like you did with this post. your friend is smiling down on you for sure! and her legacy will live on through you and your blog. much love &amp; hugs!!Melitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13697060059681626806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-14475716260255352482009-12-07T09:45:13.706-08:002009-12-07T09:45:13.706-08:00I love how this post ends. And again, I&#39;m so sorry about your loss, and I hope your healing process has begun. xoxoxoxoxoxoCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07991004097457907855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-15917014767423982402009-12-06T08:17:02.589-08:002009-12-06T08:17:02.589-08:00Thank you all for your condolences and lovely and heartfelt comments. They mean so much to me.<br /><br />@Pam I agree that our stories do connect us and that is why it is good to write about the struggles as well as the triumphs. Sending loads of ((hugs)) your way.<br /><br />@Linnea Thank you so much for your thoughts and for the reminder to express on this blog who I am and what I am feeling. Thanks for sending ((hugs)) across the miles<br /><br />@Christine: Thank you so much for reminding me that my friend would be proud. Somewhere in all of this, I forgot that she would be happy that I was carrying on. <br /><br />@Steffi: Thank you so much for your comment. It made me cry tears of joy. I think sharing your vulnerable, struggling, radiant self happens in pieces. I started by sharing parts of myself on Twitter and now I do it on my blog and on Twitter. Perhaps you could do something similar. Sending loads of ((hugs)) and love your way.<br /><br />@Lavanya: My condolences are your recent loss. Sending loads of ((hugs)) your way. Thank you for the reminder to consider the lost person. I find reminding myself daily to think what she would think of my actions to be helpful. <br /><br />Thanks again lovelies!Ellecubedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00124902217006060520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-17407346759979070722009-12-05T07:37:27.396-08:002009-12-05T07:37:27.396-08:00I am so sorry about your loss. Big hugs. You are absolutely right- it is important for our creative spaces to reflect us in all our mixed dark and happy lights. I recently lost a loved one too- but what kept me going was the fact that it would&#39;ve hurt the person more if I had stopped. Your friend would be very proud of you. Much love.Lavanyahttp://purplepaperplanes.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-14840497116328189862009-12-04T22:47:35.926-08:002009-12-04T22:47:35.926-08:00Your post makes me cry. So wise and true and full of love.<br /><br />I am most touched, moved and inspired by people like you who are willing to share their true, vulnerable, struggling, radiant, unique selves. I&#39;d like to learn to do this more and more.<br /><br />Sending loads of love!Steffihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09768406366926000931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-39995515308832943322009-12-04T16:33:02.614-08:002009-12-04T16:33:02.614-08:00I am so very sorry about your friend.<br /><br />I think she would be so proud of you and the way you persist and INSIST on keeping on. She would be proud of how you are using her memory. She would be proud of the lessons you are learning. She would be proud of the love and the lack of bitterness.<br /><br />Much peace.Christine Claire Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06493217175737227097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-16319323011338660272009-12-04T14:21:00.931-08:002009-12-04T14:21:00.931-08:00I am so sorry about the death of your friend. What a horrible thing to go through. I know today must be hard, and I&#39;m sending you hugs and love across the miles.<br /><br />And she sent them to you across dimensions with today&#39;s arrival of the audiobook.<br /><br />By all means, be everything you feel, and share it. Apart from the fact that it will keep you physically and mentally healthy, someone may stumble across this blog one day and read the thing that helps them break free.Linneahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160163335941092292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050329897250739703.post-739306650031984312009-12-04T14:13:28.163-08:002009-12-04T14:13:28.163-08:00((HUGS)) sorry to hear about the death of your friend.<br /><br />I do agree, though, that it is important to write about the things that everyone covers us and doesn&#39;t talk about. I, too, know the shame of being abused and of feeling like there is something about discussing it that will make people turn away or reject me. But I also know that when I read or hear of someone else who made it through and out <b> I </b> have that feeling of &quot;Oh thank Gods, I&#39;m not the only one, I WASN&#39;T crazy for thinking/feeling/doing that&quot;... <br /><br />Our stories connect us, and through the stories of the bad times we help others up and out as well... <br /><br />((HUGS))Pam/Moon'sLarkhttp://frozennowhere.com/noreply@blogger.com