Comments on: Shoes http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/ Hope and Sadness Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jean http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-50420 Jean Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:48:28 +0000 http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-50420 I'm glad you're back. I had been checking daily, then weekly and then sporadically, not because I didn't care, because I had decided that you were "done" with the blog. I'm glad I checked today. I’m glad you’re back. I had been checking daily, then weekly and then sporadically, not because I didn’t care, because I had decided that you were “done” with the blog. I’m glad I checked today.

]]> By: Paul Smith http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-50244 Paul Smith Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:17:35 +0000 http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-50244 Many of us have been wondering. I truly hope you are doing well. The first day of the new school year has come and gone. I know you've written in the past of school routines, transitions, and changed futures. I hope you were able to find some measure of peace on a day when the absence was (probably) so very palpable. Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis Daniel, I'm amazed at the quality and tremendous friendship of the people who surround you. I hope you let them help you when they can. Many of us have been wondering. I truly hope you are doing well.
The first day of the new school year has come and gone. I know you’ve written in the past of school routines, transitions, and changed futures. I hope you were able to find some measure of peace on a day when the absence was (probably) so very palpable.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis

Daniel, I’m amazed at the quality and tremendous friendship of the people who surround you. I hope you let them help you when they can.

]]> By: mark http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-50019 mark Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:21:10 +0000 http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-50019 For me, it's a matter of impulsively (still) wanting to pick up the phone and see if my sister wants to go out for breakfast or go to the mall. I've been wondering how it's been going for you. For me, it’s a matter of impulsively (still) wanting to pick up the phone and see if my sister wants to go out for breakfast or go to the mall. I’ve been wondering how it’s been going for you.

]]> By: Jill B. http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-49944 Jill B. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:37:32 +0000 http://dearelena.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/shoes/#comment-49944 I read Didion's book about 6 months after Elena died. I'd heard great things about it and was looking for some shred of solace. I found a few passages, like the one you include, that were poignant. But in general, I felt dissatisfied and disappointed when I finished the book. I have an idea why that is. I'd become accustomed to the mix of expressiveness, storytelling, recounted conversations, raw emotion, and humor present in your writing. Love you. I read Didion’s book about 6 months after Elena died. I’d heard great things about it and was looking for some shred of solace. I found a few passages, like the one you include, that were poignant. But in general, I felt dissatisfied and disappointed when I finished the book. I have an idea why that is. I’d become accustomed to the mix of expressiveness, storytelling, recounted conversations, raw emotion, and humor present in your writing. Love you.

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