tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post3796905360894575482..comments2023-11-10T02:18:23.772-08:00Comments on Minnesota Matron: Sick of HerselfMinnesota Matronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-70598584717825958232011-05-27T20:24:00.541-07:002011-05-27T20:24:00.541-07:00I've just found your blog and am reading from ...I've just found your blog and am reading from the beginning (hoping to stretch it out so that I get to present day just about when you start blogging again in June!) <br /><br />I'm not sure I LIKED this... but I think it's great writing and I'll think about it a long time. I too had intense, disturbing dreams after losing a son at birth. Not at all pleasant, but I longed to stay with them and return to them for many months after my son died. <br />Isn't that why we read? To understand other people's experiences?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-4960789752717794282008-09-11T23:02:00.000-07:002008-09-11T23:02:00.000-07:00Wow, it's like literature and stuff. I'm impressed...Wow, it's like literature and stuff. I'm impressed. And as the daughter of an English professor I feel total panic at the idea of commenting.Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507644743409364179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-15909248590210205702008-09-11T21:06:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:06:00.000-07:00Disturbing. Yes. Sucks you in. I'd like to read mo...Disturbing. Yes. Sucks you in. I'd like to read more, too. Loved all the details at the end.JCKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04582581376724478366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-41404864949406748852008-09-11T12:48:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:48:00.000-07:00I like it. The babies crawling over her was quite ...I like it. The babies crawling over her was quite an image -- like an immersion into what she's been deprived of with the death of her daughter, only it's kind of scary. More, please!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09021149519641295915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-33948008037102466052008-09-11T08:28:00.000-07:002008-09-11T08:28:00.000-07:00Yes, yes! Black Hockey does indeed rely on the sh...Yes, yes! Black Hockey does indeed rely on the shock jock prose a bit too much for the Matron's refined tastes, too.Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-77413191101001948152008-09-11T08:21:00.000-07:002008-09-11T08:21:00.000-07:00Wow - very powerful... I want to hold my girl righ...Wow - very powerful... I want to hold my girl right now.Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288134700542902198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-66411745514604794582008-09-10T21:06:00.000-07:002008-09-10T21:06:00.000-07:00Stephanie - More and nuance in email. You're dead...Stephanie - More and nuance in email. You're dead-on right!Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-88483091266517097352008-09-10T20:25:00.000-07:002008-09-10T20:25:00.000-07:00your not vulgar-the blog you linked to is what I m...your not vulgar-the blog you linked to is what I meant.<BR/><BR/>StephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-40349505669209619442008-09-10T19:46:00.000-07:002008-09-10T19:46:00.000-07:00Very stark and disturbing. I think I'll be process...Very stark and disturbing. I think I'll be processing this for a while.Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-10586214135759400332008-09-10T18:14:00.000-07:002008-09-10T18:14:00.000-07:00Matron, I will confess that I hardly ever read. An...Matron, I will confess that I hardly ever read. And when I do it's something funny and light and romantic by Marian Keyes, or Zoe Barns. <BR/>But this. I would read this, from cover to cover. <BR/><I>She searches every face, only to discover that the mothers through time have lost the same child: each face looks precisely like the others, round and slightly brown with limpid black eyes.</I><BR/>WOW!<BR/>Now off to find out who Black Hockey Jesus is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-38961527840549272282008-09-10T17:47:00.000-07:002008-09-10T17:47:00.000-07:00I was riveted. That was really, really, really go...I was riveted. That was really, really, really good writing.Rimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883046753707687727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-47968163894511459692008-09-10T17:41:00.000-07:002008-09-10T17:41:00.000-07:00Sweetie, don´t defend your writing. Some will like...Sweetie, don´t defend your writing. Some will like it and some won´t. But it´s all you. And I love all of YOU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-2158464554874640202008-09-10T16:42:00.000-07:002008-09-10T16:42:00.000-07:00amazing...the dream is right-on. I remember weird...amazing...<BR/>the dream is right-on. I remember weird dreams after I lost my babies(miscarriages) and they (the dreams) were so much a part of the letting go/giving up. I want to know how Leilani does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-3319191066195648982008-09-10T15:58:00.000-07:002008-09-10T15:58:00.000-07:00Not. Vulgar. Looking forward to more.Not. Vulgar. <BR/><BR/>Looking forward to more.Mrs. G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01171997573144385692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-77514658572403176852008-09-10T15:40:00.000-07:002008-09-10T15:40:00.000-07:00Wow. Vivid, fast-moving, and yes, stark and distur...Wow. Vivid, fast-moving, and yes, stark and disturbing...Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-75775418251581706262008-09-10T13:02:00.000-07:002008-09-10T13:02:00.000-07:00I love the usual Matron posts, but that was fabulo...I love the usual Matron posts, but that was fabulous as well. Can we have more?Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294285119950764152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-22351053695020701482008-09-10T12:50:00.000-07:002008-09-10T12:50:00.000-07:00Vulgar? That's a dream, a journey toward death. ...Vulgar? That's a dream, a journey toward death. I guess I meant it to be stark and disturbing, pared down like we are during our departure. Or so I imagine. But I'm happy you like the Matron posts!Minnesota Matronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565431067927240183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381811875173852585.post-47800951939464192362008-09-10T12:25:00.000-07:002008-09-10T12:25:00.000-07:00I didn't like it-you are real and funny with witty...I didn't like it-you are real and funny with witty, touching posts. Also too vulgar for my taste.<BR/><BR/>My 2 cents<BR/><BR/>StephAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com