tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post5796446371470522590..comments2024-02-27T12:41:35.811-08:00Comments on Coming to Terms...: ResignationLisa :-]http://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-83844414830515097872009-04-21T18:21:00.000-07:002009-04-21T18:21:00.000-07:00Hell yes, writing is work, whether or not we do it...Hell yes, writing is work, whether or not we do it for pay, if we try to do it well. It's also an undeniable part of who you are, and as exhausting as it can be, if you deny it and let it lie untended, it will back up on you. Let part of your life nurture you, and if you have to write less, that's the way it goes, but just don't stop.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-85899255943019122812009-04-18T20:27:00.000-07:002009-04-18T20:27:00.000-07:00I can so relate to chronic fatigue. I am pushing ...I can so relate to chronic fatigue. I am pushing 60 and still teaching 6th and 7th graders. I'm not physically running like you are at the cafe, but the loooong hours and stacks of tasks on the desk take their toll. Factor in the noise, the constant me me me me demands and, as you say, marriage/house/yard, too--it's so draining. I only comment, not blog, because of everything you say. I hear you loud and clear.<br />But you have to be true to yourself. Writing is what you LOVE. Your soul's manifestation. I know you can't give up the duties you list. Yards, marriages, houses and livelihoods must be tended. Grown up responsibilities and all that. Can anything be pruned a bit? Anything Husband can help more with? Christina has a point, but I feel that there's got to be a compromise here. Talents, passions, creativity must be tended, too. When I discovered Womenon after a hiatus of reading/commenting on blogs (but I was still checking in you now and then), I thought what a great idea. (I've been toying with answering your call for contributions, but as you are saying--the work involved....) Can't you limit yourself to Womenon for awhile? Contribute intermittently? You don't have to be the main author. I see hope in that last line, but want to add my voice to Jackie's--please don't go! Reading you has helped me recover from middle schoolers more often than you know. And honestly that's not just being selfish and laying a guilt trip. <br />*debbi**debbi*https://www.blogger.com/profile/04686342184813596517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-14311059767631478662009-04-14T17:56:00.000-07:002009-04-14T17:56:00.000-07:00One can not hide from what they are, no more than ...One can not hide from what they are, no more than a seagull can just become an eagle.<br /><br />Writers have different seasons and sometimes those winters are where the best writing emerges from. Good writing, the transferring of emotions, thoughts and being takes blood and sweat; were it not true all who dabble would be writers.<br /><br />Sometimes seagulls rest too. Sometimes eagles breathe.Christina K Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09734433683039844640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-15276862929982378082009-04-14T12:49:00.000-07:002009-04-14T12:49:00.000-07:00Hey, don't quit on us. I'd love to hear about the ...Hey, don't quit on us. I'd love to hear about the cafe. I know you spend so much time there you'd hate to write about it too But, the food's great and I'd like to hear about the things I haven't tried. And good pictures of food are almost as good as eating it. Almost.JACKIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11883028058826030899noreply@blogger.com