tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post5456783250184243521..comments2022-11-03T00:32:44.602-07:00Comments on muttering: Trifecta Week EighteenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-15276051220071822102012-03-16T12:08:04.744-07:002012-03-16T12:08:04.744-07:00Thank you. Could be because I was feeling it ... O...Thank you. Could be because I was feeling it ... Oops! <br /><br />Glad you came to read it.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-37507358353460427442012-03-16T11:47:23.805-07:002012-03-16T11:47:23.805-07:00You really captured that out of control frustratio...You really captured that out of control frustration she's experiencing. well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-64898178116099864912012-03-15T23:39:26.846-07:002012-03-15T23:39:26.846-07:00Thank you Amanda. As you know, I love your writing...Thank you Amanda. As you know, I love your writing very much, and perhaps some of your honesty is rubbing off here? I love to be influenced by all of the Trifecta/100 word writers so much, it is a very nice part of my (completely out of control) life right now.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-45835756242285825352012-03-15T23:38:07.204-07:002012-03-15T23:38:07.204-07:00Thank you for visiting, I'm relieved, frankly,...Thank you for visiting, I'm relieved, frankly, that I'm not alone in this -- both in the writing and in the parenting stuff. I'd love to know how you related, let me know if you ever publish something about it.<br /><br />My mother is/was a very terrifying angry person (her mom was too) so I'm always aware of the looks on my face and the times I scare my kids. It breaks off a little piece of my heart each time. And it kills me when I see them do it to each other.<br /><br />Soldiering on ... Thanks again for the compliment.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-58562284826769417422012-03-15T23:35:42.079-07:002012-03-15T23:35:42.079-07:00Thank you. I think we all are just trying to figur...Thank you. I think we all are just trying to figure things out as we go, and doing our very best to not simply parent by default. But those tics, man, those things that are our parents and their parents, I think it is those things that really keep me scared and honest.<br /><br />I appreciate the feedback you give here, please keep producing the feedback. It's rock solid.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-86161958731312468472012-03-15T23:33:30.373-07:002012-03-15T23:33:30.373-07:00Alec and I were just talking about how much we bot...Alec and I were just talking about how much we both are feeling this right now, for the first time in a long time him even more than me. It's hard, yo. (((((HUGS))))) At least we -- you and I and some others here -- are in this thing together, right?!karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-69230465290947087002012-03-15T22:33:07.212-07:002012-03-15T22:33:07.212-07:00Thanks for linking up to Trifecta this week, Karen...Thanks for linking up to Trifecta this week, Karen. Your piece, obviously, hit a lot of us in the gut. I think (hope) all parents have spent a good chunk of time in that space. I love your metaphor here, and I love the way you pull on the past and on the future in order to tell about this present. Nicely crafted. Hope to see you again soon.Trifectahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16492626287830278024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-73815660395233434892012-03-15T21:32:12.228-07:002012-03-15T21:32:12.228-07:00Wow. This is where I live. So perfectly expresse...Wow. This is where I live. So perfectly expresses the tension, the anger/love/frustration/powerlessness I feel these days as a parent.LucidLotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265635822495261606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-91749158317250479172012-03-15T15:59:57.892-07:002012-03-15T15:59:57.892-07:00Wow, wonderful work this week, Karen. Very grippi...Wow, wonderful work this week, Karen. Very gripping.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04510986008238276269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-89450045507142632472012-03-15T11:06:07.063-07:002012-03-15T11:06:07.063-07:00I love this for more reasons than I can even begin...I love this for more reasons than I can even begin to get into here, but suffice it to say that I can relate. Probably not in the way you intended, but I can relate nonetheless.<br /><br />"I feel my lips thin, like my mother’s always were when she lost it."<br /><br />This sentence brought up the "turning into my mother" type things for me. Isn't it strange how we don't realize when we do that? <br /><br />It's lovely. Truly.Mrs. One Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13386318252760709869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-63219567516198933132012-03-15T11:01:39.470-07:002012-03-15T11:01:39.470-07:00That sentence took up much more of my time than an...That sentence took up much more of my time than any sentence I've ever written. After spending time yesterday with a 4 month old baby I think it is inevitable, but hopefully one can be careful about how they help the change along ...<br /><br />Thanks for noticing it. I too must meditate on my role more often. It's a tricky roe to hoe.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-81223723546794642912012-03-15T10:21:50.295-07:002012-03-15T10:21:50.295-07:00"Once it changes, it cannot be returned to it..."Once it changes, it cannot be returned to its soft creamy beginnings."<br /><br />I don't know if you intended for this sentence to contain so much meaning but it does for me, as a mom. I'm going to remember this line when I pick up my kids from school today. Thanks. Well said.OldDogNewTitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009408399605943044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-1455422393774321542012-03-15T10:15:31.908-07:002012-03-15T10:15:31.908-07:00Thanks Sandra. I hate to say it but I'm an ent...Thanks Sandra. I hate to say it but I'm an enthusiastic and very sloppy kitchen worker. Making marmalade now. Should probably wash floors before *and* afterward ...karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-68767838752328779122012-03-15T07:48:16.501-07:002012-03-15T07:48:16.501-07:00I can totally relate. Anything that trails in the ...I can totally relate. Anything that trails in the kitchen that is not INSIDE a bowl will completely unnerve me. I can feel the tension in your writing in my very skin!Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187306461239093068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-74336824789280463572012-03-14T22:55:21.698-07:002012-03-14T22:55:21.698-07:00Thank you. Identifying, or even having emotions, w...Thank you. Identifying, or even having emotions, was not something I learned or specialised in as a teen and young adult. I feel that having them and expressing them now, though hard won, is a total score. Even the harder feelings.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-62797250930017742112012-03-14T22:54:16.411-07:002012-03-14T22:54:16.411-07:00Yar. No matter how great the kids, how healthy mos...Yar. No matter how great the kids, how healthy most of the parenting, we all have those days, weeks, hell months till we can find the track. That's my opinion, anyway. And some kids are just more ... um ... complicated? ... than others. Sigh.<br /><br />Funny, my husband just read the story and then the comments, and said he knew there was a symbol in there somewhere, but it wasn't till he read your comment that he said, "Oooooh." =)karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-44459559510866169462012-03-14T15:26:40.537-07:002012-03-14T15:26:40.537-07:00Nicely done. The emotion is tangible.Nicely done. The emotion is tangible.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791151691506317214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-28339655885799932512012-03-14T14:39:37.095-07:002012-03-14T14:39:37.095-07:00Thank you for this story. It made me feel less alo...Thank you for this story. It made me feel less alone this week. The symbolism is so subtle, too. Very cool.Laura Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215562247934229028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-7298273229063434492012-03-13T23:58:12.202-07:002012-03-13T23:58:12.202-07:00Thank you. It makes the anxiety I felt while editi...Thank you. It makes the anxiety I felt while editing this worthwhile.<br /><br />And yes. Sometimes operating heavy equipment is probably just not smart. Or, you know, operating equipment heavily.<br /><br />You've just mentioned two of my favourite things. Liquor and ice. I am pretty happy to skip the blender part, so that's something.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428202747324083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935422038074766698.post-36698119478555306782012-03-13T23:49:28.117-07:002012-03-13T23:49:28.117-07:00I've managed to overfill a blender with ice an...I've managed to overfill a blender with ice and dark rum with disastrous results, so I can emphasize. As it was I shouldn't have been anywhere near any appliances. You've captured a lot of emotion in a tight write.booguloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608900652242111334noreply@blogger.com