1. That? Yeah. That’s not happening. That’s not going to happen.
2. I do appreciate your not saying I told you so. I really, really appreciate it. Your self-restraint is commendable. It’s one of the many reasons that I love you, you know.
3. Oh, a little 301.81, a little with the clouds in the coffee.
4. Our big dog? He fell in love. His health and weight improved. Two hikes a day. His soulmate (a black Lab mix) taught him to swim in a river. We miss him. But the girls and I decided: he deserved a Happily Ever After. We let him stay with his love. Good boy, Eli. His new life made a new life possible for Sir James. So.
5. Ten more years. Maybe a little less.
6. Then: Nova Scotia cottage? Pacific Northwest cabin?
7. I was waiting for you to ask that. Yes. Still. Not sure if that’s romantic or grotesque. Both, possibly.
8. I disagree. Time does not heal all wounds. It promotes healthy scar tissue, maybe.
9. Yes. I do regret that. But not the other thing.
10. Vitamin D deficiency, of all things. Who knew?
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How nice to have some answers, and thank you for giving them.
I couldn’t say I told you so even if I WOULD do something like that, because I also wouldn’t have told you so. I had high hopes. It seemed good from here in the auditorium.
Do you still love me? That’s all I really want to know. (Because I still love you, duh.)
PS: I care that you’re happy, and that you write. That’s all. Ever. Period. Everything else (and everyONE else) can come and go for all I care. But you, happy. And writing. The end. xoxo
Jeebus, I love you! Don’t understand half the answers because don’t know the questions but who cares? #4 made me cry, happy.
So … clouds in your coffee. He’s so vain. I bet he thinks this post is about him …
I had a Vitamin D deficiency, too! And I’m pretty sure I don’t understand most of the questions, either!
In my very (ha) humble opinion, “I told you so” has got to be one of the most asinine phrases ever coined in the history of man. Its even worse than “Its not you, its me.” There’s nothing about loving someone else and believing that love will last that makes you weak or stupid or blind or foolish. It means rather that you are brave for taking a chance, you are wide open to the possibilities, optimistic for anticipating the best and not the worst, and that you exactly the kind of person someone would fall in love with, even if the relationship didn’t last.
As to #6, by all means please do head this way. The PNW could use more you.
Vitamin D deficiency? I totally wouldn’t have guessed that. Choose the cabin out here & you can share my prescription vitamin D supplements…
xoxo-k
D defiency must be the new discovery! I live in FLORIDA and was diagnosed with it. I think no one has figured out what makes women tick so we get to have “deficiencies”. Wouldn’t it be better to make us efficient or sufficient or anything not deficient! Go figure. Love your writing however due to something (deficiencies, I’m sure) I can’t afford to pay you for it. Keep your heart up and thanks for being a fellow old dog owner. Becky
1. Sucks. Sorry.
2. I love you so > I told you so
3. Carly always knows.
4. May they live woofily ever after.
5. 10 years will fly by too fast.
6. Stop in San Antonio on the way.
7. no comment.
8. Amen
9. A life with no regrets is a life unexamined.
10. GO TO THE BEACH NAKED.
I love you, Jenn Mattern. I. Love. You.
Also, you crack me up.
Also, you move through your life with a lot of grace. Don’t think I’ve said that to you before, but I’ve thought it often.
Also, I still want to be more like you when I grow up.
This is amazing.
I want a cabin in the PNW too.
…and Vitamin D, yeah, me too.
Well, i already knew THAT, but the rest was a complete surprise. ; )
In my experience, the only people who say that time heals all wounds are those that have never experienced really intense pain. Definitely get your Vitamin D supplements. I will admit to be largely mystified by most of the rest of the answers, but I’m a guy, so that was probably predictable.
I had a Vitamin D deficiency over a year ago and I was so relieved b/c I thought I was dying b/c I couldn’t stay awake. A few weeks of pills and—wham—I felt great.
Nova Scotia is lovely, as is the PNW—tough choice but I think it’d stay east coast.
And, sigh, over #4, 7 & 8. You love big, but you do the right thing, even if it hurts.
Well. Good to know.
And for the record, time also does not heal the Vitamin D deficiency.
Time’s a bastard like that.
Somehow I missed this post until now!
I had to google “301.81.” heee
I’m a little mystified by #7, but that’s ok.
xo