tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post7625275384743206086..comments2024-03-27T16:09:20.030-07:00Comments on STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: A Dialogue of PoemsSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-83672896399088736592012-02-29T18:20:34.606-08:002012-02-29T18:20:34.606-08:00Oh, Sherry ... your pain and creative description ...Oh, Sherry ... your pain and creative description of it overwhelm me. As you now know, I am on this path with my own lovely daughter. She too is gifted ... with her, it is visual arts. <br /><br />I'm glad we've "met" this evening, Sherry. You are an inspiration, as is our Amy. <br /><br />May God be with you and your son, and all those who cross your paths.Marie Elenahttp://poeticbloomings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-70527423991761742972012-02-27T18:08:01.302-08:002012-02-27T18:08:01.302-08:00Anonymous, I wish I had some way to email you priv...Anonymous, I wish I had some way to email you privately to talk with you about this. If you do come back, feel most welcome to email me at WildWoman2@shaw.ca I know about the feeling tired, about the wondering how on earth one can keep on. I have so often been tired of being the strong one in the family, the one who never dares collapse. <br /><br />I have chronic fatigue and sometimes on my trips to the city to visit my son, I have actual trouble putting one foot in front of the other, so exhausted am I by the whole situation. Yes, we keep going because we love them so much. Somehow we manage to take that next step and the next. <br /><br />My great source of replenishment and solace is the beauty of nature.......no matter what is going on, life - just being alive - is always a gift. My son believes this as much as I do, even through his suffering. Do take care of yourself. Remember you have to take care of your son's parent. Where would he be without you?Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-12502298283877853862012-02-27T14:23:26.173-08:002012-02-27T14:23:26.173-08:00I have been dealing with a mentally ill son for th...I have been dealing with a mentally ill son for the last 4 years or more. I myself struggle with depression. Both poems really speak to me. I have never said this ever before anywhere but sometimes I get very tired of being strong and doing what I have to do. I love my son to the bottom of my soul but I just feel so worn out. I keep going because I love him so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-52024310491146098872012-02-26T12:58:11.094-08:002012-02-26T12:58:11.094-08:00I too found your poem, Sherry, from Amy's page...I too found your poem, Sherry, from Amy's page. As a parent, I felt the air being squeezed out of me as I read both poems. I guess you never know where the strength might come from - or when you might be called upon to use it, but as my mother is fond of saying, "You just do what you have to do." <br /><br />And you both do.RJ Clarkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018296461199649445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-51731178822106762352012-02-26T09:38:09.764-08:002012-02-26T09:38:09.764-08:00I came by your blog through Amy's - Sharp Litt...I came by your blog through Amy's - Sharp Little Pencil ... I enjoyed your poem very much. It was helpful for me to feel less alone in my pain on this same issue. No one knows what a Mother goes through except a Mother who has. It's hard to be optimistic in light of it all. You seem to have a tight grip on it. God Bless you and your son.<br />IsadoraIsadorahttp://insidethemindofisadora.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-74846777634282391072012-02-26T02:29:15.488-08:002012-02-26T02:29:15.488-08:00I love Amy's poems and the way she gets into t...I love Amy's poems and the way she gets into the real heart of a situation. I'm really pleased you to have found each other and can share a friendship and such great poetry.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-33505201744432265262012-02-25T21:28:58.402-08:002012-02-25T21:28:58.402-08:00Mothers have to be strong, and your poem proves th...Mothers have to be strong, and your poem proves that you are, and loving and determined. The first time I read it I couldn't comment for weeping at some buried memories of my own. I admire this poem very much.vivinfrancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388722600118753457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-29340716625268153092012-02-25T16:38:57.513-08:002012-02-25T16:38:57.513-08:00Thank you for your compassionate comments, my frie...Thank you for your compassionate comments, my friends. The message I wish to impart to other parents whose children go through such passages is that their children are still In There - we have to hold on tight to them, stay strong, so they dont slip away. I appreciate all of your words so very much:)Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-90279007770883451812012-02-25T15:22:44.365-08:002012-02-25T15:22:44.365-08:00came over from amy's...whew...i often go into ...came over from amy's...whew...i often go into the psyche ward with the work i do..a tough place...the trunk line...wow...and the cloud one..nice repitition for affect...but the story def is all too real....