tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post3160981716730007416..comments2024-01-21T20:42:29.223-06:00Comments on The Extraordinary Ordinary: LivesHeather of the EOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14607422301391841377noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-16161975402463193732010-07-31T05:27:09.412-05:002010-07-31T05:27:09.412-05:00Duane referred me to your post after I confided in...Duane referred me to your post after I confided in him about my most recent d.w.i. I have/had my own blog sight which I revealed very openly about the last six years of my life and my addiction to the drug of my choice, wine. <br />I have now joined your link and look forward to your blogs. Thank you for this site for people like me who are powerless over alcohol but now have 6weeks under my belt and depend on God one day at a time. I am very proud of you. Jane HaislipJaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865495431494792336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-29764852249483355412010-07-08T21:46:22.640-05:002010-07-08T21:46:22.640-05:00Beautifully written. I hope that you enjoy this &q...Beautifully written. I hope that you enjoy this "freedom" that you have now - live every moment and squeeze all the juice you can out of it. It will quench your "thirst."Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16215047487946192049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-11204556346867708372010-07-07T07:07:46.395-05:002010-07-07T07:07:46.395-05:00What a difficult journey... I hope the day was pea...What a difficult journey... I hope the day was peaceful and happy.tracey.becker1@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606831315390042198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-55815435391198303262010-07-06T15:44:09.433-05:002010-07-06T15:44:09.433-05:00you are amazing. that's all i got. amazing.you are amazing. that's all i got. amazing.My Bottle's Up!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03049667386059818972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-62851523693562621142010-07-06T15:20:36.631-05:002010-07-06T15:20:36.631-05:00My long weekend was pretty similar, that colliding...My long weekend was pretty similar, that colliding, that unexpected mourning. But hey, it's Tuesday, yet another Tuesday, yet another 24, and here we are. <br /><br />Love this, love you.<br /><br />xomaggie, dammithttp://okayfinedammit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-31870432306923548132010-07-06T08:44:56.855-05:002010-07-06T08:44:56.855-05:00This was powerful and inspiring, although I don...This was powerful and inspiring, although I don't have a drug or alcohol addiction, I have had some in my family and have taken on my own set of addictions...My past holds many dark places as well...trying to break free from that is so hard! it takes courage! It takes time too.Thanks for sharing.jphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696089169668214550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-91893963410898132212010-07-06T08:04:03.465-05:002010-07-06T08:04:03.465-05:00You are much much stronger than I. Your holidays i...You are much much stronger than I. Your holidays in Minnesota sound exactly the same as our holidays here in Michigan. Everyone gathers around the grill and you can literally hear all the tops popping off of the bottles/cans/what have you alcoholic beverages. It is enough to drive a person in recovery insane. <br /><br />Keeping a firm eye on the girl of the past will most definitely keep you in the present. For me it is because <i>that</i> girl barely remembers some of the "good times" and now I remember everything. Every small detail. That alone is worth going a little insane during the holidays.Alitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470698206904719203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-9987714040202631212010-07-06T07:56:55.936-05:002010-07-06T07:56:55.936-05:00I'm glad you have the boys and your husband to...I'm glad you have the boys and your husband to carry you as you carry that old version of yourself. It seems the hard is always easier when there's someone there holding your hand as you struggle through, and the reward on the other side is so very worth it, Heather. Worth every ache and every pain.Shainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656386437701433774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-78390237128654259102010-07-06T01:02:39.190-05:002010-07-06T01:02:39.190-05:00What a beautiful post. You always help me UNDERST...What a beautiful post. You always help me UNDERSTAND that which I cannot understand. Thank you for that. I need your insight to better love and support the alcoholic in my life. SO beautifully said. I'm so glad we're blog friends!Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300459671364768442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-66372901048057884832010-07-05T23:15:30.869-05:002010-07-05T23:15:30.869-05:00Love the concept of many lives, and the hope that ...Love the concept of many lives, and the hope that it gives because every day we can choose the life we live. It can be different than the last one. Talk about freedom!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486223394459963669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-35122093499593766152010-07-05T21:38:31.403-05:002010-07-05T21:38:31.403-05:00Have truer words ever been spoken? 'Everything...Have truer words ever been spoken? 'Everything is still the same while I am not' - <br />thank you for always being so willing to share with the rest of us...<br />xoxodarciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611334115957929814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-62402601942953700032010-07-05T21:18:20.405-05:002010-07-05T21:18:20.405-05:00I like how Corinne said that this post was "p...I like how Corinne said that this post was "painfully beautiful", because that seems the only way to put it. Painful that you have to endure something so hard, but beautiful that you are overcoming it and finding who you really are in the process. Thank you for sharing your words and for being you.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17208781709481476497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-66949995772461127982010-07-05T20:52:19.524-05:002010-07-05T20:52:19.524-05:00This is beautiful, Heather. It's true of all o...This is beautiful, Heather. It's true of all of us, to some degree. It's just that your lives are diabolically opposed to each other. It makes the accepting and keeping of them much harder.<br /><br />Hope you had a good Fourth anyway. Small town Independence Days are the best. (Of course, it helps if the air isn't so humid you could slice it and top it with ice cream. But still.)Kelly @ Love Wellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037513409301217473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-14088469747949706092010-07-05T18:44:20.049-05:002010-07-05T18:44:20.049-05:00This weekend was hard.
