tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post4666660907628586367..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: Dear (enter name here),Marylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-55968045324267937672011-06-13T07:34:38.642-07:002011-06-13T07:34:38.642-07:00Antares Cryptos - You didn't need to bring you...Antares Cryptos - You didn't need to bring your own beverage...I'm sure we have lots, but thank you. I'm glad you caught up on your sleep. It is the separate, parallel experiences that are so interesting, so connective, the stuff of kindred spirits. My wish is that as we speak and link and comment, even those who choose to remain silent know they are not alone. :DMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-63067003929189602522011-06-11T07:20:06.445-07:002011-06-11T07:20:06.445-07:00Dear Marylinn,
Settling in after a refreshing 11 ...Dear Marylinn,<br /><br />Settling in after a refreshing 11 hours (!!!!?) worth. Thank you for saving me a spot by your camp-fire, brought beverage of choice, whatever it may be.<br /><br />We don't have shared experiences, but somehow connect, shared individuality. <br /><br />I am with Claire and her wonderful way with words. :) Whether friends family or even our non-human friends, no it is not a myth. <br /><br />Other times, during those moments "We read to know that we're not alone" (C.S. Lewis)Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-84831307806605632812011-06-10T09:33:42.132-07:002011-06-10T09:33:42.132-07:00Robert - You are indeed a fortunate soul, the more...Robert - You are indeed a fortunate soul, the more so for having the wisdom to know it. In many lives there are the supportive others but, for whatever reasons, the pain continues and full benefit of the comfort isn't realized. I am so glad for your affirmation that finding our own completeness with the strength of another is not a myth. I always appreciate your comments, thank you.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-51808746869044296062011-06-10T09:27:35.232-07:002011-06-10T09:27:35.232-07:00Claire - Thank you, for that is exactly what it is...Claire - Thank you, for that is exactly what it is...my trying to find clarity, self-acceptance and a celebration of quirks formerly thought of as undesirable. "Let each step to the music he hears..." xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-63970431454336561032011-06-10T09:25:07.647-07:002011-06-10T09:25:07.647-07:00Angella - The double burden of bearing our unique ...Angella - The double burden of bearing our unique natures AND, too often, being made aware of how far outside the norm they are thought to be is more than one can tolerate. Odd ought not to be treated as an affliction. Thank you. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-13630013049884963282011-06-10T09:21:46.856-07:002011-06-10T09:21:46.856-07:00Maggie May - Thank you so much. Nice to see you. ...Maggie May - Thank you so much. Nice to see you. I will do my best to visit you...soon.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-72535476823079203442011-06-10T09:21:02.708-07:002011-06-10T09:21:02.708-07:00Antares Cryptos - There is a place by the campfire...Antares Cryptos - There is a place by the campfire, when you catch up on sleep. See you soon.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-41259765004057111002011-06-10T09:16:27.803-07:002011-06-10T09:16:27.803-07:00Jayne - The one who brings the marshmallows is alw...Jayne - The one who brings the marshmallows is always well-received. And the charring only means the insides will be pure gooey goodness. In our virtual, band gatherings, we DO get to sit around the campfire, laughing, weeping, manifesting various forms of self. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-90313036406382360342011-06-09T21:03:02.982-07:002011-06-09T21:03:02.982-07:00Maybe it is just my luck on my part but I do not b...Maybe it is just my luck on my part but I do not believe that "we are all wells of loneliness" or that it is a myth that we are fully completed by another.<br /><br />Luck that I am partnered with one who compensates for the others weaknesses, who benefits from our differential strengths. At a time when I was so ill and ready to die, Nancy gripped my hand and kept me from going there. Everything we have built, accomplished and savored has been a joint operation. I have never been alone since I met her, we cannot imagine life with out one another. Damn I am lucky.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-51000957040502085902011-06-09T12:55:35.297-07:002011-06-09T12:55:35.297-07:00Dear Marylinn, you are a treasure with a gift for ...Dear Marylinn, you are a treasure with a gift for steadying, for firming ground. It is as if, as you write yourself towards clarity and self-acceptance, you write us a way there, too. Thank you. xoClaire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-83198947216243124492011-06-09T11:07:15.339-07:002011-06-09T11:07:15.339-07:00This: "We are not all designed to fit, with e...This: "We are not all designed to fit, with ease and elegance, into every situation; we have regions of screaming discomfort and it is important to let that be acceptable."<br /><br />This is what I need to hear. Thank you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-89104990932596151692011-06-08T16:30:48.906-07:002011-06-08T16:30:48.906-07:00I really loved reading this. Thank you.I really loved reading this. Thank you.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-66570157356473087512011-06-08T14:50:39.271-07:002011-06-08T14:50:39.271-07:00I'll have to catch up.
