Comments on: Maybe this Christmas.

By: Archives of Our Lives » Would You?

Archives of Our Lives » Would You? — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:40:00 +0000

[...] made me think of a blog post I read several months ago, which has stuck with me ever since. {By the way, if you guys [...]

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:28:13 +0000

Wonderful post. Something we should all remind ourselves of from time to time.

By: Al_Pal

Al_Pal — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:42:41 +0000

Brilliant post. Cheers to you.
There really are MANY people who should read this.

By: Kerri Anne

Kerri Anne — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:56:46 +0000

“It was the knowledge that even a small crisis of any kind would sink me, combined with the knowledge that small crises are inevitable in this life. It was the sensation that I had stopped living in favor of surviving.”

Yes. I was totally at that very place this past summer, and there are times I still feel a little bit like this, though I’ve been working really hard to get to a place where a small crisis is, well, just that.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:57:59 +0000

Well written.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:49:03 +0000

I have been in that same bad place. The Christmas I paid the rent and had no money for food…and a sick husband…is a memory I would rather forget.Still it is a life lesson I value because it taught me empathy and understanding.

Your post is a eloquent reminder of what is truly valuable.

By: Librarian Girl

Librarian Girl — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:47:04 +0000

As someone relatively new to the middle class, thanks for that post. It’s beautiful.

By: Ern

Ern — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:55:03 +0000

You so hit the nail on the head. Our middle class upbringings give us such an advantage, even when times are really shitty. I run into a sense of entitlement so often among medical students, an attitude of “I have worked damn hard to be here, I DESERVE my 350,000 per year! Don’t you tell me otherwise with your socialized medicine!” I want to point all of those people to this post, as a reminder that, yes, you work hard, but no, you don’t know what it is like to truly struggle to make it day to day.

By: Alias Mother

Alias Mother — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:23:47 +0000

I also had this kind of awakening in 2009. I think a lot of us did. The question is: how long will we hold onto that memory?

By: TwoBees

TwoBees — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:24:19 +0000

I’ve never read your blog before but was moved by this entry. Thank you and Merry Christmas.