Rebecca’s Comments (group member since Jun 08, 2011)

Rebecca’s comments from the Ask Ayelet Waldman group.

Ayelet wrote: "Dear Kate,

I show my work to my husband ALWAYS. At various stages. I talk through it with him early on, and then he reads an early draft, and then he does a line edit on the final final draft. And..."

I was actually wondering about the masterful knowledge you would have had needed to write these very different skills. And I didn't recall you having any boat building skills.

Ayelet wrote: "Erin,
The easy answer is that Michael and I lost a pregnancy in the 2nd trimester (though "lost" is such a cowardly way of putting it. We terminated. We had an abortion.) and that experience so utt..."

Maybe it's because each one of us has a story to tell. We keep telling it, albeit in different guises.

I am a rabbi and my colleagues and I often talk about our "one sermon." You know, the one sermon that we continue to give in different ways.

Ayelet wrote: "OK, well, if you won't ask ME questions, then I'll ask you questions!!!
There is a point in the novel where Iris ponders the love she feels for her two daughters, and thinks to herself that though ..."

My parents always said that though they loved us equally, they did not love us the same. I thought they were just saying that to make us all feel better.

I am now the parent of three; I understand clearly what they meant.

The wise parent keeps any preferences buried in order to spare the feelings of the other child(ren).