tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post4781932002057390421..comments2023-05-23T04:56:21.024-04:00Comments on The Retarded Mother: Arms and MiraclesThe Retarded Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157223871852109919noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-67840113577553023642015-08-21T22:16:26.032-04:002015-08-21T22:16:26.032-04:00Hey, Marianne...thanks. Accepted! Would you plea...Hey, Marianne...thanks. Accepted! Would you please send me an e-mail at boardo1@gmail.com? I'd like to send you something off the blog...<br /><br />Best,<br />Bill<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508688320258062837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-44019511639524791622015-08-18T08:36:25.494-04:002015-08-18T08:36:25.494-04:00Rebecca,
Thank you so much for these very kind w...Rebecca, <br />Thank you so much for these very kind words. Please know how much I appreciate and honor them. MarianneThe Retarded Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157223871852109919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-30738715423349649902015-08-16T15:53:41.004-04:002015-08-16T15:53:41.004-04:00Hi Marianne, Thank you so much for this. I'm r...Hi Marianne, Thank you so much for this. I'm really happy to hear that Taylor isn't in pain now, and can use his arms in the pool! (I've been having trouble with that myself!) Hoping your hip recovery is going well, too. I know I miss a lot of miracles; what you wrote will help me catch more of them.Alicyn Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702302489671992682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-2277615067863759592015-08-16T10:04:35.202-04:002015-08-16T10:04:35.202-04:00Marianne, I don't follow your blog consistentl...Marianne, I don't follow your blog consistently, yet each time I read one, you open up spaces in my heart. I would hope that you write a book compiling these blogs and it becomes wildly successful for you and Taylor! You provide a writing clarity that touches me (and others) not often found.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04891331944454644413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-35642366559181003062015-08-16T08:03:26.766-04:002015-08-16T08:03:26.766-04:00Bill, Thank you so much. And you are 100% correct...Bill, Thank you so much. And you are 100% correct. Taylor has not EVER complained---about anything. He shows me how to live. I send you love. MarianneThe Retarded Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157223871852109919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-66859715154909433222015-08-16T07:41:13.143-04:002015-08-16T07:41:13.143-04:00Anyone who considers a Down person to be "ret... Anyone who considers a Down person to be "retarded" has not gotten close enough to one to see what an outrageous lie that really is. Down people have a miraculous abundance of the one thing most important to human beings... a capacity for unconditional love... especially SELF love.<br /><br /> Marianne's Easter post and Taylor's words on Alps Rd. show this so... well... perfectly. <br /><br /> It wouldn't surprise me to hear that Taylor has not complained ONE time in 31 years about ANYTHING.<br />As Marianne has realized, it's OUR wounds that show so big. To the Retarded Mother...keep up the good work. Keep writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508688320258062837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-80596052580195973802015-08-14T13:12:14.415-04:002015-08-14T13:12:14.415-04:00Nobody, NOBODY can say it better. I love you, Reta...Nobody, NOBODY can say it better. I love you, Retarded Mother. And I'm so happy Taylor has found those arms moving for him again. Yay, Taylor indeed. And Yay Retarded Mother for sharing your reminder. All we have to do is look up!The Singing Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773138856249917610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-87091499327076477712015-08-14T13:08:38.276-04:002015-08-14T13:08:38.276-04:00Maybe the distractions are there as a means to sur...Maybe the distractions are there as a means to survive the times when it all is just too much. This week, as I tried to pray for John's successful surgery, I hardly could pray the words. I could pray for others (you and Taylor were in there), and I could give God the usual "To Do" list that I think my prayers have become. To "get down to business," though, and to pray for something so important that it could -- quite literally -- make the difference between life and death? Well, it was nearly impossible. And now, like you, I stand on the other side of a situation which has been controlled so completely by I higher power. By an entity about whom I've often said, "God is great. God is Good." I'll just tell you, Marianne, that I may go and put on my swimsuit for a while. Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06586818500802661338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-18964455082633675422015-08-10T21:39:58.745-04:002015-08-10T21:39:58.745-04:00I'm so glad God gave you eyes to see this. A ...I'm so glad God gave you eyes to see this. A gift indeed. I understand letting a million other things distract you. It's hard to fight against but I'm so thankful for the times it happens and pray they happen more often than not. And I bet you looked beautiful in your swimsuit.sarah mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682360315488859716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525985579775978639.post-18836298321484207882015-08-10T21:39:52.465-04:002015-08-10T21:39:52.465-04:00I'm so glad God gave you eyes to see this. A ...I'm so glad God gave you eyes to see this. A gift indeed. I understand letting a million other things distract you. It's hard to fight against but I'm so thankful for the times it happens and pray they happen more often than not. And I bet you looked beautiful in your swimsuit.sarah mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11682360315488859716noreply@blogger.com