omygosh! Peg's not going to write fiction anymore or in the foreseeable future? Well, I guess all her insightful reflections and parenting stories and thoughtful essays (and Harry Potter ramblings!) must be a waste of my time.
/sarcasm
Interestingly, as someone who knows you only through the written word, I care far more about the words in this virtual space than the book that's sitting on the shelf in the other room. Swans is really a beautifully executed novel, and I do love it, but I read it *after* I was pointed to your journal by a friend who told me "here's a fascinating woman who is a mom and has all kinds of great reflections on being a parent and is also a great writer so her journal is very interesting to read. oh, and she's published a couple of books." Maybe it's because I (virtually) knew you first through this format, but I'm delighted to keep reading your journal, because I love to hear about how the girls are doing and how karate class went and what you managed to feed to whom for dinner and how you transported yourself and your creative lunch to work. And kudos to you for naming and claiming where you are. And grieving too; any change in identity means a loss of something, and owning that is authentic and honest, which is of course what I love aobut your journal the most.
And yeah, I'm hoping that the ten pound jump on the scale this morning over last month's numbers is a fluke. Still, re-committing to SparkPeople is on my list of things to do this week as well. It's a good system if I use it.
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Date: 2008-01-03 07:07 pm (UTC)/sarcasm
Interestingly, as someone who knows you only through the written word, I care far more about the words in this virtual space than the book that's sitting on the shelf in the other room. Swans is really a beautifully executed novel, and I do love it, but I read it *after* I was pointed to your journal by a friend who told me "here's a fascinating woman who is a mom and has all kinds of great reflections on being a parent and is also a great writer so her journal is very interesting to read. oh, and she's published a couple of books." Maybe it's because I (virtually) knew you first through this format, but I'm delighted to keep reading your journal, because I love to hear about how the girls are doing and how karate class went and what you managed to feed to whom for dinner and how you transported yourself and your creative lunch to work. And kudos to you for naming and claiming where you are. And grieving too; any change in identity means a loss of something, and owning that is authentic and honest, which is of course what I love aobut your journal the most.
And yeah, I'm hoping that the ten pound jump on the scale this morning over last month's numbers is a fluke. Still, re-committing to SparkPeople is on my list of things to do this week as well. It's a good system if I use it.