Comments | monkeysugarmama: LJ Idol Season 8, Week 1, "When you pray, move your feet"

monkeysugarmama

LJ Idol Season 8, Week 1, "When you pray, move your feet"

Oct 18, 2011 20:37

“Spend all your time waiting for that second chance, for the break that’ll make it ok…”

The early morning light was just beginning to change from grey to pink when the call came.

Buried in the comforter, dog curled at my feet, I was sleeping the sweet sleep of the one who gets to stay in bed longer. The one who has drifted gratefully back to ( Read more... )

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honeybeewriter October 19 2011, 01:07:45 UTC

Very powerful and will written.

I hope Jay was ok!

monkeysugarmama October 19 2011, 02:49:42 UTC

Thank you!

And yes, other than a cut on his forehead, he was fine. The doctor said many people who fall asleep at the wheel are o.k. because they are floppy and relaxed when they crash.

honeybeewriter October 19 2011, 02:52:04 UTC

That's pretty interesting.

noodledays October 19 2011, 21:40:48 UTC

thank goodness for favors that come in strange ways. thanks for sharing your story.

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mymisguided October 19 2011, 01:16:27 UTC

Very, very good. Thank you for sharing this with us.

monkeysugarmama October 19 2011, 02:50:14 UTC

Thank you so much!

majesticzaichik October 19 2011, 02:50:34 UTC

This was a most excellent start! I was hooked by your story from the beginning and it carried on throughout. I always love stories of overcoming challenges. I'm sure that throughout the rest of the season, we'll get to learn what happens next : ).

monkeysugarmama October 19 2011, 02:52:51 UTC

Thank you, thank you!

I figure, since I have such issues keeping stories short, I need to make them interesting so people don't give up halfway through, lol!

amenquohi October 19 2011, 03:50:46 UTC

Ooooooooooh, how I've missed reading you. This was powerful and wonderful and I loved how you took us from having it all to having it all fall down around you.

monkeysugarmama October 19 2011, 03:53:32 UTC

Squee!!! Hiya!

And my goodness, thank you for such a great compliment, Miss Season 7 WINNER :) You know I have always adored you too.

Are you gonna home game it at all this season?

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monkeysugarmama October 19 2011, 12:37:13 UTC

I still can't hear the song without being affected!

This story is an old one - as in, it happened thirteen years ago, so my life is in a rather different place now, lol, and he and I aren't together any more. That said, my 20th year was full of such change I'd definitely call it one of the defining times in my life.

Things *did* get better. Some dramatic decisions were made, Jay went and stayed with his family in New York for 6 weeks and worked and saved and fixed up his dad's old Blazer. I flew up and joined him and when we drove home we were determined that we wouldn't get to a low place like that again.

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monkeysugarmama October 20 2011, 16:44:36 UTC

The song is amazing. In a concert setting like that it must have been so moving. I think I knew it was about addiction as well, but it speaks to anyone desperatly needing release from a bad situation.

Moving in together is such an exciting/crazy time! It's always weird to go from "Ok, we are dating and having fun!" to "Ok, did you pay the power bill and why haven't you washed dishes in two weeks?' LOL!

I dated my husband for two years before we moved in together. When we did it was like "Yay!" My very favorite time of day now is reading together in bed before we go to sleep and the half asleep snuggling when we hit the snooze alarm in the morning.