http://momentscount.com/archives/1244 The Moments Count Journal is a weekly Internet magazine bringing worldwide change through collaboration. Mon, 07 May 2012 02:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://momentscount.com/archives/1244/comment-page-1#comment-1809 Brooke Leigh Sheldon Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:43:38 +0000 http://momentscount.com/?p=1244#comment-1809 Much thanks, Sweet E!! Much thanks, Sweet E!!

]]> http://momentscount.com/archives/1244/comment-page-1#comment-1169 Elizabeth Wescott Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:10:50 +0000 http://momentscount.com/?p=1244#comment-1169 Brooke, this is wonderful. Such an incredibly complex topic. I was a little nervous at first. Not yet two years ago I had to face a marriage that I desparately wanted, but was unhealthy and choose to separate myself from it. It was agonizing. And still there is justification on my part, and resentment - that's why I was feeling uncomfortable. And I was afraid you were going to say that relationships can always work. And that would suggest I had failed. Actually, I did fail, I failed to see myself and the person that I was marrying accurately. I wasn't marrying him. I was marrying my creation of him. I've not yet forgiven him for not being who I created in my mind. Ah, Elizabeth dear. Always, there is more work to do. But, I needn't have worried as I listened. You spoke of the complexities of relationship so clearly. Very, very well done. Brooke, this is wonderful. Such an incredibly complex topic. I was a little nervous at first. Not yet two years ago I had to face a marriage that I desparately wanted, but was unhealthy and choose to separate myself from it. It was agonizing. And still there is justification on my part, and resentment – that’s why I was feeling uncomfortable. And I was afraid you were going to say that relationships can always work. And that would suggest I had failed. Actually, I did fail, I failed to see myself and the person that I was marrying accurately. I wasn’t marrying him. I was marrying my creation of him. I’ve not yet forgiven him for not being who I created in my mind. Ah, Elizabeth dear. Always, there is more work to do. But, I needn’t have worried as I listened. You spoke of the complexities of relationship so clearly. Very, very well done.

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