To the Divine Miss M
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 10:50AM Most of you are probably thinking Bette Midler. Up until a few months ago, I would've thought the same thing.
But now when I think of "the Divine Miss M" I think of my friend from Australia, who goes by the name Missmellifluous in the blog world. I didn't know her name for the longest time so I thought of her as the Divine Miss M and addressed her as MissM.
Since then I've learned not only her name but a few things about her. She loves art, she loves poetry, she is an accomplished writer, and an affectionate, loving mother. She cares.
I learned this morning that she has given up blogging. I read her reasons; can't argue with them. I have toyed with the idea myself, as recently as yesterday morning. I hope that if I do ever know for certain that I should give it up that I can do it like she did. Delete blog. Boom. Over. I'm not sure I'm that brave.
Anyway, I said all that to say this to you, the Divine Miss M, I will miss your blog and I hope I will not lose contact with you. I've enjoyed getting to know you and praying for you and being challenged by your intellect and blessed by your kindness. You know how to stay in touch. As long as my blog is up and running, you can find me here. Or you can find my email in my profile.
Take care, friend.
Reader Comments (11)
Oh, I would be so very sad if you gave up blogging altogether!
I am sorry you are losing a blogging friend. I have thought about starting a blog myself, but the more I think about it, the more I just don't think I want to "put it all out there", not knowing who might read it. Just can't bring myself to do it.
Like Kim, I'd be sad, but there's a time in life for everything, and I'm sure there will come a point that blogging won't be the thing I need to do, but right now I'm loving it!
Mwah! You're not losing a blogging friend, Kim. I'll be around. Just not blogging for a while. I miss you already but will be dropping in FOR SURE! Thankyou for understanding and being such a kind, Christ-like encouragement. I've gained so much more from your friendship than you will ever know!
You're pure gold!
Love to you,
missmellifluous
Oh, noooooo.... I also read about MissM and it made me very, very sad. I think that sometimes, our own insecurities really creep out and grab us when we're not expecting it and just knock the wind out of us ... over, and over and over... but really, your blogging friends don't feel the same as you ... we love you (both Kim and MissM) and want you to continue sharing your hearts with us. Maybe you could just do it every other other other day?
Oh no. No no no. You can't stop blogging, Kim. Who will teach me about art? And calligraphy? And give me my God's Minute fix?
I'm with you... I miss visiting her site, but I can completely understand. You mentioned you have thought of thought of stopping and I can understand that too. BECAUSE... that thought has crossed my mind a time or two as well. Maybe we all think that now and then?
What I know is I miss her!! and I would miss YOU if you decided to leave too. Please don't unless you just absolutely have to!!
I have asked her to tell me when/if she is ever back up and running again. I'll be sure to keep you posted if I hear anything!
Hey all,
I am so touched that you guys miss me. Please know that I feel the same about you too! I'll let you know if I'm back. I'm not going too far - just offline.
If I may just reply to gibee's comment: I just want to say that yes, insecurity was part of my reason to stop blogging, but also, there are somethings that are too deep to express in an open forum; some things that you are legally prevented from expressing in an open forum; some things that weigh too heavily on your heart to be expresseed at all, and at those times the expression of anything else seems incredibly superficial. That is where I am at the moment.
Last week I encountered multiple instances of abuse that forced and compelled me to act on behalf of others. It tore my heart out to see such abuse happening to young people. It overwhealmed me and made all else seem insignificant. It was incredibly hard. Ifelt so frustrated to be unable to express this as it is such an important matter, yet for ethical reasons the details must be supressed. Deleting my blog under such circumstances was like acknowledging that such events are profoundly disturbing and all else is frivolous. Ultimately, if I blog or not it doesn't matter. Children are hurting while I am blessed! This world is so hard. I could not express that and the expression of anything else seemed like an indulgence to me. I wanted to share this with you, but not on the 'front page' of my blog. Please pray for this anonomous hurt/ing child and the other I have the privilege of meeting and hopefully helping.
"at those times the expression of anything else seems incredibly superficial. That is where I am at the moment. "
"the expression of anything else seemed like an indulgence to me."
Hello, MissM,
My heart was wrenched when I read your comment. The pain of an abused child cannot be compared with our own pain of hearing and knowing that a child is hurting, as hard as that is. We hurt in the knowing; they hurt in the living.
I am so thankful that you had the courage to say, "NO!, this cannot go on!" I am thankful, too, that you decided to bring this to our attention so that we can pray for these children and all children who live with the pain and confusion and mistrust of child abuse.
The deepest expressions of the heart are those that do not belong in the public arena and, therefore, there will always be an aspect of our lives (if we are wise) that we cannot, we dare not expose in such a public way. My prayer is that for those who have deep issues of the heart that need to be expressed, Christ would minister grace and mercy to them and in His wisdom provide a godly ear and wise heart to listen and give comfort. And in all things He would be glorified.
There is a day coming when He will set all things aright. This gives us hope.
MissM,
I just read what I wrote and it did not seem clear to me as I intended.
The first paragraph seems to be scolding--that is the exact opposite of what I intended. I intended to convey agreement, compassion, and sympathy, but the way I put it in the context of the comments I pulled out, makes it seem otherwise when I re-read it.
What I meant to say is that your pain is real, and it moves me to compassion for the child who is hurting as well as you.
(I do not have the skills in writing that you do!)
Oh Kim! I did not feel scolded by you at all. Your words are full of compassion, understanding, grace and peace. I feel understood and supported. Thankyou for your words and most of all for your prayers. Oh! And for the record, you write way better than me! And you're nicer too.