tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.comments2016-11-22T18:30:04.384-08:00Nonsensical Essentials (and other such gibberish)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-9699009261355193492016-11-22T18:30:04.384-08:002016-11-22T18:30:04.384-08:00I think your talent is having many talents and bei...I think your talent is having many talents and being able to cycle through what you do love and build on them. It keeps your innate talents ever growing--- just not in the conventional linear way. More important--- you have inward talents that are so much more important than the outward ones--- being honest with yourself and willing to share your struggles that make everyone relieved because we all have some of those struggles too but are too proud to reveal them. I love your talent of being willing to try NEW things and not get in a rut. I especially love your talent to being true to your family and loving them- your immediate family and your extended family, your neighborhood family and your Heavenly Family most of all. Thanks for being you!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968849152483313615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-74013213261923882792016-11-18T19:10:06.524-08:002016-11-18T19:10:06.524-08:00I think one disservice we do ourselves--as insidio...I think one disservice we do ourselves--as insidious as the idea we'll never be good enough to be professional writers--is the idea that we can never give up, either. Says who? Where does it say we have to keep forcing ourselves to do something if it no longer brings us joy (other than some of the adult obligations like feeding kids, paying bills, etc, of course!)? <br /><br />My daughter is much the same way. She's continually getting excited about something new, does it amazingly well for a while, then drops it like a rock just as quickly. But there are a few specific talents she keeps coming back to in between.<br /><br />And I definitely hear you. I've been focused on writing for five years straight now, but lately it's become a chore. If my latest project doesn't rejuvenate my interest I'm probably going to set writing aside and see if the passion returns at some later date. Maybe there's something else I need to do right now?Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747990389296523185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-54025721213804568682016-11-17T13:00:11.135-08:002016-11-17T13:00:11.135-08:00I'm not sure how I missed this post, but I fou...I'm not sure how I missed this post, but I found it today on GoodReads. You're a goodie, and I'm thankful to know such an honest, vulnerable, brave person in you. You give hope to many without even the slightest idea of your influence. Keep doing you. I like it.<br />Stacy Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02008769563833175988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-48366394197318040382016-09-26T13:04:12.459-07:002016-09-26T13:04:12.459-07:00Welcome back! It was great to see you at the banqu...Welcome back! It was great to see you at the banquet for the LUW Fall Conference. The world has missed you.Mark2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11504694106722337068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-15479179933230113352016-09-26T12:49:39.703-07:002016-09-26T12:49:39.703-07:00You rock, sista!You rock, sista!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840596617988059810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-1831105036419598292016-09-26T05:14:12.599-07:002016-09-26T05:14:12.599-07:00Beautifully written, inspiring and honest. Fulfill...Beautifully written, inspiring and honest. Fulfills the promise: 2 Nephi 2:2 "Nevertheless, Jacob my firstborn in the wilderness, thou knowest the goodness of God; and he will consecrate thine afflictions for thy gain."Jack Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08032668168383415136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-88359219464715206432016-09-25T22:12:37.704-07:002016-09-25T22:12:37.704-07:00Seriously I've always thought you were amazing...Seriously I've always thought you were amazing but this just reinforces how much I admire you. You are incredible. I'm blessed to have you as family. 💜💜💜 love you!megshiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193466031576100903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-31861435227970089182016-09-25T20:52:55.106-07:002016-09-25T20:52:55.106-07:00All my love to you always! Our prayers are answere...All my love to you always! Our prayers are answered too!! You are precious and thank you for opening up and sharing with others-- I'm sure it will help many who struggle also. YOU are a great blessing in my life--- a friend as well as a daughter. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968849152483313615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-74294069517501381352016-09-25T20:52:35.657-07:002016-09-25T20:52:35.657-07:00All my love to you always! Our prayers are answere...All my love to you always! Our prayers are answered too!! You are precious and thank you for opening up and sharing with others-- I'm sure it will help many who struggle also. YOU are a great blessing in my life--- a friend as well as a daughter. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968849152483313615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-79593168809207006082016-09-25T20:41:13.076-07:002016-09-25T20:41:13.076-07:00Brittany, I always knew we were kindred spirits! Brittany, I always knew we were kindred spirits! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861578417003371483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-31260031470675752982015-08-21T00:06:29.448-07:002015-08-21T00:06:29.448-07:00<3<3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-77802790482455697592015-08-21T00:06:10.597-07:002015-08-21T00:06:10.597-07:00Thank you for your comment! <3 I have a dream o...Thank you for your comment! <3 I have a dream of someday being fully cured of this. I know it's a possibility because I've been told by others. All we can do is fight it every day and look to the future with hope. