tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post2665191636977698388..comments2024-03-26T08:06:19.661-04:00Comments on The Road Less Travelled: Ethel Smalls' suitcaseloribethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-78554927067554842532008-01-21T10:15:00.000-05:002008-01-21T10:15:00.000-05:00What a sad story. It really makes you think about ...What a sad story. It really makes you think about the past and if anyone living in it actually had feelings!CLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08030787972960755420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-40609746950492196712008-01-19T16:44:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:44:00.000-05:00Wow. I always thought it was a fine line between s...Wow. <BR/><BR/>I always thought it was a fine line between sanity and insanity, but this really makes you think . . . <BR/><BR/>How unjust.beaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627886826215379414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-32502972625776207212008-01-19T15:09:00.000-05:002008-01-19T15:09:00.000-05:00Oh my G-d, this is such a haunting story. Especia...Oh my G-d, this is such a haunting story. Especially knowing that she was there for 40 years. 40 years!Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-4105508455699904292008-01-19T12:26:00.000-05:002008-01-19T12:26:00.000-05:00Fortunately none of us has been institutionalized!...Fortunately none of us has been institutionalized! I'm guessing blogging wouldn't be allowed in the padded walled rooms, and, well, I'd have missed you all in a big, big way! <BR/><BR/>Ditto on how far we still need to go. My infertility writing was described yesterday as a bit too didactic. I plan to dig into that one in an upcoming post.Pamela T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11474998003921896431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-44228900733452932672008-01-17T17:35:00.000-05:002008-01-17T17:35:00.000-05:00Thank you for posting that. Actually, thank you fo...Thank you for posting that. Actually, thank you for all your posts. What troubles me is that I wonder how far we have actually come? As the above poster says, we have a long way still to go...stat763https://www.blogger.com/profile/17747312345544403441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-42033515683998296982008-01-17T17:31:00.000-05:002008-01-17T17:31:00.000-05:00Oh dear God, this is horrifying... I can't believe...Oh dear God, this is horrifying... I can't believe this post isn't all over the blogosphere by now. <BR/>I'm having a giantic realization right now about how validated I really am despite my current feelings of isolation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-22617307037778592662008-01-17T17:26:00.000-05:002008-01-17T17:26:00.000-05:00It is so sad that society likes to categorize us l...It is so sad that society likes to categorize us like that. As I give myself some needed isolation these days, I thank God that I am able to without having someone point at me and call me crazy. If only everyone had a better idea of how devastating pregnancy loss is...Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08514262423005456861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-51008586191009898892008-01-16T15:09:00.000-05:002008-01-16T15:09:00.000-05:00What a sad and poignant story - thank goodness we'...What a sad and poignant story - thank goodness we've come a long way from those days when grieving over pg loss or IF would've meant you were crazy. Of course, we have a long way still to go -- too many people still have no cognizance as to how deep that grief can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-65005930593319236202008-01-15T14:23:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:23:00.000-05:00Yes, this strikes me upon re-reading so many novel...Yes, this strikes me upon re-reading so many novels and histories: the description of a woman as hysterical or troublesome or depressive, with a very brief mention of childlessness, stillbirth, or death of a child. So many people could not or did not make the connection!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3178366214524455884.post-11657868427594114362008-01-14T22:49:00.000-05:002008-01-14T22:49:00.000-05:00that is such a sad, haunting story. I'm sure I wou...that is such a sad, haunting story. I'm sure I would have been crying on the train... <BR/><BR/>I imagine we are definitely not the first generation to be misunderstood about loss and infertility. maybe just the first with all the available high-tech options yet still can't seem to make it work... ~lunaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com