Comments on: friday.

By: michelle in the az

michelle in the az — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:29:05 +0000

“(what a great example i am).”

I would have *killed* for a daddy like you!

By: dee from MN

dee from MN — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:09:27 +0000

Hi Matt,

You don’t know me but I was sent to your blog by a friend of mine and I wanted to tell you that my thoughts are with you and your beautiful daughter who looks so much like her beautiful Mama, and I’m with you on this journey and even though I’m a stranger maybe somehow, in some way, that is a comfort to know.

By: Ledge

Ledge — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:35:32 +0000

hey mattelin. friend of linsday here. attempting to get you the inside track on the Soup! but also noting your reference to Charles Bukowski, an author of whom my husband is a great fan. he’s a master of titles. on my music bookshelf resides a tattered copy of “Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit.” he was also kind of nuts. but in a good way.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:35:51 +0000

Okay I just read your quote over on Storked!.. All I can say is Wow….

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:02:33 +0000

I just want to say that I love reading your blog. You are an amazing writer, and an amazing person. She is quite a lucky little girl to have you for a dad!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:37:53 +0000

Ok, I went back to read my comments and, boy, typos. Hey, I went to bed at 10pm, woke up at 1am to breastfeed, again at 2am, again at 6am, and finally at 8:30am before heading off to work. My 12-month-old would sleep through the night for a month, stop for weeks, and repeat. Anyway, enough about me. I meant to correct myself. I wanted to type “as a first time reader of your blog…” but somehow it came out as “a few time ready…”

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:23:29 +0000

I found your blog off another blog. Gosh, some many thoughts went through my head as a few time ready, from “gosh, it’s so sad” to “wow, he’s handling things so well” to “how’d he manage to have time to post while he has a little one to take care of by himself?” Mind you, these are just a couple of so many countless things that I was thinking. I have a 12-month-old so I’m also reading this from a somewhat new parent’s perspective. Anyway, I don’t know if you ever read all the comments but here’s one more.

By: j

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:35:21 +0000

Glad the day wasn’t too bad. We were a the beach yesterday too. I got my butt kicked by those huge waves. (Corona Del Mar)
Hope today is better for you!

By: Yari

Yari — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:25:37 +0000

Sounds like 2008 part 2 is pretty amazing.

I thought of you both on friday, and I’m really happy it was such a great day. Keep up the greatness:)

By: Deb Edgar

Deb Edgar — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:05:33 +0000

Bukowski is literary genius. His “Run with the Hunted” has been a bit of a bible the past 12 years. I found his work in the (donation) book dumpster, literally and was hooked. ‘For Jane’ and ‘The Strongest of the Strange’ are two that jump to mind.

You’re an eloquent writer Matt. I hop over here every couple of days and see how you and Maddie are doing. I was listening to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afQ3dUMhM_E song and tonight it was for you and not for me to hear some of those words.

I know you might not be into rap so much, but there are insightful words there in. The song makes me feel better on the days when I don’t want to even rise fro the sofa. You are not alone, even though the hurts are different, there is a fair amount of compassion in the universe. To try and balance those tragedies.

“doing a job i was incapable

of doing

(these are the kind of friends everyone should have at all times).”

Yeah, word. I would fall flat on my face without friends. Nice to read about y’alls adventures with yours. Loving the day is indeed the best way of honoring the loved ones we have lost.