Comments on: Fears and events and prayers, Part I http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/ In my life, there's almost nothing a long drive can't make better. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:37:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Julie http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-7774 Julie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:03:39 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-7774 I had been left outside in my snowsuit by my dad at a very young age while my mom was at a cermics class and made to feel like it was ok. Then taken to sit oustside a state prison as i awaited to be taken in as a "baD Kid" as my dad told me as i had sworn at my younger brother!] I have 4 children of my own now and know that I have to forgive him for he did the best he knew how with the knowledge he was given! But Good God!!! I had been left outside in my snowsuit by my dad at a very young age while my mom was at a cermics class and made to feel like it was ok.
Then taken to sit oustside a state prison as i awaited to be taken in as a “baD Kid” as my dad told me as i had sworn at my younger brother!]
I have 4 children of my own now and know that I have to forgive him for he did the best he knew how with the knowledge he was given!
But Good God!!!

]]> By: I Never “Realized” « Potted Frog http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-7651 I Never “Realized” « Potted Frog Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:34:28 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-7651 [...] them four and three. (My brother was five, so we were all about a year apart in age.) Their father married my aunt, my mother’s sister. I do not remember being introduced. I do not remember wondering [...] [...] them four and three. (My brother was five, so we were all about a year apart in age.) Their father married my aunt, my mother’s sister. I do not remember being introduced. I do not remember wondering [...]

]]> By: Thursday Drive » Fears and Events and Prayers, Part III http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Thursday Drive » Fears and Events and Prayers, Part III Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:28:26 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-1368 [...] can read Part I here, and Part II [...] [...] can read Part I here, and Part II [...]

]]> By: Crazycath http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-661 Crazycath Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:05:38 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-661 Came over to part two from David McMahon's authorblog - so glad I read this first. Off to read part 2. Came over to part two from David McMahon’s authorblog – so glad I read this first. Off to read part 2.

]]> By: Dream « Wheels on the bus http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Dream « Wheels on the bus Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:20:46 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-656 [...] Please visit Jennifer at Thursday Drive.  Start with this post, then go to this one.  One by one, we will tell our stories, and no one can stand up to the [...] [...] Please visit Jennifer at Thursday Drive.  Start with this post, then go to this one.  One by one, we will tell our stories, and no one can stand up to the [...]

]]> By: Red Flashlight http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Red Flashlight Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:50:56 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-598 This post is a perfect snapshot. It resonates deeply because it feels so clean. You've left out the gory details, allowing the reader to imagine them by giving us just the right few. The several times I've sat myself down to write my own tale I always always disintegrate into a rant-fest complete with bawling and screaming at people who aren't here anymore. Getting past the anger feels like an unknowable ko-an. So I just accept the anger and move on. I've given up thinking I could tell my story because I feel the anger gives me shackles of incompetence. What have you done to get past it? Is that what also allows you to be 'funny, thoughtful, compassionate and beautiful?' I want to be funny, thoughtful, compassionate and beautiful, too! This post is a perfect snapshot. It resonates deeply because it feels so clean. You’ve left out the gory details, allowing the reader to imagine them by giving us just the right few.

The several times I’ve sat myself down to write my own tale I always always disintegrate into a rant-fest complete with bawling and screaming at people who aren’t here anymore.

Getting past the anger feels like an unknowable ko-an. So I just accept the anger and move on. I’ve given up thinking I could tell my story because I feel the anger gives me shackles of incompetence.

What have you done to get past it? Is that what also allows you to be ‘funny, thoughtful, compassionate and beautiful?’

I want to be funny, thoughtful, compassionate and beautiful, too!

]]> By: Thursday Drive » Fears and events and prayers, Part II http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Thursday Drive » Fears and events and prayers, Part II Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:59:52 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-589 [...] You can read Part I here. [...] [...] You can read Part I here. [...]

]]> By: Thursday Drive » Windows http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Thursday Drive » Windows Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:40:30 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-507 [...] may have come to understand that I was raised by a difficult (let’s embrace the euphemism) woman who was not my [...] [...] may have come to understand that I was raised by a difficult (let’s embrace the euphemism) woman who was not my [...]

]]> By: Blooming Desertpea http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Blooming Desertpea Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:59:53 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-499 This phenomenon called stepmother is still a huge mystery to me. Why is it so difficult to be nice to stepchildren? Why why why!! This phenomenon called stepmother is still a huge mystery to me. Why is it so difficult to be nice to stepchildren? Why why why!!

]]> By: Lisa Tobin http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Lisa Tobin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:08:51 +0000 http://thursdaydrive.com/2008/02/29/fears-and-events-and-prayers-part-i/#comment-487 Oh-you must write that novel! It was gripping! My husband has made lots of realizations about what he thought of his childhood and what was really happening--surprise, it also involved alcohol... Loved this! Oh-you must write that novel! It was gripping!
My husband has made lots of realizations about what he thought of his childhood and what was really happening–surprise, it also involved alcohol…
Loved this!

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