Comments on: Convoluted, but on my mind http://xapis.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/convoluted-but-on-my-mind/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:59:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Slowlane http://xapis.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/convoluted-but-on-my-mind/#comment-170 Slowlane Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:47:26 +0000 http://xapis.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/convoluted-but-on-my-mind/#comment-170 I have had this post as a "sticky" in my bloglines since you first posted it, and periodically I will read all the way through it again and catch a different aspect of your reflection that encourages me or challenges me. Today I comment because your statement that grief is the form that love takes when the object is removed struck me as I have been feeling petty for grieving in a particular area. But seeing that as proof that I loved in that area is a comfort and helps give me "permission" to grieve. Anyway, I just finally thought I should comment on this post that has been with me for so many months. I have had this post as a “sticky” in my bloglines since you first posted it, and periodically I will read all the way through it again and catch a different aspect of your reflection that encourages me or challenges me.

Today I comment because your statement that grief is the form that love takes when the object is removed struck me as I have been feeling petty for grieving in a particular area. But seeing that as proof that I loved in that area is a comfort and helps give me “permission” to grieve.

Anyway, I just finally thought I should comment on this post that has been with me for so many months.

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