Comments on: The girl who cried. Full Stop.

By: Kim in Marquette, Michigan

Kim in Marquette, Michigan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:11 +0000

Thank you for this story–I just came out of a 3-day migraine. Now I had not tears to fill up water tanks (BIG SMILE) but I think, just maybe, something will come of it all just the same.

HUGS! And much Love to my favorite family in India!!

Your blog brings happiness into my life at the very moments I need it.

Remember it is our ordinary mundane gotta wash the little hands and the dishes dayz that make us who we are–and that is very far from ordinary.

By: zoe krylova

zoe krylova — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:26:41 +0000

i love your story. i hope the monsoon comes soon. it is very late this year. of course, i can relate to a certain extent, having lived in dharamsala. the monsoon was not late, but so heavy that the water mains broke, and we were without water. how could it be raining in torrents and yet we were without water? anything is possible in india. and there are the planned power outages too. we were without electricity every day from 8-10 and 5-7 (or something like that), just when one wants to be cooking breakfast or dinner!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:25:03 +0000

I would love to have this in print as well…to share with my daughter who is 11 and living at the whims of her burgeoning hormones. If she would just learn to have a good cry now and then, our household would enjoy a much more drama-free existence. Sigh.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:10:16 +0000

Once again, just spoke to my heart. Does it make you feel better to know that I got an e-mail from a friend tonight with the title, P.S.
The message was three words, “I love JourneyMama.”

As do I friend, as do I

By: SandwichinWI

SandwichinWI — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:17:14 +0000

Oh, Rae, you could never be mediocre! I think you are amazing. But I am glad that you are normal and just like the rest of us.

Your writing is so beautiful!

LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

Did you really get a bathtub??????

Blessings,
Sandwich

By: mama kim

mama kim — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:43:52 +0000

now this is some dang good reading rae.
I cry a little,or alot almost every day. depends. sometimes I look in the mirror to see what I look like as I’m crying. remember doing that when you were little?
I wish I could share my water with you.

By: Rae

Rae — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:15:10 +0000

edj! SEVEN MONTHS! oh good gracious. you poor thing.

By: edj

edj — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:46:08 +0000

How I love this story. And at our first house in Mauritania, we went 7 months without water. Our landlady lived in the Canary Islands. It wasn’t solved until she came for a visit and YELLED (in Arabic, which helps) at the water company.

Then she left and the water company came and took our meter so we had no water OR electricity and we yelled (in French) but they just laughed at us. We did eventually get it solved.

Then I got giardia. Which helped me lose weight, so it wasn’t all bad.

Hope your water woes are over soon. All this to say, I can so relate. And I love the phrase “the children had grown fangs.” And I love your story. What a creative way to deal with a bad situation.

By: c

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:40:30 +0000

I can SO relate…who can’t? I love how it feels like it could be part of Kiplings “Just So Stories” which were also inspired by India.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:19:41 +0000

This is a perfect ‘once upon a time’ story for all of us mom/girls.

Thank you so very much for taking the time to share your words.