tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post9200350521171918941..comments2023-11-02T07:53:45.876-07:00Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Second ChanceGIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-70112335712616469282008-07-11T10:32:00.000-07:002008-07-11T10:32:00.000-07:00I so relate to this. (But you described it far mor...I so relate to this. (But you described it far more eloquently than I could... My version would have been, "When did I become a Old Navy-wearin', mini-van drivin', Southern mama?!? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhh!) My inner punk is not dead but since my 2-year twins were born has definitely moved on to bigger and better stuff. And somehow that's deeply comforting. (BTW, my kiddos were rockin' out to The Clash on the way to Target today. It made be smile BIG.)Moxie Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558915691046768816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-71048587015752620372008-07-09T17:19:00.000-07:002008-07-09T17:19:00.000-07:00i love the modern love column at the nytimes. you...i love the modern love column at the nytimes. your essay was way better than anything i've read in it lately. i know exactly that feeling you describe.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703395283088426170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-53793390356919186132008-07-09T09:24:00.000-07:002008-07-09T09:24:00.000-07:00Thanks, guys. Love you all.Thanks, guys. Love you all.GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-44063351609342304532008-07-09T06:58:00.000-07:002008-07-09T06:58:00.000-07:00I agree with kittenpie: you don't need to have bee...I agree with kittenpie: you don't need to have been a party girl (oh how I wish I had been just to SAY it now) to understand and feel and KNOW all this. You wrote it beautifully and Modern Love (my favorite must-read on Sundays) would have been lucky to have had this one.clueless but hopeful mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-61711230152772818402008-07-08T22:58:00.000-07:002008-07-08T22:58:00.000-07:00I did enjoy that, thank you.I did enjoy that, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-55970326825668382722008-07-08T21:49:00.000-07:002008-07-08T21:49:00.000-07:00I love it. I know the feeling. I'm sad this wasn'...I love it. I know the feeling. I'm sad this wasn't put in the magazine, but glad because it means I got to read it and love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-50782294888331788102008-07-08T14:20:00.000-07:002008-07-08T14:20:00.000-07:00You write about the struggles in my head. I reall...You write about the struggles in my head. I really truly appreciate your writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-3918786578500018302008-07-08T13:19:00.000-07:002008-07-08T13:19:00.000-07:00I'm leaving my comment over here because, well, it...I'm leaving my comment over here because, well, it's for you and sorry DGM, I read you daily and think you rock, but I love GGC more...<BR/><BR/>Can I just say how much I loved this? Not only the truth of it, but the telling. I loved the way you threaded your Wild Things references through it, scattered here and there without ever being too heavy-handed, and the way your homecoming was caught exactly right. Without ever having been a real party girl myself, I knew exactly what you were talking about. Lovely.kittenpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05215443551546036909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-42180549555343370312008-07-08T12:55:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:55:00.000-07:00New York Times? What do they know anyway?New York Times? What do they know anyway?Momo Falihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09735425888226178189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-290038886737394552008-07-08T12:37:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:37:00.000-07:00Don't know how you manage to capture your own expe...Don't know how you manage to capture your own experiences and make them so universally recognizable. Thank you for this. So glad we got to read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-39928834014900713042008-07-08T12:28:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:28:00.000-07:00It's a sign of gradually accruing wisdom when you ...It's a sign of gradually accruing wisdom when you realize that the people in your life are people you actually chose and not just flotsam and jetsam you ended up with. I liked the contrast between the real friend (Angela) vs. the stoned guys who ultimately didn't matter, and how they could still end up in the same place. That's the thing about going out and listening to music, I've found: when you're very young, it's about being seen and figuring out what you can get away with. When you're older, it's actually about the music. <BR/><BR/>Hope some of your other homeless pieces find a way out eventually...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-13867958885855055752008-07-08T12:20:00.000-07:002008-07-08T12:20:00.000-07:00That was a beautiful piece!DadGoneMad was right. ...That was a beautiful piece!<BR/>DadGoneMad was right. Their loss was our gain, fo sho! <BR/>Great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com