Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Best of 2009: Motherhood of Boys

Loved this post, lady! Beautifully written. I was ...

2010-07-19T23:38:59.310-07:00

Loved this post, lady! Beautifully written. I was the same way....only not with skaters but with graffiti writers. Then I married one of them. :-)

I can fully relate to everything in the post, but ...

2010-07-14T01:45:36.933-07:00

I can fully relate to everything in the post, but I wasn't trying to save any lost boys, I was a lost girl. But unlike you I remained lost even after having my girls (at the same ages as you). I met my current love in a den of iniquity, and somehow we saved each other. I've been able to pick of the pieces of that life, and turn them into something wonderful. And now when I see people from my old life, I feel at once as you used to and do now. I want to save them too, but I want them gone as well.

Lovely post Rebecca.

hey mama, this post brings tears to my eyes. Is ou...

2010-01-02T12:12:09.745-08:00

hey mama, this post brings tears to my eyes. Is our job to just love our kids ALL up, look out for our own? what IS our responsibility to others? Maybe, it's just to be judgement free. Do the best that we can in the parenting dept. I'm just askin' bc I struggle with this - having only ever been the good girl. I can't help but wonder now that I'm the "good mom," how can I relinquish the judgement and focus on my own (with an occasional shout out to yours truly, that is, me). let me know...meanwhile,love to you and yours, @susaw

This is one of my ALL-TIME favorite entries from y...

2009-12-28T16:02:15.413-08:00

This is one of my ALL-TIME favorite entries from you. It’s absolutely awesome. And when I read it the first time it made me emotional. I seriously think you should make this into a script. It would make for an awesome movie and I’d definitely pay twelve bucks to see it in theaters. (Think about it.) ;o)

I missed this entry before but I'm so glad I s...

2009-12-26T09:42:50.292-08:00

I missed this entry before but I'm so glad I saw it this time. I guess there's a reason we dig each other: we're so very much alike. I lived a lot of this, too, about 5 years before you did.

You're a gem, and I'm so glad to see you sparkling in full glory now.

I found your blog only a few days ago via a link f...

2009-12-26T05:17:57.062-08:00

I found your blog only a few days ago via a link from Adventures in Babywearing. And already I feel the need to say "Wow." Your writing is riveting, and your story powerful.

Although I just finished reading it and must say, ...

2009-12-25T13:50:17.677-08:00

Although I just finished reading it and must say, I like the original better. :) I've read it so many times since, I noticed the differences.

Rebecca, Just wanted to say this was absolutely ...

2009-12-25T13:45:47.580-08:00

Rebecca,

Just wanted to say this was absolutely one of my favorite posts, I think one of your best ever. It reads like a dream. There's just so much in it.

Beautiful.

I see so much of myself in who you used to be. I&#...

2009-12-25T00:32:08.795-08:00

I see so much of myself in who you used to be. I'm always the girl who's trying to help. The nuturer/band-aid. Reading that post made me realize that I need to help myself and let the negative go. I've known that for a long time but I couldn't bare to admit to myself. I desperately needed the confirmation of what I've already known. Thank you.

Rebecca, This is my favorite post of yours since I...

2009-12-24T13:50:17.159-08:00

Rebecca,
This is my favorite post of yours since I've been a reader.
I identify with this post so much it's painful. I too, like you wish I could've saved my friends. But you can't, I can't. No one can. We're lucky to have realized that. Merry Christmas to you and your precious family. May 2010 bring you all you hope for--and then some.
XO Rob www.housewifecooking.blogspot.com

After reading all of the Best of 2009 I had and ur...

2009-12-24T12:33:10.211-08:00

After reading all of the Best of 2009 I had and urge to re-read your book. Done in two days. You are briliant.

This is such a beautiful post. I am so glad that y...

2009-12-24T11:37:23.868-08:00

This is such a beautiful post. I am so glad that you saved yourself, and now have your beautiful children.

Thank you for sharing. xx

I'm so glad you kept the comments open this ti...

2009-12-24T09:32:30.156-08:00

I'm so glad you kept the comments open this time, because I loved it so much and wish I could told you.

I had been trying to write something similar, maybe I still try. But you captured it so perfectly. It's one of my favorite posts of yours and I've been a longtime reader and commenter.

So thank you so much for this.

-A fellow band aid barer, now and always.