tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post1265145622367543872..comments2024-03-28T15:12:21.172-04:00Comments on calvin's story: alone with my thoughtsChristy Shakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-82385429510989308282017-09-28T03:35:05.687-04:002017-09-28T03:35:05.687-04:00A quote from Oriah:
'We live in a culture tha...A quote from Oriah: <br />'We live in a culture that reveres the heroic, but so much of life is about a more quiet kind of courage.' (Oriah) <br />I think it needs all kinds. And I'm convinced you are doing more than your share. Courage.Elsewherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205062128898300234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-63991348943402188652017-09-20T23:17:09.670-04:002017-09-20T23:17:09.670-04:00I love what you have written today. Days all blur...I love what you have written today. Days all blur nights too. One crisis to the next. It never really ends. I was just thinking there are so many healthy children would it have been so hard to just have given me one?? How life would have been so different. Andiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027163638314511943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-71454606081648870722017-09-20T13:32:39.508-04:002017-09-20T13:32:39.508-04:00I feel you, totally Christy. In fact, what severe ...I feel you, totally Christy. In fact, what severe special needs parent has not had similar thoughts? You expressed them so beautifully though. Thank you for being such a strong clear voice. You ARE helping! Nancy Bea Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833697697334243593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-66391917310871663002017-09-20T12:22:35.503-04:002017-09-20T12:22:35.503-04:00i have noticed this happen on several occasions wh...i have noticed this happen on several occasions when we write about the same thing. yes, long days, weeks, months, years. xoxoxoxChristy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-19666345038691955262017-09-20T02:07:40.086-04:002017-09-20T02:07:40.086-04:00Oh, this is so beautiful Christy. I feel like we w...Oh, this is so beautiful Christy. I feel like we were on the same wavelength today as I wrote this afternoon something a bit like this. Maybe it's because we spoke today -- was it today? God, the days are loooooooooooooong, aren't they?Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-39803253746637121182017-09-19T20:27:22.004-04:002017-09-19T20:27:22.004-04:00thank you A. it is nice to know you are still out ...thank you A. it is nice to know you are still out there following. take good care.Christy Shakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106761191160700997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895440453335552117.post-57747710375354496102017-09-19T17:33:12.709-04:002017-09-19T17:33:12.709-04:00This is not offered to mitigate the serious, compl...This is not offered to mitigate the serious, complex questions of waste, purpose, exigency that many of us grapple with as caregivers of our severely handicapped children, and that many people in less extreme situations aren't necessarily pushed to confront, but I find importance and value in the detailed honesty of your writing. There's no doubt that the life I live with my daughter has connected me with the suffering of the world as a continuous undertone, an awareness that's always there. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06318174928862120631noreply@blogger.com