Comments on: What happens now?

By: Right Brained Gal

Right Brained Gal — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:19:49 +0000

Yours is one of the few blogs I read on a regular basis and I am so thankful that there is someone who is so honest, vulnerable and gifted as you. You have touched me in such a special way, not only because I went through what you are going through, but I know how powerful you are.

By: pamela

pamela — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:42:33 +0000

Simon says: give us whatever you want… and he’s right.

You are free to choose, to do and undo as you please, just get it on paper, screen, canvas, whatever!

By: Becstarr

Becstarr — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:49:55 +0000

Hi Jenn,

I’m not sure how long I’ve been reading your blog… certainly a few years now. I don’t think I’ve ever been brave enough to comment. But if you’re thinking of moving on, I would like to let you know how much I enjoy your writing in all its many colours and moods.

I don’t know how I came upon your blog in the first place, but I know why I’ve kept reading: the sometimes breathtaking honesty and the immense humanity. Your girls are hilarious. I would miss your adventures with your various friends, family and animals, if I wasn’t able to hear about them any more.

You have given all of us readers a lot. I would definitely understand if you needed more privacy, and if you wanted to try something new. But if you’re open to it… consider trying it here! People change, but that is part of what I (and I’m sure others) are here for. The variety in your posts is a wonderful quality of your blog. I never know what I’ll find here, and I love that.

If you do move on… I hope I manage to spot you in one of your new incarnations.
It has been a privilege to be able to listen to your stories for a while.

-bec

By: Mrs. G

Mrs. G — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:42:51 +0000

I just know that I would be very upset if you went away. However you choose to express yourself, I want to be there!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:18:37 +0000

I live in Amsterdam, Holland, and I’ve been reading you since years now. Our lives seems quite similar (kids, divorce, both writers, no money, lot of hope, dreams, humor, tears -oh so many tears). I’ve been reading you without ever leaving a post. Now I have to. Just to let you know there’s somebody on the other side of the world, a mother, a woman, just like you. You’ve helped me, you’ve inspired me -and a many other Dutch women who read my blogs which where inspired by yours. So. Do what you have to do, but please let me know where you’re going.

By: All Adither

All Adither — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:45:09 +0000

I think I love Simon a little bit. I also think what you’re doing is perfect. Every post you write pulls me in, even if I think ‘I’ll just read a few lines then go to bed’, I end up reading it all. Deeply. You’re honest and writerly and generous and I can see the love. If you do move on (up), I hope you’ll maintain this little spot. It’d be a bleaker blogosphere without your vivid, amazing prose.

By: Hanni

Hanni — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:23:12 +0000

Hi Jenn

You probably don’t know that I read your blog, but I do. And I love it. I can’t get your Penelope Prindle post out of my head (esp. the part about only the dead don’t make mistakes and then sitting on the blueberry muffin). Having gone through a similar transition recently (divorce … though without children involved), I understand your hesitancy to continue being so candid at Breed ‘Em And Weep. One of the most disturbing discoveries involving my husband’s infidelity was that his mistress had combed through my blog to learn details about me, which she shared in her “I have something you need to know …” phone call late one night. I felt very violated. And foolish. A big part of my blogging personna dealt with my relationship with my spouse, and it felt fake to pretend everything was still hunky dory after he’d suddenly moved out. Plus, I didn’t want my ex to keep up with my goings on through my blog (which he apparently did, as I received an email after this post asking I remove it; his girlfriend had googled me, based on what she’d read, decidedt he was cheating on her too … or at least that’s what he says. of course the post stands).

Unleashing my creativity, telling my stories is ESSENTIAL to my wellbeing, so when I decided to “come back” to blogging, I knew it would be on new terms. A revamp of my WP theme + a post informing old readers the format is changing helped me move forward. I have found the reception to be very warm.

I don’t know what you will choose to do, but know that you must do, first, what is best for you. Don’t worry about your audience. We will support you no matter what you decide.

By: Keryn

Keryn — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:22:04 +0000

I can’t live without you, Jenn. Well, okay, I guess I *could*, but I don’t *want* to. I don’t comment that often, but I read every single post. I agree with Simon about it being frustrating that we’re not getting the whole story. (And with everything else he wrote.) I just love your writing, and I want you to be happy and satisfied. xo

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:44:04 +0000

Jenn, write whatever you need to and we’re here with open ears and eyes. xoxo

By: Amy Bucher

Amy Bucher — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:51:00 +0000

Wow, I can definitely relate. What next? How to adapt, to change, to grant myself the freedom to express myself in this new, delicate skin that’s covering the wounds that can so easily be reopened?

By that same token, what a fresh, wonderful, hopeful opportunity this will be. The process of redefinition is, indeed, a journey, one that requires change, throwing away some of the old ideas, shelving some that can potentially be recycled into something more useful or up-to-date, and making room for the new, the spectacular, yet-to-be-formed creations.

You go first.

So much love,
-A.