tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post2921630776620994088..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Quit while you're aheadAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-33309723163122594432018-03-31T13:04:27.601-04:002018-03-31T13:04:27.601-04:00Thanks from me too, Ashe. The writer Christopher R...Thanks from me too, Ashe. The writer Christopher Rice had a similar origin. Anne Rice (now famous as a horror writer, but fairly unknown in the 1970s) and her better-known poet husband Stan Rice had a daughter named Michelle who died of leukemia, 2 months before she would have turned 6. Apparently Anne felt as if she would literally lose her mind, so wrote her first novel instead (Interview with the Vampire) in which Michelle appears as a beautiful child vampire who isn't allowed to survive. Later, Anne and Stan had a son, Christopher, also raised as an only child. Apparently Christopher never knew he had an older sister until he grew up! He followed the family tradition by becoming a writer. Like his mother's favourite vampire characters, he is gay.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-16793426669136738002018-03-15T08:22:14.046-04:002018-03-15T08:22:14.046-04:00This is the most personal piece I've ever read...This is the most personal piece I've ever read by you. I'm so sorry. On the other hand, you might never have decided to have your daughter if you hadn't lost Jack.<br /><br />My mom had two miscarriages before I was born. Apparently it's quite common--as if a woman's body needs to practice the process of pregnancy. <br /><br />Damned painful, though.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your loss with us.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-48704171283072360262018-03-15T07:11:33.914-04:002018-03-15T07:11:33.914-04:00I think there are places in a woman there are hard...I think there are places in a woman there are hard or impossible for a man to go. We know about being father's, but we will never have the experience of carrying a fellow traveler inside out bodies. In the end love isn't so much about the passion we enjoy describing for others as the act of standing by each other in hard moments.Garceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-160678094098142332018-03-13T12:43:54.843-04:002018-03-13T12:43:54.843-04:00How personal, poignant and yes, as Sacchi says, br...How personal, poignant and yes, as Sacchi says, brave. <br /><br />This is one of the major reasons I never wanted to have kids. (Momma wasn't able) Not only the fear of the pregnancy, but also the number of things that can go wrong throughout a life. We weren't brave enough to face life's wheel of fortune to the degree where we were responsible for another human being.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-90550129188557205772018-03-13T10:54:10.698-04:002018-03-13T10:54:10.698-04:00Thank you for your bravery in sharing this! I'...Thank you for your bravery in sharing this! I'm so glad you had the courage to try again. I have two sons, but I can't imagine what I would have done if I'd lost the first one like that. I'm shaking just thinking about it.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.com