Comments on: Perspective.

By: Nastasha A

Nastasha A — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:58:13 +0000

Candice,

I find myself gravitating to your blog whenever I need a good dose of reality, or semi-reality. Anyway that’s just my way of sayin you’re awesome that way; it’s hard to keep writing engaging and thoughtful, mixed in with the fun.

Great job with this post; it really is hard to tread quieter, intimate moments like those. A number of us can certainly relate. If it’s not been said, thank you as always for sharing!

By: The Constant Complainer

The Constant Complainer — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:27:32 +0000

Like you said, life experiences like that help put things in focus for the rest of us. Well said.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:15:12 +0000

thank you for all your sweet comments, folks! i appreciate it. certainly didn’t mean to make anyone cry. it’s weird having little experiences like the ones i described. just puts everything more into focus. appreciate life, i guess.

By: carissa

carissa — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:03:24 +0000

Oh wowsa that is deep. I’m sorry that your friend has been through so much. I doubt that even if you lost a 1000 mothers it would ever get easier. I feel so lucky that i haven’t ever directly had to deal with death, but sure the time will come and I fear how I will handle it…

By: tattytiara

tattytiara — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:36:13 +0000

I lost my mother. Five years later I still cry for her occasionally. Five hundred years later I probably still would. My mother lost a child. I would rather lose a hundred mothers than a single child. That pain is unbearable even to imagine.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:02:34 +0000

My thoughts are with your friend. Tragic. Sometime life sucks.

By: maggie

maggie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:36:28 +0000

I realise I’m pretty much excessively depressed these days and prone to uncalled for emotional breakdowns….

…but this entry totally made me cry. Seriously. I’m sitting here crying. I hate you just a little bit.

i won’t relay my own issues with death and family, but you did a very lovely job with this post. that is all.

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:16:31 +0000

I think the title of this summarises the article you’ve written beautifully. Losing someone is never easy.

By: Cammy@ClassroomConfessions

Cammy@ClassroomConfessions — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:19:49 +0000

I’m speechless.

I cannot even begin to imagine how hard that must be, for your friend, that lady on the bus…. Three years ago I spent two weeks in a hospice with my then boyfriend watching his dad die, and it is still one of the hardest things I have ever done.

You did an amazing job capturing this heartfelt story.

By: J

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:18:37 +0000

Dying…those sorts of diseases…it’s a fear that follows me. I think it follows us all, because it seems to require superhuman strength.

Beautifully observed.