Comments for Jill Malone http://www.jillmalone.com Author, accountant, mom...not necessarily in that order Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:11:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Marriage Project, Day 10 by Trevor http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-10#comment-1652 Trevor Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:11:48 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2884#comment-1652 Grant, it will be my pleasure to spend the rest of my life with you. It's an honor to wear this ring and I do so proudly. Grant, it will be my pleasure to spend the rest of my life with you. It’s an honor to wear this ring and I do so proudly.

]]> Comment on Marriage Project, Day 13 by epiphenita http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-13#comment-1649 epiphenita Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:27:02 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2898#comment-1649 It is delightful to read a beautiful description of being attracted to both men and to women. I am the other side of your either-gender story. I was married to a man once and now, I am (symbolically) married to a woman. The threads of our individual lives have become interwoven with strength and complexity for 25 years. Sexual attraction isn't chiseled into my DNA either. Why is it so hard to simply be grateful that you found a person you love like crazy? After 25 years, I'm still in love with her. And that's something to celebrate. It is delightful to read a beautiful description of being attracted to both men and to women. I am the other side of your either-gender story. I was married to a man once and now, I am (symbolically) married to a woman. The threads of our individual lives have become interwoven with strength and complexity for 25 years. Sexual attraction isn’t chiseled into my DNA either. Why is it so hard to simply be grateful that you found a person you love like crazy? After 25 years, I’m still in love with her. And that’s something to celebrate.

]]> Comment on Marriage Project, Day 13 by Nicole http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-13#comment-1647 Nicole Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:00:41 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2898#comment-1647 Thank you for sharing this, Whitney. Beautiful... Thank you for sharing this, Whitney. Beautiful…

]]> Comment on The modesty scale by Jill http://www.jillmalone.com/the-modesty-scale#comment-1646 Jill Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:49:11 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=1391#comment-1646 Thanks, Nikki. I love our resilience. The way having children heals us in unexpected ways. Thanks, Nikki. I love our resilience. The way having children heals us in unexpected ways.

]]> Comment on Marriage project by Liz http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project#comment-1644 Liz Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:33:10 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2816#comment-1644 Hi Jill, Yes and thanks for nurturing this project. Liz Hi Jill,
Yes and thanks for nurturing this project.
Liz

]]> Comment on The modesty scale by nikki http://www.jillmalone.com/the-modesty-scale#comment-1643 nikki Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:56:53 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=1391#comment-1643 I felt like I could've written so much of what you wrote here. Maybe not with the same eloquence(that's a word, right?) but nevertheless I have felt so much of what you felt. My body betrayed me, and doctors were clueless(as you wrote in your post "Health" I think it was called) and although I was a "healthy vegetarian" I wasn't healthy at all. Finally, after several surgeries and then going through IVF(not to mention I had a PHOBIA, not fear, but full-on PHOBIA of needles -I stopped counting at my 158th needle....4 in the stomach and 1 in the back for MONTHS) I got pregnant and now have a son. The body works in mysterious ways. Sometimes that mystery can be debilitating physically and/or mentally, and sometimes that mystery can bring on a miracle, and that miracle is my son. Thank you for sharing, and for letting your modesty fly out the window. I felt like I could’ve written so much of what you wrote here. Maybe not with the same eloquence(that’s a word, right?) but nevertheless I have felt so much of what you felt. My body betrayed me, and doctors were clueless(as you wrote in your post “Health” I think it was called) and although I was a “healthy vegetarian” I wasn’t healthy at all. Finally, after several surgeries and then going through IVF(not to mention I had a PHOBIA, not fear, but full-on PHOBIA of needles -I stopped counting at my 158th needle….4 in the stomach and 1 in the back for MONTHS) I got pregnant and now have a son. The body works in mysterious ways. Sometimes that mystery can be debilitating physically and/or mentally, and sometimes that mystery can bring on a miracle, and that miracle is my son. Thank you for sharing, and for letting your modesty fly out the window.

]]> Comment on Marriage Project, Day 10 by Shelly http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-10#comment-1640 Shelly Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:38:31 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2884#comment-1640 "...how do you say ‘Will you civil union me?’ or ‘Hey, how about a domestic partnership?’" Awesome. And what better way to highlight the absurdity of this inequity? Thanks for that. “…how do you say ‘Will you civil union me?’ or ‘Hey, how about a domestic partnership?’”

Awesome. And what better way to highlight the absurdity of this inequity? Thanks for that.

]]> Comment on Marriage Project, Day 4 by Nicole http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-4#comment-1639 Nicole Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:05:29 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2830#comment-1639 Beautiful sentiment! This echoes inside my own heart. Beautiful sentiment! This echoes inside my own heart.

]]> Comment on Marriage Project, Day 6 by Nicole http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-6#comment-1638 Nicole Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:41:33 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2835#comment-1638 Sacha, thank you. This is very well said and heartfelt. Sacha, thank you. This is very well said and heartfelt.

]]> Comment on Marriage Project, Day 2 by Nicole http://www.jillmalone.com/marriage-project-day-2#comment-1637 Nicole Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:51:15 +0000 http://www.jillmalone.com/?p=2826#comment-1637 This is beautiful, Jill. And spot on. Why fear love? Embrace it, in all forms. This is beautiful, Jill. And spot on. Why fear love? Embrace it, in all forms.

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