Comments on: Palimpsest http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/ notes from the crossroads of mother and father Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:43:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: What do lesbian parents feed their kids? « blue milk http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-182578 What do lesbian parents feed their kids? « blue milk Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:59:02 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-182578 [...] And while I’m talking great writing from LesbianDad, this from her, will break your heart clean in two. [...] [...] And while I’m talking great writing from LesbianDad, this from her, will break your heart clean in two. [...]

]]> By: hendo http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-181149 hendo Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:16:37 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-181149 Here via www.bluemilk.wordpress.com. I read a few of your other entries and I really like your blog. Just wanted to comment on this one because I get you on the grief thing. I understand the need to tell your story... I do the same thing. I talk about a friend who died four years ago - you never know what might remind you of them - and I wonder if it's ok, if it annoys other people or weirds them out. Sometimes I talk about him, sometimes I talk about what it was like when he died. But every time I decide that I don't care, because this is part of my life, part of his life, and it's ok. So keep your story, tell it proudly, I reckon. *** www.hendoaskswhy.wordpress.com Here via http://www.bluemilk.wordpress.com.

I read a few of your other entries and I really like your blog. Just wanted to comment on this one because I get you on the grief thing. I understand the need to tell your story… I do the same thing. I talk about a friend who died four years ago - you never know what might remind you of them - and I wonder if it’s ok, if it annoys other people or weirds them out. Sometimes I talk about him, sometimes I talk about what it was like when he died. But every time I decide that I don’t care, because this is part of my life, part of his life, and it’s ok.

So keep your story, tell it proudly, I reckon.

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http://www.hendoaskswhy.wordpress.com

]]> By: LesbianDad http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-96460 LesbianDad Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:28:24 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-96460 Thank <i>you</i>, all of you. Thank you, all of you.

]]> By: ohchicken http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-96452 ohchicken Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:20:56 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-96452 this entry makes me want to hug your neck and thank you for writing life so beautifully. this entry makes me want to hug your neck and thank you for writing life so beautifully.

]]> By: Vikki http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-91950 Vikki Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:05:31 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-91950 Miguel and I have joked about a thousand kisses before...tonight, I think I might give it a try. Miguel and I have joked about a thousand kisses before…tonight, I think I might give it a try.

]]> By: lulazoid http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-91388 lulazoid Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:49:20 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-91388 Unlike you, I do live in fear. Which is why I shower her with kisses every day. Butterfly kisses. And which is why your post struck a chord in my already fearful loving heart. Unlike you, I do live in fear. Which is why I shower her with kisses every day. Butterfly kisses. And which is why your post struck a chord in my already fearful loving heart.

]]> By: SJnky http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-90745 SJnky Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:15:54 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-90745 This must go in your "Best of" selection... I don't have kids yet - but I have 6 neices and nephews, and I could not imagine the pain that would come with losing one of those precious little lives. I am learning every day, and thanks partially to your blog, to be better parent, when and if that day will come. I want to savor - not simply survive. I hope I can. This must go in your “Best of” selection…

I don’t have kids yet - but I have 6 neices and nephews, and I could not imagine the pain that would come with losing one of those precious little lives.

I am learning every day, and thanks partially to your blog, to be better parent, when and if that day will come. I want to savor - not simply survive. I hope I can.

]]> By: Shereen http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-90545 Shereen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:45:34 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-90545 Made me cry. Again. At work. Again. My new daughter of only 5 weeks is 5 and a half. She came to Canada from a refugee camp at the age of 1, and into permanent care at the age of 3. For me, the subtext of most of our cuddly moments (of which there haven't been many until this past week, but a number that's increasing exponentially day by day) is all the harm in her past, and the resilience and grace that somehow moved her through it all, and to us; certainly damaged, but still strong and joyful and able to love. She has not had near enough kisses. We hope so fervently that we can make up the deficit enough that when she remembers her childhood, the lack will not always be the first thing that comes to mind. Made me cry. Again. At work. Again.
My new daughter of only 5 weeks is 5 and a half. She came to Canada from a refugee camp at the age of 1, and into permanent care at the age of 3. For me, the subtext of most of our cuddly moments (of which there haven’t been many until this past week, but a number that’s increasing exponentially day by day) is all the harm in her past, and the resilience and grace that somehow moved her through it all, and to us; certainly damaged, but still strong and joyful and able to love. She has not had near enough kisses. We hope so fervently that we can make up the deficit enough that when she remembers her childhood, the lack will not always be the first thing that comes to mind.

]]> By: mommymae http://www.lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-90279 mommymae Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:18:54 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/2008/04/08/palimpsest/#comment-90279 you write so beautifully about your glorious life. thank you for this today. you write so beautifully about your glorious life. thank you for this today.

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