Comments on: Invisible Scars and Wounds http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds Austin, Texas novelist Ruth Pennebaker, who's old enough to call herself "fabulous," writes about family, politics, marriage, friendship, feminism, aging and whatever else occurs to her. Her latest novel, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, was published by Berkley in January 2011. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sara Aase http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4575 Sara Aase Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:36:39 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4575 Very moving. A great read. Very moving. A great read.

]]> By: ruthpennebaker http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4570 ruthpennebaker Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:51:06 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4570 <p>We <em>are</em> all just trying to get by.  Funny how you have to learn the important things over and over again.</p> <p>Winston, where have you been?  I've missed you.</p> We are all just trying to get by.  Funny how you have to learn the important things over and over again.

Winston, where have you been?  I’ve missed you.

]]> By: Winston http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4569 Winston Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:37:43 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4569 Thanks.  A wonderful reminder! That woman at the office who grievously whines for two days about a paper cut, and we smile, utter the appropriate, "I declares" and "how awfuls," then move on, thinking, <em>I've made it through _______, and lived to tell about it</em>— only we don't tell about it.  getting through <em>whatever </em>was enough.  We don't want or need to relive those things every time we mention it. Thus we actually have the enjoyment of living the time we've gained by surviving an ordeal, be it physical or mental. Time is fleeting at best.  Don't waste it grimacing. Bask in the sunsets, love & fight with your loved ones, holler down a well and listen to yourself holler back! Live!  Live!  Live! Thanks.  A wonderful reminder!
That woman at the office who grievously whines for two days about a paper cut, and we smile, utter the appropriate, “I declares” and “how awfuls,” then move on, thinking, I’ve made it through _______, and lived to tell about it— only we don’t tell about it.  getting through whatever was enough.  We don’t want or need to relive those things every time we mention it. Thus we actually have the enjoyment of living the time we’ve gained by surviving an ordeal, be it physical or mental.
Time is fleeting at best.  Don’t waste it grimacing.
Bask in the sunsets, love & fight with your loved ones, holler down a well and listen to yourself holler back!
Live!  Live!  Live!

]]> By: Duchess http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4561 Duchess Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:30:49 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4561 All kinds of survivors -- and what's the opposite? victims? -- have their own versions of retail, and other, therapies. I guess we're all just trying to get by. All kinds of survivors — and what’s the opposite? victims? — have their own versions of retail, and other, therapies. I guess we’re all just trying to get by.

]]> By: Jennifer Margulis http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4559 Jennifer Margulis Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:43:31 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4559 This story made me cry. This story made me cry.

]]> By: Claudine M Jalajas http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4558 Claudine M Jalajas Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:16:00 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4558 Very nice.. really. So moving. Very nice.. really. So moving.

]]> By: Julie http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4556 Julie Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:03:31 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4556 I can only echo everyone else.  This is absolutely beautiful.  And so true.  Thank you, Ruth. I can only echo everyone else.  This is absolutely beautiful.  And so true.  Thank you, Ruth.

]]> By: Kate http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4555 Kate Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:22:47 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4555 Absolutely gorgeous. Thought provoking. And, true. Thank you for the reminder. Absolutely gorgeous. Thought provoking. And, true. Thank you for the reminder.

]]> By: Suzy http://www.geezersisters.com/breast-cancer/invisible-scars-and-wounds/comment-page-1#comment-4553 Suzy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:00 +0000 http://www.geezersisters.com/?p=1487#comment-4553 Ruth, this is beautiful.  And I thank you for it. Ruth, this is beautiful.  And I thank you for it.

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