tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post8986561919649859435..comments2024-01-26T06:34:42.254-08:00Comments on Petunia Face: The Dr. Laura Schlessinger Show: A Love StoryPetunia Facehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-18238930638407594142008-07-09T18:30:00.000-07:002008-07-09T18:30:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.hello gorgeoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257391996828119047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-84420981707374506922008-07-09T01:20:00.000-07:002008-07-09T01:20:00.000-07:00I'm a stay at home mother so please don't make you...I'm a stay at home mother so please don't make your book hateful/ disdainful/ mocking of my choices; so many working mothers' books are! But yes, what you write, I will read. Always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-65640926823496276332008-07-07T20:47:00.000-07:002008-07-07T20:47:00.000-07:00listening to dr. laura is the same brand of emotio...listening to dr. laura is the same brand of emotional cutting referred to in the SATC movie. And don't forget, Dr. Laura is a working mother who "lived in sin" for eight years before her second marriage to a man she met while he was "separated" from his wife. I wouldn't worry too much about what she or any one else thinks. Screw 'em.h. m. settoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120515504564079334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-8252397108068060872008-07-07T08:55:00.000-07:002008-07-07T08:55:00.000-07:00Definitely do it....i would buy it in a second :)Definitely do it....i would buy it in a second :)Sschraedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051336464937028555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-65866490492651506832008-07-03T20:16:00.000-07:002008-07-03T20:16:00.000-07:00Thank you all for your support. I am going to make...Thank you all for your support. I am going to make a commitment to myself to finish one chapter a month. Then, in a year to a year and a half I will have a first draft! And I will print out all of these comments when I submit it to agents and publishers.<BR/>Thank you :)Petunia Facehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-72282337902073434992008-07-03T17:12:00.000-07:002008-07-03T17:12:00.000-07:00Totally! It would be filled with cute Zoey pictur...<I>Totally!</I> It would be filled with cute Zoey pictures, right?fashiongirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352802688430290478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-29839333046018265852008-07-03T16:55:00.000-07:002008-07-03T16:55:00.000-07:00I saw the title of this post and thought there is ...I saw the title of this post and thought there is no effing way she likes Dr Laura!<BR/>Please, please change the station and do not tune in again. Ever.<BR/><BR/>That said, of course I would read your book, and buy copies for all my friends. In fact, I Need your book - like NOW. 4 weeks into my 12 week leave and I am super torn about going back full-time, part-time, or not at all. Oy!<BR/><BR/>I love your blog and the best posts are always the ones about Zoey. You are an amazing mother and your stories already touch so many readers. So write that book and start collecting your well-deserved royalties already :)Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269928562172746649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-398959356779418452008-07-03T16:27:00.000-07:002008-07-03T16:27:00.000-07:00Dear God! I am so overwhelmed with pride and love ...Dear God! I am so overwhelmed with pride and love for our Son (Andrews/Andy/Oh, Brother) and Daughter (obviously, Sus/Petunia Face). LOOK at Andy's, wise, beyond his own years and oh so loving answer to his Sister. LOOK at all the people here supporting our Daughter, Susannah...read her!SEE that she writes an almost daily blog sharing with the world her most tender and private thoughts-and much needed humor.<BR/><BR/>Hey, hej, are we not the luckiest parents on the face of the earth and beyond to have worked and stumbled into raising not one, but TWO such absolutely amazing children/people?! My heart is full and, yes, my "eyes are sweating" If I do nothing else in my life, I can say with pride and joy that I am Andy and Susannah's Mother and THAT would be more than enough!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235688942890462756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-89792444115067585602008-07-03T16:02:00.000-07:002008-07-03T16:02:00.000-07:00I have been living under a rock and I just found y...I have been living under a rock and I just found your blog. I read all of the posts on the first page, so now I will be late (to teach a weekly tango class). You are fabulous. Thanks for writing. I'll be back...Visual Vamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703228111473936714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-82392920415707861342008-07-03T15:40:00.000-07:002008-07-03T15:40:00.000-07:00You know I would ready anything you wrote. Even i...You know I would ready anything you wrote. Even if it were jut a pamphlet.