Comments on: I Miss You, Blog

By: CorrieHowe

CorrieHowe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:28:41 +0000

Thanks for sharing. I've enjoyed your voice. Today was the first day my kids went back to school. My middle son (with Aspergers) likes routine too. I like some routine, but I really have a hard time keeping things as rigid as he prefers. Do you find it hard to try and keep routines when the neighborhood kids don't have routines? For example, when we are in the "school year" when my kids come in for dinner, they are in for the rest of the night. However, their friends will be knocking on the door to play. My little guy likes routine but he likes to play too....so these unwelcome knocks on the doors really stir up unwelcome trouble too.

By: woman.anonymous7

woman.anonymous7 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:28:44 +0000

Hi, MPJ!

By: Rocki Bottom

Rocki Bottom — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:09:12 +0000

I have felt this all too. Busy summer. What is ok to say, what's not. What's for me and what's for the world. and can the two be seperated.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:01:40 +0000

It's actually good to know that others are feeling a little worn out by the summer and distant from their blogs as well. I also need a return to shoshin.

I logged into my rss reader today to a ridiculous number of unread posts. Your's and Rae's might be the only ones to be read in their entirety!

By: Eli Hornby

Eli Hornby — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:31:02 +0000

MPJ- I sure feel my kids being out of their routine lately. However I'm unlike you in that I can't say I like to be in a routine myself. Lots of counseling helped me learn to stop fighting my tendency to run on "musician time."

By: Ruralmama

Ruralmama — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:45:33 +0000

I'm trying to use my indoor voice, because my outdoor voice is rather....loud.

By: Gin

Gin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:36:02 +0000

Hi MPJ! Nice to meet you!

By: Syd

Syd — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:22:33 +0000

I blog very honestly and share a lot of things. I do my best to put myself out there--wherever that is. I haven't had as much time to post at The Second Road which is weighing on my mind. I need to do better at that but it is hard to maintain two blogs.

By: Enigma

Enigma — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:05:41 +0000

I've noticed with blogging that I go through periods of wanting to share everything, and moments of wanting to keep things to myself. I think it's just part of the process. But regardless, we've missed you, too! Please continue to share "your voice" - whichever place it might be at the moment

By: mama edge

mama edge — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:43:36 +0000

I find it useful to go back in time, so to speak, and read things I've written from long ago. I found an essay I wrote back in college, and I was amazed that it had come from me. The ebullience! The hope! The incredible naivete! I've been journaling more lately, the old-fashioned way with pen and paper and my embarrassingly illegible handwriting. That's where I am most myself, knowing that I alone am the "audience" to my words. I am far from eloquent in this medium, and often my notes to myself make me cringe in reaction to their self-indulgence and ego and clumsy insights. But in keeping this journal, I'm learning to stop being my biggest critic and just let my words sit with me; I am learning to listen to, and even like, my voice.