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-73314294239631219582015-08-20T12:30:54.637-07:002015-08-20T12:30:54.637-07:00I truly appreciated your narrative. I relate to i...I truly appreciated your narrative. I relate to it. Depression has been something I have lived with for many years. I sometimes get a vacation from it ( like fishing with some old buddies in a Utah lake) but it is always lurking. Ronnie Abelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192555750200626964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-35089382869881553472015-05-29T11:21:34.445-07:002015-05-29T11:21:34.445-07:00Thank you for this gorgeous, honest post. I'm ...Thank you for this gorgeous, honest post. I'm so glad to see depression being recognized and talked about, and it's inspiring to hear how you're resurfacing from it. Best of luck to you, and many hugs.Caryn Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338655819410392107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-16324740458374187442015-05-13T14:41:45.738-07:002015-05-13T14:41:45.738-07:00Very well said, Thom.Very well said, Thom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-9128286483822380762015-05-13T07:45:46.764-07:002015-05-13T07:45:46.764-07:00I think this sort of thing is more prevalent than ...I think this sort of thing is more prevalent than we think, partly because people get really good at hiding the signs out in public, and partly because everyone experiences it a little differently. It took me a long time to figure out I was getting migraines because the way the people I knew who got them described them didn't sound like what I experienced. But unlike depression, at least with migraines I get a very clear, unmistakable announcement that I'm about to experience one.<br /><br />It's not so obvious with depression. The monster is sneaky and tries not to rouse your defenses until it's got you surrounded. That last thing it wants to do is come in with flags and trumpets, announcing its presence to everyone. If it can be sneaky enough it can convince you the problem is you and there's no monster at all.<br /><br />As Patrick Rothfuss' Kvothe would say, there is power in knowing the true names of things. Now that you have publicly named the monster, I expect you will have greater power over it--if for no other reason than it being easier to recognize next time so it won't have time to get you surrounded before you start to fight back.<br /><br />But even as I write this I find myself arguing internally--is what I experience really depression? It doesn't sound quite like the same thing as others describe it. Perhaps I'm just being a big boob.<br /><br />The monster doesn't like us knowing its name.Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747990389296523185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-30631386156404640412015-05-12T23:02:48.300-07:002015-05-12T23:02:48.300-07:00Thanks, Daddy! I love that you understand. You alw...Thanks, Daddy! I love that you understand. You always understand! I miss you. Come back soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-65773058469795849232015-05-12T22:52:22.934-07:002015-05-12T22:52:22.934-07:00Very beautifully written. Thank you for writing th...Very beautifully written. Thank you for writing this with such gentle sensitivity to those who are still caught in this nightmare. Back when I was about your age and you were too young to remember, I had this monster seek up on me. To me it was like I slugged the tar-baby and the more I wrestled with it the more entangled I got. And, all the while I was grappling the Dementor was sucking happiness out of me and I was sucking it out of everyone else...or so it seemed. It was at times like I clawing my way out of a slick rabbit hole, a little forward and a lot backwards.<br /><br />That was a long time ago and, like you, I made some choices about me, my life style and what I chose to believe. Then one day…or maybe one year, it went away and I drew a line in the sand and decided to never let it come back. Since then I have my bad days and so I learned that unwelcome visitor would probably try to drop in from time to time. I have also learned that I can manage him if I see him coming and I act quickly so I don’t touch him and he doesn’t touch me. Like you I have my personal strategy that has empowered me to stay safer.<br /><br />My take-away from this experience…I will never judge another person’s dark mood again, ever. I will never toss out mindless suggestions like, "just be happy and think positive", "be more righteous," "appreciate what you have more," or this doozy, "I know just how you feel." That experience was more painful and frightening to me than any other and anyone going though it has not only my committed support, but my love and concern. Love, DAD<br />Jack Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08032668168383415136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-57169839104865093022015-05-12T20:49:40.769-07:002015-05-12T20:49:40.769-07:00Thanks, Nikki! I do love writers. It just goes to ...Thanks, Nikki! I do love writers. It just goes to show how far I'd fallen that I was hating. If you manage to find that magic depression eraser, pass it this way. <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-10733898009609764552015-05-12T20:48:14.930-07:002015-05-12T20:48:14.930-07:00I love this!I love this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387326618086304570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-27697250402862813652015-05-12T20:24:38.091-07:002015-05-12T20:24:38.091-07:00Dude, you are awesome. It's amazing how frant...Dude, you are awesome. It's amazing how frantic it can make you--not being able to find joy in the things you used to find joy in (because, really, what's left? and that sucks.) We writers are on your side--or at least I'M on your side. I wish I had magic erase-depression words. Hang in there. You wrote this post, so you're writing a little bit! I'm proud of you. :)Nikki Trionfohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08857040571222466022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-83137402496037486742015-05-12T19:01:08.699-07:002015-05-12T19:01:08.699-07:00I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.
― ...I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow.<br />― Edgar Allan PoePrinceofDarknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362712502211990018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-80708595711298646882014-09-23T08:05:49.642-07:002014-09-23T08:05:49.642-07:00Thanks again for having me!Thanks again for having me!Paul Anthony Shortthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-55442182507370784602014-07-28T03:50:47.835-07:002014-07-28T03:50:47.835-07:00It's so weird to look back at how long that fi...It's so weird to look back at how long that first book takes, isn't it? And such a huge feeling to see it out there.Paul Anthony Shortthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129715834114685280.post-31740687509682155632014-05-03T17:34:54.924-07:002014-05-03T17:34:54.924-07:00That is awesome! You are too legit!That is awesome! You are too legit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com