Comments on: WHAT’S LIGHTING US UP: ANNE-MARIE OOMEN’S LUMINOUS CONTRADICTIONS https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html Author Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 By: bestessays.com team https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1459 bestessays.com team Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:42:06 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1459 I agree. This is a nice essay about the connections and contradictions of what truly is meaningful or what lights her up. I feel bad for her elderly mother. She has lived a long and full life.

]]> By: best essay https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1457 best essay Thu, 21 Jul 2016 03:58:54 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1457 Your words are really inspiring. I just remember my mom, we actually had a misunderstanding that we did not resolve until today. I think it’s time to reunite and spend time with her. I am glad that I read your post and learned about contradictions. I hope your mother will be fine. Good luck on your future works and more power.

]]> By: Ann Bardens-McClellan https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1399 Ann Bardens-McClellan Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:52:36 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1399 Dear Anne-Marie,

I was so taken with LOVE SEX AND 4H because of the relationship you have with your mother, the depth of that and how beautifully you wrote about it. My mother has been dead for 50 years, and even when she was alive, she wasn’t there. I write constantly about absence, and you write about presence. Fortunately, I have good relationships with my children and husband, but there will always be a hole in my psyche. Your essay here reminds me again how special the mother/daughter relationship is. I learn that from you and others who write movingly about their mothers. I’m grateful. Annie

Thanks for sharing, Jerry.

]]> By: Anne-Marie Oomen https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1397 Anne-Marie Oomen Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:17:50 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1397 Thank you Judy. Your spirit and your relationship with your mom sound so special. And the light in her eyes? Is that where your’s comes from? Keep writing, dear friend.

AMO

]]> By: Anne-Marie Oomen https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1396 Anne-Marie Oomen Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:15:31 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1396 Oh Joy, thank you, and know that book of poems is such an inspiration to me as I try to comprehend the journey my mother and I and so many of us are on. Your words mean the world.

AMO

]]> By: Anne-Marie Oomen https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1395 Anne-Marie Oomen Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:13:19 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1395 Thanks Lorraine. For the longest time I did not see richer those things that I learned from her. Such a process! And warm good wishes for your book.

Anne-Marie

]]> By: Jerry Dennis https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1394 Jerry Dennis Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:08:17 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1394 My pleasure, Joy. What fun to see all the heartfelt comments here and on Facebook. Anne-Marie is a treasure.
– Jerry

]]> By: Judy Childs https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1393 Judy Childs Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:01:22 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1393 This brings back vivid memories of the light in my mom’s eyes. The short walks (wheeling) to the frog pond, and how the full, dense frog song held us. Painting landscapes with water colors in the sun room. Car trips were eliminated with her decline. We just were. Her brave smile and cheerful wave at the end of each visit. The way her room held the light just before she passed on. It was eerily beautiful.
You go, Anne Marie. Thank you. And don’t put yourself down with “as slow as I am”. That’s a clunker.

]]> By: Joy Gaines-Friedler https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1392 Joy Gaines-Friedler Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:34:12 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1392 Thank you for sharing this essay. We read, I think, in order to be reminded that we are a community – that we share what it means to be human and are therefore not so alone. And, as writers we must write what possesses us. My journey through my mother’s dementia became a book of poetry – but it isn’t just my journey. And that is the point. Thank you Anne-Marie. And thank you Jerry.
Joy

]]> By: Loraine Anderson https://jerrydennis.net/1/post/2015/12/whats-lighting-us-up-anne-marie-oomens-luminous-contradictions.html#comment-1391 Loraine Anderson Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:56:52 +0000 http://jerrydennis.net/?p=1874#comment-1391 Anne-Marie,
This is beautiful. I love how you see the the world and have the words to describe it at heart level. It reminds me of my mother and what I learned from her – mystery, wonder, light.
Thank you.
Loraine

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