tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post4733796973448409279..comments2022-12-26T01:30:14.559-07:00Comments on The Unibrow: I Got Soul (But I'm Not a Soldier).Maggie Asfahani Hajjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15250678324642063148noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-75495158994081036492011-09-21T16:04:52.519-06:002011-09-21T16:04:52.519-06:00I don't believe in a higher power and so am al...I don't believe in a higher power and so am always surprised to find churches, mosques, and synagogues comforting places. I always figured this is because of the people who care for them and use them and not due to a supernatural force. Your Mr. H seems proof of that to me. I am very glad he was there for you.<br /><br />My comment is late and so I hope you are feeling much better by now. I know I am after reading the bit about the pencil.<br /><br />'Under the Milky Way' is one of my favorites also.Lcvchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042803338543302485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-4707357401140382852011-08-24T08:18:32.213-06:002011-08-24T08:18:32.213-06:00maggie,
that's a beautiful story. i was raise...maggie,<br /><br />that's a beautiful story. i was raised catholic and even though i no longer pratice, i still go to church from time to time to do what you did - find a place of peace and comfort. i'm so sorry you are feeling blue - i hope you are feeling better very soon. and yes, god doesn't care where we find comfort - not does goddess ;-)<br /><br />p.s. what a lovely backdrop to the comment page - all those votive candles!!Amanda Summerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942636545948440422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-89479963262549740742011-08-23T00:30:40.862-06:002011-08-23T00:30:40.862-06:00Beautifully written, Maggie! I like this post very...Beautifully written, Maggie! I like this post very much. I really hope you've recoverd from the sadness. And thanks so much for your visit the other day and for your lovely comment.☆sapphirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444996989089740303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-63395034735862541012011-08-23T00:05:47.000-06:002011-08-23T00:05:47.000-06:00Oh, though: The candles are not loose, they are st...Oh, though: The candles are not loose, they are stuck in glass, and I have no idea how much the cost is for a match, as I am sinning by circumventing. Probably totally against Vatican II, right...?Maggie Asfahani Hajjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250678324642063148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-70562211035090969772011-08-23T00:03:15.666-06:002011-08-23T00:03:15.666-06:00I know this is lazy, but I want to thank you all f...I know this is lazy, but I want to thank you all for your well wishes. Things are looking up, a bit...but if I answer each one of these comments with the overwhelming gratefulness I feel, I may just...well, start weeping again. Trying to avoid that! :)Maggie Asfahani Hajjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250678324642063148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-12214992854333297952011-08-22T23:05:37.868-06:002011-08-22T23:05:37.868-06:00What a sad but beautiful story, Maggie. (I think t...What a sad but beautiful story, Maggie. (I think the matches are a great idea. :-)) Hope you're feeling better.Lorenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848249911635132594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-79347406534227550632011-08-20T22:16:48.880-06:002011-08-20T22:16:48.880-06:00I'm sorry you're feeling sad, but glad you...I'm sorry you're feeling sad, but glad you're finding some solace.<br /><br />I would bring my own matches, too.<br /><br />May things be looking up for you this weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-14998137497599462432011-08-20T22:00:29.605-06:002011-08-20T22:00:29.605-06:00nice post
+follownice post <br />+followSylarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417258739344447719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-29972036360132363222011-08-20T10:09:54.413-06:002011-08-20T10:09:54.413-06:00Maggie, dear, I had no idea. How could I. You are ...Maggie, dear, I had no idea. How could I. You are the life and soul of this blogging party. That you hide your sorrows is not good, taking them to a church, any church is a beginning to lighten the load. Churches, synagogues, or mosques, chapels of meeting rooms, none of them feels like home to me, but I might consider them some time in the future. If one imbues a place with the power of healing then it probably absorbs this power.<br /><br />I am so sorry you are unhappy, but unhappy is just one of the states of mind a sensitive human inhabits. Happiness is no right (pace, America).<br /><br />Talk to somebody, talk to me, talk to Suze. talk to a kind old gentleman in a church. I want to hug you, like your angel did, and say, there, there, it'll all be good again.<br /><br />Why did you need a match for your candle? Couldn't you just light your candle by holding it over an already burning one? Our candles in church are loose; you are meant to put some money into the slot for them. How much is your affair.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-17600361685544928062011-08-20T08:52:18.187-06:002011-08-20T08:52:18.187-06:00Oh yes, methinks an angel found you. I am convinc...Oh yes, methinks an angel found you. I am convinced. I hope you feel better. Now I'm off to see if I can light the end of a pencil on fire, and I hope the thought of it gives you a wee chuckle, since your pencil-church escapade certainly made me laugh! Hmmm, which pencil...I have so many...Elizabeth Rose Stantonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725663688810441280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-7219781100890970682011-08-19T08:28:24.392-06:002011-08-19T08:28:24.392-06:00'Ever resourceful, I dug into my purse and fou...'Ever resourceful, I dug into my purse and found a pencil, and breaching all sorts of religious etiquette, stuck it into a lit candle, intending to use the flame to light one for my own devotions. The pencil caught fire pretty quickly. I almost dropped the thing, but managed to quash the flame out with some energetic blowing.'<br /><br />Babe, making me laugh hard first thing in the morning, I love it! Really liking the playlists you're adding to your posts. 'Under the Milky Way' remains one of my faves ...<br /><br />xoxoxoxoooxoxooxoxoxoxooxooxoxo<br /><br />-SSuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-21732114668785223732011-08-19T08:11:33.059-06:002011-08-19T08:11:33.059-06:00Hope you get out of your funk! Church was definate...Hope you get out of your funk! Church was definately a step in the right direction. (Up.)<br /><br />And what???!!! You have to donate money to get a match? Why don't they just have a cover charge at the door?<br /><br />I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1831415821473910792.post-31092561668381160332011-08-19T04:09:58.827-06:002011-08-19T04:09:58.827-06:00Hello Maggie:
We are so sorry to read that you are...Hello Maggie:<br />We are so sorry to read that you are feeling sad. You always bring such joy to us with your sunny comments and yet here you are looking for solace in your own life.<br /><br />Such a good idea, we think to have gone to the church for the opportunity of quiet reflection and how wonderful that H was there to give you comfort. Sometimes just the warmth of another human being is all that is required to give us the strength to carry on and meet the challenges which seem so overwhelming when one feels alone.<br /><br />And yet, as you write so eloquently in your previous post, we are all in some way connected, and so are never really alone to face those 'slings and arrows'. You give so much to others in so very many generous ways, you must be sure at times such as these that you give yourself the time and attention which you need to restore your balance. Our thoughts are with you and we are, of course, only a thin red line away!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com