Comments on: Show Me A Smile Then

By: This Page Intentionally Left Blank

This Page Intentionally Left Blank — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:27:19 +0000

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By: Resolution For Happiness

Resolution For Happiness — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:50:32 +0000

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By: Susan Pogorzelski

Susan Pogorzelski — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:31:51 +0000

Harl: Thank you for this comment. Thank you, especially, for the lyrics that you’ve included; I think that touched me more than anything because it’s so true. I know I’m capable of loving others from the very depths of my heart, but self-love has never been easy.

The problem I tend to have is that I had a happy childhood — an extraordinary one, actually, I was very lucky. And so it’s sometimes hard for me to let that go. I’ve learned that there isn’t some great divide between childhood and adulthood, and yet there are times when I still feel like I can only be one and not the other. I love that you say I don’t have to be. It actually feels like a huge relief.

Thanks so much for your comment, Harl, and, as always, for your friendship.

By: Every Day’s A New Day

Every Day’s A New Day — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:54:58 +0000

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By: Harl Delos

Harl Delos — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:46:12 +0000

for god’s sake, Susan, you’re an adult

Except you don’t have to be. It’s OK to be a kid when you need to be. You have my permission.

Also that of a therapist I had 30 years ago, who told me that it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. I’ve been striving for immaturity ever since.

When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?
— Tori Amos, “Winter”