tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post2765514169167835079..comments2023-09-28T03:24:44.018-04:00Comments on Falling Into Me: dVerse: Boxes of MeMaggie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-20745802582249725492013-07-27T02:06:35.342-04:002013-07-27T02:06:35.342-04:00Did American Indians have lists?
Perhaps they s...Did American Indians have lists? <br /><br />Perhaps they scratched it in the sand and had a clean slate each time it rained.<br /><br />Building Sand Castles at the beach.<br /><br />Silly Silly humans self important memories.<br /><br />I watched A Hawk spiraling today never with his list.Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-68195462735606718762013-07-26T22:41:06.231-04:002013-07-26T22:41:06.231-04:00letting go is a process and it remains with us not...letting go is a process and it remains with us not as a bad memory but as an experience that life moves on. Very layered and I liked you using paper cuttings as a metaphorTCPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735466017293465064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-16978708341862218572013-07-26T22:17:16.703-04:002013-07-26T22:17:16.703-04:00Thanks to all for visiting and commenting. Love th...Thanks to all for visiting and commenting. Love the discussion that happened :)Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-37237155070220580592013-07-26T16:02:25.491-04:002013-07-26T16:02:25.491-04:00Love the jigsaw puzzle image. I think you must hav...Love the jigsaw puzzle image. I think you must have been inside my head (or seen my desk)...sigh...wonderful and thoughtful. Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-4608278310697360902013-07-26T10:34:40.619-04:002013-07-26T10:34:40.619-04:00Talking with a friend last week they have an attic...Talking with a friend last week they have an attic full of boxes just like yours and no memory of what is in them. They of course can open them and remember them. You just have decide if you want to keep anything :) Smiles. <br />When I moved in with my partner he had a huge cellar completely filled. It took us weeks of going to the tip every day to empty it. The feeling when it was done and cleaned and shelves and wine racks put up was exhilarating. The clean out of my own home and keeping only what I really wanted was also therapeutic. Good luck with yours xTigerbritehttp://www.planetcyberluz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-20927457322620014522013-07-26T10:06:13.577-04:002013-07-26T10:06:13.577-04:00Yes, isn't it strange that some things that on...Yes, isn't it strange that some things that once meant so much are now difficult to piece together. Significance can be tied to the moment--letting go is a wonderful feeling. A powerfully emotional write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-33986022213680864932013-07-26T00:15:23.463-04:002013-07-26T00:15:23.463-04:00:)):))Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-62640815214879307792013-07-26T00:14:00.739-04:002013-07-26T00:14:00.739-04:00Thank you, Kristy! My art collages were probably m...Thank you, Kristy! My art collages were probably more important in reclaiming my life and memory than the talk therapy. Generally we worked with my art. Some I see some recognition, others are dead on right, and some are still "huh?". But it helped me document and process memory fragments. Guess there are other circumstances where healing happens without really knowing answers...Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-84865666269820190642013-07-26T00:10:31.326-04:002013-07-26T00:10:31.326-04:00In life we accumulate not only the physical but th...In life we accumulate not only the physical but the mental- I wish you well Maggie on your path to sort out what is important and needed, whether 3 hole punch randomness or colourful scraps of nothingness.xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-46055031462539685252013-07-26T00:05:02.297-04:002013-07-26T00:05:02.297-04:00Yes, it's time. Thank you, Claudia.Yes, it's time. Thank you, Claudia.Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-67148961651452185682013-07-26T00:01:56.474-04:002013-07-26T00:01:56.474-04:00it's very cool to go through the things of the...it's very cool to go through the things of the past and sort them - and in the process finding it's time to let go of some of the things that may have served as crutches but are not needed anymore cause you manage to walk without them - i think it's a moment of liberation as well - very cool maggieClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-86376061392657016312013-07-25T23:50:35.421-04:002013-07-25T23:50:35.421-04:00Sometimes it is hard to let things go, and sometim...Sometimes it is hard to let things go, and sometimes it is just time to release and dispose of them. Your words have captured the ambivalence of the situation really well.Ginny Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298060016652737538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-5320134969804625792013-07-25T22:16:50.719-04:002013-07-25T22:16:50.719-04:00art therapy still without meaning
