Comments on: Leap year

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:08:03 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. Your words are cirulating the blogsphere and comforting many, I think. I came by way of http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/before-and-after/#comments

I was touched by them and your courage to share.

By: Lisa- Domestic Accident

Lisa- Domestic Accident — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:51:12 +0000

Wow, what an incredibly well written post. I’m terribly sorry for your loss.

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:21:38 +0000

I’m new to your blog (hi there!).

I’m very sorry for your loss. I remember in vivid detail the morning my parents broke the news of the same loss to me — on my 8th birthday, actually. I still wonder why they couldn’t have waited 24 hours. Lots of tears, and lots of hugs…and 16 years later I’m doing okay. Your girls will have a hard time for a while, maybe a long while, but they will learn from this and grow, and be okay too.

By: Redneck Mommy

Redneck Mommy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:52:22 +0000

I remember the great before and after that shattered our lives.

The kids were still in bed, the fire crackled in the woodstove beside me, and I heard the squeak of my son’s bed as he began to toss and turn to wake up.

I remember looking at the dark morning sky and wishing I could be anywhere in the world but where I was at that moment.

I remember wondering how I would help them understand this loss when I could not wrap my head around it.

And I remember their sweet faces as they looked at me and waited for me to break their hearts.

The great before and after. How I wish it never were.

Thinking of you, Jenn.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:11:40 +0000

Hi,

I’m new here and so very moved by your beautiful words about the hardest of subjects. I really wish I had the time to make a pot of coffee, sit and read all the rest…

keep writing,
Katie

By: Jenny, Bloggess

Jenny, Bloggess — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:13:55 +0000

Damn.

I’m so sorry.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:48:14 +0000

Your words are beautiful even though they are so filled with sorrow. I hope the news breaking went as smoothly as can be expected and that your girls are doing okay.

By: mamatulip

mamatulip — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:41:39 +0000

This is an exquisite piece of writing.

You and your family are in my thoughts. Wishing you peace.

By: Brillig

Brillig — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:53:24 +0000

This is so moving, so beautifully written. I’m new here, and new to this story, but I’m so glad this post won the perfect post award, otherwise I probably never would have read it. Well deserved. Thanks for writing it.

By: mrs. chicken

mrs. chicken — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:25:29 +0000

I am so very sorry, This touched me where my own grief lives. I hope your words are able to provide you with some solace as the process of death moves on.

Wishing you peace.