Comments on: wonderin’

By: late2theparty

late2theparty — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:52:21 +0000

In reply to Stephie Althouse. Thank you, Stephie!

By: Stephie Althouse

Stephie Althouse — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 05:54:57 +0000

My dear friend Jen,
Wow. I cried. You have an amazing talent for writing that makes me feel I was there and felt what you felt. I could feel your broken heart when you first joined the Mastermind group and I understood it then at some level. This post though brought it home even more so. and I didn’t know what exactly Neil Young means to you, other than him being a famous musician. Now, I do.
My hat is off to you in so many ways, and I hope you know that. You are one brilliant, big-hearted person and “wicked awesome” to boot! I have had the great fortune to watch you on your journey for some time now, and wow…WOW!
Big hugs,
Stephie

By: late2theparty

late2theparty — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:28:41 +0000

In reply to Lisa. You're so darling, Lisa. Thank you for your sweet words.

By: late2theparty

late2theparty — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:28:16 +0000

In reply to Sasha T.. Thank you so much, Sasha!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:24:42 +0000

Oh WOW. Jen – thanks for sharing that. You described things in such a way that I could see them – like I was there – and my heart was breaking for you.
My mother is so important to me, I can’t even begin to imagine what that must have been like. If your mom is half (or more) of you, then I know she was an incredible, beautiful woman as you are. Sorry I didn’t get to meet her.

Love to you

Lisa

By: Sasha T.

Sasha T. — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:45:31 +0000

My good Friend Jen,

Just as Neil tells us stories through his songs…love him or hate him. You can’t deny that he takes you to a time and place we have all been at some time in our lives. Your stories do the same. Thank you for wearing your heart on your sleeve and sharing Niels music with us.

XOXO

Sasha

By: late2theparty

late2theparty — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 03:28:53 +0000

In reply to David Randle. Wow! Thank you so, so much for what you wrote. I'm very grateful that you read this and even more grateful that it touched you the way it did. I am really at a loss for words.

By: David Randle

David Randle — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:02:42 +0000

My Dearest Jennifer. Thanks for the cry! What you have so beautifully written about is so eerily what I went through with my mom (not Mexico and not cancer, but 24/7 for three years because of her MS.) I have always felt a sister/brother connection with you from the first time we met and discussed what we each went through. When you write, you shine a light right in to the heart of the experience. I love you for that and much more.

I know with the music that Rebeca and I create, people gravitate to the peices that in some unseen way, feel like their life, reflect and embody a personal experience, and for a moment afford them a detour from their pain or at least the challenges in their lives.

The poet Wallace Stevens wrote in Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,

“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.”

So is it the experience or the reflection? Our reflections open us to fully embrace the meaning of that which just happened. So whether it strengthens us like rebar or holds us up like a crutch, it changes us forever.

What a gift that for you it was Neil Young. When I met Neil in 1967 while doing a concert with Buffalo Springfield, he was the most gracious and engaging star I ever met in the music biz; and I didn’t like his voice at first either, until I experienced his heart!