tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post9130393517881441015..comments2023-10-31T08:09:25.281-07:00Comments on T.: ProtectionT. http://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-81619510034399957932012-06-11T08:30:47.498-07:002012-06-11T08:30:47.498-07:00I think some people are just born innate nurturers...I think some people are just born innate nurturers. Maybe it's genetic, the compassion and care compulsion, whether for people, plants, animals, stories. If you saw my window sill filled with tiny pots nurturing the leaves that fell off my old jade plant, you'd know how much this post resonates with me. I try not to mourn anymore, but note the sadness and let it flow out like the tide, and try to accept the strange ways of the world.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-87471190815433842662012-06-08T22:03:52.834-07:002012-06-08T22:03:52.834-07:00Important to toughen; also important to stay open....Important to toughen; also important to stay open. But you seem to know that well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-100927402121918042012-06-08T04:45:43.670-07:002012-06-08T04:45:43.670-07:00I like the opening image of the cucumber. Nice way...I like the opening image of the cucumber. Nice way to get into this.Michelle Elvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00503119577895402738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-47029385260835570662012-06-07T05:44:54.717-07:002012-06-07T05:44:54.717-07:00It's the mothering/caring instinct that gives ...It's the mothering/caring instinct that gives us so much joy T.<br />I talk to/admire/praise each one of the plants in my garden as I water each day. I don't know if it makes them grow stronger, but it makes me feel good to do it. Last night my BIL had to put his dog of 14 years to sleep and a few members of the family joined a virtual circle and held him, his kids and lovely old Brutus in our hearts as he gently slipped away. <br />These simple acts of love make the world a better place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-87166247182123739092012-06-07T01:27:35.028-07:002012-06-07T01:27:35.028-07:00Thankyou for all these offerings...a joy to read. ...Thankyou for all these offerings...a joy to read. The rain I shall always think of waterfalls now when it gets to me. Words from the kitchen a lot of fun. And your mothering instinct..<br />precious.Helen McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429062682694815734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-80995016596745390572012-06-06T22:22:08.049-07:002012-06-06T22:22:08.049-07:00I loved this.I loved this.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-75419748678940221572012-06-06T21:36:17.084-07:002012-06-06T21:36:17.084-07:00I once had a neighbor that wasn't so normal......I once had a neighbor that wasn't so normal...one day I was standing in my front window, and a ten-year-old neighbor girl fell off her bike and got twisted up in the spokes right in front of my house. The not-so-normal neighbor (a galumphing giraffe of a man) was walking by at the same time, and he STEPPED OVER HER. Honest to god. I ran out, untangled her from the bike, and walked her and the bike home. I'm HAPPY to be "normal".T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-67229051341572490592012-06-06T21:32:55.570-07:002012-06-06T21:32:55.570-07:00I agree with Cro! But I also know that sometimes ...I agree with Cro! But I also know that sometimes my heart feels really protected, hard, impenetrable. Then it feels odd to open it up so those normal feelings of empathy can work their magic.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-87691996891032203752012-06-06T21:13:40.025-07:002012-06-06T21:13:40.025-07:00Thanks Cro.
Always good to be reminded of normalc...Thanks Cro.<br /><br />Always good to be reminded of normalcy ;)T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-33679172631661613842012-06-06T21:08:48.855-07:002012-06-06T21:08:48.855-07:00But isn't that normal? Surely it's the one...But isn't that normal? Surely it's the ones who DON'T feel as you do, that are the odd-balls.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com