Love, Tears, Food
I know, I didn’t do a Friday writing post today. Instead I worked on the current Jill book, wrote down how I was feeling (lots of words there, more than I’ve been able to get out in a single day for a while) and cried sometimes from all the wonderful love and support.
Thank you, everyone who has emailed, posted on Facebook, talked to me on Twitter, called, offered to drive down as soon as possible, thrown me a rope, sent me good wishes, sent me good karma–the list goes on and on. I am amazed. Sometimes it takes a crisis to find out the real value of what one has. Thank you, each and every one of you.
I threw out a story prompt on Twitter today. “The shirts I bought when I thought you still loved me arrived today.” A few hours later, Heather Petty sent me this link.
The story is short, elegant, beautiful, and reduced me to tears once again. These were tears of poison being drawn from a wound. Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs.
So, thank you everyone. I hope to be back to normal (or what passes for it) soon.
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Tags: Friday Writing, not worth chewing through the leather straps, Writing (About)
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Lili, I just now read your blog from yesterday. I didn’t know when I wrote that what you were going through. But I’m glad I didn’t, because I might not have sent you the link if I had.
You honor me with this. And I’ll cry with you for a bit. It’s always amazing to think that our words have meaning beyond our intention when we put them on the page.
Thank you, for all you do for others–especially the writing community. If you felt a little of that back this week, it’s probably long overdue.
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Luvs!
Patti from PNBA
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
That’s a great piece by Heather. So true those unexpected reminders that explode on you like that.
The suck does get less with time but that doesn’t make it any less sucky, so : ( that you’re going through it.
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:43 pm
That’s what friends are for, they are there to remind you that you are not alone no matter how bad that you feel, and that there is always someone that really cares. I hope that you get back to yourself soon too.
Hang in there.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 am
hope stuff gets better, but don’t settle for normal when your are extraordinary.
lots of well wishes headed your way
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
big hugs
October 4th, 2009 at 10:00 am
The short story is beautiful, kudos to Heather.
Hugs and well wishes your way, Lili. Just hang in there.