Comments on: I Had a Moment

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:59:06 +0000

I love reading your blog. It’s like an open window straight into your brain at times (I almost wrote “brian”, which conjures up all manner of Pythonesque scenes).

I’m trying not to think about the machinations of teenagers brains – I have enough trouble with a four, six, and nine year old at home.

By: Mocha Momma » Are You Listening?

Mocha Momma » Are You Listening? — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:58:26 +0000

[...] recent post was a direct result of me worrying about telling these stories about students and I think, after [...]

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:40:44 +0000

I have one right now whose story I restrain myself from babbling about to everyone in my vicinity. You know how it is, sometimes one just grabs you and you want to fix everything even though it’s unlikely that you can.

I describe my job as a combination of social work and teaching at this point. These lives I work with are so heavy and what I find out has nothing to do with why they come to me in the first place.

I don’t tell their stories at all, even anonymously, but you make me think about it more these days.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:06:14 +0000

You have never yet told us any story that hasn’t protected the privacy of others. You manage to make us laugh and cry along with the stories. You have the ability to tell it all without taking the anonymity away from anyone. Though just once can you write us a “Child M” story just for the giggle factor?

Stop thinking so much, breathe and just be you. BECAUSE YOU ROCK!

I was always under the impression that being mentally unstable was a prerequisite to being a writer. Maybe you just are not quite unstable enough yet? LOL xoxoxox

By: trayday

trayday — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:33:33 +0000

Hi sister,
Did you say Solid Gold?…
http://www.sgdanceconnection.com/dancers.html

xoxo

By: lagata

lagata — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:44:26 +0000

I love your stories, they are so full of hope, and truth – something we need to hear more of. Your book – oh, your book…. Can’t wait to read it )

By: furiousBall

furiousBall — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:53:32 +0000

you know if you read this too quickly…

“Far too well I might add.”

it looks like …

“Fart well I might add.”

By: Cynthia Samuels

Cynthia Samuels — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:52:03 +0000

The way you tell stories is never exploitation. You always offer something from which we can learn. (OH and Broadcast News is basically my 30 and 40.s) Motive and retention of the dignity of those we write about is everything. I’ve agonized about it often with regard to my kids and my community; there is so much to share and so much risk if we do it wrong.
And you are a prime role model of how to do it right and help us all see and understand something we might not otherwise realize. You are the gold standard.

By: coffeecupkat

coffeecupkat — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:21:02 +0000

It’s hard when your story is tangled up with someone else’s story. When you try to separate the two, so you can leave theirs out, you just end up with a knotted mess that doesn’t make any sense. So you keep putting your story out there, and the bits of other people’s stories, and hope for the best, I think.

Good luck with the book.

By: BOSSY

BOSSY — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:08:59 +0000

You can never stop. You’ll have all of us to answer to!