Comments on: On this often tense day http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/ By Common Consent is the pre-eminent Mormon blog. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Adam Greenwood http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-179542 Adam Greenwood Fri, 16 May 2008 16:17:41 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-179542 'God is not a vending machine' is really, really good. ‘God is not a vending machine’ is really, really good.

]]> By: john f. http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178826 john f. Mon, 12 May 2008 13:50:41 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178826 Thanks for that essay. Thanks for that essay.

]]> By: Norbert http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178823 Norbert Mon, 12 May 2008 12:41:38 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178823 Oooooh, that's wicked good. God bless yours, mine, and all the other great mothers. Oooooh, that’s wicked good. God bless yours, mine, and all the other great mothers.

]]> By: smb http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178801 smb Mon, 12 May 2008 03:36:01 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178801 She has found peace and joy at last. She's phenomenal as a mother. Re: the coat, it was too dang hot. When I was in medical school, I used to climb in the Presidential Range (White Mountains of NH) shirtless with my mountaineering bibs unzipped to the waist whenever it was warmer than 20F. What was hard for her was that the neighbors accused her of child abuse and threatened to call child protective services. That's part of why my giving away my coat to a homeless man was hard for her. I think it's because I was a kid in Montana when it was still wonderfully, brutally cold. She has found peace and joy at last. She’s phenomenal as a mother.
Re: the coat, it was too dang hot. When I was in medical school, I used to climb in the Presidential Range (White Mountains of NH) shirtless with my mountaineering bibs unzipped to the waist whenever it was warmer than 20F. What was hard for her was that the neighbors accused her of child abuse and threatened to call child protective services. That’s part of why my giving away my coat to a homeless man was hard for her.
I think it’s because I was a kid in Montana when it was still wonderfully, brutally cold.

]]> By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178793 Stephen M (Ethesis) Mon, 12 May 2008 03:09:50 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178793 Bless her heart. I like that line "God is not a vending machine" and wish her peace and joy at last. Why did you hide your coat each morning? Bless her heart.

I like that line “God is not a vending machine” and wish her peace and joy at last.

Why did you hide your coat each morning?

]]> By: Geoff http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178773 Geoff Sun, 11 May 2008 22:04:14 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178773 "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man ever does. That's his." Oscar Wilde “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man ever does. That’s his.”

Oscar Wilde

]]> By: Ray http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178769 Ray Sun, 11 May 2008 20:35:25 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178769 Beautiful Sam. Simply beautiful. Beautiful Sam. Simply beautiful.

]]> By: Tracy M http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178763 Tracy M Sun, 11 May 2008 18:43:12 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178763 What a wonderful mother- and a lovely tribute. What a wonderful mother- and a lovely tribute.

]]> By: m&m http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178761 m&m Sun, 11 May 2008 17:46:28 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178761 Beautiful tribute. Beautiful tribute.

]]> By: hpm http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2008/05/on-this-often-tense-day/#comment-178760 hpm Sun, 11 May 2008 17:36:46 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=3767#comment-178760 Please add my voice to the tribute. Your mother is wonderful! Please add my voice to the tribute. Your mother is wonderful!

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