Comments on: Violence and Glory. Ends and Beginnings. http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gary http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-3806 Gary Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:19:51 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-3806 What an amazing testimony of motherhood. It makes me go back and wonder if there's anything transformational that we men experience. And yes, I do feel part of another dimension - that of parenthood, but it's through daily caring for the children that I've learned this. I'm really grateful that I often worked from home and that my wife's job required her to travel on a regular basis. Bonding through all those small rituals is so important. I also really appreciate the spiritual dimension you describe and it make sense to see that everything goes much easier once you learn how to surrender. Thanks for reminding us. :-) What an amazing testimony of motherhood.
It makes me go back and wonder if there’s anything transformational that we men experience.
And yes, I do feel part of another dimension – that of parenthood, but it’s through daily caring for the children that I’ve learned this. I’m really grateful that I often worked from home and that my wife’s job required her to travel on a regular basis. Bonding through all those small rituals is so important.
I also really appreciate the spiritual dimension you describe and it make sense to see that everything goes much easier once you learn how to surrender. Thanks for reminding us. :-)

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]]> By: Julie http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Julie Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:36:06 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-510 Lindsey, I am spellbound by this that you have shared. I gave birth 36 and 31 years ago. Much is foggy, but there are still images and memories that cut through the years. I have now witnessed both my daughters giving birth, as well as witnessing my mother's death. I know in my female bones they are both sides of the same coin. Thank you for sharing the phenomenon of birth and its power. As Rumi wrote, "“Woman is the radiance of God; she is not your beloved. She is the Creator —you could say that she is not created.” Lindsey,
I am spellbound by this that you have shared. I gave birth 36 and 31 years ago. Much is foggy, but there are still images and memories that cut through the years. I have now witnessed both my daughters giving birth, as well as witnessing my mother’s death. I know in my female bones they are both sides of the same coin.
Thank you for sharing the phenomenon of birth and its power. As Rumi wrote, ““Woman is the radiance of God; she is not your beloved. She is the Creator —you could say that she is not created.”

]]> By: Sarah http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Sarah Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:37:38 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-472 After reading this, Lindsey, I want to go through it all over again. I feel I must. I feel I just cannot be finished. I feel I have more to give. More life. More pain. More heartache and heartswell.<br /><br />Just More.<br /><br />I am--a little bit--crying on the inside. Part sadness and part joy. We change so much. It is so brave of us. Even in the unknowing that IS getting pregnant with our first child. <br /><br />Thank you for this. I hear all of it. I need more time in my life so I can come here every day. I so often NEED your words. Your heart. <br /><br />Thank you. After reading this, Lindsey, I want to go through it all over again. I feel I must. I feel I just cannot be finished. I feel I have more to give. More life. More pain. More heartache and heartswell.

Just More.

I am–a little bit–crying on the inside. Part sadness and part joy. We change so much. It is so brave of us. Even in the unknowing that IS getting pregnant with our first child.

Thank you for this. I hear all of it. I need more time in my life so I can come here every day. I so often NEED your words. Your heart.

Thank you.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Leslie Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:20:20 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-454 Lindsey, thank you for sharing so honestly - your words capture the immenseness of childbirth - and the span of the experience in terms of all that changes in one's life around the moment of giving birth. Lindsey, thank you for sharing so honestly – your words capture the immenseness of childbirth – and the span of the experience in terms of all that changes in one's life around the moment of giving birth.

]]> By: macondo mama http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-452 macondo mama Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:41:02 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-452 This is so beautiful. Sharing the transformation of motherhood with my best friend has made our relationship intensely more intimate, even though we are now continents apart. I sent this to her as soon as I read it. Thank you for putting such beautiful words to your experience.<br /><br />I am inspired now to revisit my birth stories and explore more of the strength, the pain, and the change. As you say, pieces of this transformation only seem to reveal themselves with time. This is so beautiful. Sharing the transformation of motherhood with my best friend has made our relationship intensely more intimate, even though we are now continents apart. I sent this to her as soon as I read it. Thank you for putting such beautiful words to your experience.

I am inspired now to revisit my birth stories and explore more of the strength, the pain, and the change. As you say, pieces of this transformation only seem to reveal themselves with time.

]]> By: Ambrosia http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Ambrosia Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:04:54 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-451 The "ferocity" you described of giving birth is so true. <br /><br />Transcending? Yes.<br /><br />Transforming? Definitely.<br /><br />Something beyond myself? Quite.<br /><br />Giving birth is an amazing experience. Something that is both indescribable and sacred. A moment that will leave an imprint on your life forever. The "ferocity" you described of giving birth is so true.

Transcending? Yes.

Transforming? Definitely.

Something beyond myself? Quite.

Giving birth is an amazing experience. Something that is both indescribable and sacred. A moment that will leave an imprint on your life forever.

]]> By: BigLittleWolf http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-450 BigLittleWolf Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:07:11 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-450 Beautifully written, though my own experience of childbirth is similar in some ways, and dramatically different in others. But was each experience transformational? Absolutely.<br /><br />A post to come back to, time and again. Beautifully written, though my own experience of childbirth is similar in some ways, and dramatically different in others. But was each experience transformational? Absolutely.

A post to come back to, time and again.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Kristen Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:53:31 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-449 What a beautiful post Lindsey. Just amazing. I had to have c-sections with both of my boys and there is part of me that will always wonder what I missed learning about myself by not being able to deliver naturally. Reading this, I feel like I've had a glimpse at the power and transformation of that experience. Thank you. What a beautiful post Lindsey. Just amazing. I had to have c-sections with both of my boys and there is part of me that will always wonder what I missed learning about myself by not being able to deliver naturally. Reading this, I feel like I've had a glimpse at the power and transformation of that experience. Thank you.

]]> By: emmajames http://www.adesignsovast.com/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/comment-page-1/#comment-448 emmajames Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:25:08 +0000 http://www.adesignsovast.com.php5-5.dfw1-2.websitetestlink.com/test/2009/12/violence-and-glory-ends-and-beginnings/#comment-448 I am now effing terrified. I'm kinda stuck on the ow, ow, ow, ow, OW pain of it all. This is a beautiful post, and I have so much admiration for what you have experienced. I think I'll just stay nicely tucked on this side of transcendency for the moment, though. Yep. I am now effing terrified. I'm kinda stuck on the ow, ow, ow, ow, OW pain of it all. This is a beautiful post, and I have so much admiration for what you have experienced. I think I'll just stay nicely tucked on this side of transcendency for the moment, though. Yep.

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