Comments on edenland: Compelling.

Thankyou.

2012-01-15T23:56:31.952+11:00

Thankyou.

Sometimes we don't write those 'polyanna b...

2012-01-15T17:47:01.457+11:00

Sometimes we don't write those 'polyanna blogs' because we didn't have the polyanna life.

I'm so relieved 7 year old Eden was able to climb out of that cupboard, because 39 year old Eden gives something to my patients every, single, Friday.

And that isn't just the beauty of blogging, that's the power of it.

And we've been doing it for a very long time now.

And we were initially the ones who read, but kept quiet. But it's ok, because I know you 'felt us' :)

At the end of last year, I decided to speak up & say, hi. I've been reading your blog to my patients & you impact on lives every Friday.

I'm so very glad I did.

Don't change xx

Nicely said Jaak xx

2012-01-14T12:47:39.174+11:00

Nicely said Jaak xx

My sentiments exactly. Eden, i love your rawness, ...

2012-01-14T12:43:06.418+11:00

My sentiments exactly. Eden, i love your rawness, truth, & honesty of life & your feelings. I know you haven't set out to necessarily heal any one other than yourself, but you do. So many of us had challenging childhoods that challenge us still today. But it's the stumbling along together, the hiccups & hurdles that you so willingly share that is your gift to the world.

I feel like crying with the love, intensity & power that your words (hence your feelings) convey. Some of us will be perpetually scarred. But we need to know that that is okay & life loves us anyway. I feel comforted, not scared, by your dark thoughts. Just as I feel comforted by your jubilant ones. I, too, know that you are going to be okay. Just as I, too, will be okay. You are a gift. Just as we all are. We may not all be wrapped up in the shiny pretty paper with ribbon, but it is our gift inside us that brings the most meaning and joy. Love ya to bits xx kylee

We love you because we see ourselves in you. We ju...

2012-01-14T12:40:53.251+11:00

We love you because we see ourselves in you. We just don't have the balls to write it or say it out loud...
Tara :)

Eden, you wrote that you can be normal too but the...

2012-01-14T10:35:31.762+11:00

Eden, you wrote that you can be normal too but the part about eating ivecream infront of a setting pink sky isn't the part I saw as normal..your whole entire post/s the ups and downs of emotions, coping, struggling with your past haunting your today, giving in when it all gets too much and then clawing your way back, self discovery...all of you, all of your words to me seem normal. You make me smile and you make me feel normal! I love that you share in a way that is inspiring. I saw a councillor recently and told him I haven't been able to do anything other than frozen meals and watching washing piles build lately while I've gone through a traumatic stage of seperation and he said to me...it's normal! I'm not a horrible mother, I'm not heading toward insanity, I'm not a freak...this is normal for the circumstances..normal. Something I barely ever feel I am. ;). You make me feel normal too :). I can read the love you have for your boys, other people and life in general and know that that is real life, real living. I can switch off the perfect life, perfect house, perfect blogs that make me feel stabby and come here instead because you are real. You are wonderful!

Eden I love that you let yourself be who you are. ...

2012-01-14T08:48:00.680+11:00

Eden I love that you let yourself be who you are. I lOve your raw emotion in your blog and that you tell life how it is. So many blogs try to hide the "bad" and paint a picture of a rosy life. Noone has it all good!! I love reading your blog. I love that you don't pretend to be someone your not. I think that your life has taught you many things....the greatest of which, you can overcome and you are worth it. I will have lots of questions as I'm just starting out blogging... I don't even know if many read my words!, they probably aren't great, but somewhere I hope that it is giving someone joy, just like Cheries people xxxx

Eden, you are worth it and your beautiful boys are...

2012-01-14T03:02:32.160+11:00

Eden, you are worth it and your beautiful boys are worth it. You touch so many with your words and we are all eternally grateful x

It sucks when your childhood steals your future ha...

2012-01-14T02:41:17.023+11:00

It sucks when your childhood steals your future happiness.
How do you organise your thoughts and emotions to be able to write about it? When I try it comes out all whiney bitch.
I am also curious as to how you deal with family and friends reactions to your writing.

Eden, you are well and truly awesome. I so love wh...

2012-01-14T01:06:59.877+11:00

Eden, you are well and truly awesome. I so love what you do here and with the greatest of bravery and honesty which moves, compels and makes us think, or laugh ourselves stupid! But you want questions. So: do you think you'll always have those moments where you freak out and say to yourself 'what have I done?' Is it part of the ongoing sharing/writing cycle or do you get more ok with it as you go? Xx

Yeah it's true, no one gets over their childho...

2012-01-14T00:50:15.742+11:00

Yeah it's true, no one gets over their childhood, or rather, no one gets over all the shut that went down in it. My question about blogging is this: how do you speak your truth without pissing off those close to you? Like you don't hide your identity and you tell it like it is and you know a shitload of people read your blog and surely there are some people that you don't want to be reading it but it's out there and it's gotta be. What do you do then? Does that even make sense? This is my biggest blogging issue... Fuck, I'm so glad my dad doesn't read my blog, but one day he might!!! Argh!

This is not going to be a clever comment...just tr...

2012-01-14T00:21:16.845+11:00

This is not going to be a clever comment...just true. I freakin LOVE your guts. I feel your crazy and your normal. Why would you want to be anything other than your awesome? You have cast your spell on me, that's for sure. And I love it!

I don't think anyone ever gets over their chil...

2012-01-14T00:13:56.941+11:00

I don't think anyone ever gets over their childhood. They just pretend they do. Supposedly 7 is the age when you become who you are going to be. Remember that doco 7 Up? "Give me a child when he is seven and I will show you the man." I know my shit started when I was 7. Neither of my kids have turned 7 yet. I'm shit scared. But I always remember what a friend said to comfort me "Don't worry. If you don't fuck them up, someone else will." I wish that let me off the hook, but of course it doesn't.

I don't think anyone ever gets over their chil...

2012-01-14T00:11:57.922+11:00