tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post3353422301689980377..comments2023-10-20T08:28:27.175-07:00Comments on Writerquake: we shared a similar fragmentation of ourselvesLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-60174871614363520742010-08-02T00:36:30.669-07:002010-08-02T00:36:30.669-07:00bfk~ I'll do my best to find her.
I don't...bfk~ I'll do my best to find her. <br />I don't know what we ever did without FB and google either, and am grateful to FB for our reconnection that means a lot to me.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-19525664381385094892010-08-01T07:43:35.515-07:002010-08-01T07:43:35.515-07:00What a nice little story, Lydia. Good luck in your...What a nice little story, Lydia. Good luck in your search. With Facebook and google, you've got a good shot. What did we ever do without them?bfkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141624725868808411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-17568774557993071322010-08-01T01:28:13.014-07:002010-08-01T01:28:13.014-07:00Hattie~ FB is changing society by making it so muc...Hattie~ FB is changing society by making it so much easier to find old friends.<br /><br />You don't seem to lack empathy to me. Not at all. When I read that line I immediately thought <em>No, she intellectualizes...</em> - and then you more or less said that in your next sentence.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-52631656124803196222010-07-31T11:01:16.861-07:002010-07-31T11:01:16.861-07:00Lydia: Facebook has reconnected me to several peop...Lydia: Facebook has reconnected me to several people I had gotten out of touch with.<br />I wonder if I lack empathy sometimes because I have not been knocked around in the way so many women have been. Or is it that I tend to work things out on my own?<br />I don't know. <br />What you write and the comments here make me think, though.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-67269684704752737002010-07-31T00:57:02.257-07:002010-07-31T00:57:02.257-07:00kj~ Aw, I love learning about you too (often wish ...kj~ Aw, I love learning about you too (often wish I'd been an early reader...)! I promise I will try to find Beth. ;)<br /><br />Erika~ Thanks for coming by.:) That is interesting that you have seen some old friends that you reconnected with at FB. I've reconnected, but everyone is too scattered around the country for meetups. But my very oldest friend found me at FB last year and I know we'll see one another again in the future; I feel very close to her. <br /><br />La Belette Rouge~ I hadn't thought of what her memory of those months would be; what an interesting perspective you always have on....well, everything!<br /><br />Maggie May~ There is a dream-like nature to the film that I can see might be thought meandering. Worked for me!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-68272045941641054612010-07-30T22:05:13.743-07:002010-07-30T22:05:13.743-07:00i liked that movie although i did find it a bit me...i liked that movie although i did find it a bit meandering. lovely memories.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-77602822890434757932010-07-30T14:56:49.996-07:002010-07-30T14:56:49.996-07:00What a lovely memory. I so hope you find her. I so...What a lovely memory. I so hope you find her. I so hope that someday soon she will read this remembering. I would love to read her memory of your time together.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-56039840570902208362010-07-30T10:06:04.258-07:002010-07-30T10:06:04.258-07:00Thanks, Lydia, for sharing this moving story and a...Thanks, Lydia, for sharing this moving story and also for visiting my blog. <br /><br />There is something, at least for me, about reaching a certain age, about wanting to reach into the past and make a connection with people who were pivotal in our lives. I am doing that now too. Facebook did help me to reconnect with a couple of very old friends and it was interesting to see them again, but that was all. <br /><br />Good luck finding Beth and thanks again.<br /><br />love,<br />ErikaErika C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15018350601746637215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-36879690672178223692010-07-29T23:06:25.569-07:002010-07-29T23:06:25.569-07:00lydia, this was so pleasant and informative to rea...lydia, this was so pleasant and informative to read. i love learning about you. :)<br /><br />leave it to the universe to offer a kindred soul-friend when needed. i too wonder how beth is and i hope you find her. please find her! i want to know how she's fared.<br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-48618693693863076092010-07-29T15:16:42.566-07:002010-07-29T15:16:42.566-07:00half-life of linoleum~ Well, in my first attempt t...half-life of linoleum~ Well, in my first attempt to find Beth via FB I have failed. She never used her ex-husband's name, so I'm trying under her maiden name-the one I knew her by. Because it isn't particularly uncommon there are many...<br />How about that synchronicity with the song? I loved/love it. The year it came out on vinyl my ex and I were broke college students. He was an accomplished guitar player and so we learned the song and singing it was our Christmas gift to my mother that year. <br /><br />YogaforCynics~ Hey! I would have said <em>it's not easy</em> until reading Phoenix's comments. <br /><br />Darlene~ For a reason...yes, I agree. So far I have not found her on FB, but I'm not giving up yet. I'll try classmates.com and run through some years of her college if it is on that website. <br /><br />Phoenix~ Wow! What a superpower! You seem really tuned in to your life and maybe this is a reward. (Having seen your darling costume at that post about the comic convention I think you should develop a costume representative of this superpower.)<br />Speaking of...I found a fascinating blog last week: <a href="http://superfastreader.com/" rel="nofollow">Reading is My Superpower</a>. The girl is a.mazing.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-21514998500527850252010-07-29T14:36:11.077-07:002010-07-29T14:36:11.077-07:00I think I have the opposite going on for me, and h...I think I have the opposite going on for me, and have had for most of my life (I refer to it as one of my minor superpowers). I have the gift of either bringing to me or randomly finding people who are going through the exact same thing I'm going through. It's a freaking awesome superpower because I wind up going through huge changes but somehow never feel alone.<br /><br />I hope you find Beth again and are able to tell her what you couldn't all those years ago: that everything is bearable with someone who empathizes, someone who's actually BEEN there and has gotten themselves out of that same storm.<br /><br />Come to think of it... I owe someone a phone call who is going through right now what I went through last year with my own divorce. :)Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-9819629733777879502010-07-29T14:30:23.273-07:002010-07-29T14:30:23.273-07:00As they say, sometimes friends come into our lives...As they say, sometimes friends come into our lives for a season and sometimes for a reason. It certainly sounds like Beth was one of the latter. <br /><br />It's odd how a shared experience can create a friendship between disparate people. Maybe it's time to find Beth and see how it turned our for her.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-58676006774877605142010-07-29T11:44:05.498-07:002010-07-29T11:44:05.498-07:00I think I've spent my whole life looking for s...I think I've spent my whole life looking for someone with a similar fragmentation...YogaforCynicshttp://yogaforcynics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039445774186145767.post-76102730886385083142010-07-29T08:17:40.767-07:002010-07-29T08:17:40.767-07:00Nice posting Lydia - I hope you find Beth and that...Nice posting Lydia - I hope you find Beth and that you have a chance to form a new relationship. Sometimes these memories stay with us for good reason. <br /><br />And.<br /><br />I am sitting here amazed at the coincidence with your prior posting. I loved the song the song 'boy with a moon and star on his head. . . ' It was out of character for Cat Stevens, i thought at the time, not like his hits. And - I once knew a girl who had a ring of a moon and star. I told her about the song and she fell in love with it too. Her name was Alice and I've looked for her in facebook but to no avail. Long story, wonderful posting, great song. I am going to listen to it now. . . for the first time in probably 30 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com