Comments on: 22 months http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/ The shape of daily life. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: daisy http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-34117 daisy Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:57:05 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-34117 hope you don't mind me dropping in here - i stopped off via debacherous and dishevelled and had to say that this post is possibly the most meaningful and powerful thing i can remember reading. i'm not usually one for gushy comments but i so appreciated this. thanks for sharing it. hope you don’t mind me dropping in here - i stopped off via debacherous and dishevelled and had to say that this post is possibly the most meaningful and powerful thing i can remember reading. i’m not usually one for gushy comments but i so appreciated this. thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: kellyrae http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29973 kellyrae Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:54:08 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29973 thank you for this. thank you for this.

]]> By: leah http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29926 leah Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:34:25 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29926 wow. i love your ability to put your whole self onto the page. what a beautiful gift. wow. i love your ability to put your whole self onto the page. what a beautiful gift.

]]> By: Susan http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29901 Susan Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:32:02 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29901 Wow, I just have to comment as a fellow early childhood teacher (although sans children of my own) how it is both comforting and renewing to read your observations and tender words regarding your son. Toddlers are a force to be reckoned with and I love how you describe his sense of wonder and immediacy as "a sudden riptide". Your ability to see the little and joyous moments in childhood and wrap them up in a delicious box for all of us to enjoy with you is so wonderful. Take care and keep it coming! Wow, I just have to comment as a fellow early childhood teacher (although sans children of my own) how it is both comforting and renewing to read your observations and tender words regarding your son. Toddlers are a force to be reckoned with and I love how you describe his sense of wonder and immediacy as “a sudden riptide”. Your ability to see the little and joyous moments in childhood and wrap them up in a delicious box for all of us to enjoy with you is so wonderful. Take care and keep it coming!

]]> By: Lynne http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29897 Lynne Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:45:24 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29897 As I read your words, I am filled with the knowing that all will be okay for you. You will come through the dark spots in tact -- perhaps sometimes bruised -- perhaps sometimes stronger -- but always meaningfully changed. You'll be okay because you GET IT. You get the fact that none of us are guaranteed an easy path. You get that there are challenges that are meant to be dissected, pondered, and appreciated, even though they may never be fully understood. You get the connections between things; how Bean has been the catalyst for an evolution in the way that you and your husband love each other. They say that with age comes wisdom -- and perhaps that is sometimes true... but I think that wisdom comes from experience -- and I feel priviledged to have the opportunity to experience a part of life that I have never known (having children) through your blog -- and even more than that, to be reminded, through your incredibly beautiful use of language, that we all have a choice. Every day, we choose whether to remain as we are... or grow. As I read your words, I am filled with the knowing that all will be okay for you. You will come through the dark spots in tact — perhaps sometimes bruised — perhaps sometimes stronger — but always meaningfully changed. You’ll be okay because you GET IT. You get the fact that none of us are guaranteed an easy path. You get that there are challenges that are meant to be dissected, pondered, and appreciated, even though they may never be fully understood. You get the connections between things; how Bean has been the catalyst for an evolution in the way that you and your husband love each other.

They say that with age comes wisdom — and perhaps that is sometimes true… but I think that wisdom comes from experience — and I feel priviledged to have the opportunity to experience a part of life that I have never known (having children) through your blog — and even more than that, to be reminded, through your incredibly beautiful use of language, that we all have a choice. Every day, we choose whether to remain as we are… or grow.

]]> By: clk http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29859 clk Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:45:46 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29859 You are amazing. amazing. ck You
are
amazing.

amazing.

ck

]]> By: Crazy MomCat http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29830 Crazy MomCat Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:28:14 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29830 This just made me tear up. Aren't we lucky to have these little beautiful things in our lives, Christina? I mean, really...aren't we just so damn blessed? This just made me tear up. Aren’t we lucky to have these little beautiful things in our lives, Christina? I mean, really…aren’t we just so damn blessed?

]]> By: Sandy http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29818 Sandy Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:19:15 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29818 I love TIME's cover: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20061225,00.html To everyone who creates and uses the WWW. Excerpt from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html?aid=434&from=o&to=http%3A//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1569514%2C00.html "Seriously, who actually sits down after a long day at work and says, I'm not going to watch Lost tonight... I'm going to blog about my state of mind or the state of the nation or the steak-frites at the new bistro down the street? Who has that time and that energy and that passion? The answer is, you do." I am glad we all find th energy to post a little about ourselves and what is important in our lives, and work endlessly to build a community and support group. I love TIME’s cover: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20061225,00.html
To everyone who creates and uses the WWW.

Excerpt from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html?aid=434&from=o&to=http%3A//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1569514%2C00.html
“Seriously, who actually sits down after a long day at work and says, I’m not going to watch Lost tonight… I’m going to blog about my state of mind or the state of the nation or the steak-frites at the new bistro down the street? Who has that time and that energy and that passion?

The answer is, you do.” I am glad we all find th energy to post a little about ourselves and what is important in our lives, and work endlessly to build a community and support group.

]]> By: Johanna http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29779 Johanna Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:30:54 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29779 I'm reading this yet from another side, feeling something in between being a child and being a mother, sometime ... your writing touches me deeply. Your words travel beyond time. * I’m reading this yet from another side, feeling something in between being a child and being a mother, sometime … your writing touches me deeply. Your words travel beyond time.

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]]> By: melissa http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29741 melissa Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:22:12 +0000 http://mytopography.com/2006/12/17/22-months/#comment-29741 thank you for this beautiful piece. here i am, 9 years into parenting 3 of my own (9,8,&6) and i feel exactly as you describe. i keep thinking it will slow down soon, but i am worried that it won't until the kids are in college. wouldn't that be sad. thanks for your wise words. i am sending the link to my hubby...what could be more important for us to talk about during our down time during the holidays. peace. melissa thank you for this beautiful piece. here i am, 9 years into parenting 3 of my own (9,8,&6) and i feel exactly as you describe. i keep thinking it will slow down soon, but i am worried that it won’t until the kids are in college. wouldn’t that be sad. thanks for your wise words. i am sending the link to my hubby…what could be more important for us to talk about during our down time during the holidays. peace. melissa

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