tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post3983586657017597337..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: Time, inexorablyJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-85652913676717171752012-03-10T15:34:06.884+00:002012-03-10T15:34:06.884+00:00Excuse me, may I speak to your 6 year old for a mo...Excuse me, may I speak to your 6 year old for a moment? <br /><br />You are lovely and good, strong and wise. If anyone tells you different, they are talking about themselves, not you. Now, go play and sing and dance.<br /><br />Thank you, that is all.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-54330651888192244082012-03-09T15:56:58.953+00:002012-03-09T15:56:58.953+00:00Success can be far more terrifying than failure. I...Success can be far more terrifying than failure. It's a real rebellion, and it is never too late for it. Annie Proulx didn't start writing fiction until she was just about your age. Of course the 6 yo would feel as she does. What proof does she have of any other possibility? Just what you're making for her, and I know well how hard this is. And yet you're doing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-77399080849602652012012-03-08T23:15:14.575+00:002012-03-08T23:15:14.575+00:00Jean, hang on in there! There is light and life on...Jean, hang on in there! There is light and life on the other side, honestly.<br /><br />Just take small steps through that door, and think of all the freedom ahead.<br /><br />I'm thinking of you - please email if you'd like to.<br /><br />Jan xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-19022914222883875722012-03-06T19:25:46.677+00:002012-03-06T19:25:46.677+00:00Your kind comments all mean a lot. Thanks!
Litlo...Your kind comments all mean a lot. Thanks! <br /><br />Litlove, Tamar, and especially Dale, you all inspire me!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-41691319589104782522012-03-06T19:02:17.453+00:002012-03-06T19:02:17.453+00:00Dear Jean - fellow traveller on this life amazing ...Dear Jean - fellow traveller on this life amazing journey - as you say so clearly in this blog post. Our brains were "washed" early on and when we recognize that, we can conquer all!!<br /><br />I believe in you and hold you in my thoughts as we tread similar turf if only in different venues and with different dreams.<br /><br />Much love and many hugs and smiles,<br />Your old blogger buddy!Tamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044002688998890961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-3594169007193088762012-03-06T10:10:13.143+00:002012-03-06T10:10:13.143+00:00'Courage', Jean.'Courage', Jean.earlybirdhttp://mangetoutetc.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-63894223689453888892012-03-06T09:52:18.454+00:002012-03-06T09:52:18.454+00:00I've been through this myself - the sheer terr...I've been through this myself - the sheer terror of that real opportunity to take the things I needed and wanted but had always denied myself. I have no idea whether this is a road you would want to go down, but my GP prescribed me a low-dose anti-anxiety medicine at the height of my anxiety last year, and it was like a small miracle. With that insistent and obscuring anxiety gone, I suddenly saw clearly ahead and thought, why ever have I been making such a fuss about this? It's PERFECTLY reasonable! And it was like tumblers moving inside my mind, unlocking a vault that had been lurking there for years, storing the ghosts of ancestors past. I was highly reluctant to take anything, really did not want to; but it did help me enormously. You don't need pills, though, that's true, and you are stronger than you think, Jean. The child is doing all your thinking for you at the moment, but you are also a grown woman with significant competences and lots of Sending hugs.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-26982578427848936322012-03-06T02:41:53.189+00:002012-03-06T02:41:53.189+00:00As Vivien said, wish I was as young as you! Nevert...As Vivien said, wish I was as young as you! Nevertheless, something in me still refuses to identify with all the baggage that surrounds the word "old" and the fact of aging and its inevitable conclusion. Maybe I'm in denial but if so, what's wrong with denial? I may wake up with creaking bones every morning but also with enthusiasm for creative work, and so much still to do.<br />Be glad you've got a new life ahead of you, Jean, anything's possible!Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-57895598874785089232012-03-06T00:09:57.421+00:002012-03-06T00:09:57.421+00:00I think you not only wanted this change but need i...I think you not only wanted this change but need it, for your soul! It may be scary, something so new and different, but I do feel it'll be the right road for you. <br /><br />Getting nearish 60 is comparatively young these days (ah, wish I were that age again! - I'm a few years on). When you think how middle-aged many women of even 35 looked in the 1950s, it's obvious what an enormous change there's been. <br /><br />Anyway, hope you can keep as calm as possible, and all best wishes.Viviennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-28987860552263164152012-03-05T23:03:44.820+00:002012-03-05T23:03:44.820+00:00change is a death of sorts. with all the fear that...change is a death of sorts. with all the fear that fear of death brings. you are ALIVE, alive with possibilities and the desire for something more....<br /><br />all good wishes to you.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-86642655744270543122012-03-05T22:35:27.776+00:002012-03-05T22:35:27.776+00:00oh hugs Jean, I'm sorry you're feeling anx...oh hugs Jean, I'm sorry you're feeling anxious.Picahttp://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-70687895783210627292012-03-05T20:05:39.530+00:002012-03-05T20:05:39.530+00:00And maybe you're in the habit of defining all ...And maybe you're in the habit of defining all wrought-up anticipation as fear? Excitement doesn't really feel all that much different!<br /><br />xoxo<br /><br />Death of course is dawdling around the corner from all of us -- I think it's likely he was loitering closer to you in the old life than he will be in the new.<br /><br />I couldn't believe, really, that I could have a new life and be happier. But I could and I did. It's almost embarrassing, how much happier I am now: I feel such a fool for waiting so long. You're one of the main people who helped me get my courage up to do it, you know.<br /><br />xoDalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-89342658194852568412012-03-05T20:03:06.955+00:002012-03-05T20:03:06.955+00:00Sorry to hear about the suffering that goes along ...Sorry to hear about the suffering that goes along with the change, Jean. If it's any comfort, I've been preoccupied with mortality this whole year, as I come closer to 60 in September. I've wondered if it's a fear that there won't be time to enjoy the changes in my own life. The only help has been to try to laugh at myself, and try to stay in the moment. Hugs from here, too.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-84500585053947084672012-03-05T19:53:34.798+00:002012-03-05T19:53:34.798+00:00You can do it, Jean. *hugs*You can do it, Jean. *hugs*Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703056626322603467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-22159976785306314852012-03-05T19:45:13.802+00:002012-03-05T19:45:13.802+00:00Jean, I'm sure a major change in one's lif...Jean, I'm sure a major change in one's life can be both exhilarating and frightening. Aren't we humans strange with our mixed emotions? Wishing you strength and courage to follow this new path for you will find it a happier place - and no more bad dreams, hopefully!marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com