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January 19, 2007
"It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst."
-- "The Real Thing" by Tom Stoppard as quoted in the month's Real Simple, which I read without shame.
"It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst."
-- "The Real Thing" by Tom Stoppard as quoted in the month's Real Simple, which I read without shame.
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I'm a lurker and knitter and just finished reading your book. Thank you for sharing your difficult and powerful story. As a woman with a family and personal history of depression, your story was very moving for me. I have no children yet but am hoping to be pregnant in the next year and have been worried about the possibility of postpartum depression. I have a good friend who had it quite severely. Thank you for helping to demystify mental illness. It's so important for all of us. I hope you are well. The truth, pain, and hope of your story will be with me for a long time. I'll be passing your book along to my good friends!
Posted by: Cristin | January 20, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Thanks for both reading the book and for your comments! I guess my best advice for the future kid thing is to just stay on top of it. Knowing about PPD is a big part of the battle.
And, yes, we are all well, psychologically. It's the season of sniffles -- but those will pass pretty quickly.
Again, thanks for reading!
Posted by: Adrienne | January 21, 2007 at 10:45 AM
Ain't that the truth.
I'm thinking about making that quotation the tagline on my dating profile....think that'll haul them right in?
If I see one more profile that says he's a nice, family-oriented guy who loves to laugh and watch sports, I swear I'll spit.
Just had to get that off my chest, sorry.
Posted by: Juno | January 22, 2007 at 01:55 PM
I love that quote. Or rather, I did love that quote until I made the mistake of reading it to my husband who then replied, "Well yes, but that's also exactly the kind of thing that battered wives or co-dependent people say." Sort of took the shine right off it. Thanks, honey.
Posted by: Melanie | January 23, 2007 at 04:25 PM
Husbands. No sense of romance. He does have a point, tho. Hadn't even thought of it that way - and now I'll never read it any other way. Thanks him for me. ;)
Posted by: Ad | January 24, 2007 at 06:04 PM