I am so glad you're back.
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If laughter is the best medicine,
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| User: "bunny" |
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13 Jun 2004 01:18:39 PM |
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I really missed you.
I have to tell you, you helped get me through a really hard time a few weeks
ago, and you didn't even know it. You were a really big presence in my head
and an immense comfort.
We lost our dear little cat Twitch. She finally died, at the age of twenty.
We have five other cats, but Twitch was really special. She was, on an
emotional level, really like a child to me, she was my little
kitty-daughter. I used to whisper to her, "you're my best friend".
She was one of the great loves of my life.
Like you and Wally.
I thought about you and Wally so much. It helped me so much because in the
strong grief and pain, I knew that I wasn't alone. I knew that there was
someone else who knew just what this was like. Wally was one of the great
loves of your life. I felt like I had a sister out there who had been where
I was, I knew there was someone else who understood this very well, and you
and Wally were a significant comfort. I was, and am, very grateful that you
shared everything you did about you and Wally, during his life and when you
lost him.
I wish I could tell you what that has meant to me. There really aren't any
words. In so many ways, you have been a strong personal blessing for me.
God bless you, wombn. God bless you.
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: Bunny |
13 Jun 2004 02:57:59 PM |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 18:18:39 GMT, "bunny" <bunny@nospam-blarg.net>
wrote:
I really missed you.
I have to tell you, you helped get me through a really hard time a few weeks
ago, and you didn't even know it. You were a really big presence in my head
and an immense comfort.
We lost our dear little cat Twitch. She finally died, at the age of twenty.
20!! WOW
We have five other cats, but Twitch was really special. She was, on an
emotional level, really like a child to me, she was my little
kitty-daughter. I used to whisper to her, "you're my best friend".
She was one of the great loves of my life.
Like you and Wally.
:-)
I thought about you and Wally so much. It helped me so much because in the
strong grief and pain, I knew that I wasn't alone. I knew that there was
someone else who knew just what this was like. Wally was one of the great
loves of your life.
absolutely.
I felt like I had a sister out there who had been where
I was, I knew there was someone else who understood this very well, and you
and Wally were a significant comfort. I was, and am, very grateful that you
shared everything you did about you and Wally, during his life and when you
lost him.
*sniffle*
I wish I could tell you what that has meant to me. There really aren't any
words. In so many ways, you have been a strong personal blessing for me.
God bless you, wombn. God bless you.
{{{{{{{{ Bunny }}}}}}}}}}
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Nina" |
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12 Jun 2004 08:27:03 PM |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:15:50 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
I am so glad you're back.
Ditto.
Nina
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| User: "bunny" |
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13 Jun 2004 01:47:43 PM |
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During the times I'd pop in and read the newsgroup when I wasn't posting, I
always looked for and read your messages. You didn't know I was reading,
but I was. You do something so well that is so valuable -- you articulate
your inner process in such a clear, truthful way that makes it possible and
even easy to understand stuff that is by its nature hard to understand.
Stuff that takes so much hard digging into vulnerable, personal spots -- you
do that work, and then describe and share what you learned and how you
learned it. I have needed those insights very much, and you just laid them
out for me so I could say, yes, that is how it is. That's what these
feelings have been about! That's the same thing, that's why I've been doing
that same thing!
A lot of the time when I've been working on trying to understand something
about myself, I've had part of the picture, but I know there's something
missing. There's another component that's driving the whole thing that I
haven't gotten a handle on yet. Then I've read you, and what do you know -
you provided the answer! You filled in the missing piece for me. You
nailed it, and you not only nailed it, but you laid out a rather complicated
dynamic so clearly that I could really understand it and immediately
identify with it.
Then, just as icing on the cake, your prose is so graceful, it's a pleasure
to read just on a literary level alone. The articulation *alone* is
valuable as an example of how to say something in a beautiful way worthy of
publication -- and you're even providing insights that are hard won and hard
to come by!
Do you know what an amazing gift that is? I think you should make sure you
stop and take moments just to think, "Damn! I am one fine woman." Maybe I
could talk Michael into making you do it. :-)
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| User: "Trishamolson" |
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14 Jun 2004 11:39:21 AM |
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Bunny!!!
It is great to see you and your thoughtful words (again)
Rosena :)
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| User: "bunny" |
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14 Jun 2004 01:20:07 PM |
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Rosena! You champion!
