tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post8316256065248720506..comments2023-12-25T02:46:52.723-04:00Comments on Awareness: Little Rosie red shoes.....awarenesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-37085306061175853272009-11-11T23:31:32.852-04:002009-11-11T23:31:32.852-04:00What a delightful little girl, painted here with y...What a delightful little girl, painted here with your wondrous words. Our little ones take in much more than we know don't they and this little angel called Rosie is obviously more astute than most.<br /><br />Brilliant poem Dana in which you gave this little girl wings.Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185485331789471194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-63634011618684418602009-11-07T17:44:21.735-04:002009-11-07T17:44:21.735-04:00Marja.....I hope so too. Thanks.
Kelly... I have...Marja.....I hope so too. Thanks.<br /><br />Kelly... I have met many women and children who have suffered and survived the evil of domestic violence through my work. They have all touched me and helped me understand a life situation I am thankfully not personally experiencing. Touched me with their strength, resilience and also with their pain. Those wounds are lifelong. It is a hard hard road to healing and wholeness again. And it makes me so damn angry.<br /><br />Mavis...thank you. This was the first poem I had posted on this blog and the first one I had written in 20 years. It flowed out of me over the course of a day, the day after I had met Rosie and her Mom.<br /><br />Naomi...thank you. That was exactly what I was trying to do. It burned me so to see this little carry the burden of her mother. She was way, way, way too young to have to be the one who looks after people! I can only hope she has continued with such strength and resilience, and hasn't suffered too much trauma so that it seeps out now that she's older.awarenesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098432781380754899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-86127215283640121052009-11-07T16:23:02.048-04:002009-11-07T16:23:02.048-04:00You told this story so eloquently, Dana..Using the...You told this story so eloquently, Dana..Using the form of poetry gave it a certain lightness that I'm sure wasn't really there---except in that little childs eyes and behavior.<br />It is HAUNTING to think that she knew that her role had to be as "protector" and was already acting as the Adult-Grown-Up at only three years old. How many thousands of children have to be this grown-up at such an early age, or they know they won't survive? Haunting and Heartbreaking.OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-52422578794485679422009-11-07T11:41:40.294-04:002009-11-07T11:41:40.294-04:00Dana:
Wow!!!
You said it so well
MavisDana:<br /><br />Wow!!!<br />You said it so well<br /><br />MavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-38425265686551829292009-11-06T22:40:06.562-04:002009-11-06T22:40:06.562-04:00Beautiful post! Thank you so much for bringing aw...Beautiful post! Thank you so much for bringing awareness to this critical issue. Your poem cuts right to the heart of domestic violence...Absolutely beautiful. How wonderful for your life to be touched by this brave woman and child. I, too, will send my love and prayers out into the universe right this very minute. I hope they feel the soft breath of angels whispering upon them and surrounding them with protection, love and healing to their hearts.<br /><br />Have a Wonderful Weekend!<br />Hugs :))))<br />KellyTheChicGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781656678543589662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17192698.post-15404755046042868902009-11-06T22:19:47.538-04:002009-11-06T22:19:47.538-04:00An absolutely fantastic poem of hope and resilence...An absolutely fantastic poem of hope and resilence. I've got a warm spot for little Rosie Hope she gets a great futureMarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.com