tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post697736815233632432..comments2024-03-26T19:38:47.952-04:00Comments on Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like): Hi.Fireblossomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-31863702926641378152017-08-14T22:56:35.401-04:002017-08-14T22:56:35.401-04:00...I will bite my tongue if I ever have these thou......I will bite my tongue if I ever have these thoughts while talking to my children... I'm sure it did come out of love - but she wasn't very good at expressing that love. I'd get an ulcer if I answered every time she called - I hope you didn't. Hugs. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-4190269865672485002017-08-13T22:36:20.700-04:002017-08-13T22:36:20.700-04:00What Kerry said!What Kerry said!Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-19368958773348346792017-08-13T07:15:19.904-04:002017-08-13T07:15:19.904-04:00Oh, dear... I think I shall have to memorize a few...Oh, dear... I think I shall have to memorize a few of these lines - just to makes sure I do not start to sound like this mother... (the danger is ever-present).Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-40270033035199404372017-08-12T18:28:25.334-04:002017-08-12T18:28:25.334-04:00OMG, my head hurts!! Deliver me from ever having a...OMG, my head hurts!! Deliver me from ever having a dialogue like this one ~~~ which I thoroughly enjoyed of course. (do you believe in 'the rally cat' theory?)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619199535376925989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77528479079327642352017-08-12T09:54:42.692-04:002017-08-12T09:54:42.692-04:00Pain upon labored pain. So crushing to listen in o...Pain upon labored pain. So crushing to listen in on your conversation with your mom. This is so effective to present it this way, because it makes it more objective. Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413074557542736813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-6843419307619411842017-08-12T09:46:33.081-04:002017-08-12T09:46:33.081-04:00I figured. I figured this was a conversation you h...I figured. I figured this was a conversation you heard too many times.<br /><br />At this late stage of my life, I've gotten back in touch with my teen-aged I-don't-a-flying-fig attitude. I've forgiven (but not forgotten) my brother. Through a 12-program (which really hasn't stopped my overeating) I've realized what things I have control over and which ones I don't. <br /><br />Maybe you need to consider writing a book for young lesbians. A survival guide. Or maybe you've already started one? The next few years might be rough for many groups in this country (including everyone who has a brain and a heart)...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81640327708730609192017-08-12T02:49:04.060-04:002017-08-12T02:49:04.060-04:00By the time I was old enough, my parents had two o...By the time I was old enough, my parents had two other daughters to worry about, so I never really got that kind of questioning. I just hope I wasn't like that with my daughter. She came to stay for a few days last week so I can't have been too bad. :)Kim M. Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668459794787447606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-58971987215593245012017-08-12T01:06:15.908-04:002017-08-12T01:06:15.908-04:00are you channeling my mother? tell her to get the ...are you channeling my mother? tell her to get the hell out of your head! <br /><br />our mothers could have been twins.<br /><br />great write, SP!<br /><br />♡Dani Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18012898548478062463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-16489105303274164232017-08-11T23:43:08.787-04:002017-08-11T23:43:08.787-04:00This one sided conversation was absolutely beautif...This one sided conversation was absolutely beautiful. Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-79935385178785597202017-08-11T21:05:26.241-04:002017-08-11T21:05:26.241-04:00oh wow, wow wow. The mechanism of a phone convers...oh wow, wow wow. The mechanism of a phone conversation perfectly brings to light all the unseen cruelty and pain that might otherwise get washed out. So well done!!! Thanks for posting to the out of standard. Isadora Gruyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036782300945079952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-62939042796714978092017-08-11T17:33:50.911-04:002017-08-11T17:33:50.911-04:00100% of this poem is stuff my mother actually said...100% of this poem is stuff my mother actually said to me (except for a name I changed), and if it was said once, it was said a thousand times. I used to get stomach ache the minute I saw her number on the caller ID or her name in my email. Now that she's passed, I mostly just feel relief.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-77437814104356266452017-08-11T16:23:19.282-04:002017-08-11T16:23:19.282-04:00This poem gave me high anxiety and a headache - wh...This poem gave me high anxiety and a headache - which means you nailed it. I am so thankful I never had conversations with my mother like this - that she was always accepting and loving and never tried to push me onto her path. tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-73258833501503823272017-08-11T16:09:25.070-04:002017-08-11T16:09:25.070-04:00I think sometimes there are certain parents that s...I think sometimes there are certain parents that so over identify with their grown children that they try to make them into something they are not or want them or even hope them to be. Hence crushing the relationship....thank goodness this is not always the case, but you sure grabbed it by the horns and made us feel it Shay. Awesome as always! (Your book was awesome as well!) Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-52193284956195437572017-08-11T15:23:22.440-04:002017-08-11T15:23:22.440-04:00Lightning in a bottleLightning in a bottleCloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-81950209757867509012017-08-11T15:17:09.607-04:002017-08-11T15:17:09.607-04:00Wow. You have captured this to perfection. Yikes. ...Wow. You have captured this to perfection. Yikes. Thank God they invented call display.Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-51233476763528768482017-08-11T15:15:12.866-04:002017-08-11T15:15:12.866-04:00Thank goodness, I can't relate. I have totally...Thank goodness, I can't relate. I have totally different problems with my mom. But, wow, you've made me feel this like a nagging headache.Debi Swimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255928985823418669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107838361391025851.post-43643182439459227192017-08-11T13:34:20.316-04:002017-08-11T13:34:20.316-04:00O Shay. You have captured this so well--that inter...O Shay. You have captured this so well--that interior dialogue--or rather, monologue--that we somehow have such trouble tuning out--maybe because it has droned in our head for so many years, a buzz, a toxic vibration like the ones the spies are supposed to be using these days to make people deaf...because that voice doesn't really care if you respond, it only wants to hear itself. Perfect Leon Russell song, also.hedgewitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13090696134322515899noreply@blogger.com