tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post5716858762236055721..comments2024-01-06T16:56:17.910-06:00Comments on Musings & Meanderings: A StoryMelaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830964784682748651noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-15122805686600094222013-03-07T17:31:19.041-06:002013-03-07T17:31:19.041-06:00Thank you so much for this! For understanding and ...Thank you so much for this! For understanding and validating my need to write and talk and tell. Thank you for not shutting me down. I covet your prayers. Thank you!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01830964784682748651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-87282787710772291132013-03-07T17:30:22.707-06:002013-03-07T17:30:22.707-06:00My husband and I were just discussing the inadequa...My husband and I were just discussing the inadequacy of words in the aftermath. The words may seem inadequate, but the willingness to listen and respond is so incredibly beneficial. Thank you for listening.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01830964784682748651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-30226608695314738932013-03-07T17:29:06.770-06:002013-03-07T17:29:06.770-06:00Thank you.Thank you.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01830964784682748651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-40949520750172366792013-03-07T17:28:50.393-06:002013-03-07T17:28:50.393-06:00Thank you. Sharing does help lighten the load, esp...Thank you. Sharing does help lighten the load, especially when it is received with such grace.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01830964784682748651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-88414546457686565892013-03-07T17:27:59.232-06:002013-03-07T17:27:59.232-06:00Thank you for your kind words. I am sorry that you...Thank you for your kind words. I am sorry that you understand. Telling it (sometimes over and over) does seem to be the best for healing. Thank you for being a compassionate witness.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01830964784682748651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-14858722071179116192013-03-07T11:35:25.373-06:002013-03-07T11:35:25.373-06:00You write because it is true. You write because yo...You write because it is true. You write because you survived. You write because someone else has suffered. You write because the story isn't finished yet. You write because God is at work and he is greater.<br /><br />Pausing to pray you will know his peace and presence in greater measure with each piece of your story you release.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881750571782158938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-81229193819097677072013-03-07T10:13:59.681-06:002013-03-07T10:13:59.681-06:00So, so ugly and hard. I'm so sorry, which is ...So, so ugly and hard. I'm so sorry, which is such a pitifully inadequate word, for that little girl's horrendous pain and for the grown woman now, reliving it. Praying for you.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572872315082254364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-30064886396695853832013-03-07T07:56:41.265-06:002013-03-07T07:56:41.265-06:00We are here for you, Melanie.We are here for you, Melanie.Brandee Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960175760263515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-27778735185793974132013-03-07T07:54:44.011-06:002013-03-07T07:54:44.011-06:00I believe you. Write it out. Write it for yourself...I believe you. Write it out. Write it for yourself first and then ask God to show you how to share it. I'm so very sorry you've endured this kind of pain. Praying Jer. 29:11 over you. His plans for you . . .to give you hope and a future.Shelly Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051889442102350746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-68326908873689941572013-03-06T20:08:27.461-06:002013-03-06T20:08:27.461-06:00I am sorry so sorry for your hurts, your very REAL...I am sorry so sorry for your hurts, your very REAL hurts. I could not read the tortures. Not because your story isn't valuable or true, but because they are both and I could not stop them for you and they would cut me to the core and there is nothing I could do to make it not happen or lesson it. I would compare them to my own and think that I have no reason to hurt and ache, because mine are not so bad. <br /><br />Your words are important, your healing is important, you are important. I understand the wanting to tell it all packaged nicely wrapped up with a neat little bow, because that is what we want. The happy ending, the neatly packaged deal, but the truth is we live in the midst...everyday in the midst....and the reality is it isnt neat or packaged with a bow..it is messy and sometimes incoherent..and that is okay. and my saying this is as much for me as it is for you. hugs. Karmen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06808722278501574962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-73432721281561910712013-03-06T19:10:42.216-06:002013-03-06T19:10:42.216-06:00I can't imagine the weight that goes with the ...I can't imagine the weight that goes with the story that you carry. I hope that in sharing it, it helps to lighten what is unimaginable. I am keeping you in my prayers tonight, hoping you'll feel His love wrap around you and hold you close.Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108887199988528885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-74743082869193443422013-03-01T08:47:27.714-06:002013-03-01T08:47:27.714-06:00I think it's all the more powerful for the fac...I think it's all the more powerful for the fact that it can't be neatly organized and boxed; that's life, after all. Thank you for sharing this with us. Annabellehttp://glassoffancy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-7946226163899728202013-02-28T09:55:07.622-06:002013-02-28T09:55:07.622-06:00I'm sorry this happened to you, but you are a ...I'm sorry this happened to you, but you are a survivor. You had the strength to write this post, and that's a lot.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538106233407301480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5739107202118962075.post-42272911246284537602013-02-28T08:51:51.802-06:002013-02-28T08:51:51.802-06:00I think there can be healing in that type of telli...I think there can be healing in that type of telling, no matter the chronology, no matter the response. I wish you luck as you find the words to share the pain you've held inside for so long.<br />~Angelaangelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974137283220034062noreply@blogger.com