tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post4657650224495008303..comments2023-05-18T03:00:50.326-07:00Comments on Poetry of Flesh: Poetry of Fleshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00871932715491205605noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post-92171322261911420832010-03-17T21:34:31.966-07:002010-03-17T21:34:31.966-07:00Maurice,
So says you. ;P
Phoenixism,
Thank you....Maurice,<br /><br />So says you. ;P<br /><br />Phoenixism,<br /><br />Thank you. It's more work than I'll ever truly be able to tackle in this lifetime, but I'll try anyhow. Must. Fit. Whole. Pie. In. Mouth.<br /><br />Hannah,<br /><br />I seem the same links, the same circles and repetitions and one of the major reasons I try so hard to identify and stop my behaviors is so that this might be it, and any of the future generations of my cousins or even myself... it won't be as bad. And their children will be even better.<br /><br />SweetMagnoliya,<br /><br />I'm so family focused, yet so tentative at family gatherings. I've been trying more and more as the years pass to connect with my uncles and aunts, get to know them and their stories, enjoy them, before they're gone.<br /><br />Matt,<br /><br />We're in complete agreement. I want to break that view of myself.Poetry of Fleshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00871932715491205605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post-84944155581077227942010-03-15T21:17:20.149-07:002010-03-15T21:17:20.149-07:00Grim, pal. It's easy to think of ourselves in...Grim, pal. It's easy to think of ourselves in terms of a narrative that starts before our parents and ends somewhere after our progeny. Totally limiting though. Identity can be so much more than that.gfhgvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869391596356023924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post-60920906900964769112010-03-15T13:20:27.031-07:002010-03-15T13:20:27.031-07:00If you still have 10 people at your family gatheri...If you still have 10 people at your family gatherings then you still have a "big" family compared to me. My father died when I was 9. My grandparents on my fahters side died when I was still a baby. My Moms Mom died when I was 16, My Moms dad died when I was 24. <br /><br />My imediate family lives 3000 miles away. I got to see them in November and my Mom, my brother, my 24 year old son, and my 26 year old daughter were there for a total of 5. <br /><br />The rest of my family is scattered all over the east coast. Cherish the times you have with your family, because nothing lasts forever accept the memorys.Susan Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037363900819522754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post-56454872995338781792010-03-13T17:05:11.162-08:002010-03-13T17:05:11.162-08:00I relate to the fear that we are links in a chain....I relate to the fear that we are links in a chain. I don't have the same lineage. Women, I mean. It's both sexes, different disorders on the same spectrum, winding around each other. I wish to take a sledgehammer to both of our chains.<br /><br />At the same time, I trust your strength. The strength that I see<br />hidden in sentences structures.<br /><br />Thank you for continuing to make me feel less alone.hmla2599https://www.blogger.com/profile/13059799766743811221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post-77984303348773376892010-03-13T07:08:27.444-08:002010-03-13T07:08:27.444-08:00This is a very thoughtful post.
Reading it re-op...This is a very thoughtful post. <br />Reading it re-opened some self-scrutiny on my part.<br />A sense of past, a sense of history. Even if we took no part in it, the sense of familial lineage leaves its mark on you. <br />Confronting it, being shamelessly vulnerable to it, and best of all, questioning it; these are the first steps. <br /><br />I think you'll do fine.Phoenixismhttp://www.phoenixism.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186930289760870447.post-23245855992625575192010-03-13T01:53:08.992-08:002010-03-13T01:53:08.992-08:00No, it's not.No, it's not.mauricenoreply@blogger.com