tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1305518506135390794..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Picking up the pieces of my writing life by Lynda WaterhouseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73518608382378524372018-08-08T09:14:49.130+01:002018-08-08T09:14:49.130+01:00Thank you for all your lovely comments , advice an...Thank you for all your lovely comments , advice and encouragement - they mean a lot!Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86329183673462407582018-08-07T13:52:22.655+01:002018-08-07T13:52:22.655+01:00Have just returned from holiday in Scotland with l...Have just returned from holiday in Scotland with limited wifi access . Thank you all so much for your comments , encouragement and sharing of your own experience it means a lot!Lynda Waterhousenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-59958288156168195962018-08-05T17:42:33.355+01:002018-08-05T17:42:33.355+01:00Very moving Linda. Sending you much love. You are ...Very moving Linda. Sending you much love. You are a great writer. Your mother must have been very proud of you. Xx Odette Odettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03813842558807589339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7911727603224128012018-08-02T15:26:17.753+01:002018-08-02T15:26:17.753+01:00How generous and how loving,Lynda. Your mum was ob...How generous and how loving,Lynda. Your mum was obviously a wonderful woman to leave you with such a wealth of kindness. Now, please be sure to give much of that kindness to yourself.<br />love from Caroline Pitcher Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67784828846670445542018-08-02T08:37:22.373+01:002018-08-02T08:37:22.373+01:00Such a moving post - thank you. As others have sai...Such a moving post - thank you. As others have said, don't push yourself too hard too soon now - it's a time for nurturing yourself and moving gently into the next phase of your family and writing life.Jen Alexandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-80560429842390818912018-08-01T23:17:08.299+01:002018-08-01T23:17:08.299+01:00Dear Linda,
I send you my very best wishes and sy...Dear Linda,<br /><br />I send you my very best wishes and sympathy for your loss. I do know that feeling of numbness in caring - last year ended 9 years of caring, when my dad died, but I cared for my mum for 5 years before she died in 2014 and that was the most intense period. You write so well about the stress, and I have found that stress takes its toll and you definitely need to take time and be very kind to yourself. Pick up the pieces, but now don't put yourself under too much pressure to make up for lost time too soon - I think I went into work overdrive after mum died and I should have had more time off. All your thoughts and feelings will still be there to pour into your writing - they won't go away, so don't worry. The numbness will go, but you need time after this, as so many others have said.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39727314624327847692018-08-01T18:37:21.338+01:002018-08-01T18:37:21.338+01:00A very moving piece. I hope you’ll soon find that ...A very moving piece. I hope you’ll soon find that the writing comes back - but I should think you may need to take some time to just smell the roses and feel the sunshine. Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84742650133098374742018-08-01T17:27:46.237+01:002018-08-01T17:27:46.237+01:00Thank you so much for writing this Linda. It reson...Thank you so much for writing this Linda. It resonates with me in so many ways. Pick up the pieces forthwith as it is certain that you will have gained so much insight and humanity and there will be eeper layers to your writingRosemary Hayesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19090714136065321472018-08-01T16:15:39.554+01:002018-08-01T16:15:39.554+01:00I understand this well, it's very tough. I was...I understand this well, it's very tough. I was looking after my own mother full time for five years until her death two years ago now. It was both a great privilege and an almost unbearable strain; I still miss her every single day, but I too am trying to pick up the pieces now, as she'd want me to. Thanks for writing this. xKatherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-10144731603930673502018-08-01T13:12:32.948+01:002018-08-01T13:12:32.948+01:00I'm sure you are telling the story of many wri...I'm sure you are telling the story of many writers who have had to put their careers on hold. Thank you for sharing and hope that calm times now will bring you new energy. Don't rush your return. Give yourself time. Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-79171808352175020412018-08-01T12:17:27.496+01:002018-08-01T12:17:27.496+01:00Linda, thank you for this moving piece. It is such...Linda, thank you for this moving piece. It is such a brave acknowledgement of all those nine long years of caring took from you and also, at times, gave to you too. Wishing you much joy, renewed ease and energy and every success in your writing. Welcome back!<br /><br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69697681546751781562018-08-01T10:35:05.817+01:002018-08-01T10:35:05.817+01:00So sorry for your loss, Linda. Your grief is still...So sorry for your loss, Linda. Your grief is still raw at the moment but it does loosen its grip over time. Eventually you find somewhere for it all to "sit" in your mind. Wishing you peace and strength.Hilary Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573780178193323715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29901214969623454812018-08-01T09:49:30.620+01:002018-08-01T09:49:30.620+01:00So moved by this. So sad and heroic your journey l...So moved by this. So sad and heroic your journey like so many others before and after you. Please, please get a new agent and come back to the writing world......Anne Cassidynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-38699290121773403872018-08-01T09:15:18.290+01:002018-08-01T09:15:18.290+01:00So sad, so human. As the folk-tale says, the histo...So sad, so human. As the folk-tale says, the history of the human race can be summed up is: 'We are born, we suffer, we die.'<br />Wishing you strength and luck in taking up your writing career again.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com