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593377383716715848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-6869495064930301692008-07-03T15:37:00.000-07:002008-07-03T15:37:00.000-07:00The chemistry of family and happiness.How can any ...The chemistry of family and happiness.<BR/><BR/>How can any one person's mix and family dynamics be right for another?<BR/><BR/>Your happiness is the only gift you owe both Zoey and Bryan (what better example for Zoey?)<BR/><BR/>Write.<BR/><BR/>Now.<BR/><BR/>And don't look back.<BR/><BR/>Love.<BR/><BR/>Laugh.<BR/><BR/>Live.<BR/><BR/>And never look back.<BR/><BR/>Simply look around you. And if you have a young woman named Zoey who is happy and confident, a husband who is happy and proud of you, and a mirror that shows the best version of YOU, then; there you go.<BR/><BR/>I love you, Susannah. So does Zoey. So does Bryan. Mom. Dad. All these people here.<BR/><BR/>I think those are ALL the ingredients you'd ever need.<BR/><BR/>Besides, you already know what's right. Right? Write.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>Your broAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-85836562145255596612008-07-03T14:41:00.000-07:002008-07-03T14:41:00.000-07:00i love being a stay at home mother. but i think ...i love being a stay at home mother. but i think that could also be due to the fact that i am a little lazy and don't wanna have to juggle work and little things like, you know, taking care of 4 kids.<BR/><BR/>i would read your book. i also like to listen to the laura everyonceinawhile just because. she is kinda like a car crash--you just can't look away.Mindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794721421123889876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-14989077986480919152008-07-03T14:19:00.000-07:002008-07-03T14:19:00.000-07:00I would read (and buy, not just check it out from ...I would read (and buy, not just check it out from the library) your book. Get on it, girlfriend! Also, check out this author: http://www.arielgore.com for some inspiration. Her book, "How to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights" is a must-read for you. She also has tele-classes that might interest you. Go, Susannah, go! And for Pete's sake, STOP listening to Dr. Laura. Now.Marilyn Eakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01843833592610529860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-29711192124228398142008-07-03T14:13:00.000-07:002008-07-03T14:13:00.000-07:00Hells yes.Hells yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-75167632569667261332008-07-03T14:05:00.000-07:002008-07-03T14:05:00.000-07:00I think it's pretty clear from these incredibly wi...I think it's pretty clear from these incredibly wise, talented, supportive blog friends that anything you would or have written, in any form- published, blogged or scrawled on the side of a building would be snapped up in an instant.(I am most impressed with Leslie's(reclaiming Miss Haversham)intelligent and thought provoking comments) You have many books in you and none more pertinent or personal than one on working Moms from your unique, invested, witty, thoughtful and thought-provoking perspective. That's a given from me-and NOT just as your Mom (too much cheering from the stands? I hope not). You know what a voracious reader I am and, if I do say so myself, I do know a thing or two about a thing or two-it would be a tragedy of epic proportions if my age hasn't bestowed some amount of wisdom and knowledge upon me. You're a writer and, as your Dad so wisely says, write-write it whenever/whatever/however you decide. One of the best things I've heard ever came to me not long ago (author/origin unknown)..."What other people think of me is none of my business." Or as your Dad says, yours is the only vote that counts. If you have any obligation at all, it is only to yourself. You have a voice worth hearing and you are gifted with the talent to write. It will come...and "they" will come.<BR/>Now as to your working Mom issues....as so many have said, including yourself, Dr. Laura is an asinine, hypocritical, sold-out, radio personality-not worth the dynamite it would take to blow her to Hell. YOU, on the other hand, are wise beyond your years and, you are THE BEST Mother I have EVER seen/known. I am stunned, as biased as I am, still utterly blown away by the pure, amazing, off the charts love, devotion, talent, capability, fiercity of your mothering of Zoey. I thought I was good...well, you leave me in your dust, my Girl.WHERE did you learn to be this amazing mother/woman/wife/person/friend? I was fortunate enough to have been able to be a stay at home Mom to you and Andy up until about middle school. No doubt about it, it was great, challenging at times, but wonderful. I'll even admit that it saddened and concerned me a bit that you were not going