I am so grateful and so moved to receive this. Thank you. I send love and prayers to you. Please let us stay in touch, and perhaps meet at some point somehow.
I haven’t been able to read, Judith. I haven’t been able to sleep, either. I have been up til 4am every morning, then I manage to doze until 7, that’s it. But I was able to read this, and I appreciate you so much. I’m in Santa Monica a mile south of the evacuation line. My car is packed, passports are in my purse. I hope it won’t come to that. Friends have lost their homes and their entire neighborhoods. I know we will recover but I can’t even figure out what that looks like right now because they have to put out the fires first. My throat burns and my eyes burn and my car is covered in ash and it feels like 9/11 here. But what I wanted to say is please message me if your daughter needs anything at all. I’m here, and I can imagine how I would feel if my daughter were here and I was not. Lots and lots of love to you. The way your dots organize and reorganize themselves creates a certain kind of magic.
Thank you fir your comment. But I would like to mention that my writing is not intended to be focused on injury, but rather on the need to rebuild no matter what may have occurred.
Really, I am just a writer writing because that's what Writers Do, and witnessing the world, because that's what Writers Do.
Woven of course with my own experience which in includes two quite different lives powered by two quite different brains.
Judith, you and your daughter are in our prayers. Our thoughts are with both her and with you during this trying time. Thank you for your beautiful writing.
What a revolutionary way to bring collective imagery to such a horrendous emotionally stunting moment in time ... Trauma within trauma ... May your daughter be safe, may she survive the emotional horrors and land safely in your arms ... And know there is a home for her, waiting ..
To me, Judith’s writing is a thing of real beauty. Her descriptions of recovery from a very serious closed head injury are very enlightening for those of us who are lucky enough to read her masterful prose.
Thank you for writing. Btw, former representative Gabrielle Giffords, who evidently suffered the same injury I acquired when she was shot in the head, kept saying the word "chicken." No matter what she meant to say, the word "chicken" kept coming out.
I am so grateful and so moved to receive this. Thank you. I send love and prayers to you. Please let us stay in touch, and perhaps meet at some point somehow.
I totally get that camel came out as bookcase. I have said many similar things. And I, too, am way beyond glad to be alive.
I haven’t been able to read, Judith. I haven’t been able to sleep, either. I have been up til 4am every morning, then I manage to doze until 7, that’s it. But I was able to read this, and I appreciate you so much. I’m in Santa Monica a mile south of the evacuation line. My car is packed, passports are in my purse. I hope it won’t come to that. Friends have lost their homes and their entire neighborhoods. I know we will recover but I can’t even figure out what that looks like right now because they have to put out the fires first. My throat burns and my eyes burn and my car is covered in ash and it feels like 9/11 here. But what I wanted to say is please message me if your daughter needs anything at all. I’m here, and I can imagine how I would feel if my daughter were here and I was not. Lots and lots of love to you. The way your dots organize and reorganize themselves creates a certain kind of magic.
I'm so sorry about your situation and the not knowing about your daughter's safety. I will keep you in my thoughts & wish I could do more.
Thank you so much, John Hammond. I really appreciate these words from you.
Hoping all OK with your daughter. This has been such an overtaking tragedy.
'Some things have a future, some have run out of time." That just about captures the enormity and randomness of the destruction out in L.A..
❤️ to you and your daughter
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Thank you fir your comment. But I would like to mention that my writing is not intended to be focused on injury, but rather on the need to rebuild no matter what may have occurred.
Really, I am just a writer writing because that's what Writers Do, and witnessing the world, because that's what Writers Do.
Woven of course with my own experience which in includes two quite different lives powered by two quite different brains.
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Judith, you and your daughter are in our prayers. Our thoughts are with both her and with you during this trying time. Thank you for your beautiful writing.
What a revolutionary way to bring collective imagery to such a horrendous emotionally stunting moment in time ... Trauma within trauma ... May your daughter be safe, may she survive the emotional horrors and land safely in your arms ... And know there is a home for her, waiting ..
Sending you and your girl so much love.
Love your writing. Hope your daughter is ok.
Do not connect the dots. Go directly to rehab; do not pass GO; do not collect $200.
To me, Judith’s writing is a thing of real beauty. Her descriptions of recovery from a very serious closed head injury are very enlightening for those of us who are lucky enough to read her masterful prose.
Thank you for writing. Btw, former representative Gabrielle Giffords, who evidently suffered the same injury I acquired when she was shot in the head, kept saying the word "chicken." No matter what she meant to say, the word "chicken" kept coming out.