tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.comments2013-08-21T15:10:17.070-07:00A Case for LivingAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04057535210332443462noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-83491572863288148242013-08-21T15:10:17.070-07:002013-08-21T15:10:17.070-07:00Amanda,
Thank you so much for the kind words you w...Amanda,<br />Thank you so much for the kind words you wrote about my cousin. I loved him with all of my heart and he left a hole in my life when he died. I have so many wonderful childhood memories with him and little inside moments that only a few would understand. He was a great spirit and it was very shocking to me as well as his family when he passed. My way of dealing with it is to realize there are many personal reasons why people end their lives and that his reasons must have been so compelling that he couldn't go on another day living. We will probably never understand the emotional pain he was going through during this time in his life. I just wished he would have shared this pain with his family and that some how we could haved saved him. We loved him so much and me not going to see him those last few years before his death will always be one of the biggest regrets of my life.<br /><br />I read what you wrote and it some how made me feel like he was still around. I just miss him. Every Christmas, every family function and every year since his death has been hard, a part of my family is missing. I just want to hug him and tell him how much I love him and miss him.<br /><br />Mandy Wright<br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744901226628402171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-35103873167283905142010-08-15T20:50:24.998-07:002010-08-15T20:50:24.998-07:00Hi Amanda,
I stumbled across your blog tonight, n...Hi Amanda,<br /><br />I stumbled across your blog tonight, not unlike some of the nights you have spent thinking about Telly. Like you, I considered Telly a great friend. I've known him for over a decade. We met early in the summer of 1999, during his rookie season as a river guide for my father's company on the Main Salmon river (four or five years before he would join the Mills' crew at Rockie Mountain). My impression of him was a guy who was welcoming and open, gregarious and friendly, despite the fact that HE was the one in a new environment. It was my first year back from a two year hiatus from the river, so I was relearning the ropes along side him. My time away was due to obligations I had serving a church mission. We worked every day of every summer together for about six years. I considered him a true friend. He and I were so opposite, yet so genuinely enjoyed one another's humor and company. I often marveled at the irony of it all. He'd rib me about church and I'd rib him during hangovers. Ha! Through all of this, he was an example to me and I looked up to him and his way with people. I'll miss him. Sometimes I get angry at him for this. He truly was one of a kind and larger than life. Your tribute of him is touching. Thank you for your gift of words.<br /><br />-Josh Gillett, Triangle C Ranch Whitewater River TripsJoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153150263670616610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-44284079572221566152010-06-08T09:20:54.055-07:002010-06-08T09:20:54.055-07:00I have no answers to share on the topic, but I wou...I have no answers to share on the topic, but I would like to say that I believe the opening to this post to be one of the funniest I've read in a long, long time. Glad you're writing regularly again. :)leehttp://leestoops.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-37957829712399367842010-05-20T07:53:05.374-07:002010-05-20T07:53:05.374-07:00I also enjoyed the power outage. Though I may not ...I also enjoyed the power outage. Though I may not have been so deep and poetic about my analysis of the situation. I was driving home from work to run a few frantic errands and then found out that the store (and all of Albany's traffic lights) were pitch black. No errands for me. After 15 minutes of traffic (yes, in Albany, with no lights!) I got home and was surprised that I had power. Do you know what I did? Told myself, the power's out (even if not at my house), this sounds like a great excuse to avoid responsibility. And, then I took a nap. :)Morgan McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14034084370052375231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-59944684859166997402010-05-11T22:03:13.719-07:002010-05-11T22:03:13.719-07:00I adore your picture. My god you were always so cu...I adore your picture. My god you were always so cute! I had a very similar experience in 1st grade. My friend interrupted the teacher, but I stood there waiting without saying anything and my friend got reprimanded and then my teacher told me how good it was to be patient. I miss you so much and I like how you are picking up new hobbies. You are already super interesting but now you are going to be like a super woman!! Intimidating! But sexy :)Kristannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-12600850155899255062010-05-11T21:59:01.121-07:002010-05-11T21:59:01.121-07:00Amanda- Your writing is beautiful. I feel like you...Amanda- Your writing is beautiful. I feel like you must be writing a lot because I can hear your voice a lot more in these and they are so nice to read and I love how honest and creative they are. I love reading your blog because it's real. I dislike seeing things on facebook and having absolutely no idea what anybody is talking about and here I can read your real thoughts that aren't interjected with a million other people's comments. I like you.Kristannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-49261551880198378902010-05-11T15:38:50.764-07:002010-05-11T15:38:50.764-07:00Amanda, Thanks for your thoughts! It's somethi...Amanda, Thanks for your thoughts! It's something that has been on my mind quite a bit lately. The topic has come up in my classes and with friends. I'm a little worried about traveling this year so I'm signing up for self defense class.<br />It's a privilege to be able to go anywhere at anytime without worrying about these sorts of things!Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-25103589874587108212010-05-10T23:58:56.566-07:002010-05-10T23:58:56.566-07:00I didn't want to write this to freak people ou...I didn't want to write this to freak people out...it was more of a reaction I had to the injustice, unfairness, and complete outrage-ness the reality is of simply being a woman. We have a higher risk of being attacked not just on a run alone, but on doing anything alone in this world. Maybe for some women this isn't something they think about because they don't need such freedoms. But for me, nothing irritates me more than seeing men doing something and realizing I can't do it, not because I'm unable, but because it is unsafe for anyone without a penis.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04057535210332443462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-4113912521063993522010-05-06T14:21:48.643-07:002010-05-06T14:21:48.643-07:00Amanda-
Thanks for writing this. Towards the very...Amanda-<br /><br />Thanks for writing this. Towards the very end, I got chills while reading. I have never ever had thoughts that I could not go somewhere at a certain time. That's my small-town mind I suppose. I have been running a lot more lately and I was thinking I should get a head lamp if I wanted to run at night and the thought never crossed my mind that that would be a dangerous idea. I was only thinking of potholes and neglected sidewalks. I would never run on the greenbelt at night, though. I like that you wrote this. I like it a lot. Men are beautiful creatures. Women are beautiful too. I couldn't imagine my life without men. I used to carry pepper spray, but a self defense class seems pretty smart. Love you hot beauty.Kristannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-59885519896119216252010-05-06T01:26:08.884-07:002010-05-06T01:26:08.884-07:00you know, I have to agree with you. I've very...you know, I have to agree with you. I've very rarely felt unsafe anywhere I've been. and in fact, rarely ever even think about my safety at any given moment. It's so strange to think that that is not the case a fair amount of the time.Brandinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-70663035161737935232010-02-20T21:42:13.422-08:002010-02-20T21:42:13.422-08:00i lub your blog.i lub your blog.Daniela Rojashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315963627489533864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-39103416621213568122010-02-13T16:44:40.900-08:002010-02-13T16:44:40.900-08:00Rot implies an irreversible change. You may be sus...Rot implies an irreversible change. You may be suspended animation, or feel like that sometimes, but the beauty of being alive have having the freedom to make our own choices makes permanent rot impossible. You always have choices, just have to make them.Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-62134862840330616672010-02-03T12:34:16.109-08:002010-02-03T12:34:16.109-08:00What a beautiful blog, Amanda! I am excited to rea...What a beautiful blog, Amanda! I am excited to read more! I can see why Jamie loves you!!Cindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094311567888874509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-22694398991009749542008-10-15T06:51:00.000-07:002008-10-15T06:51:00.000-07:00With graduation creeping up and the pressures of t...With graduation creeping up and the pressures of the real world coming down on you it must feel like there is no plan and that you are being forced into wet concrete. Don't let it dry and trap you in the life you are so scared of. Take off the bridle and climb out. You are in control of your life. The way people get sucked into the rat race is by giving up, letting go of that passion and drive they had so many years ago. They stop listening to what ever / whom ever (god) is telling them. <BR/>Remember that the moments occuring now may seem to have little consequence but you may be blown away in the near future. You may be carrying out that important work as we type. What may seem like the rat race comming up is only one part of your life. Society may pull you down because of your economic status and your need for money but that only corrilates to you job and your material things. Your life, the life that god has been saving for a reason, is more than a job and more than material things. <BR/>The old saying, "what we do defines who are," is a load of shit if you think that what you do is your job. What you do includes your heart, you mind, your friendships, and your family. What you do, is why you have been saved and you must recognize that barcode or not life is only mudane if you let it become that way. Your purpose, your ambition and faith that was so blind in your teens is still there. Search for it. Grasp ahold of it and never let anyone take it from you. It's yours and it's one of the many reasons I am in love with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-41256063285482356112008-10-12T16:47:00.000-07:002008-10-12T16:47:00.000-07:00That's wild! Incredibly unfortunate, but yeah. My ...That's wild! Incredibly unfortunate, but yeah. My Dad hit a cow once and destroyed his truck. He swerved and broadsided it though, not a full head on.<BR/><BR/>And you know that life is more, and that you're worth more. It's easy to get lost in the rat race, but life is about passion, and you're one of the few people left in the world that still have that.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557863535026024839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142113129616491242.post-33602697632052812232008-10-10T23:52:00.000-07:002008-10-10T23:52:00.000-07:00I cried...I know that is stupid but I did.1) I hit...I cried...I know that is stupid but I did.<BR/>1) I hit a deer (no...take that back..a deer hit me). <BR/>2) I know someone that hit that bigger cow. He is alive but was not as lucky as you, but he is still lucky because he shouldn't have lived.<BR/>3) To remember back of those teenage nights, cruising with your friends...and knowing that the world does revolve around you!<BR/>Thank you!<BR/>AnnieAnniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439291349023569502noreply@blogger.com