Comments on: Of Petals and Parkinson’s… http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/ tweet, tweet Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Sarah http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1495 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:50:55 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1495 ". . . my father travels the route I ask, gamely picking his way toward where wildflowers will be." Very touching words / poem! I have been thinking of my beloved father, who also had Parkinson's Disease. He passed away 3 years ago 3/28/07. I can fully understand the decline in function and loss(es) experienced in a and of a parent this way. “. . . my father travels the route I ask, gamely
picking his way toward where wildflowers will be.”

Very touching words / poem! I have been thinking of my beloved father, who also had Parkinson’s Disease. He passed away 3 years ago 3/28/07. I can fully understand the decline in function and loss(es) experienced in a and of a parent this way.

]]> by: walternatives http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1053 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:29:49 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1053 This is my third reading, and something new resonates each time. "Paper dolls measure" is today's tattoo. Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you, too, for the back story and for the photo introduction. All of it - so poignant. You, our beloved SBird, are a glorious poet. This is my third reading, and something new resonates each time. “Paper dolls measure” is today’s tattoo. Thank you for sharing this with us. Thank you, too, for the back story and for the photo introduction. All of it - so poignant. You, our beloved SBird, are a glorious poet.

]]> by: Siobhan http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1017 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:54:46 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1017 Your words made me cry - but in a good way - I know I keep too much in. My mother has the same illness. Beautiful...Thank you Your words made me cry - but in a good way - I know I keep too much in. My mother has the same illness. Beautiful…Thank you

]]> by: marnie http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1003 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:50:20 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-1003 Absolutely beautiful, the photos and the poem. Thank you for sharing Absolutely beautiful, the photos and the poem. Thank you for sharing

]]> by: Jacquie http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-981 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:46:30 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-981 Wow. That was..... lovely, nice, awesome. My words can't express. So so cool. Wow. That was….. lovely, nice, awesome. My words can’t express. So so cool.

]]> by: Dee http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-979 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:58:15 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-979 That was lovely. I miss my dad. That was lovely. I miss my dad.

]]> by: Jessi http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-976 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:21:18 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-976 I especially loved the imagery of the little girl holding flowers in the pleats of her dress. It was so familiar to me. Like a.m. said, this will stay with me for a while - the good things always do. Thank you for posting it. (And because I'm pretty much a 10-year-old boy, some of the names of the wildflowers were making me giggle.) I especially loved the imagery of the little girl holding flowers in the pleats of her dress. It was so familiar to me.

Like a.m. said, this will stay with me for a while - the good things always do. Thank you for posting it.

(And because I’m pretty much a 10-year-old boy, some of the names of the wildflowers were making me giggle.)

]]> by: atomic mama http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-964 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:27:49 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-964 You captured the essence of that paradox, and your poem will stay with me for a while. Thank you for sharing it, and for the backstory and photos. You captured the essence of that paradox, and your poem will stay with me for a while. Thank you for sharing it, and for the backstory and photos.

]]> by: Aimee http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-955 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:55:31 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-955 I love when a poem or story can make me feel both happy and sad at the same time, and you have done that. The line "gone is his best guess of who he was, top to bottom" evokes strong connections to when my grandfather was going through Alzheimer's. And like Christie, my other favorite line was the daughter being gathered up like stems. Thank you so much for sharing this. I love when a poem or story can make me feel both happy and sad at the same time, and you have done that. The line “gone is his best guess of who he was, top to bottom” evokes strong connections to when my grandfather was going through Alzheimer’s. And like Christie, my other favorite line was the daughter being gathered up like stems. Thank you so much for sharing this.

]]> by: christie http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-926 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:19:10 +0000 http://thesingingbirdblog.com/2007/03/05/of-petals-and-parkinsons/#comment-926 Verrrry nice. I am especially pleased with the image of a daughter being gathered up like stems. Beautiful words, beautiful photos. Thank you for answering my request. Verrrry nice. I am especially pleased with the image of a daughter being gathered up like stems. Beautiful words, beautiful photos. Thank you for answering my request.

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