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By: Omaha Mama

Omaha Mama — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:31:58 +0000

Here from Mad Hatter, who thinks this post is perfect. I wholeheartedly agree! Just beautiful.

Strangely enough, I totally relate to this (I, a lowly school teacher).

When I was young, I was convinced that with the proper hair and make-up artists, I could look just as good as Cindy Crawford. Because she had brown hair like me. My annoying friends didn’t agree.

That something special inside, isn’t it a bright self-awareness, and self-love, that is so often squashed after years of school, friends, and life?

We all matter. Somehow.

Right?

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child of the heart » cribchronicles.com — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:13:08 +0000

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By: ewe_are_here

ewe_are_here — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:47:37 +0000

Fabulous post. Just fabulous.

congrats on your perfect post award for this. It’s truly deserving.

By: lisa b

lisa b — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:18:46 +0000

Bon this is beautifully written. I also have been the victim of Victorian children’s novels.
Quite recently I have been to the edge of where you sang your baby. I sang to mine too, despite the harsh lighting and the lack of privacy I finally knew the importance of what you describe here.
Congratulations on your well deserved perfect post. This is post is truly perfect in so many ways.

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A Perfect Post - September ‘07 | Petroville — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:46:28 +0000

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By: Damselfly

Damselfly — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:19:50 +0000

Wow, that’s beautiful. Sometimes it’s hard to know what really matters, but clearly you’ve got it figured out. Thanks for sharing.

By: Crunchy [On The Inside] :: What she said… :: September :: 2007

Crunchy [On The Inside] :: What she said… :: September :: 2007 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:17:37 +0000

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By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:05:44 +0000

I am utterly humbled by your words. You – like my sweet Kate – have a way of cracking me wide open in just a few short paragraphs, of making me see things that I have not yet seen, know things that I didn’t realize I know.

How could such wisdom, such heart not matter?

And as for Kate, having met her this summer, and having the privlidge of being in her space for a relatively short time, I can only say that this is so, so very true:

“Liam made me matter so much less to myself. He rendered me fully, made me into someone who can finally just be with people, see them, see into them, listen properly, calmly, without just tuning out in favour of my own internal monologue.”

You are both the sort of people who make the world better, just by being.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:51:16 +0000

Thanks for these words. Sometimes I wonder about whether what I’m doing matters.

But then I realize it’s those moments that satisfy my soul.

By: Beruriah

Beruriah — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:47:34 +0000

I wish I didn’t know exactly the stage you’re describing.

Beautiful post.