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Comments on: Will My Real Old Self Please Stand Up? https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/ Living Well with MS. Stories. Recipes. Hope. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:07:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.34 By: Michelle https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12281 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 02:09:58 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12281 The whole post is great as usual but this one sentence just rocks my world 🙂

“Its arc is quickly eaten by the sunlight coming over the horizon and bleeding out the residue of night.”

I must find the balsamic crescent now, or when it comes around next that is 🙂

]]> By: moonwatcher https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12260 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:47:40 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12260 Veronica, thanks so much for this beautiful personal reflection on my post. I really appreciate it and am so glad to know this is one you will come back to. And yes, the photograph contains a wonderful memory, considering now how Mike makes his living working with images.

]]> By: moonwatcher https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12259 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:45:56 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12259 Thanks, Cathy! It means a lot to me to hear this from you!! 🙂 So glad to know you loved the photo too. xo

]]> By: Veronica https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12258 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 20:13:06 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12258 Hi Maria,
I’m just getting around to reading this – thanks for posting such a thoughtful piece. I’m still adjusting to this “new” life with MS, and I do catch myself yearning for the “old” me and wishing things were like they were, regretting how I didn’t realize how great I had it… But I need to pause and realize even if I didn’t get this diagnosis, I’m never the “old” me anyway; I’m constantly changing and this is just one of those changes. Perhaps more drastic than prior changes… But my core, my center, is me, and will help me adapt to whatever physical, mental, emotional changes are destined to come – always learning, always evolving. “A me that’s more than the sum of my parts.”
I, too, will be coming back to re-read this post when I get down about the past/current/future me… 🙂
I love the picture – I thought, “wow! She looks so happy!” And then I read it was your son’s first venture into portraiture, and I understood why. Such a beautiful memory!

]]> By: Cathy https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12255 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:03:09 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12255 Delicious writing, reflection, and imagery Maria! And love the photo, too! 😉

]]> By: moonwatcher https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12254 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 16:39:41 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12254 Thanks for this lovely comment, Pam. It’s nice to know you and Nicole will come back and reread. That’s a writer’s dream come true. 🙂

]]> By: Pam Woods https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12253 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:00:21 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12253 Beautiful post, Maria. You have such great insight to share with us! One of the gifts that MS has given me is the ability to slow down! I was also very wound up and a type A personality in my twenties and thirties. There are many things in life I enjoy much more now by slowing down. I suppose that comes with age as well.

I agree with Nicole that this is a post to come back to and read again! 🙂

]]> By: moonwatcher https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12252 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:47:14 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12252 Thanks so much, Marge!! It means a lot to me that you took the time to let me know this. 🙂

]]> By: Marge Evans https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12251 Tue, 10 Sep 2013 16:05:15 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12251 Although I’m not a wordsmith like you, I absolutely love all of your posts. You have so much insight.

]]> By: moonwatcher https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2013/09/09/will-my-real-old-self-please-stand-up-2/#comment-12248 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:36:43 +0000 http://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=2866#comment-12248 You’re welcome, Karen. I appreciate your lovely comment.

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