Comments on: Stuck with muggles http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/ the writing life with extra crunchy bits Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:42:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brigid http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-8092 Brigid Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:48:57 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-8092 Wow. That's it exactly, isn't it? We know we live in a magic world, but we're surrounded by Muggles. Your little girl just showed me exactly why I didn't fit in at her age, and frankly what most of my struggles are now. I know your heart must break a little, but I think she'll find her magic places just fine. E. Nesbit, that grove in the woods where the sun falls perfectly on the moss, that pen-friend who likes Harry Potter just as much. If she's alert enough to see that there is magic, even if it's not the Dumbledorian type she'd love, she'll do just fine. She sounds like the sort of kid I'd like to know. Wow. That’s it exactly, isn’t it? We know we live in a magic world, but we’re surrounded by Muggles.
Your little girl just showed me exactly why I didn’t fit in at her age, and frankly what most of my struggles are now. I know your heart must break a little, but I think she’ll find her magic places just fine. E. Nesbit, that grove in the woods where the sun falls perfectly on the moss, that pen-friend who likes Harry Potter just as much.
If she’s alert enough to see that there is magic, even if it’s not the Dumbledorian type she’d love, she’ll do just fine.
She sounds like the sort of kid I’d like to know.

]]> By: Sock Girl http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7703 Sock Girl Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:08:03 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7703 Oh that note is just too cute! Bless her heart! I could relate to soo much of what you wrote, but didn't even pretend to be cool. For some reason the statment: "I care about being kind and interesting and interested and fed in body and mind and heart" has left me immensely cheered this morning. In fact, I expect it's just the thing Dumbledore would tell her. I think your daughter will benefit far more from her mother's insight than ever fitting in with muggles. Oh that note is just too cute! Bless her heart!

I could relate to soo much of what you wrote, but didn’t even pretend to be cool. For some reason the statment: “I care about being kind and interesting and interested and fed in body and mind and heart” has left me immensely cheered this morning. In fact, I expect it’s just the thing Dumbledore would tell her. I think your daughter will benefit far more from her mother’s insight than ever fitting in with muggles.

]]> By: Alto2 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7516 Alto2 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:02:58 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7516 Dear Francesca, I am stuck in a house full of smelly boys. I am really glad I found you again. Please send *me* an owl! :) Alto2 Dear Francesca,
I am stuck in a house full of smelly boys. I am really glad I found you again. Please send *me* an owl! :)
Alto2

]]> By: Masked Mom http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7508 Masked Mom Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:16:30 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7508 She may not get the owl but she's got a mom who's sensitive and empathetic so she's got a leg-up on most of the other muggle-bound kids. ;) She may not get the owl but she’s got a mom who’s sensitive and empathetic so she’s got a leg-up on most of the other muggle-bound kids. ;)

]]> By: MG Buehrlen http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7464 MG Buehrlen Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:59:07 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7464 That letter is one of the most touching things I've read in a long time. And you're response to it touched me as well. I hope Helena finds that as well - with you guiding her, I'm sure she will. Thanks for sharing this. That letter is one of the most touching things I’ve read in a long time. And you’re response to it touched me as well. I hope Helena finds that as well – with you guiding her, I’m sure she will. Thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: Sarah Presite http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7458 Sarah Presite Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:49:39 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7458 Reading this made my day. (I love Glee too) and your daughter is just fabulous and certainly found herself in the right family to discover all those *good* things. Reading this made my day. (I love Glee too) and your daughter is just fabulous and certainly found herself in the right family to discover all those *good* things.

]]> By: Graham Storrs http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7419 Graham Storrs Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:39:29 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7419 Francesca, I watch Glee too. Please don't tell all my cool friends. ;-) I never did find a world where I fitted comfortably. From a city in England through a variety of countries, I've kept on looking. I now live on a mountaintop in Australia, with my wife and dog, surrounded by bushland. Most of the people I know these days live on the Internet. Between the bush and the 'net, I may have finally worked out a compromise with the world. Francesca, I watch Glee too. Please don’t tell all my cool friends.

;-)

I never did find a world where I fitted comfortably. From a city in England through a variety of countries, I’ve kept on looking. I now live on a mountaintop in Australia, with my wife and dog, surrounded by bushland. Most of the people I know these days live on the Internet. Between the bush and the ‘net, I may have finally worked out a compromise with the world.

]]> By: Francesca http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7415 Francesca Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:50:33 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7415 Isn't it? But it also broke my heart in that motherhood kind of way because what I really want for her is to find herself at her own Hogwarts, for her to feel at home and special and chosen. And finding out that the real world is so much less magical than we want it to be -- and that really, no one chooses us for wonderful journeys, but we choose ourselves -- is one of the hardest lessons of growing up. Isn’t it? But it also broke my heart in that motherhood kind of way because what I really want for her is to find herself at her own Hogwarts, for her to feel at home and special and chosen. And finding out that the real world is so much less magical than we want it to be — and that really, no one chooses us for wonderful journeys, but we choose ourselves — is one of the hardest lessons of growing up.

]]> By: Francesca http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7414 Francesca Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:48:04 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7414 Jen! How lovely to hear from you -- I think there's an email address lurking around the top of the blog somewhere but anyway -- fmamendolia a.t. gmail dot com. I was thinking about you recently as we traveled through your bit of NJ on the way to the beach. Jen! How lovely to hear from you — I think there’s an email address lurking around the top of the blog somewhere but anyway — fmamendolia a.t. gmail dot com. I was thinking about you recently as we traveled through your bit of NJ on the way to the beach.

]]> By: Jen Horner http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2009/10/15/stuck-with-muggles/comment-page-1/#comment-7413 Jen Horner Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:38:42 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=976#comment-7413 Hi, Francesca - I've been thinking about you lately. Found your blog and there you are! Can you write back to me through this? Sorry I'vd been out of touch... Jen Hi, Francesca – I’ve been thinking about you lately. Found your blog and there you are! Can you write back to me through this? Sorry I’vd been out of touch… Jen

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