tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4278253490712187910..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: MarkersDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-743709054761886532017-11-18T14:24:01.114-05:002017-11-18T14:24:01.114-05:00No kinder words. I'm going to remember them, ...No kinder words. I'm going to remember them, and share them, too. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05216797361470559999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10556738730592955042017-11-17T09:45:04.369-05:002017-11-17T09:45:04.369-05:00eloquent writing....that sense of dislocation is a...eloquent writing....that sense of dislocation is a visceral one....<br />and the reminder that we are all right in the place we are supposed to be.....<br />clairesmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12235828110880302069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-50914035243972881572017-11-17T09:00:02.216-05:002017-11-17T09:00:02.216-05:00I don't WANT to be disabled. I don't think...I don't WANT to be disabled. I don't think anyone wants that.<br /><br />But the books I'm working on wouldn't exist if I were healthy, and I really, really like what I've written. <br /><br />Every time I come back to that, I wonder if this is where I'm meant to be - for that purpose, and for whatever other purposes I have been made. It's a sobering thought, because of the cost, and I'm not sure I'd have the guts to choose disability if that were the only way to get the empathy.<br /><br />Or maybe it's all random, and I'm doing the best I can with what I have, as we all try to do.<br /><br />But the sense of purpose keeps me trying.ABEhrhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211038591900883672noreply@blogger.com