Comments on: Berry by berry http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/ notes from the crossroads of mother and father Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:27 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lesbian Dad http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-427002 Lesbian Dad Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:11:06 +0000 http://www.lesbiandad.net/?p=2402#comment-427002 Thank you, all. Thank you, all.

]]> By: rev2bebt http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-426972 rev2bebt Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:25:56 +0000 http://www.lesbiandad.net/?p=2402#comment-426972 Ah, yes indeed. The "magical thinking" of which Joan Didion so eloquently spoke is not limited to wishing the absent person back into the world. It is the recognition of a new "normal", where nothing has changed and yet everything has. May the recognition of such simple beauty last far beyond the time of fresh aching grief. Our hearts are with you. Ah, yes indeed. The “magical thinking” of which Joan Didion so eloquently spoke is not limited to wishing the absent person back into the world. It is the recognition of a new “normal”, where nothing has changed and yet everything has.

May the recognition of such simple beauty last far beyond the time of fresh aching grief. Our hearts are with you.

]]> By: Life Underage http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-426920 Life Underage Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:52:52 +0000 http://www.lesbiandad.net/?p=2402#comment-426920 Some of my greatest memories of my childhood--which now lacks a lot of remembrance altogether--are of days baking with my grandmother. She made sure I knew very early on the recipe for our family bread, for I'm the only grandchild to carry it on. When I grew older, we spend summers making jelly of all sorts: apple cinnamon, grape berry, strawberry. It's a warm feeling, like safety. I fear we don't bake with children hardly enough anymore. Those muffins looked scrumptious, by the way. Some of my greatest memories of my childhood–which now lacks a lot of remembrance altogether–are of days baking with my grandmother. She made sure I knew very early on the recipe for our family bread, for I’m the only grandchild to carry it on. When I grew older, we spend summers making jelly of all sorts: apple cinnamon, grape berry, strawberry. It’s a warm feeling, like safety. I fear we don’t bake with children hardly enough anymore.

Those muffins looked scrumptious, by the way.

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-426890 inadvertentgardener Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.lesbiandad.net/?p=2402#comment-426890 My favorite two things here: the photograph of the muffin with your daughter's face so beautifully hanging back in the bokeh, and the fact that your daughter extracted the berries from their caves. What a lovely post...and I'm so sorry about your friend. My favorite two things here: the photograph of the muffin with your daughter’s face so beautifully hanging back in the bokeh, and the fact that your daughter extracted the berries from their caves. What a lovely post…and I’m so sorry about your friend.

]]> By: MommyMelee http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-426867 MommyMelee Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:05:12 +0000 http://www.lesbiandad.net/?p=2402#comment-426867 Breathtaking. Breathtaking.

]]> By: Vikki http://www.lesbiandad.net/2009/07/berry-by-berry/comment-page-1/#comment-426832 Vikki Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:35:35 +0000 http://www.lesbiandad.net/?p=2402#comment-426832 You describe it perfectly and I know what you mean. I use a different image to describe similar but different circumstances that I've experienced. May you have more berries than shockwaves... You describe it perfectly and I know what you mean. I use a different image to describe similar but different circumstances that I’ve experienced. May you have more berries than shockwaves…

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