Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: Falling and Flying

Stellar, just outstanding writing. I'm glad for yo...

2009-01-21T09:52:00.000-06:00

Stellar, just outstanding writing. I'm glad for your brother's safety, but as you point out, it was some other son, brother, or perhaps husband this time, wasn't it?

(Send to the New Yorker, why not?)

scary, scary.so glad your brother is okay. so sad...

2009-01-17T12:01:00.000-06:00

scary, scary.

so glad your brother is okay. so sad his buddies are not.

Gosh that was beautifully written. I am speechless...

2009-01-16T18:24:00.000-06:00

Gosh that was beautifully written. I am speechless.

The story about the bench reminds me of so many me...

2009-01-16T15:16:00.000-06:00

The story about the bench reminds me of so many memorials in my high school. There was one scholarship given in the name of someone I knew nothing about except that he died young. I knew one day that would probably be the legacy of my brother's scholarship. I imagine there are still a few people in the town where I grew up who know why there is a scholarship given at two schools and a church, but not more than a few. The grief of a parent finds new outlets over time, but I doubt it ever completely disappears. My mother became a grief counselor over it. But we couldn't stay there forever just to hold on to that legacy. The town is nothing like it was twenty-two years ago. Life goes no, whether we want to or not. It's nice to hear that monument is well maintained, though.

This line, "He was not injured, my brother, but I ...

2009-01-14T09:42:00.000-06:00

This line, "He was not injured, my brother, but I think perhaps that he was hurt."...As much as we protect each other from physical harm, this still happens.

This was beautiful writing.

You've said it so much more eloquently than I coul...

2009-01-13T23:24:00.000-06:00

You've said it so much more eloquently than I could yesterday. Unfortunately this is the new normal. And I wish I could say it gets easier. It doesn't. It just becomes less...new.
I'll be here whenever you want to talk and I'll read whenever you want to write. ((hugs))

this is gorgeous, I have missed your voice

2009-01-13T22:35:00.000-06:00

this is gorgeous, I have missed your voice

there should be a manual when you love people so d...

2009-01-13T20:58:00.000-06:00

there should be a manual when you love people so deeply.

Oh - wonderfully written. Thank goodness your bro...

2009-01-13T20:42:00.000-06:00

Oh - wonderfully written. Thank goodness your brother was physically unharmed.

This is beautiful.

2009-01-13T19:53:00.000-06:00

This is beautiful.

All of these 'snapshots' of the enormity of life a...

2009-01-13T17:13:00.000-06:00

All of these 'snapshots' of the enormity of life and how we feel it hit rather close to home for me... you have a wonderful way with words.

I'm glad your brother is alright... it's frightening to not know when you hear news like that. My family worried quietly through a large chunk of 2008 while my cousin was deployed to Baghdad; he's home safely now.

I don't think anyone can really know what to do or...

2009-01-13T17:04:00.000-06:00

I don't think anyone can really know what to do or say, or how to worry and not look as though you are or hurt for someone without showing it.

All you can do for your brother is be available and listen and remember that he will grieve long after you have gotten over the scare.

Trying your best is the best.

2009-01-13T15:25:00.000-06:00

Trying your best is the best.

Three powerful vignettes.Unharmed, but hurt. Relie...

2009-01-13T14:12:00.000-06:00

Three powerful vignettes.Unharmed, but hurt. Relieved for an outcome that doesn't equal "worst case scenario." But not wishing the weight of this on you.

Powerful post. Sad for your brother's friends.

2009-01-13T12:00:00.000-06:00

Powerful post. Sad for your brother's friends.

We can only love them, we can't put them in a bubb...

2009-01-13T11:45:00.000-06:00

We can only love them, we can't put them in a bubble, physcial or emotional