tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569355678882263943.post1327058534770063736..comments2023-10-28T06:45:31.002-07:00Comments on Brooke Hopkins & Peggy Battin: PresenceSara & Greg Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05484783478337960032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569355678882263943.post-89931388774218645252010-08-11T12:54:06.694-07:002010-08-11T12:54:06.694-07:00thank you for sharing such beautiful words. I am h...thank you for sharing such beautiful words. I am humbled every time I read your blog. I am in my first month of PA classes now and in the process of absorbing the responsibility and honor in caring for others. As a student, we have been constantly reminded that care is about the patient, not about us, no matter how self-conscious or uncomfortable we are. We had a recent lecture on death and dying and caring for the chronically ill and we talked about simply being in the 'now' for a patient. I know I felt inadequate even listening to the lecture with self-doubt about how to interact with someone in those situations, what do say, how to act, what to do. Thank you for sharing how valuable and meaningful it was to just have someone be present.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569355678882263943.post-66191698720407348092010-08-10T07:26:21.867-07:002010-08-10T07:26:21.867-07:00Becky Owens was visiting (and being present) with ...Becky Owens was visiting (and being present) with my 96-year-old mother whom I care for in my home, and she told me about your blog.<br /><br />I remember you and your wife from Chamber Music concerts and I was aware of your story from Peggy Fletcher's article. I can honestly say that every time I bike City Creek Canyon I think of you.<br /><br />Your words and your thoughts are powerful. There is a connection made through computers that is as man-made-magical as the binary code that enables it.<br /><br />I'm pleased to see my Australian blogging friend, Elisabeth here. What a strange, small, brave world that has such people in it.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569355678882263943.post-32920578460487923422010-08-09T08:37:35.092-07:002010-08-09T08:37:35.092-07:00This is a beautiful post. Thank you. I obviously h...This is a beautiful post. Thank you. I obviously haven't been in your position, but I've been in your friend's. It is a blessing to know that one's presence helps someone you love when you are helpless to do more than be present. That is your gift to your friend.<br /><br />love,<br />LorraineLorraine Sealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01497806391999639680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7569355678882263943.post-27012058434763850162010-08-05T23:09:20.371-07:002010-08-05T23:09:20.371-07:00I'm lost for words, too, Brooke, in face of th...I'm lost for words, too, Brooke, in face of this beautiful post and in view of my only recent introduction to you via this blog. <br /><br />You may know that I came looking for you after I had read the essay you wrote in 1993 on 'a question of child sexual abuse'. The paper has stayed with me. I have passed it on to many others in my world, here in Melbourne, Australia. <br /><br />You might be pleased to hear that many people are now reading your words. People who might otherwise not have been introduced to your ideas ad writing.<br /><br />It is one of the joys of writing and of blogs that we can communicate from afar. It is not the same as being present, but it comes close. <br /><br />Thank you for your beautiful work and for the fact that it goes on despite the difficulties of your broken body. Best wishes from afar.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com