Too sleep-deprived to a...I'll have to catch up.<br />Too sleep-deprived to absorb;)Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-8216070929650323192011-06-08T12:21:11.611-07:002011-06-08T12:21:11.611-07:00Oh my, Marylinn. A good friend you are, bringing t...Oh my, Marylinn. A good friend you are, bringing the main course. For dessert, I'd like to bring some marshmallows to the campfire. Now, if we could sit around together and roast those life really would be perfect. Of course there's always the risk of charring them.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-40436506257505928282011-06-08T09:15:46.343-07:002011-06-08T09:15:46.343-07:00Ginny - Not only rusty but not always staying clos...Ginny - Not only rusty but not always staying closed, a bit sprung on the side. Thank you. I could tell you tales of hems, bra straps, shoes falling apart, popped buttons...in junior high, a turtle pin whose plastic gem really was put back with a dot of chewing gum. What a class act, huh? xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-68497742221847450832011-06-08T09:07:59.171-07:002011-06-08T09:07:59.171-07:00My very rusty safety pins and I thank you! Just t...My very rusty safety pins and I thank you! Just the words I needed to read this morning.<br />xo GinnyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-31284792691819153382011-06-08T08:20:16.322-07:002011-06-08T08:20:16.322-07:00Rachel - A goodly number of rocks, enough for all....Rachel - A goodly number of rocks, enough for all. And aren't I glad to have saved all that string? Any day that I don't shake to pieces like a badly-tuned jalopy is a good day. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-33842061242588780882011-06-08T08:16:36.880-07:002011-06-08T08:16:36.880-07:00Sabine - We may be temporarily marooned, but not a...Sabine - We may be temporarily marooned, but not alone. I am glad for such company here. Thank you.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-84373520447845720372011-06-08T08:13:00.680-07:002011-06-08T08:13:00.680-07:00Isabel - If I have been able to do any flame tendi...Isabel - If I have been able to do any flame tending, I am grateful. So many tender hearts. Thank you.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-53083445270739200382011-06-08T08:10:56.940-07:002011-06-08T08:10:56.940-07:00T. - So many ways to run aground...hidden reefs, s...T. - So many ways to run aground...hidden reefs, submerged wreckage. I am so glad this found you at the right moment. Thank you. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-57841185901674727572011-06-08T08:08:02.328-07:002011-06-08T08:08:02.328-07:00Penelope - The band gathers, this time by the camp...Penelope - The band gathers, this time by the camp-fire, each of us a loop in the paper chain that, somehow, miraculously, holds. Thank you. If our dross-thoughts don't sink us, it could be a fine day.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-14276565651384207802011-06-08T07:40:42.583-07:002011-06-08T07:40:42.583-07:00Somewhere along the line we were taught to be &quo...Somewhere along the line we were taught to be "divinely composed" beings (Helene Cixous). Or at least outwardly so. Here's to chicken and fear and joy and stubbed toes and crying about whatever we damn well feel like crying about. We are emotional beings. Cheers.<br />Thanks for the rock on which to tether. <br />xoRachelVBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312736736551027564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-85779468106532450852011-06-08T01:53:34.741-07:002011-06-08T01:53:34.741-07:00That's just what I needed to read right now. T...That's just what I needed to read right now. Thank you!Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-38023914383962716132011-06-07T21:33:48.652-07:002011-06-07T21:33:48.652-07:00Thank you for tending the flame of the hearth (hea...Thank you for tending the flame of the hearth (heart).Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-37521560074726704032011-06-07T18:11:55.683-07:002011-06-07T18:11:55.683-07:00Oh..oh...oh....
I'll come back to this piece ...Oh..oh...oh....<br /><br />I'll come back to this piece again and again. How did you know it's exactly what I needed today?<br /><br />Chicken.<br /><br />One thing for me has been the fishing pole that my late husband bought my oldest son when he was about eight, then never took him fishing. I think I've finally let go of that one, but for many years it carried me with it along with a lot of tender hurt. I was caught on that hook.<br /><br />Thank you for this.<br /><br />xxooT. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.com