Comments on: Process http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/ The shape of daily life. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: tanya http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4676 tanya Thu, 04 May 2006 20:15:34 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4676 great post, christina. it is so nice to be able to work by yourself, using your body to work out the frustrations of the mind - ah, that alone time. moms and daughters... ugh. barn board is valuable stuff to the right person - absolutely love it. my stepmother and i used to make picture frames, bird houses, anything we could with the stuff and sell it to the consignment/craft shop in town. people would eat that stuff up! great post, christina. it is so nice to be able to work by yourself, using your body to work out the frustrations of the mind - ah, that alone time. moms and daughters… ugh.
barn board is valuable stuff to the right person - absolutely love it. my stepmother and i used to make picture frames, bird houses, anything we could with the stuff and sell it to the consignment/craft shop in town. people would eat that stuff up!

]]> By: Leigh http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4618 Leigh Wed, 03 May 2006 17:05:35 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4618 Hi Christina, thought provoking...as we all have, had, or are mothers. Someone mentioned the book Mother Daughter Wisdom by Dr. Northrup which I was too busy to read so I got the audio version. Great for driving! Fascinating and healing. Also, a dear friend of 20 years just gave me the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz - short and easy to read and absolutely relevant. I always look forward to your open hearted and beautifully written posts. Hi Christina,
thought provoking…as we all have, had, or are mothers. Someone mentioned the book Mother Daughter Wisdom by Dr. Northrup which I was too busy to read so I got the audio version. Great for driving! Fascinating and healing. Also, a dear friend of 20 years just gave me the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz - short and easy to read and absolutely relevant.
I always look forward to your open hearted and beautifully written posts.

]]> By: Imelda/greenishlady http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4579 Imelda/greenishlady Tue, 02 May 2006 15:53:51 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4579 As always, a great post, written with heart and openness. Mothers. There was a trace of that stuff in my relationship with my mother, but now that she's in a nursing home and hardly capable of any communication, I'd gladly have any one of those past uncomfortable and edgy conversations we might have had rather than none. Some people just get in a habit of carrying negativity - finding that pessimistic "but" to put in there, and if you're out of the habit of being with negative people, (as you may be) it has a worse effect when you come up against it again. You become sensitised to it. I'm just rambling into my headspace here. No idea if it's relevant to your situation. Sorry! As always, a great post, written with heart and openness. Mothers. There was a trace of that stuff in my relationship with my mother, but now that she’s in a nursing home and hardly capable of any communication, I’d gladly have any one of those past uncomfortable and edgy conversations we might have had rather than none. Some people just get in a habit of carrying negativity - finding that pessimistic “but” to put in there, and if you’re out of the habit of being with negative people, (as you may be) it has a worse effect when you come up against it again. You become sensitised to it. I’m just rambling into my headspace here. No idea if it’s relevant to your situation. Sorry!

]]> By: Jean http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4570 Jean Tue, 02 May 2006 06:21:32 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4570 I can't remember how I found your blog, but I'm always amazed and impressed with your visualizations and descriptions. I look forward to reading each time. DH & I are building a house, but we are lucky to not have a deadline. I wish you smoothness, luck and skill as everything comes together. I can’t remember how I found your blog, but I’m always amazed and impressed with your visualizations and descriptions. I look forward to reading each time. DH & I are building a house, but we are lucky to not have a deadline. I wish you smoothness, luck and skill as everything comes together.

]]> By: tinker http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4569 tinker Tue, 02 May 2006 05:21:14 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4569 As a mom of 2 grown daughters, I thank you for reminding me of a truth that I know, but forget from time to time - a mother's words have a power unlike any other... I will make a remark (casually, thoughtlessly - as though I'm talking to just any other woman or friend - rather than remembering this Mother WordPower) - then I see the look of "What does THAT mean?" come over their face and I cringe inside, remembering how I felt when my mother said things that made me feel that way. (sigh) Hopefully, each generation gets a little better at circumnavigating this territory of words. As a mom of 2 grown daughters, I thank you for reminding me of a truth that I know, but forget from time to time - a mother’s words have a power unlike any other…
I will make a remark (casually, thoughtlessly - as though I’m talking to just any other woman or friend - rather than remembering this Mother WordPower) - then I see the look of “What does THAT mean?” come over their face and I cringe inside, remembering how I felt when my mother said things that made me feel that way. (sigh)
Hopefully, each generation gets a little better at circumnavigating this territory of words.

]]> By: Katie http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4568 Katie Tue, 02 May 2006 01:39:17 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4568 Moms and daughters always have such complex relationships, the way we say one thing when we mean another and then disect the whole conversation afterwards. I have three sister and I have always said I would be scared to have a daughter. What a joy it will be when you are finally moved in :) Moms and daughters always have such complex relationships, the way we say one thing when we mean another and then disect the whole conversation afterwards. I have three sister and I have always said I would be scared to have a daughter.
What a joy it will be when you are finally moved in :)

]]> By: la vie en rose http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4567 la vie en rose Mon, 01 May 2006 21:32:51 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4567 this post speaks of hope. it speaks of healing. it speaks of that age-old battle between dependence and independence. it's a beautiful and tiring dance. this post speaks of hope. it speaks of healing. it speaks of that age-old battle between dependence and independence. it’s a beautiful and tiring dance.

]]> By: Charmaine http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4559 Charmaine Mon, 01 May 2006 13:22:22 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4559 It's so wonderful to read -- you're being honest with yourself about your experience and still allowing yourself to process the events. I'm so excited for you and your family to be in your new home. And by the way, my Josh would be absolutely envious of that stack of wood you described. It’s so wonderful to read — you’re being honest with yourself about your experience and still allowing yourself to process the events. I’m so excited for you and your family to be in your new home. And by the way, my Josh would be absolutely envious of that stack of wood you described.

]]> By: Lu http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4558 Lu Mon, 01 May 2006 12:44:20 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4558 you have such a creative way with words. I love to read your writing. you have such a creative way with words. I love to read your writing.

]]> By: samantha http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4557 samantha Mon, 01 May 2006 12:34:48 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/04/30/process/#comment-4557 KA-CHUNK. That was me, falling over from the beauty and truth you've given us. So beautiful. And we will all dance happily when you leave that apartment behind and move into your true home. KA-CHUNK.

That was me, falling over from the beauty and truth you’ve given us. So beautiful.

And we will all dance happily when you leave that apartment behind and move into your true home.

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