Comments on: Stitches http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/ In my life, there's almost nothing a long drive can't make better. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: I know a place http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-36357 I know a place Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:00:13 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-36357 [...] as I was looking through some old posts, the ones that focus on my family, I came across a quote that my sister Ducky left in a comment: Sometimes what appears to be [...] [...] as I was looking through some old posts, the ones that focus on my family, I came across a quote that my sister Ducky left in a comment: Sometimes what appears to be [...]

]]> By: Thursday Drive » I know a place http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-6488 Thursday Drive » I know a place Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:22:25 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-6488 [...] as I was looking through some old posts, the ones that focus on my family, I came across a quote that my sister Ducky left in a comment: Sometimes what appears to be [...] [...] as I was looking through some old posts, the ones that focus on my family, I came across a quote that my sister Ducky left in a comment: Sometimes what appears to be [...]

]]> By: Ducky http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-276 Ducky Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:41:54 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-276 I'm reminded of something I heard in an interview on <a href="http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/listeninggenerously/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">Speaking of Faith with Rachel Naomi Remen</a>: <blockquote>Sometimes what appears to be a catastrophe over time becomes a strong foundation from which to live a good life. It's possible to live a good life even though it isn't an easy life.</blockquote> The ugly stitches are still there, but as we grow older, they continue to be transformed into something else. They could have done that, too, but they didn't. Not related (well, maybe a little), but my favorite moment from the interview is when Remen says that "Perfection is the booby prize of life." I’m reminded of something I heard in an interview on Speaking of Faith with Rachel Naomi Remen:

Sometimes what appears to be a catastrophe over time becomes a strong foundation from which to live a good life. It’s possible to live a good life even though it isn’t an easy life.

The ugly stitches are still there, but as we grow older, they continue to be transformed into something else.

They could have done that, too, but they didn’t.

Not related (well, maybe a little), but my favorite moment from the interview is when Remen says that “Perfection is the booby prize of life.”

]]> By: cce http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-132 cce Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:31:37 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-132 They say that writers must write what they know...so maybe to tackle this book you need to know a little more about these tricky feelings. Sometimes turning over rocks reveals a few slugs but sometimes there's something more brilliant and astounding there, tiny flowers trying to push there way through the muck and the shadows. Happy writing and happy soul searching. They say that writers must write what they know…so maybe to tackle this book you need to know a little more about these tricky feelings. Sometimes turning over rocks reveals a few slugs but sometimes there’s something more brilliant and astounding there, tiny flowers trying to push there way through the muck and the shadows. Happy writing and happy soul searching.

]]> By: Angela http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Angela Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:47 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-122 In my experience, it's as if the stitches begin to embed themselves deeper into the cloth, and while the pattern is still there, it is less noticeable. When I run my hand over the surface of my life, those stitches feel smoother with time and with a willingness to acknowledge their existence. And every once in a while, one will pop up and rub me the wrong way. But they matter.....it's important to attend to them I think. In my experience, it’s as if the stitches begin to embed themselves deeper into the cloth, and while the pattern is still there, it is less noticeable. When I run my hand over the surface of my life, those stitches feel smoother with time and with a willingness to acknowledge their existence. And every once in a while, one will pop up and rub me the wrong way. But they matter…..it’s important to attend to them I think.

]]> By: Thursday Drive » Bright, bright sunshiny day http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Thursday Drive » Bright, bright sunshiny day Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:20:36 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-121 [...] this one is pretty good so far. I want to thank you all for the very kind comments you left about yesterday’s post. I think I’ve figured out how I’m going to handle that situation, and I feel better [...] [...] this one is pretty good so far. I want to thank you all for the very kind comments you left about yesterday’s post. I think I’ve figured out how I’m going to handle that situation, and I feel better [...]

]]> By: Emily http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Emily Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:20:44 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-120 In my experience, they will be there, be the thing you look at, until you allow them to matter. Once you let them come out, face them, deal with them (for me, it took a year of writing), and ignore the people who tell you it is over and doesn't matter, then you will find a place for them that makes them much less important. In my experience, they will be there, be the thing you look at, until you allow them to matter. Once you let them come out, face them, deal with them (for me, it took a year of writing), and ignore the people who tell you it is over and doesn’t matter, then you will find a place for them that makes them much less important.

]]> By: JCK http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-119 JCK Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:28:45 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-119 I think that now, you are the weaver -the seamstress of the quilt. Those memories will be a part of you, make up you, but don't total who you are. I am very excited for you. You are a gorgeous writer and I love that idea of one word starting a whole process that generates a book... I think that now, you are the weaver -the seamstress of the quilt. Those memories will be a part of you, make up you, but don’t total who you are.

I am very excited for you. You are a gorgeous writer and I love that idea of one word starting a whole process that generates a book…

]]> By: slouching mom http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-118 slouching mom Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:41:37 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-118 i love the notion that one word can be the starting point for an entire book. very interesting. i love the notion that one word can be the starting point for an entire book.

very interesting.

]]> By: HRH http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/comment-page-1/#comment-117 HRH Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:42:21 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/04/stitches/#comment-117 I can't believe that you can take one word and spin it into 90,000. That is baffling. I can't wait to read the 90,000 because I enjoyed the introduction to the first. I can’t believe that you can take one word and spin it into 90,000. That is baffling. I can’t wait to read the 90,000 because I enjoyed the introduction to the first.

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