Proud is an awkward word, and it would be fitting if I were your mother or
something, but I can't think of the right word and proud is the one that has
been coming to my mind while I've been reading you here - please substitute
the correct one, as a wordsmith like you is well able to do, I'm sure --
I've been so proud and admiring of you and what you have been doing, and so
glad for you. What you are doing with your education and career is just
wonderful. That you have found a way to pursue this, to be with Maria, to
get back into something that is an essential part of who you are -- it's
just wonderful. I know you've had to make some hard choices and struggle
against some old demons, and you've been *doing* it! You've been
confronting them, pressing forward, and doing it! It's very, very
inspiring. Your life force and instinct for survival is so strong. Look at
where you have survived, where you have been and where you are going -- so
much strength.
You're a very brave woman.
I actually wanted to e-mail you when I first read about your return to
academia and what you were doing - I was so excited by it. I thought you
might not remember who I was and it would seem weird and intrusive to have a
stranger writing personal things to you, like who is this person to get all
excited about my life? So I didn't write, and now you have given me the
opportunity to be able to tell you, for which I thank you very much!
Yay Rosena! <-- This has been going on from my computer in my house for
some time now as I've been following your saga, only now you know it! *many
hugs!*
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| User: "elegy" |
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12 Jun 2004 09:05:12 PM |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:15:50 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
I am so glad you're back.
me too!
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"what does my body have to do
with my gratitude?" (ani d)
http://shattering.org
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| User: "bunny" |
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13 Jun 2004 02:08:01 PM |
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elegeeeeeee! :-)
I have been enjoying the hell out of your animal stories! What a journey
you've been on. I've been following with interest your adventures in the
workplace, all the crap you've had to deal with, all the good stuff,
cheering when you dealt with your sister (sheesh! what a pain! but you did a
stand-up job, better by *far* than I would have done at your age), and then
your babies...oh, your babies!
I love that you opened your heart to ratties. A lot of people just hate
them, but I've been in love with ratties since I was 13. It was so cool to
read and see, elegy is part of the Rattie Sisterhood! Yay!
And Luce. What a character! I count on Luce and Bruno stories.
One of the things that you do that is so cool is, you talk about the whole
experience. You share both your love and delight in the animals and also
the challenges and the parts that are a pain in the butt. It's so true, the
stuff you write. You tell the truth. I love animals like crazy; it's one
of the major parts of my life, and my pets are a huge deal to me - but while
I love them dearly, there are parts of the equation that are a pain in the
butt. It's wonderful, but it's not all sentimental Darlings From Heaven
every minute. I have grinned toothy grins reading your descriptions of some
of those more gritty, less sentimental parts. You are such a crack-up!
Keep those Luce stories coming! :-)
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13 Jun 2004 03:23:31 AM |
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 01:15:50 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net> wrote:
I am so glad you're back.
Bunny is a terrific person.
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| User: "bunny" |
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13 Jun 2004 02:28:24 PM |
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Michael is a soulful, intelligent man who continues to amaze by having one
of the best senses of humour around here while dealing with some of the
hardest circumstances that can be imposed on a human being. To me, your
endurance and success at surviving the way you have is a strength of
character that amounts to heroism. You're a quiet hero, Michael.
On top of that you managed to win the love of, and give love to, one of the
best women around! Pretty neat trick there! And in the area of significant
others, you call Fred mate, and it's fun for him to have someone who calls
him mate. So thank you. :-)
My heart ached for you when you were worried about losing Barney, and then
when you lost him...and now, having to live without him. You and Barney
have been very meaningful to me and Fred, because of our cat Twitch. I know
Fred was *really* indentifying with you and Barney because both you guys had
the experience of losing your practically lifelong friends. Twitch was
truly Fred's oldest friend. She was the only one who had loved Fred for so
long, the only surviving friend whose love he could always count. When you
explained about your relationship with Barney, you can see how that
reverberated in our household. Michael knows. Michael understands how it
is with Fred. I knew that wombn would understand how it was with me, and
Fred knew that Michael would understand how it was with him. You and Barney
helped me too.
Thanks, Michael. And thank you for the hilarious exchanges you and Alan
have when pulling each other's chains - you guys are like a virtual stand-up
act! :-)
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