tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post414470377180857051..comments2024-03-28T12:12:29.813-07:00Comments on The Burrow: Teenagers are IdiotsAshleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-34738763741674591072011-08-06T01:54:12.267-07:002011-08-06T01:54:12.267-07:00chi flat iron An understanding, an improvement, an...<a href="http://www.bestchiflatironsale.com" rel="nofollow">chi flat iron</a> An understanding, an improvement, an effective posting tends to make any person for boosting a flavour, thanks a ton to get spreading, I can properly look into the supplement in making ourselves vibrant!<a href="http://www.bestchiflatironsale.com" rel="nofollow">cheap chi flat iron</a><br /><a href="http://www.bestchiflatironsale.com" rel="nofollow">chi hair straightener</a><br /><a href="http://www.bestchiflatironsale.com" rel="nofollow">wholesale chi flat iron</a><br /><a href="http://www.bestchiflatironsale.com" rel="nofollow">wholesale chi hair straighteners</a>liminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10448884689503844668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-41853923950354641452011-03-28T15:23:57.126-07:002011-03-28T15:23:57.126-07:00I've reached a point where I wish people of a ...I've reached a point where I wish people of a certain age (mine, that is) would open up more. Some people are honest about their lives and feelings, while some are still clinging to the notion of "pretending" who they are. You can't make a connection with people if they won't let you in. I'm probably going off on a complete irrelevant tangent here, but your high school reunion story reminds me of how some people never change or grow up.<br /><br />It's very nice to hear about your good progress. I wish you for continued healing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145627510439227985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-51981724000825184972011-03-28T15:02:00.428-07:002011-03-28T15:02:00.428-07:00I was sent by a friend who rec'd your site...I...I was sent by a friend who rec'd your site...I'm glad I stopped by. You know Ashleigh, I don't know if teens are stupid or just guarded and into their own emergence as a human being. Regardless, I was one of those 'old souls' because of abuse in my family, alcohol and just never felt that I fit in with the casualness of high school life.<br />Now I am friends with many old high school and college friends through facebook and the friendship we have developed is real and rewarding; much as you are describing. <br />I also think growing old does that to a person and the willingness to share is more important than superficial bullshit, don't you think?<br />I enjoyed your blog and plan on stopping by to read another 'chapter' in your life.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795817810030681267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-43480337072481790562011-03-28T12:56:27.468-07:002011-03-28T12:56:27.468-07:00Sending love and strength--the non-physical healin...Sending love and strength--the non-physical healing will be the hardest part, but we are here to do whatever we can to help. xoxoxLauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-31810956853088931162011-03-28T10:52:22.465-07:002011-03-28T10:52:22.465-07:00This really isn't even just about youth but al...This really isn't even just about youth but also how we tend to assume things about others. It can be throughout a lifetime and some never go beyond it. It's an important life lesson though to not be judging people by the stereotype-- either negatively or positively.<br /><br />I always figured the hardest part of your recovery or that of anyone who faces death and tragedy would be the emotional aspect. It takes time and even more so the willingness to face it squarely for what it is which you are doing here. We can't expect the emotions, mind and spirit to heal as rapidly as our physical body. If you were a shallow person, one with no depth, maybe it'd be easier but you clearly are not. So you will have the post traumatic stress to deal with along with the grief.<br /><br />Asking too much too fast won't do anything but attempt to bury what is still there and waiting. By the fact that you are facing it, I think you make it much more likely you will get over this and you will be a stronger person on many levels on the other side of it. It's not that it takes a tragedy to do that, but it either breaks or makes people when it comes along. <br /><br />Most of us go along with pretty stable lives, protected even, where we can plan what we want to have happen. When something penetrates that, it changes who we are. It deepens, it strengthens, it yields a dimension that people who have never experienced it won't ever have. It's not like any of invite tragedy or horror but when it happens, we have to deal with it internally as well as externally. <br /><br />To me, to have someone deliberately try to murder us, and then to lose a child so dear and near, well it's just not what many will go through. In many ways it will set you apart and I don't mean the 15 minutes of fame that comes with some of these things but what you know inside, the inner you, the strength. People will see it in you then even if they don't know why it's there. <br /><br />I hope you find the help you need for this time of pain and some will be friends. Some might be through writing or art, time with nature, maybe professional help if you need that. You deserve to have that help and as you have observed countless times here since it happened, it will take more than you by yourself-- but in the end, it's all going to be done by you. I believe it will be and for all who have said you were quite a woman before this happened, they ain't seen nothing yet is what I think.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-74333368838523100702011-03-28T10:33:31.382-07:002011-03-28T10:33:31.382-07:00What a wonderful blessing to come from a tragic da...What a wonderful blessing to come from a tragic day...hooray for new friendships.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780558580790539719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-49954099241631885972011-03-28T09:53:13.281-07:002011-03-28T09:53:13.281-07:00We were so ignorant--all of us. And, when you thin...We were so ignorant--all of us. And, when you think about it, we had to be. We were only beginning to emerge from the bosoms of our families, our bodies had made us strangers to ourselves, and those self-concepts (and, indeed, our very meat computers) had all gone into defrag mode. That awareness helps me forgive all those alien others and myself, too.<br /><br />Like Kenju, I've been going to reunions--forcing myself to go, since I was painfully self-conscious in high school (and judged to be "stuck up" as a result). As our stories emerge, I confirm a belief that my work taught me: at any given moment, within the context we perceive, each of us is always just doing the best that we can. <br /><br />Give that cool, wise blonde my admiring regards.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-83440131936294418272011-03-28T09:39:41.376-07:002011-03-28T09:39:41.376-07:00We all do foolish things as a teenager. At times, ...We all do foolish things as a teenager. At times, I feel guilty for not giving people a chance. All because I had pre-conceived notion of who they are. With age comes experience to let little things go and to give people a chance. <br /><br />AB, I think it's great you are learning to look at people with a different set of eyes. That will also help you heal. You are seeing the good in so many people; even people you "thought" you knew. :)MShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622415628314992252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-9982783209861021702011-03-28T08:49:12.904-07:002011-03-28T08:49:12.904-07:00Believing that the gestures are genuine... feeling...Believing that the gestures are genuine... feeling like a fool .... wondering what teenagers thought/think.... you get it completely, Kenju.<br /><br />And yes, Linda, I will be writing about this phase, too. I can't do it without you :)<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-60151231607412950332011-03-28T07:39:28.119-07:002011-03-28T07:39:28.119-07:00A beautiful post. I look forward to hearing more a...A beautiful post. I look forward to hearing more about these friends. I also hope you will continue to write about this next phase of your healing.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-78842952478231565122011-03-28T06:34:18.416-07:002011-03-28T06:34:18.416-07:00Isn't it too bad that you had to get shot to f...Isn't it too bad that you had to get shot to find that out? I discovered, after going to reunions every five years since my 20th, that I have much the same situation. People who never spoke to me back then are rushing to greet me now as if I were a very old and beloved friend (and staying in touch). It was disconcerting when it first happened, but after a few times I began to see that the gestures were genuine - and then I decided I was a fool for not getting to know them years ago. Who knows what lurks in the mind of a teenager? I do - and all of it is silly.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com