tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post688565488477803545..comments2023-06-05T08:30:06.639-04:00Comments on Dear Audrey: DistantJo Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981020170602413504noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-31187202340634984692012-11-25T21:45:03.819-05:002012-11-25T21:45:03.819-05:00Thanks Erin- I appreciate that. And thank you Eri...Thanks Erin- I appreciate that. And thank you Erica for the soccer ball donation! Jo Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981020170602413504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-32717066570217785152012-11-25T21:16:08.508-05:002012-11-25T21:16:08.508-05:00We don't know each other. (I started reading a...We don't know each other. (I started reading after you were highlighted in the NY Times.) I'm about your age (32), with a young son (17-months-old) and a husbad who also travels for work (although for nothing as special as what your husband did.) I don't know what to write, but I guess I just want you to know that you're in my thoughts. I think about you and Audrey a lot even though we've never met (as strange as that sounds when I write it down... I don't mean for it to sound creepy like it probably would to me if I was in your position reading this.) But, I just want you to know that I hope that the pain gets easier for you. That you continue to parent Audrey as well as you've been doing. That you find true happiness in some way again. Erin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15539435854984792620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-65210772759785831982012-11-13T23:05:04.437-05:002012-11-13T23:05:04.437-05:00I am so sorry for your loss; I know the pain can s...I am so sorry for your loss; I know the pain can still be raw everyday for you and Audrey. I return to your blog to know how you two are making out; I wish I could hold you both in your time of inconsolable grief. <br /><br />So much of life is madness which can make faith a joyless, tiring journey. And yet, it would be more terrifying to believe that there aren't any answers in the end, any purpose. So I trudge on, grabbing hold of what God has for me, whatever it may be. I also get some strength from you and Audrey, with her childlike faith. Thank you for sharing them.<br /><br />"I believe like a child that suffering will be healed and made up for, that all the humiliating absurdity of human contradictions will vanish like a pitiful mirage, like the despicable fabrication of the impotent and infinitely small Euclidean mind of man, that in the world's finale, at the moment of eternal harmony, something so precious will come to pass that it will suffice for all hearts, for the comforting of all resentments, for the atonement of all crimes of humanity, of all the blood that they've shed; that it will make it not only possible to forgive but to justify all that has happened."<br /><br />Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov<br />teethhttp://www.lostinatlanta.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-3405913800230769492012-11-11T23:34:48.064-05:002012-11-11T23:34:48.064-05:00You and Audrey are in my thoughts.You and Audrey are in my thoughts.A.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969132864760213604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-88988210822990548122012-11-08T02:19:35.558-05:002012-11-08T02:19:35.558-05:00I am hoping you do not end the blog. Your writing ...I am hoping you do not end the blog. Your writing is so beautiful and captures life in its full honesty. I think of you and your daughter often. I wish you happiness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-18390048654019689742012-11-07T11:04:47.034-05:002012-11-07T11:04:47.034-05:00You inspire me. Thank you for your words.You inspire me. Thank you for your words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-2552808880928869912012-11-06T20:14:36.536-05:002012-11-06T20:14:36.536-05:00My sweet friend...you already know how much I love...My sweet friend...you already know how much I love your writing and raw honesty. I will miss checking your blog and feeling excited when I see a new post, but I understand this work has come to an end. I look forward to your next work though...your writing is like nothing else I have read. I am so proud of you, Julia, for so many reasons.christynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-56926399626377377892012-11-06T18:21:53.118-05:002012-11-06T18:21:53.118-05:00Beautifully written, Julia...
It must have been s...Beautifully written, Julia...<br /><br />It must have been so difficult physically and emotionally to make that move. I am in wonder over your finding Dan's last gift to you in a seemingly empty cabinet! <br /><br />I don't know if you ever received notice of it, but I donated 6 soccer balls through World Vision almost a year ago in honor of Dan's birthday--the date is coming up again and recently I have found myself thinking frequently of you and your daughter, and sending hopeful thoughts that you both are doing well. I will continue to do so...please take care of yourselves.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12867906003399711805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-80692671099746847662012-11-06T11:27:07.706-05:002012-11-06T11:27:07.706-05:00thank you. I appreciate that...thank you. I appreciate that...Jo Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981020170602413504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-15841798276297776812012-11-06T10:36:29.212-05:002012-11-06T10:36:29.212-05:00I've been reading your blog for a long time, s...I've been reading your blog for a long time, since you appeared in the NYT Motherlode blog. I've been so moved by your writing ever since. I hope you aren't saying that you will be discontinuing this blog... but I will be sending lots of good thoughts and wishes to you and Audrey. I don't know any of you... but Dan sounds like an amazing person. Thank you for sharing so much of your lives with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-36899939102747723862012-11-05T10:14:46.483-05:002012-11-05T10:14:46.483-05:00man.man.meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064483599165161879noreply@blogger.com