tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640712060176927259.post6394636044314591869..comments2023-10-28T08:04:40.219-07:00Comments on Artnosh: True BlueSarah Sargenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12258179031658308260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640712060176927259.post-26571833954197790032011-02-27T08:51:14.009-08:002011-02-27T08:51:14.009-08:00Touching.Touching.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245713433811979055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640712060176927259.post-43039284539311481022011-02-09T01:08:36.969-08:002011-02-09T01:08:36.969-08:00This was written to me by a gay friend about my lo...This was written to me by a gay friend about my lovely mother (DJ's sister) who died in November. It makes me treasure her all the more:<br /><br />"You know something Sarah,...<br />One time when I was quite young, mom dropped me off at your house on 84th st. for the afternoon, your mom watched me while my mom was busy doing this or that. Rebecca was sewing, and I asked her if I could make a cape for my teddy bear and she obliged, (she did most of the work) when we were finished it was a beautiful little cape, like a dracula cape, I think Rebecca understood me or just went with it, with me, later after my mom had picked me up, she got really mad, and I knew that she was going to be, so it was no surprise to me, she didn't want me to sew or be close to a sewing machine, or do anything girlie, and to her- that was close enough, but I remember that experience so vividly, and that Rebecca was so accepting and just allowing me to do that with her, she was doing it anyway. I'm not sure if I am able to describe the subtle completeness of this story, but what I really want to say is that Rebecca seemed to accept me as I was, and that was such a gift to me at that age, when I felt like expectations were so high and it seemed that I could never match them. I think your mother was very perceptive and kind and in such a small way in a short span of time she was there for me and I will never forget that."Sarah Sargenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258179031658308260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640712060176927259.post-9680673305736830872011-02-07T13:44:07.421-08:002011-02-07T13:44:07.421-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sarah Sargenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258179031658308260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640712060176927259.post-40595719262433560722011-01-16T09:47:32.864-08:002011-01-16T09:47:32.864-08:00A lovely tribute. She sounds like one of those pe...A lovely tribute. She sounds like one of those people who was both ahead of her time and very much of her time.<br /><br />My brother, who was very much a history buff and a computer geek, passed away in November 2001. Because of his pain meds, he was never aware of the events of 9/11. I would love to have seen his reaction to events since then, the rollercoaster of politics and world events and the explosion of the internet and social networking.<br /><br />I do think there's a family karma associated with how parents model acceptance of their relatives and friends who are "different" in any way, particularly in sexual orientation. It must boost the confidence of young people grappling with their identities to know by example that their families will accept and support them no matter what.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032622931920902364noreply@blogger.com