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-8996061455216335742012-02-25T15:04:12.267-08:002012-02-25T15:04:12.267-08:00It must be so very hard to be a mother and to see ...It must be so very hard to be a mother and to see a child you carried inside you for 9 months and gave birth too, and raised up become sick in this way. <br />So hard to see him in the hospital and yet know that he is in the best place to help him take meds that will see him come back to our reality and not be stuck inside what he sees was his own.<br />I have a feeling you are a wonderful mother Sherry, and you are so blessed to have each other and all of you children and blessed to have you as a mother.Daydreamertoohttp://daydreamertoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-31630311368710632982012-02-25T14:09:31.350-08:002012-02-25T14:09:31.350-08:00I travelled here from Amy's blog, and find mys...I travelled here from Amy's blog, and find myself with breath taken away. My story of many years ago lies written in these conjoined poems, as does my daughter's life just a few years back. How good it is to know that there are others who understand the torment and terror, and yet how painful it is to realize that we have had to come to know.Josie Two Shoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388032819905416258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-37069720117717387622012-02-25T13:32:48.287-08:002012-02-25T13:32:48.287-08:00I am stunned by the magnificence that you are. Yo...I am stunned by the magnificence that you are. You have a heart the size of the earth ... and I limit it's size to earth for I am unable to envision anything bigger.<br /><br />This was a beautiful rendering by two of my favorite people in the blogosphere.<br /><br />I am honored to know and care about you both.<br /><br />Love,<br />LizRavenhttp://nohwhere.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-72656566333201465652012-02-25T13:06:51.741-08:002012-02-25T13:06:51.741-08:00Sherry and Amy, you two are awesome women.
Pamela...Sherry and Amy, you two are awesome women.<br /><br />Pamelaflauberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424439866515694972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-80003507139212900832012-02-25T13:05:32.700-08:002012-02-25T13:05:32.700-08:00Two sad stories both with projected hope. Thanks ...Two sad stories both with projected hope. Thanks for sharing.booguloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608900652242111334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-49797395214574814832012-02-25T12:44:10.006-08:002012-02-25T12:44:10.006-08:00See my blog today for my take on our tag-team moth...See my blog today for my take on our tag-team motherhood. Wanted all my readers to know about you! A.<br />http://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/sherry-blue-sky-and-i-communal-efforts/Sharp Little Pencilhttp://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-54091437873555397892012-02-25T12:35:25.682-08:002012-02-25T12:35:25.682-08:00Sherry, you honor me by using my poem as the sprin...Sherry, you honor me by using my poem as the springboard to express your own feelings. Ironically, my daughter was in a suicide ward at one point as well. Every single drop of your dogged determination to keep your son "tethered" is reflected not only in my own experience but in the DNA of every parent who has watched their child go through this hell.<br /><br />Bless you for your honesty and your Wild Woman tenacity. God bless your baby boy and my baby girl, grown though they may be. May they always know their moms are with them all the way.<br /><br />Love, AmySharp Little Pencilhttp://sharplittlepencil.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-47277034906578183732012-02-25T06:27:02.824-08:002012-02-25T06:27:02.824-08:00Truly beautiful, though scary. You have said it w...Truly beautiful, though scary. You have said it well, with variations it could be the story of everyone.annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-75893282355226769312012-02-24T22:20:30.444-08:002012-02-24T22:20:30.444-08:00I admire greatly the soul of the person who can wr...I admire greatly the soul of the person who can write this:<br /><br />I will become a tree trunk<br />that he can fasten the kite <br />of his tremulous heart to...<br /><br />Anyone who has been through the terrifying madness of having lived with a loved one who suffers from mental disorder will instantly recognize the crushing brutality of the hopelessness that all too easily becomes the norm. Your offer of a tree on which to tie the kite comes from a deeply loving, deeply compassionate place.Kerry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00720862912375945249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-46126557375555000632012-02-24T17:29:02.467-08:002012-02-24T17:29:02.467-08:00Very sensitive poem, Sherry. I can feel the depth...Very sensitive poem, Sherry. I can feel the depth of love you have for your son, and I know you would 'make it stop' if you could.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-7948056431007599162012-02-24T17:28:26.505-08:002012-02-24T17:28:26.505-08:00Oh, Sherry, this is so very, very sad. I wish I co...Oh, Sherry, this is so very, very sad. I wish I could say something useful, something helpful.<br />If it helps to know I care, I do.<br />KKay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com