Reading this was painfully...This weekend was hard. <br />Reading this was painfully beautiful. And hit close. Love you.Corinne Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604810312185816792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-28503885798282706262010-07-05T17:55:49.131-05:002010-07-05T17:55:49.131-05:00Oh, yes, that life of your IS so good! Enjoy it, l...Oh, yes, that life of your IS so good! Enjoy it, live it, love it, experience every bit of it, and be thankful for it!ali @ an oridnary momhttp://www.anordinarymom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-80636827414798768442010-07-05T15:25:15.320-05:002010-07-05T15:25:15.320-05:00we have lived such different lives but your words ...we have lived such different lives but your words resonated deeply with me. <br /><br />though i haven't struggled with sobriety, i completely relate to coming out of a darkness that i have lived in for 29 years now and am looking back on the girl who was and realizing she no long is, but a part of her will always be. and i feel the same, that i don't want to let go of her completely, because i don't want to forget what it took for me to struggle and ache and fight my way out. <br /><br />i don't want to ever forget. but let go? oh yes, i would like to let go.<br /><br />thank you again for writing such deep and thoughtful words. i can't tell you what they mean to me! {and i'm working on the courage to write my own...someday very soon i hope.}lynseyhttp://www.benseyleb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-24592515277376378292010-07-05T14:24:37.038-05:002010-07-05T14:24:37.038-05:00Silenced. ... Well, almost. I have enough words to...Silenced. ... Well, almost. I have enough words to tell you what a marvelous, victorious story this is. But you know that. <br /><br />Is it weird to say I'm "proud" of you? Well, I'll say it anyhow.Jennifer @ JenniferDukesLee.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15934656581948719407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-4522381096456741352010-07-05T13:57:42.804-05:002010-07-05T13:57:42.804-05:00Congrats on making it through the weekend! Hang on...Congrats on making it through the weekend! Hang on to your former self, she's a constant reminder of how far you've come. You don't want to lose sight of that.Allison @ Alli 'n Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046247622825649638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-23765705415925044532010-07-05T13:19:56.923-05:002010-07-05T13:19:56.923-05:00P.S. unless you're planning other brilliance t...P.S. unless you're planning other brilliance this week, I think you should link this one up on Saturday :)Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-82190125169762470862010-07-05T13:17:09.282-05:002010-07-05T13:17:09.282-05:00These photos are so precious. What a gift you are ...These photos are so precious. What a gift you are giving them through your sobriety. Congratulations on your first sober 4th, where you had two kinds of independence to celebrate :)Mrs4444https://www.blogger.com/profile/06426176094895489541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-53131483619980425662010-07-05T11:54:16.998-05:002010-07-05T11:54:16.998-05:00Oh that refiner's fire. It can hurt so much e...Oh that refiner's fire. It can hurt so much even as it heals. I love the perspective you're finding throughout this process. Huge life changes really do cause that breaking away from the old self and the new, and yet you can't stuff her into an old suitcase and pretend she never existed. She's part of the wonderfulness that is YOU.Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-92230248455314373642010-07-05T11:36:54.695-05:002010-07-05T11:36:54.695-05:00It's so strange how I know this life of you, n...It's so strange how I know this life of you, none of your others, so it's hard for me to imagine those Heathers. And I am certain the same goes for all the lives I've lived (and often I am dumbfounded and thankful for His Mercy how I did indeed live through them.)<br /><br />Also so funny, how, those are our "past lives" but I look back and I was never really living.<br /><br />StephStephanie Wilson she/her @babystephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703122439142892617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-65597222681087849132010-07-05T11:33:43.138-05:002010-07-05T11:33:43.138-05:00I keep her you should. Just because we become a n...I keep her you should. Just because we become a new self, doesn't mean we should forget the old self. You're so right, they will help us through.<br /><br />Much love, friend.aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652017621453945535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-21388472126880708022010-07-05T11:11:23.110-05:002010-07-05T11:11:23.110-05:00You are one seriously gifted girl--in the realms o...You are one seriously gifted girl--in the realms of writer, friend, mother, and humanist.<br /><br />Sorry you are grieving drunk girl right now, but there is no way around it, just through it, right?<br /><br />I've met both girls. I'm a huge fan of both girls. But I prefer the one who remembers me back ;)Ann Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383249597505013239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-462728671028708590.post-59278447689469249362010-07-05T10:51:21.510-05:002010-07-05T10:51:21.510-05:00I think that the 4th symbolizes a new kind of free...I think that the 4th symbolizes a new kind of freedom for you now, as well.Kristina P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16144488639100871226noreply@blogger.com