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Comments on: Homage To My Hands https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/ 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: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-44009 Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:29:37 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-44009 Oh Gena, I am so moved by these words about your mother and her lifelong struggle with biting the nails on her beautiful hands and how this virus is the thing that is making it necessary to quit–and how she must struggle with that. And thank you for your kind words saying the post is beautiful. We are need tenderness at this time and so thanks for yours. xoxo

]]> By: Gena https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43940 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:36:58 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43940 So, so beautiful Maria. I’m glad you’ve connected to this tenderness and form of self-care through the current crisis. My mom has been a nail biter her whole life, sometimes so persistently that she’s gotten bad infections. It’s been interesting and touching to watch her break the habit out of sheer necessity right now, with the guidelines about not touching our faces, and I know she’s struggling with it. Having always marveled at how beautiful her hands are, as people seem to have marveled at yours, I’m glad they’re getting a little break 🙂

XOXO

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43844 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:52:06 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43844 bless your heart Veronica–thanks for reading and responding–do stay gentle as your can through all this. Much love to you, and continued good health–xoxo

]]> By: Veronica https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43796 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:15:42 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43796 Oh Maria, this is so beautifully written. Your last paragraph was so full of love and hope. I, too, am trying to be more gentle with myself, my body, my mind – but I haven’t yet focused on my hands. Thank you for this reminder. I’m glad you’re doing OK through all this. xoxo

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43795 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:16:26 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43795 Thank you so much, Denee, for your kind words. So happy to know your hands are better most of the time, and wishing you continued good health and care with them. <3

]]> By: Denee https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43783 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:04:49 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43783 Beautiful….I have followed your blog for a long time and this is one of my favorite posts. I have never had “beautiful hands” but I have certainly had very painful/clumsy hands due to my conditions and now they are better (most of the time) and I am so grateful. I loved your story…thank you.

]]> By: Maria Theresa Maggi https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43781 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:05:48 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43781 Hi Pat–great question! It’s a stand that holds your book open for you. My hands used to get tired just from the pressure of the book wanting to close against them. My occuptational therapist at the time just gave me a simple plastic one. Here is the amazon page where there are a lot of different kinds to look at. Hope this helps answer your question. https://www.amazon.com/Desktop-Book-Stands/b?ie=UTF8&node=490620011

]]> By: Pat Meadows https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/2020/04/06/homage-to-my-hands/#comment-43780 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:27:25 +0000 https://fatfreevegan.com/slowmiracle/?p=8337#comment-43780 Hi Maria: What’s a ‘book butler’? I too have trouble with my hands. Thank you.

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