Comments on: Broken but authentic http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/01/17/broken-but-authentic/ Exchange Some Yellow! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:37:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sara http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/01/17/broken-but-authentic/#comment-349 Sara Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:17:16 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=55#comment-349 Lovely post. Lovely post.

]]> By: Deidre http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/01/17/broken-but-authentic/#comment-269 Deidre Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:33:54 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=55#comment-269 This really resonated for me. It wasn't until I had my first heartbreak and lost my father to cancer, who was my best friend, that I became whole. At 25, I was a greedy, heedless woman-child. At 28 after my father died and I had spent the last three years taking care of him, I was so much stronger. I still made, and continue to make mistakes, many years later but I've got the tools to mitigate the damage. For a while I couldn't be around anyone who hadn't known what I deemed "real sorrow." Now I'm more patient with people like that because I know they just don't know yet but that someday, sadly, they will because it happens to everyone. What I used to deem ignorance I now cherish as innocence. This really resonated for me. It wasn’t until I had my first heartbreak and lost my father to cancer, who was my best friend, that I became whole. At 25, I was a greedy, heedless woman-child. At 28 after my father died and I had spent the last three years taking care of him, I was so much stronger. I still made, and continue to make mistakes, many years later but I’ve got the tools to mitigate the damage.

For a while I couldn’t be around anyone who hadn’t known what I deemed “real sorrow.” Now I’m more patient with people like that because I know they just don’t know yet but that someday, sadly, they will because it happens to everyone. What I used to deem ignorance I now cherish as innocence.

]]> By: McSwain http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/01/17/broken-but-authentic/#comment-265 McSwain Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:26:45 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=55#comment-265 So very, very true. I don't think I knew how to feel until my first heartbreak, and you've put it beautifully here. So very, very true. I don’t think I knew how to feel until my first heartbreak, and you’ve put it beautifully here.

]]> By: Bipolarlawyercook http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/01/17/broken-but-authentic/#comment-264 Bipolarlawyercook Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:16:13 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=55#comment-264 This is beautiful. I sometimes think about whether I would "give up" my bipolar for the chance at a normal life. I almost always think the answer's no, these days. Thanks for reminding me to say no, again. This is beautiful. I sometimes think about whether I would “give up” my bipolar for the chance at a normal life. I almost always think the answer’s no, these days. Thanks for reminding me to say no, again.

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