to have that same luxury with Zoey. I was WRONG-now we all know my admitting wrongness is as rare as it is painful to me. I was absolutely wrong to have had any concerns in that arena. Fine to want to be a fulltime Mom...understandable to be sad that you can't...but guilt? No Way! You and Bry found a gifted Day Care and I see how much it enriches Zoey's life, nothing else. You, Zoey, Bryan, your lives, your parenting, your most incredible love and devotion to each other...I just can not see how, given every option and resource in the known universe at your command, any of you-most especially The Divine Miss Z, could in any way, shape or form have a better life. Guilt, like chronic pain, is not only useless, it is damaging. Throw it out for the garbage it is. LOOK at yourself and our precious, beautiful (inside and out), funny,smart, confident, curious, caring Zoey and amazing husband, Bry, and KNOW that it is all PERFECT right now, exactly as it is. There is nothing else. MomJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235688942890462756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-65268882213771441612008-07-03T11:11:00.000-07:002008-07-03T11:11:00.000-07:00its always so good to hear that so many of us are ...its always so good to hear that so many of us are in the same boat. I love my son but I also want to show him that I'm not only a mom, but a hard working and strong woman. I may miss him everyday, I may doubt that I'm doing the right thing all the time, but... at the end of the day I can be proud of who I am. After all, who says that somebody has to be qualified to do only one job, why not enjoy it all. Thanks for relating. Its time to get on that book, let's go. I need a good summer read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-68371819347528758672008-07-03T10:18:00.000-07:002008-07-03T10:18:00.000-07:00Of course we would read it...we read this blog rig...Of course we would read it...we read this blog right?<BR/>I wouldn't have to read it because I live it...but I would read it because I feel our goofball lives are parallel in some weird universe. <BR/><BR/>We need a good, honest book about the craziness of being a mother...worker,spouse,chef,student,housecleaner,travel planner, muse and laundry attendant<BR/><BR/>xo<BR/>mv8grrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343968864116311413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-5563881591537416792008-07-03T09:47:00.000-07:002008-07-03T09:47:00.000-07:00Funny that you mention this. Check out my post fr...Funny that you mention this. Check out my post from yesterday. I think that moms today have been tricked into thinking you are wrong which ever way you go. Work/S@H...so there's a TON of angst ridden ladies out there. <BR/>I would read the book - I think all us ladies have to relax a little of our expectations on ourselves. Trying not to be practically perfect in every way! You can bet your pretty little toes that men don't even think this way. Their belief of themselves has been enforced for centuries that they are the king of the castle. So to them, it's all good.JackeeG4glamoroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804066813885301990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-8687238178284848672008-07-03T09:37:00.000-07:002008-07-03T09:37:00.000-07:00Oh Dr. Laura. What you're doing by listening to h...Oh Dr. Laura. What you're doing by listening to her is called "recreational outrage" and I'm the queen of doing it. I read fundamentalist baptist message boards just so I can be like "what the fuck!!!" <BR/><BR/>Americans have had the nuclear family model drilled into their heads since the start of this country. The working father, stay at home mom, 2.5 kids and a dog white picket fence thing is something we created for ourselves. People like rules. If there is a mold of "happiness" to strive towards, people feel like they have a purpose. They know what the plan is. <BR/><BR/>When I was a baby my mom was a writer for the Tennessean, the official newspaper of Nashville. When she was fired abruptly she had the choice of staying at home with my sister and me or doing something else. She decided to try something she had secretly played around with in her mind for years-turn her beloved hobby into a business. She loved making and designing clothes for my sister and me so with endless hours of hard work and a full time nanny, she became an awe-inspiring childrens clothing designer. To this day, she can't fill the orders as fast as they come in for the clothes. <BR/><BR/>I'll be honest. I hated it. How come Caroline's mom volunteers to be brownie troop leader every year? How come Amy's mom is available to bring her forgotten gym clothes to school at a moment's notice? How come Anne's mom cooks a big full meal every single night from scratch? Why does the nanny pick me up from school instead of you like everyone else's mom?