Comments on: Unexpected Acceptance http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/ the writing life with extra crunchy bits Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: meggie http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 meggie Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:27:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2948 I love the fact that we can get so much surprising support from complete strangers, who share our burdens, & experiences.<br/>My MIL, who had Alzhiemers, & had not recognized anyone for years, saw our son, & greeted him by name! Everyone was stunned. Small threads seem to remain, to reappear unexpectedly. I love the fact that we can get so much surprising support from complete strangers, who share our burdens, & experiences.
My MIL, who had Alzhiemers, & had not recognized anyone for years, saw our son, & greeted him by name! Everyone was stunned. Small threads seem to remain, to reappear unexpectedly.

]]> By: riseoutofme http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 riseoutofme Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2946 Being heard ... in blogland or earth land ... that provides the connect ... <br/><br/>Loud and clear Being heard … in blogland or earth land … that provides the connect …

Loud and clear

]]> By: FRITZ http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2941 FRITZ Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:32:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2941 When I was 19, I worked at a nursing home in which a wing was dedicated to dementia/Alzheimer's. A gentleman, very old with veins like rivers, was quite afflicted. Rarely speaking, he made little sense at all when he did. But one day, I found myself in his room for a quarterly update.<br/><br/>I asked him, "Do you remember your wife's name?" <br/>He said, "At the racetrack, like a brilliant star."<br/><br/>There will always be a connect, no matter how severe the autism, no matter how fragile person with cerebral palsy, no matter the twists of memory and thoughts of one suffering with Alzheimer's. When I was 19, I worked at a nursing home in which a wing was dedicated to dementia/Alzheimer’s. A gentleman, very old with veins like rivers, was quite afflicted. Rarely speaking, he made little sense at all when he did. But one day, I found myself in his room for a quarterly update.

I asked him, “Do you remember your wife’s name?”
He said, “At the racetrack, like a brilliant star.”

There will always be a connect, no matter how severe the autism, no matter how fragile person with cerebral palsy, no matter the twists of memory and thoughts of one suffering with Alzheimer’s.

]]> By: Nancy Bea http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 Nancy Bea Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:37:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2939 <i>Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.<br/>Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted,<br/>And human love will be seen at its height.<br/>Live in fragments no longer.<br/>Only connect...</i><br/><br/> --E.M. Forster, Howards End<br/><br/>Way to connect, Stuntmother! Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon.
Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted,
And human love will be seen at its height.
Live in fragments no longer.
Only connect…

–E.M. Forster, Howards End

Way to connect, Stuntmother!

]]> By: MizMell http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2937 MizMell Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2937 What is it--that makes our burden less-- when we find others have carried the same weight? I'm not sure, but like you, I am thankful for it. What is it–that makes our burden less– when we find others have carried the same weight? I’m not sure, but like you, I am thankful for it.

]]> By: daisies http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 daisies Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:42:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2936 it is the most amazingly wonderful thing about the blogging community, the connections and support are indescribably beautiful ... xox it is the most amazingly wonderful thing about the blogging community, the connections and support are indescribably beautiful … xox

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2007/09/20/unexpected-acceptance/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 Charlotte Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=526#comment-2933 Isn't amazing how that connection becomes the best thing about blogging? I started because I wanted to write, and I find I can't stop because I'd miss not the writing, which I can still do, but the connection.<br/><br/>I'm glad to hear you've felt supported and understood. Isn’t amazing how that connection becomes the best thing about blogging? I started because I wanted to write, and I find I can’t stop because I’d miss not the writing, which I can still do, but the connection.

I’m glad to hear you’ve felt supported and understood.

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