Til We Have Faces

[createdestiny]

I really, really didn't want to fly back to Ft. Wayne, Indiana for my niece's high school graduation party. Not because I don't love her to bits, but because flying can be so damn traumatic that it often takes me several weeks to recover my balance

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[welfy]

This entry made me cry. I could relate to this so much. Maybe it's the dad stuff and the moving-away stuff and worrying about mother stuff. I don't know if I ever want to move back to Western PA but I too worry about my mother if something ever happened to her. I feel your pain.

"For the last twelve years I have been pining away for close female friendships and a tribe of friends who like to talk about books and art, see films, go hiking, take road trips with, or even just have coffee on a Saturday morning, but I have not been able to find or create this. The few female friends I have in California are exhausted with parenting and don't have much room in their schedules for a child-free friend".

This is my life, too. The few friends I do have, I only get to see them when it's convenient for them, because they have kids. They're not the kind of people I can just call up and hang out with at a moment's notice.

[createdestiny]

I'm sorry for making you cry.....I'm holding your hand virtually right now and squeezing it....

It's strange how many people on my friend's list are coping with the loss of a parent. Seeing their posts about it helps me to process my own experience and moves me to write about it, too. It's good to get these thoughts out of our heads and onto the page, I think.

[patrick_vecchio]

None of my other friends on LJ can tell a story like you can. Even though this post is first person, it's easy to relate to because its contents deal with situations all of us can imagine ourselves in to one degree or another. And the way you sustain tone throughout your posts (which are longer than my friends' typical posts) is enviable.

Having said that, I hope you find the answers to your questions-or I hope they find you.

[createdestiny]

Thanks for sticking with it.....and for the encouraging words.

[createdestiny]

Thanks, girl. You know what I'm up against.

[bardcat]

Such complex choices you are considering at this time. I only wish you well as you sort through your options.

[nodressrehersal]

...I have been pining away for close female friendships and a tribe of friends who like to talk about books and art, see films, go hiking, take road trips with, or even just have coffee on a Saturday morning, but I have not been able to find or create this.This is the biggest thing that is missing from my life, and your words brought a lump to my throat. I would give my left nut (if I had one to give) for a woman friend like you to squeeze hands with

[createdestiny]

Thanks, J. <3