though i healed ...art therapy still without meaning<br />though i healed without the knowing.<br /><br />I really relate to those lines! Well stated.Kristy @Loveandblasphemyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634987114195614214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-90105414189042061062013-07-25T21:32:31.767-04:002013-07-25T21:32:31.767-04:00It's hard to let go but so good when we do, a ...It's hard to let go but so good when we do, a great take on the prompt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-79933388875183084402013-07-25T21:28:01.475-04:002013-07-25T21:28:01.475-04:00last 2 lines, awesome endinglast 2 lines, awesome endingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-55685585942034046732013-07-25T21:06:38.230-04:002013-07-25T21:06:38.230-04:00Since I retired 3 years ago, I have been able to s...Since I retired 3 years ago, I have been able to sort through my boxes thoroughly, and found high school poetry, grade cards, autograph books; & the 4 times I returned to college left me with several hundred pounds of "salient" notes, journals, diaries, and the recycle bin at my home was filled to capacity for months; out, out damned paper, damned thoughts, lost dreams, broken hearts--but I couldn't throw out my two unpublished novel manuscripts, and did wipe the years of dust off them. Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-48950758984464677342013-07-25T21:00:07.119-04:002013-07-25T21:00:07.119-04:00I have this crazy system where I cleanse, rebox, s...I have this crazy system where I cleanse, rebox, store and repeat, year after year. I've whittled away, a bit at a time, a small box here, meaningless scraps (that I had somehow thought would be important someday)--and yet the very process is so important! Nice write ~peace, JasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-25881478075031597462013-07-25T20:30:17.949-04:002013-07-25T20:30:17.949-04:00I have so many boxes and even a Bombay trunk fille...I have so many boxes and even a Bombay trunk filled with what spilled out of my amnesia. Anything that no longer has meaning or won't be helpful by keeping it is going. The neurofeedback treatments I'm starting may cause new memories or pieces of old memories to surface so I do need reference since I've forgotten most of what I've remembered...like that made sense. Anyway, it is a relief to be able to let go, especially those little notes that I was so attached to upon until recently. Thanks for reading and commenting.Maggie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044824920398442496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-33854780371770461852013-07-25T20:18:37.580-04:002013-07-25T20:18:37.580-04:00Thanks for sharing your list and your process with...Thanks for sharing your list and your process with us. I have had to rid myself of things too. I think the things like you mentioned specifically saving are the hardest kinds of things to get rid of, as obviously they had some big meaning at one time. It is cathartic though, I think, and when one finally makes the step to throw these unneeded remnants of past away there is a sense of relief.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-29632562389587193672013-07-25T18:44:42.752-04:002013-07-25T18:44:42.752-04:00Ah...I am so familiar with this particular list, I...Ah...I am so familiar with this particular list, I could have written the poem myself! Good poem, if not just a tad frightening, to me at least, and I'm sure you can relate...<br /><br />http://leapingelephantenterprizes.blogspot.ca/2013/07/pages-of-sorrow_25.htmlS.E.Ingrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135141369161538082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-19418339729272025142013-07-25T18:19:27.648-04:002013-07-25T18:19:27.648-04:00Wow--a liberating and frightening place to be in. ...Wow--a liberating and frightening place to be in. I'm going more with he freeing aspects of this! Susan Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241514922366571247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-37971510969815418142013-07-25T18:19:03.612-04:002013-07-25T18:19:03.612-04:00It is good to let go sometimes... a true to heart ...It is good to let go sometimes... a true to heart creation. Lovely writing.. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-66245306903711084352013-07-25T18:02:34.023-04:002013-07-25T18:02:34.023-04:00There a point in life when we do this, on multiple...There a point in life when we do this, on multiple levels. In a few of my poems I've alluded to the fact that I'm now going through and destroying 30-40 year old journals. It's and experience that's freeing, cathartic and painful all at the same time--a letting go. Good luck as you move on, and thanks for sharing this. It's affirming, I think. Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-55416178427763130242013-07-25T18:01:54.742-04:002013-07-25T18:01:54.742-04:00glad the pieces are no longer needed.glad the pieces are no longer needed.LaTonya Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837979981517423142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529664820669648146.post-76073546585239054262013-07-25T17:42:22.989-04:002013-07-25T17:42:22.989-04:00I like the art therapy & undone jigsaw puzzles...I like the art therapy & undone jigsaw puzzles ~ I think I threw out most of my junk when we migrated here to Canada ~ I can relate to being able to let go (of those papers) finally ~ Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.com