tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post1845567309309832295..comments2023-09-12T11:22:39.209-04:00Comments on From Paradise to Plan B: Reacting to ReactionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-52658883392972404592010-05-01T23:13:23.402-04:002010-05-01T23:13:23.402-04:00Thanks for showing us how to grieve. We love you ...Thanks for showing us how to grieve. We love you guys. Thanks for visiting us too. Having you here was comforting to those who miss you so much. Love you guys, KristenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-40356372153661717502010-04-27T15:23:20.912-04:002010-04-27T15:23:20.912-04:00I love your raw honesty Karen. It reminds me that ...I love your raw honesty Karen. It reminds me that we need to be so careful with each other in every situation, in every vulnerability and weakness. <br />Love you so much, JannaSteve and Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03799112318844308632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-58504598549475906422010-04-25T23:33:32.850-04:002010-04-25T23:33:32.850-04:00Just wondering how you are doing? Holding your hea...Just wondering how you are doing? Holding your heart in mine tonight. Hugs.Anna Flowergardengirlhttp://flowergardengirl.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-16260230538552609552010-04-25T19:56:04.196-04:002010-04-25T19:56:04.196-04:00Wow, Karen, hard to imagine people being impatient...Wow, Karen, hard to imagine people being impatient with your grief. I certainly believe you; it's just hard to imagine. And I think you hit the nail on the head with "some of them are simply revealing their own uncomfortability with the messiness of life". Most definitely.<br /><br />MichDaisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074990352248493598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-31488933949120121052010-04-22T23:13:56.235-04:002010-04-22T23:13:56.235-04:00I'm thankful that you are writing, too. You ar...I'm thankful that you are writing, too. You are an important person in my life through your thoughts, prayers and words. You are part of my community, and you "get it." That brings me a lot of comfort, so I'm not surprised that it does the same for others. XOXOGbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-54665441306356570822010-04-22T08:47:48.031-04:002010-04-22T08:47:48.031-04:00This grief thing is hard to understand and even pu...This grief thing is hard to understand and even put words to. I was sitting with a group of women yesterday and 'sharing' was difficult. To have to start at the beginning and work my way through the story was HARD. And then I walked away thinking I didn't convey what I wanted to convey. (another reason I love blogging so much) <br /><br />I'm glad you can be around people that you can just be with.. that don't ask a lot of questions. I have a girlfriend like that and we have been that person to each other through the years. We do share, but in our time.. but the continual, quiet presence is nice too.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256281745796890125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-33363809748535166992010-04-21T03:07:10.136-04:002010-04-21T03:07:10.136-04:00I never know what to do when I come here to your b...I never know what to do when I come here to your blog--but I know not coming---is not an option. If I can bring you any comfort at all--then I am grateful for that. I seem to be able to do that just a bit--and comfort in anyway at all is healing. <br /><br />My goal is to bring flowers when I come--those that bloom on the cloudiest of days. You have more cloudy and rainy days than anyone else in my internet world---and that grieves me. I am in the business of bringing joy through flowers--and there just doesn't seem to be a real one--that is good enough for your such pain. <br /><br />So I bring instead what is blooming in my heart which came from the Father--and he does have the right nurturing for your soul. So I try to listen to him and will myself with all my might---to be a good messenger. <br /><br />If I lived beside you---your garden would always be in bloom--I promise....<br /><br />hugs today...holding your heart in mine because that is the safest place I know.Anna Flowergardengirlhttp://flowergardengirl.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-52780673764967879552010-04-21T02:58:36.693-04:002010-04-21T02:58:36.693-04:00It's wonderful that you're going to contin...It's wonderful that you're going to continue to pour out your heart here. You have been such an amazing blessing to many through your grief and I know it's also bringing you healing.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing and touching me with your inspiring words.<br /><br />Much love,<br />JeriJerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848237236578681269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-19904381220873783942010-04-21T01:23:32.880-04:002010-04-21T01:23:32.880-04:00Out of the ashes of our pain comes the beauty of l...Out of the ashes of our pain comes the beauty of learning we have comforted others who mourn through our sharing. I feel it like it is a spiritual<br /> "human" hug from God. We receive and give "hugs" of comfort while mourning. Every person who hugs me or speaks words of comfort that touch me deeply I feel is a personal "human" hug sent from God. It is a part of His divine wisdom in healing and comforting us. I feel it is "Emmanuel" For all of us who have felt the life changing pain from the loss of one we love so dear I believe put's us a little closer to the heart of God. it is a shared pain that not everyone can grasp until they have gone through it. Actually its always a part of our journey in life. There really is never just going through it. I cling to the old rugged cross! Clinging in pain and promise that brings comfort and hope. The pain that God felt in seeing His Son there coupled with the promise and hope of heaven and glorious reunion makes everything bearable in God's divine design for our humanity. <br /> I loved the description you came up with of the life change of birth and death. It really makes a relatable sense that people can more easily relate to. Love and Hugs to you!Jackie johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32636055.post-34347256602095810682010-04-20T19:44:37.559-04:002010-04-20T19:44:37.559-04:00I am grateful that you've written about it, to...I am grateful that you've written about it, too. So grateful.<br /><br />I have had several students from yesterday's class tell me how much they appreciated getting both insight and concrete information they'd never known about. So: it sucks, but we do have something to give. (I guess that's an adequate theological summary!)<br /><br />Love you, Karen.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.com