tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post7759660209025834158..comments2023-09-27T07:39:16.834-04:00Comments on No Matter How Small: My room of requirementAureliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13691032415028867902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-34625418031729165442008-04-18T11:56:00.000-04:002008-04-18T11:56:00.000-04:00This is our first month back trying to conceive. ...This is our first month back trying to conceive. I think of the bedroom full of boxes of books and, yeah, boxes of broken shoes. I don't think I'll clean it out or decorate until there are dirty diapers in our garbage can.Antigonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09206205690072218302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-76513954708762087882008-04-16T02:51:00.000-04:002008-04-16T02:51:00.000-04:00I'm so happy you got up the energy and courage to ...I'm so happy you got up the energy and courage to change that room. Gladder still that you are feeling something like hope and healing. Boy do you deserve some of that.Wabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325505487775250447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-56979049092188125312008-04-16T01:52:00.000-04:002008-04-16T01:52:00.000-04:00I hear you loud and clear. I think it is a huge st...I hear you loud and clear. I think it is a huge step to be where you are, and wishing/ready to move into a new stage. You will probably have those reminders for a long time to come, but I can now say that they get easier and less ferocious with time. <BR/><BR/>I SO hope that you get to make new memories in that space.tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16833358728527455795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-39563417489385060392008-04-14T22:47:00.000-04:002008-04-14T22:47:00.000-04:00i definitely agree that it's time to feel less sad...i definitely agree that it's time to feel less sad. <BR/><BR/>when we bought our house i chose the smallest bedroom to be the nursery. in my head it was only going to be our office temporarily. three years later it's just a mess of papers and crap. we bought some new office furniture two months ago and i can't get myself to just put the room together. <BR/><BR/>btw, i'm glad that the dumb painters fixed their mess!JellyBellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446863670679588932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-47266073006326000772008-04-14T17:55:00.000-04:002008-04-14T17:55:00.000-04:00When you first told me you had know D eight years,...When you first told me you had know D eight years, since Matthew, I couldn't really wrap my head around that amount of time.<BR/>In his words, you are one determined lady. Time does heal but even more healing will be having that room filled with the screaming joy of baby dinkypie.moplanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998309937928231527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-12004339168893333382008-04-14T16:37:00.000-04:002008-04-14T16:37:00.000-04:00Sometimes I wonder if we all have to reach a point...Sometimes I wonder if we all have to reach a point where we say, "It's time." Maybe if not in actuality, then at least figuratively. I have felt that way recently myself. Although, for some reason, the five year mark is feeling more momentous than I would like.<BR/><BR/>I am praying that sunny room will be bringing nothing but sunshine very, very soon.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528541804521203406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-1387540214325488722008-04-14T11:11:00.000-04:002008-04-14T11:11:00.000-04:00I wonder if I'll ever be able to decorate that roo...I wonder if I'll ever be able to decorate that room in my house. <BR/><BR/>Your ending paragraph is so apt. Some griefs dissipate more quickly than others, and it's hard to predict which ones will change your view of the world forever.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685766216611639434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-18596987247755008862008-04-14T10:11:00.000-04:002008-04-14T10:11:00.000-04:00We tore our house apart so I wouldn't have to look...We tore our house apart so I wouldn't have to look at "the room." How's that for sanity? lol!<BR/><BR/>But then I had a different empty room...and all the hopes and fears that went with it. And now...now I'm so THRILLED to be able to decorate and do all the stuff you're "supposed to" do in one of those rooms.<BR/><BR/>I SO HOPE you get to use your room. I have all my appendages crossed for luck and hope and peace and healing.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01160908955133304449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-56962825601247283922008-04-14T09:26:00.000-04:002008-04-14T09:26:00.000-04:00I know this feeling so, so well. I didn't do a th...I know this feeling so, so well. I didn't do a thing for Maddy's room, but I knew which one it would be -- upstairs, facing east. It's now an office. The ghosts in our houses that we face each day are really heavy, aren't they. And yet -- this is my forever house. I knew it before Maddy. She would've loved it here, and the best I can do for her is make it well for the rest of us, whomever that winds up being.<BR/><BR/>It's a pause, a space, and a place you need to just breathe into -- hopefully, one day, it will be.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-61722670671391967012008-04-14T09:03:00.000-04:002008-04-14T09:03:00.000-04:00It sounds like a lovely room! & that it's been the...It sounds like a lovely room! & that it's been therapeutic for you to put it together. And thank for that link to Warren Kinsella's blog -- what a great post. <BR/><BR/>Re: your comment on my blog -- at the rate I scrapbook, it would take me a lot longer than one session to finish a whole album, lol. ; ) But I'm thinking it's time to at least get started...!loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30651776.post-40947484531187761642008-04-14T08:20:00.000-04:002008-04-14T08:20:00.000-04:00I wish you luck with that. And I hope you will soo...I wish you luck with that. And I hope you will soon find a lot of joy in that room.Beruriahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171541078529309991noreply@blogger.com