tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post7212416915840300553..comments2024-03-01T06:20:29.087+00:00Comments on qualia and other wildlife: never too late for redemptionrosellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-58819200587877275762012-02-24T08:15:49.875+00:002012-02-24T08:15:49.875+00:00Daniela, it moved me to read your two comments thi...Daniela, it moved me to read your two comments this morning. Thank you. I know your lost your dad, too last year – both parents in one year is a lot (and maybe also quite a common experience?). We're all in this together, and there's nothing like death to bring first, isolation; and second, such a huge renewed sense of commonality, I'm finding. And it really does make a difference to share this experience and hear others'. It's a rite of passage unlike any other, isn't it; and yet the heart-scars somehow enable the heart to beat more strongly, to be more encompassing. Thank you.rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-37912035220419905962012-02-23T23:47:50.273+00:002012-02-23T23:47:50.273+00:00Roselle, Sharon had told me about your writing of ...Roselle, Sharon had told me about your writing of your mother's death when my dad died, but I've only now had an opportunity to read this. So much of it resonates. My dad had mild dementia. My heart would break when he occasionally tentatively asked me what had happened to my mum (who died at the start of last year). I also know about picking up hand cream in a shop and putting it back. Or the feeling of having forgotten to do something important on a Sunday evening, until I realise there are no more Sunday phone calls to be made. It's a strange place to be in, and it does help to hear another's experience of it. Thank you.Danielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859756468035725396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-31787492711487001952011-12-05T10:44:02.847+00:002011-12-05T10:44:02.847+00:00HI dear Trish and I'm glad it resonated. Thank...HI dear Trish and I'm glad it resonated. Thank you! We were talking about you yesterday - how to manage you and Robin coming for that promised meal! The new year, I guess, weather permitting. Love to you both. Rxrosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-32787427322814018032011-12-04T23:15:51.619+00:002011-12-04T23:15:51.619+00:00Dear Roselle, thank you for writing about your mot...Dear Roselle, thank you for writing about your mother like this - reminding me of my mother and her dying - you have so encapusulated what it's like - how to negociate the terrain of the woman she was with the one she became and the art of not getting lost in grief of both. Much love and gratitude to you....XTrish Cooking Curriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457341476955572985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-72784964682182553282011-12-03T08:07:10.034+00:002011-12-03T08:07:10.034+00:00Dear anon - thank you so much. It's the kindne...Dear anon - thank you so much. It's the kindness of comments like this that makes such a difference.rosellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971482422276765335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055598777203654547.post-20678099640778922472011-12-02T23:49:29.962+00:002011-12-02T23:49:29.962+00:00Thank you for this wonderful blog Roselle - I drop...Thank you for this wonderful blog Roselle - I drop by regularly. You are such an inspiration. Don't stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com