Comments for This Life in Writing http://www.thislifeinwriting.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on if I were to teach yoga, I would definitely incorporate the hippo. by peaj http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/if-i-were-to-teach-yoga-i-would-definitely-incorporate-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-4092 peaj Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:57:20 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1900#comment-4092 Mebbee ya'all need to drop all dem fancy-shmancy French terms fer ballet moves an' use good ole 'merican terms like frog an' hippo an' such. Ya know, to make ballet more <i>accessible</i> and stuff. And drama is definitely the more appropriate term, because really, how many people spend much time in a theater? Whereas most kids as they enter their teenage years have lots of drama, so it's good to train them to do it right. Mebbee ya’all need to drop all dem fancy-shmancy French terms fer ballet moves an’ use good ole ‘merican terms like frog an’ hippo an’ such. Ya know, to make ballet more accessible and stuff.

And drama is definitely the more appropriate term, because really, how many people spend much time in a theater? Whereas most kids as they enter their teenage years have lots of drama, so it’s good to train them to do it right.

]]> Comment on if I were to teach yoga, I would definitely incorporate the hippo. by Rachel http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/if-i-were-to-teach-yoga-i-would-definitely-incorporate-the-hippo/comment-page-1/#comment-4091 Rachel Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:23:08 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1900#comment-4091 Sooooooo cute! We have some wonderful kids at our church! They truly do say the darndest things! I am so glad to see you doing what you do Jess. It warms my heart to know that you are teaching them dance moves. I wish there was a camera to film all the kids gyrating their hips. No matter what, you haven't lost any part of your identity...except the bad part that wasn't really your identity...it is a wonderful thing to see! Sooooooo cute! We have some wonderful kids at our church! They truly do say the darndest things!

I am so glad to see you doing what you do Jess. It warms my heart to know that you are teaching them dance moves. I wish there was a camera to film all the kids gyrating their hips. No matter what, you haven’t lost any part of your identity…except the bad part that wasn’t really your identity…it is a wonderful thing to see!

]]> Comment on chicken! by jason http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-4090 jason Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:11:45 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1891#comment-4090 Dangs don't get much hotter than that. Dangs don’t get much hotter than that.

]]> Comment on chicken! by shane http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/chicken/comment-page-1/#comment-4089 shane Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:38:59 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1891#comment-4089 i was gonna say, hot dang! even Jenna is steppin' in on this defense..... i was gonna say, hot dang! even Jenna is steppin’ in on this defense…..

]]> Comment on let it be. by jessica http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/let-it-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4088 jessica Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:36:27 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1895#comment-4088 that's a really interesting article, Peaj. thanks so much for posting it--very insightful and yes, sad, that things are not always just but worse when we make them even less just for blaming those for whatever tragic thing has befallen them. that’s a really interesting article, Peaj. thanks so much for posting it–very insightful and yes, sad, that things are not always just but worse when we make them even less just for blaming those for whatever tragic thing has befallen them.

]]> Comment on let it be. by peaj http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/let-it-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4087 peaj Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:28:37 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1895#comment-4087 So sad. I'm sorry that you still have to deal with this,but glad that you are able to distinguish reality from others' assumptions or interpretations Reminds me of this article I recently read: http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallacy/ The pull quote from the middle of the article by Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez is especially insightful and, perhaps, relevant. So sad. I’m sorry that you still have to deal with this,but glad that you are able to distinguish reality from others’ assumptions or interpretations

Reminds me of this article I recently read:

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/07/the-just-world-fallacy/

The pull quote from the middle of the article by Claire Andre and Manuel Velasquez is especially insightful and, perhaps, relevant.

]]> Comment on let it be. by jessica http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/let-it-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4086 jessica Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:34:24 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1895#comment-4086 meghann, thanks so much. for all of it--the part about writing a book and the part about remembering what I've said in the past about the two of us choosing for me to take the jobs I've taken. And it's absolutely true. we decided everything together. and I honestly thought we were both committed to making it work. It was shocking to find out otherwise, to say the least. meghann, thanks so much. for all of it–the part about writing a book and the part about remembering what I’ve said in the past about the two of us choosing for me to take the jobs I’ve taken. And it’s absolutely true. we decided everything together. and I honestly thought we were both committed to making it work. It was shocking to find out otherwise, to say the least.

]]> Comment on let it be. by jessica http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/let-it-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4085 jessica Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:32:45 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1895#comment-4085 thanks so much, mom. I am very grateful for this huge group of people who love me and care for me. you all are a lifeline to me. thanks so much, mom. I am very grateful for this huge group of people who love me and care for me. you all are a lifeline to me.

]]> Comment on let it be. by jessica http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/let-it-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4084 jessica Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:32:05 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1895#comment-4084 thanks, sarah...I am trying to walk in the light. And I am trying to let go of the past and embrace what life presents right now. Thanks so much for your friendship:) thanks, sarah…I am trying to walk in the light. And I am trying to let go of the past and embrace what life presents right now. Thanks so much for your friendship:)

]]> Comment on let it be. by jessica http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/2010/07/let-it-be/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 jessica Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:30:42 +0000 http://www.thislifeinwriting.com/?p=1895#comment-4083 thank you, kathie. I really appreciate all of your encouragement and kindness...and it's stuff like that that gets under my skin (I hope anyway!) while that other stuff just fades away. thank you, kathie. I really appreciate all of your encouragement and kindness…and it’s stuff like that that gets under my skin (I hope anyway!) while that other stuff just fades away.

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