<BR/><BR/>It wasn't that I NEEDED or was BETTER OFF with a stay at home mom it was just what I saw around me. I think if you have dreams of a career and you force yourself to stay home with your child and have your soul crushed by laundry and Oprah you are doing your daughter the worst injustice of all. You show her that when women have children their lives are over. You show her that she doesn't have options of her own that her fate has already been decided for her by Focus on the Family. <BR/><BR/>What if Zoey ends up having a brilliant research mind and dreams of archeological digs in Africa but she was raised in a way that values the nuclear family over personal happiness and fulfillment? Do you want to teach her that beccause she's a girl its "too bad so sad" for her and she has to stay at home and create the ideal family? Never give up writing because she'd remember that forever. The goals of adult women outside of being a baby incubator DO matter and should be considered.<BR/><BR/>And while I was pissed off then, I wouldn't change having a workaholic mom. She started a small creative niche business which are the hardest kinds to start. She did this with very little start up capital and with two children. She re-invented her career mid life, and powered through even after her divorce. So my resentment back then is outweighed by the fact that I'm a happy confident driven person who is completely self sufficient thousands of miles away from anyone I'm related to. Most of the girls with the perfect moms are still living within five miles of their homes and married and making their own perfect families. They are happy with that choice and I'm happy for them. I'm just glad that I stood a chance to do something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-2971213783174741812008-07-03T09:29:00.000-07:002008-07-03T09:29:00.000-07:00Hel-LO! You'd better not be TEASING me about this...Hel-LO! You'd better not be TEASING me about this shit!<BR/><BR/>I've stopped reading books on working motherhood. They're all full of lies and bullshit and crazy talk. I guess I'm okay with the crazy talk, but not the lies and bullshit.<BR/><BR/>What is going ON with this comment? I meant to say:<BR/><BR/>HELL YEAH I would buy it, and read it, and use it as an all-purpose stocking stuffer like my grandma does with the bible!Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085712930407611861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-45665056301575288422008-07-03T09:28:00.000-07:002008-07-03T09:28:00.000-07:00I'd TOTALLY read it. And would see myself in your...I'd TOTALLY read it. And would see myself in your words.Sarahvizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07257891014401157085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-26771693286862055102008-07-03T08:49:00.000-07:002008-07-03T08:49:00.000-07:00Absolutely! I'm not a mom yet, but I totally think...Absolutely! I'm not a mom yet, but I totally think that you would bring a fresh perspective to the matter. You are REAL! There's no fluff, no strategy, it's just real and relatable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168824588739872769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-55245137378377541562008-07-03T08:37:00.000-07:002008-07-03T08:37:00.000-07:00oh...your dad is so right. and to think i wanted t...oh...your dad is so right. and to think i wanted to kick hej's ass when he was taunting you on your fockers post.<BR/><BR/>until i found out he was your dad, of course.<BR/><BR/>but he's right. we'll read you even if you scribble on a scrap of paper. you're that good. xoxo.karey m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17431535677698029278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-78366655947423613892008-07-03T08:29:00.000-07:002008-07-03T08:29:00.000-07:00Only your vote counts.Only your vote counts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03373846191915688552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-14962444558098310982008-07-03T07:53:00.000-07:002008-07-03T07:53:00.000-07:00Okay, here it is from a former working mom. My hu...Okay, here it is from a former working mom. My husband was a high school teacher. You cannot support a family on a teacher's salary, and still live in a safe and sane place. I had to work. My kids went to daycare. I also went to school. It was tough. You are at the mercy of everyone with little time to yourself. The whole point of the women's movement from its inception, to me anyway, was that women would have choices. I don't know what happened. . . sometimes the choices still seem to be opting for the lesser of two evils. However, I will say that my kids, adults now and probably about your age, turned out fine -- great, in fact. I believe that you, as a parent, have the most influence in your child's life. Exercise that influence, love the kid with all your heart, and things will work out fine. And as far as I'm concerned Dr. Laura is a judgmental and hypocritical bitch.Mary Buekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297930606582925072noreply@blogger.com