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miss maggie ([personal profile] bossymarmalade) wrote2009-03-06 06:19 pm

in a gumdrop house on lollipop lane

I am still sort of reeling (in a good way!) from all of the gloriously generous comments that people -- people I've known forever and love dearly, people I've never met who are gently connecting with me -- are leaving in my last post. What a tremendous affirmation of our voices and our community, and I am so honoured to have it in my space!

Which leads me to this: every time I sit down at the computer since I wrote that and think, "I can start responding now!", I look at all of these voices and all those little icons, and I end up re-reading and laughing and crying and just feeling overall wonderful. And then I put it off, because the minute I start responding, everything's going to go into collapsed threads!

[livejournal.com profile] sailorcoruscant said (somewhere on the tenth page): "It's taken a few days for me to realise I could (and probably should) come back and break radio silence to tell you that you (and your readers) have a beautiful voices. This growing chorus is a wonderful thing."

And I thought, yes, yesyesyes. And I realized I didn't want to collapse those beautiful voices.

So I'm going to hold myself back from answering, but oh man, I would have given all of you so much love. Wait, I can do that here!!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥


Thank you all so very much. If there's anything you said in that post that you want a response to, just bring it up in the comments of this post and we'll natter away with no worries about collapsed threads. *g*

[identity profile] dramedy.livejournal.com 2009-03-07 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
God, so many voices. That's the thrust, is that some people just want to deny the chorus, the honesty and love and hope of people's words and voices raised in harmony (not *unity*, because they are NOT ALL THE SAME). They think that if they could drowned it out, then they're word becomes truth, becomes law. But the only law is those of our hearts, and by letting all those beautiful voices go on singing, you give them new fire, new hope. Renewed, I hope the voices go on singing until things change.

Thank you, for both your solo and your voice in the choir. Each one is precious.
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[identity profile] bossymarmalade.livejournal.com 2009-03-07 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
*draws hearts around your comment*

The doublespeak, disinformation, and refusal to stand by their own words (http://thingswithwings.livejournal.com/57068.html) is boggling, isn't it? I'm as thrilled as you are to find a harmony of truth rising above that cacophony, and you say it just beautifully. Much love to you, sugarplum!