Ayshela

*giggles madly* SHHHHHHHHHHH!! That was extra secret special footage, beyond price! *giggles and scampers off again*

i really like the double twist on this: leading both toward"but you did mean it" AND "but you did it anyway" It's all well done, but especially like how you handled this.

hey, did this one ever get finished? i'd like to see what you ended up with.

excellent imagery indeed.

mmm *nod* i've heard this, from across gender lines and across age boundaries. i've even said and felt some of it at various times. disillusionment is bitter indeed.

how so?

gods.. or having the flu and alternating fever/chills.. erk..

*laughs* raising three teenagers of my own and being designated mom for half a dozen others, as well as chauffer, schedule manager, and personal assistant/caregiver as needed for Paul's mom. Though before life hit its own patches of hell i WAS planning a teaching degree, double majored in math and english, which alone was enough to drive both departments into shiddering fits. *giggles madly* Congratulations! That's wonderful news!! *hugs*

awwwwwwww what about the green one?

*laughs* ahh, but is it her lovely *blue* towel?

very cool!

awwwwwwwwwwww pleeeeaaasse????? *big sad eyes*

*shrug* some *should* be thrown away. the trick is to know which ones.

nah, you can't take all the blame.. i'll wrestle you for it..

*hugs*

now how did i not see this??? dang!! well *hurtling hugs* and a huge welcome back!! i'm very glad to see you! my muse tends to work that way too, and i think you'll find yourself in even better company than mine, on that issue, here. and i must confess to a fleeting bout of giggles on your school board comment. at odd moments my children's teachers wish they had a different mother as well.. LOL (thinks of nights spent up drafting letters with barely concealed fangs and claws in every line) *giggle* So glad to see you back! *hugs*

death as in the moment life stops? i guess .. that really depends on how you define life and how you define death, doesn't it? a question like this is so based in personal beliefs, religious and philosophical, that you're apt to get either a wide ranging set of answers or none at all. some of us are still figuring out for ourselves what we believe. *shrug* For me.. death is (intellectually) simply the moment when all life functions cease - the body and brain cease to function, or (emotionally) the point at which the pain and stress, pressure and unbearable tension of this which we call life, stops. What happens afterwards? i could not begin to tell you. i wish i had an answer which would satisfy your need to know, a need which i hold as well.. unfortunately the only ones who truly know are no longer in a position to tell us. *hugs*

i keep coming back to this and re-reading it and twisting the final line around to look at again and again.. so often we think of it as having to redeem our own merit, but this.. all too often, isn't this the case?and oddly enough i find i can think of a few people for whom it's no longer worth the effort. let "distant eyes" be the least distant about it. well done, and very thought provoking.

*hugs* i'm incredibly sorry you can't buy yourself a few blessed moments of peace in which to fall asleep. i like your repeating pattern of opening words. *hugs*

i don't know if you're still lurking about, but if so, my deepest apologies for having been held hostage in Mom-land and having missed posting your Happy 18th Birthday wishes on Saturday. *happy birthday hugs* and i do hope it was splendid for you!

mmmmm. for all that it so often feels that way, nothing could be further from the truth. how i miss you.. *sigh* *sending warmest hugs your way*

i can't believe this got no comment at all. ignoring spelling errors, this is an intriguing piece. i think my favorite lines are and but then, anyone who knows me knows they would be. Minor spelling corrections: clarity shattered battered wiles (?) *hugs*

*smiles* and i can just see, rag in hand, reaching to dust and polish the stars.. beautifully done as always.

i would never, ever have written this this way, which only means that it's a good thing you wrote it rather than me. an unusual format which works extremely well for the subject. you can feel the tension, being pulled and resisting. i *really* like this.

hunh. how did i miss this one? i really really like this: you are ever intriguing, this no less than usual.