http://therumpus.net/2012/09/where-i-write-23-the-house-my-mother-built/ Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Thu, 23 May 2013 00:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://therumpus.net/2012/09/where-i-write-23-the-house-my-mother-built/comment-page-1/#comment-356064 Sue Andrews Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:00:18 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=105521#comment-356064 Dear Gayle,
Thank you for sending me this website. I enjoyed reading it now and reminiscing on how much it touched me when I first heard you read it at the Ovitt Library last August. I recently lost my mother and my best friend within a few months of each other. Losing them stymied my writing. I, too, had friends tell me it was too soon, but I wanted to write in spite of the pain. Your courage has inspired me to “strike while the iron is hot” and put my memories on paper as I am feeling them.

]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/09/where-i-write-23-the-house-my-mother-built/comment-page-1/#comment-352965 Rose Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:15:01 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=105521#comment-352965 I loved this.

]]> http://therumpus.net/2012/09/where-i-write-23-the-house-my-mother-built/comment-page-1/#comment-352630 Patricia O'Donnell Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:43:43 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=105521#comment-352630 Dear Gayle,
Very beautiful. Losing your mother, regardless of the circumstances changes you forever. I know that to this day, some 43 years later, I still grieve and miss my mother who was my dearest friend. However, being able to put the grief aside and cherish the good moments is a gift that is bestowed from our Mom’s from the great beyond.

]]>