tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post1931187227965434741..comments2024-03-27T09:52:02.406-07:00Comments on Petunia Face: The GlassPetunia Facehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10862319327443285277noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-46489335961714145222008-11-27T10:37:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:37:00.000-08:00Brilliant and beautiful post. I love the way you w...Brilliant and beautiful post. I love the way you write.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963564417866585477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-4440267388291016842008-11-25T21:39:00.000-08:002008-11-25T21:39:00.000-08:00what happens when you have everything you ever wan...what happens when you have everything you ever wanted and it doesn't make you feel any better? and it still isn't ENOUGH? Where does one go to fill that void?<BR/><BR/>beautiful things are lovely and fun but they don't make the bad feelings go away as those kids have said out loud 6 times over.<BR/><BR/>I don't have kids, but I have to wonder out loud to what we're doing as a whole, when we have to be reminded as adults to have dinner with our children.<BR/><BR/>There is a lot more that is broken here besides our economy.Richie Designshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367914623379813600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-35721880950572812042008-11-25T18:15:00.000-08:002008-11-25T18:15:00.000-08:00Did you know that the lady who wrote that book liv...Did you know that the lady who wrote that book lives in Marin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-88093954916786132902008-11-25T17:29:00.000-08:002008-11-25T17:29:00.000-08:00great post. that's all i can think of to say :)great post. that's all i can think of to say :)Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-48362001748127811332008-11-25T16:31:00.000-08:002008-11-25T16:31:00.000-08:00I dont know what to say, I stumbled on you via ano...I dont know what to say, I stumbled on you via another blog.<BR/>I know how it is to be living in the shadow of better times. We lost our American Dream this year... your family is what you still have and cherish them.<BR/><BR/>You have a beautiful way of writing and evoking emotions... I wanted to read more.Minxy Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11798690022831332543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-55143724874476762162008-11-25T16:26:00.000-08:002008-11-25T16:26:00.000-08:00Great post, Sus.Great post, Sus.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053447236990817869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-3667160236995928272008-11-25T14:22:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:22:00.000-08:00Ditto on the book recommendation. I live in Welle...Ditto on the book recommendation. I live in Wellesley, MA and we have had a lot of teenage suicides in the 5 years I've lived here. One thanksgiving weekend there were three between Wellesley and Needham (town next door).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-14973794440835333842008-11-25T11:56:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:56:00.000-08:00Oh, and thanks for the book recommendation. I tea...Oh, and thanks for the book recommendation. I teach at a private high school, so this is completely our demographic.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094502510749505246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-36881346366411449132008-11-25T11:55:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:55:00.000-08:00Yet another brilliant piece of prose... I look for...Yet another brilliant piece of prose... I look forward to your posts every day. As a mom AND a high school teacher, I feel extremely challenged to find that perfect balance of encouraging autonomy while being protective. And although the economy hasn't affected me as much as others (I don't own a house or have any investments... or savings...), I do struggle everyday to eke out a living on a teaching salary, after I pay over half of it to daycare so that I can work...<BR/><BR/>So maybe it's true that "money can't buy happiness"? Maybe it's the beauty in our daughters (and sons, for those that have them) that makes a life truly worth living and enjoying. Since I've become a mom, everything I do has new purpose because I'm doing it for someone else too. I kinda like that pressure.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094502510749505246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1317198515686034704.post-9608613299360250142008-11-25T10:14:00.000-08:002008-11-25T10:14:00.000-08:00and it all seems like such a no brainer. be 'with'...and it all seems like such a no brainer. be 'with' your children more, require them to be accountable, give them a source of pride in themselves. you know why I think more parents don't do these things? because it requires more effort. It's so much easier to make yourself feel like the good parent because you can afford certain trappings. Even if you can afford to give your child a new SUV, what happened to making them work for a clunker that they buy out of the paper? I really hope I can remember all of these things when my girls get to that age.72 and sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18244030255190856553noreply@blogger.com