tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post115581261908021631..comments2023-06-18T05:48:52.971-07:00Comments on Prefect Slog: Writer's BlockSAFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1157541001497631142006-09-06T04:10:00.000-07:002006-09-06T04:10:00.000-07:00Thanks, Stuart. Much appreciated. I think part of ...Thanks, Stuart. Much appreciated. I think part of the struggle comes in realising that it's never a case of getting back to normal; it's more a case of adjusting to and accepting a new definition of what 'normal' is. Thankfully, Zoe is a blessing and I hope I'm wise enough to know I can lean on her, even if I have enough of a conscience to feel guilty about doing it too often. I will get there. I am at least writing rubbish, which is a step up from writing nothing at all - I think ;)SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1157497768417384092006-09-05T16:09:00.000-07:002006-09-05T16:09:00.000-07:00Ah Simon, I'm so sorry to hear about your mum. Ju...Ah Simon, I'm so sorry to hear about your mum. Julie's dad died eighteen months ago and it's been a horrible time for her, a rollercoaster on which for a long time it seemed that the only direction was down. <BR/><BR/>It's getting a little better now though - less raw, possibly - and while I think she's right in saying it'll never be anything approaching OK, she - like I strongly suspect you - knows that her dad was immensely proud of what she had done with her life and knew that what she had done up until now was merely a starting point for all sorts of amazing things she would do in the future.<BR/><BR/>Take care and lean on Zoe as much as you can - I've no doubt she'll be happy to have you do so.<BR/><BR/>StuartStuart Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232782649771676547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1156589709161743452006-08-26T03:55:00.000-07:002006-08-26T03:55:00.000-07:00Thanks, Timewarden. Wise words and, like many wise...Thanks, Timewarden. Wise words and, like many wise words, I'm sure it's something I already know - I just have to fully realise it.SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1156304076225059452006-08-22T20:34:00.000-07:002006-08-22T20:34:00.000-07:00I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Only yesterday I w...I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Only yesterday I was talking about my Grandad, who died 20 years ago, and sharing remembrances of him.<BR/><BR/>Worldly success is only relative, if it exists at all, and I bet your Mum was already as proud of you as she could be. She, of all people, would already know of your full potential.TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1155899175219047742006-08-18T04:06:00.000-07:002006-08-18T04:06:00.000-07:00Thanls, Simon. Much appreciated. Of course, I woul...Thanls, Simon. Much appreciated. Of course, I would take up your suggestion, but I think all the good letters have been taken and I could never compete with your 'alliterary' masterpieces. ;)<BR/><BR/>I'll probably go ahead and write some unpublishable utterances though.SAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07654559289732417538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1155856316940955882006-08-17T16:11:00.000-07:002006-08-17T16:11:00.000-07:00When I get depressed I write unpublishable utteran...When I get depressed I write unpublishable utterances uterlising U.Site Ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985957945444668564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11095653.post-1155849721636712412006-08-17T14:22:00.000-07:002006-08-17T14:22:00.000-07:00Hang in there, while as yet my parents are both al...Hang in there, while as yet my parents are both alive, my grandparents who brought me up with my mum died while I was in my second year at university, and I know how it can punch a hole through the nomalcy of things.<BR/><BR/>Simon BJSite Ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985957945444668564noreply@blogger.com