Comments on: 2009 : Operation Define Life

By: Holden

Holden — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:39:59 +0000

Sarah, one more thing….I ask this so often, of so many, that I forget if I have asked you: has your doctor checked your thyroid levels?

If not in the past year or two, demand it be done. PAY for it to be done – it is not a costly test – but have it done just to be sure that some of what you are dealing with is not easily taken care of by balancing your thyroid hormones.

XO!

By: Holden

Holden — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:36:34 +0000

Sarah, why or how could you fail? You haven’t yet. And you get stronger and smarter and more enduring every year.

Yet, of course you want someone by your side. But in some way you have all your friends there with you.

I wish that baking was not such a physically destructive work, because it is the most emotionally salving work.

I think the world of you.

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:35:16 +0000

Wow. All those times in 2009 when I wondered where you were….now, I know. Stronger and calmer – what two great adjectives you get to use to describe yourself this year!!!

Happy New Year, Tammy! I think of you often!

By: Thursday

Thursday — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:38:43 +0000

I think writing can sometimes get ‘bogged down’ with descriptions which, with good writing, is surely not always necessary. Your writing is beautifully descriptive of the time, place and, possibly most importantly, the emotions. I see the pictures perfectly clearly as I read.
Happy New Year to you too.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:18:19 +0000

Thursday, you mean a lot to me. It’s something I can’t put into words really, but just having you here is a comfort. It’s funny that you mention the descriptions in my writing, because I have always felt that was where I am really lacking. I recently started “Last Night In Twisted River” by John Irving and when I took off my glasses and placed the bookmark in to mark my spot I felt that there was no way I could ever write even as half as well as he.
Then I remembered reading Steven King’s book “On Writing” years ago. He advised people to write everyday, and to read as much as you can. He said that you learn more about writing from reading crappy books than good ones. I smiled at that memory. I have been writing a lot lately.
I just need to edit the words until I can get to the belly of them, if that makes any sense at all. Happy New Year to you Thursday, and thank you.

By: Thursday

Thursday — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:23:01 +0000

Your writing takes my breath away – your descriptions, your observations, create images a thousand photos wouldn’t capture.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:09:31 +0000

Miz S, thank you. I visited your site and enjoyed looking at your photos and reading about your recent trip. Happy New Year to you!

Belle, I missed you. I thought that you had gone away as I haven’t had a comment from you in a while. Thank you for checking in. I am hanging in there. I wrote this post spontaneously, as I wanted to somehow write about my experiences in the hospital in 2009. It seemed important to get it out before the new year, as I hope for a fresh start. As always, I am glad that you are here with me, still reading. Thank you. Happy New Year.

By: Belle

Belle — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:29:32 +0000

Tammy, I have been anxiously awaiting a new entry just so that I would know you are ok. I hope writing this story was helpful to you. It was an eye opener for someone like me who only knows what goes on in treatment centers from the movies. I, too, think you sound as if you are ready for whatever is ahead. I hope that a year from now, you will be able to tell us all about the wonderful things that have taken place for you. Happy New Year…truly!

By: Miz S

Miz S — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:24:39 +0000

Hi Tammy. What an incredible story, and what a gifted writer you are. I hope that 2010 will be a great year for you.