It is always a mixed bag here at frog ponds rock.
My son read the post I published yesterday about his friend X’s suicide attempt. I was a bit nervous about David’s reaction as it was a very personal post. David laughed at the description of him clomping through the house searching for food and he cried at the old woman’s prediction, then he sent the link to his friend X. I will find out X’s reaction later on today.
I think that the question I posed in the opening paragraphs yesterdays post needs deeper consideration
I wonder if one of the reasons for the reluctance to talk to our young people about suicide is the mistaken belief that we might give them ideas. As if by starting a conversation about suicide we might inadvertently plant the seed of death in their heads.
So moving on from extreme fragility to extreme resilience I want to talk about my very good friend Tiff.
I have known and blogged with Tiff for over three years now and I am consistently in awe of the power of the woman’s words, humbled by her quiet dignity under extreme pressure and proud to call her my friend.
Tiff has been nominated in the Best Australian and New Zealand Category of the 2011 Bloggies and I know that Tiff is far too self effacing to do much more than mention this in passing. (But I will be putting pressure on her to write a post herself)
Tiff is mother to eight children, that alone is worthy of an award in itself because My God the noise those children must make and The Mess and can you imagine the washing up, ACK it would be like washing up after a dinner party three times a freaking day. Yep, Tiff needs buckets of awards.
Tiff’s youngest child Ivy is also not a well bunny and Ivy and Tiff seem to spend more time in hospital than they do at home. But instead of feeling sorry for herself Tiff decides to raise money for the hospital ward she calls her second home. Through all of Ivy’s medical issues and treatments, Tiff writes out her heart ache and her self doubt, her anger and her grief on her blog, My Three Ring Circus. A lot of her posts make me want to cry or shake Ivy’s paediatrician but mostly they make me marvel at the quiet strength of my friend.
And if all of the above isn’t enough to make you vote for My Three Ring Circus, Tiff takes a wicked photo.
So can you please go and vote for her here at the 2100 bloggies
Consider it a birthday gift to me.
Yep. Today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me. To use an “Amyism” my number is now 45 and my number adds up to 9.
Lucky me.
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Happy birthday, Kim. Hope your day is filled with the things you love to do and the people you love to be with. X
Happy birthday! And congrats to your friend on the nomination. What an honor!
Happy Birthday! BG Xx
Have a very happy birthday, Kim 🙂
Happppppy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAYYY! Hope X feels the love and concern with which you wrote the last post.
Happy Happy Happy Happy Birthday.
(behind on my blog reading so will make a point of catching up on unread posts) Have voted for Tiff and going to email to check what I have to do next, hoping I have done it all right and proper. I completely agree that Three Ring Circus deserves this award and urge anyone who has not already done so to vote as you say Tiff will definitely not shout out loud enough that she deserves to win. Her blog is humbling.
I hope that you have been spoilt today.
Happy Happy Birthday
oh ps I think if I have done it right comments are back on my blog although not many recent posts apart from one month before heartbreak.
happy birthday chickie. in a couple of days my number will be 42.
much love and light.
: )
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday Kim!
And yes Tiff does deserve that award and I will go and vote for her right now.
xox
I hope you’ve had a lovely birthday Kim. You deserve it.
Suicide is definitely something I will talk to my children about, as is mental health/ill health. I’ve seen a fair amount of it and I think that talking about it is one of the most important things you can do.
Hope you had a wonderful day sweety! That Amy is a smart lil cookie! 🙂 xxx
I hope your day was lovely. I had already tried to vote for Tiff (“fatal error” so I hope it went through).
Happy Birthday, Kim! 45 sounds young to me. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday (better late than never) on your 45th 🙂 I’ve been 45 since June last year and it’s an okay age to be. Hope you have a great year!
Happy Birthday!!!
*takes out fork*
Where’s the cake??
Heading over to vote for Tiff now.
Happy Birthday!
9 is a lucky number! 🙂
Also, you may have to explain to me (simply!) How to vote because I ended up on her page rather than voting…
Happy belated birthday 🙂
Tanya, there is a dot thing in the corner of Three Ring Circus’s icon, click on that and a tick will appear. Then scroll down to the very bottom and put the words in the captcha then enter your email address. They will send you a link to confirm your vote, once you have clicked the link your vote has been counted 🙂
Wow – I too have voted. And is it my ageing eyes or are those captcha words really getting harder and harder to read? I had to click about six times to come up with one that was decipherable! Happy Birthday, fellow Aquarian. My number escapes me.