tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post3507710942726055742..comments2023-06-05T08:30:06.639-04:00Comments on Dear Audrey: It ReturnsJo Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981020170602413504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-32230796800278046462010-09-15T21:22:29.957-04:002010-09-15T21:22:29.957-04:00Your observation about being another woman entirel...Your observation about being another woman entirely is an acute one. You have been "born" into a different life, not one you would ever have chosen. There is nothing superficial about that.<br /><br />After my mother died (quickly, from metastasizing cancer) and I got through her last painful weeks, planning the memorial service and cremation etc., helping my dad with stuff he was too overwhelmed to manage... I grieved ferociously. And what I remember clearly was saying to a friend, "I have stepped through a doorway, over a threshold, into another life. It looks just like my previous life, but it is an alternate universe. Nothing feels right, comfortable, familiar, or whole. I want to get back through that door to my 'real' life, my old world with Mom still alive, but it isn't possible." I struggled for a long time with that feeling of being in an alien place where I could not be comforted.<br /><br />Peace be with you.Anne Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215783161481132340noreply@blogger.com