tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post1654236992793832261..comments2023-03-25T10:44:17.654-04:00Comments on Heart Heal Hope: Love for today . . . and tomorrowSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533706560591305512noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post-52799620006428255122011-11-25T21:29:21.984-05:002011-11-25T21:29:21.984-05:00Thank you for this, Sara.Thank you for this, Sara.Mandy Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365577216317740232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post-46576485261410570802011-11-22T17:23:39.714-05:002011-11-22T17:23:39.714-05:00This is a beautiful post. You are a wonderful moth...This is a beautiful post. You are a wonderful mother to Henry. One who loved him constantly, who appreciated the person he was and the person that she hoped he would become. <br />Parenting is, in my experience, kind of a muddle of hoping and telling off and loving and appreciating the moment and planning ahead. I know I often get it wrong but I hope they feel that constant mother love you describe.Catherine Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618295389400457254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post-56782916183529890502011-11-10T20:50:35.377-05:002011-11-10T20:50:35.377-05:00Erica, maybe you have it right too, not looking to...Erica, maybe you have it right too, not looking too far forward. I like to believe there is a lot ahead, but I haven't plotted it out.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533706560591305512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post-53123111490176068202011-11-10T04:31:20.074-05:002011-11-10T04:31:20.074-05:00I could say so much, this was beautiful. So I'...I could say so much, this was beautiful. So I'll just say thank you.<br />xoHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post-52551761932328874942011-11-09T16:45:12.338-05:002011-11-09T16:45:12.338-05:00I love this post, and I love hearing about your st...I love this post, and I love hearing about your striving toward balance and what you say about living in the moment and responsibility toward the future. I sometimes feel afraid of looking too far forward, but you're absolutely right that, in the end, that's not in Dot's best interest or in mine.<br /><br />Thinking of you, your girls, and Henry, and sending love.ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347057746449071812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394064155173705488.post-33402233108273656342011-11-09T00:45:20.333-05:002011-11-09T00:45:20.333-05:00This was such a beautiful post. When I read the ar...This was such a beautiful post. When I read the article you spoke of I felt conflicted. I thought how much easier to love in the moment or rather parent moment to moment when you know your child will die. We can not parent this way on a daily basis. We can't live like that. Having my daughter die certainly makes the immediacy of my love for my son more apparent. I find time to love and laugh with him in a different way because of my experience with loss. I've seen signs about parenting: love more, say yes more, build dreams, run with your imagination etc... You know the ones. When I read them I think yes. But saying no and setting boundaries and teaching manners. This is part of parenting and raising our children to be good kind humans who participate in our community. So yes I loved what you wrote. I believe in what you wrote. I wish I could have seen Camille alive. Have hope she would live. I have to put all that love and hope into my son.Renelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08490888250385942221noreply@blogger.com