tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post4611501852293651710..comments2023-09-30T07:11:12.483-07:00Comments on pilgrimsteps: my thoughts on open-nessjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06538362162139679868noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-45904012702606055422009-07-08T11:59:23.299-07:002009-07-08T11:59:23.299-07:00Your openness is probably the number one reason wh...Your openness is probably the number one reason why so many people love you. Your openness allows us to recognize your humanity, which appeals to our best instincts.Hellmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666302780491649128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-38220729037071075012009-06-23T17:36:39.714-07:002009-06-23T17:36:39.714-07:00http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3654952325_f7e...http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3654952325_f7e5186dcb_b.jpgVajrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316098020907016693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-69573899069816971222009-06-20T13:25:04.450-07:002009-06-20T13:25:04.450-07:00Living as my husband & I do in an area with a ...Living as my husband & I do in an area with a lot of combat veterans and military retirees, it's becoming less & less unusual to see amputees when we run errands on base. Your blog has given me a wonderful insight into the challenges of life as an amputee. With any luck at all, you've also helped the amputees we encounter by making me more sensitive to them and a little less likely to say the wrong thing. ;-)Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242503212913962081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-73909748826067992652009-06-19T06:48:50.582-07:002009-06-19T06:48:50.582-07:00Thought you would enjoy this:
http://www.youtube....Thought you would enjoy this:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxgijRfFchI&feature=player_embeddedMeganhttp://missinginiraq.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-35656057299651340022009-06-18T14:22:40.918-07:002009-06-18T14:22:40.918-07:00Good Afternoon Jana!
Acrotomophilia - Holey-Mackr...Good Afternoon Jana!<br /><br />Acrotomophilia - Holey-Mackrell - that's the first I've heard of that.<br /><br />I would really like to know how you like your new leg. What you like about it and what not so much, if anything. If you've already written about it I've missed it, and I'm sorry. (maybe you could point me in that direction?)<br /><br />I try to keep up daily, but sometimes fall behind. Love everything about your site.Lyndanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-84769247540945687322009-06-18T09:37:53.179-07:002009-06-18T09:37:53.179-07:00like brooke, I value and admire your openness. Ho...like brooke, I value and admire your openness. Hoping I can someday follow suit.galen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-32054899340686123942009-06-17T23:35:29.869-07:002009-06-17T23:35:29.869-07:00Good for you Jana! I am always open (sometimes I w...Good for you Jana! I am always open (sometimes I wonder if too much) in person but I am still in fear of not knowing who is reading my blog and therefore have refrained from being totally open there. It's more of a scrapbook than a diary or public forum. <br />Also, thanks to John for the reminder. I can't say I've used the term often (not since the 80's anyway) but I probably have on occasion and didn't even realize it. And yet, it always raises the hair on my neck when I hear people use "retarded". I wonder if we will ever leave that word behind in our history.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329306363058942629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-88312409718555506162009-06-17T20:55:50.547-07:002009-06-17T20:55:50.547-07:00Jana, your openness is what has made your writing ...Jana, your openness is what has made your writing -- whether here or in Sunstone, which is where I first 'met' you -- speak to me. Your ideas are valuable, and your honesty lets them affect the world for the better.<br /><br />In that spirit, you might appreciate the tone of www.ldsapology.org, and perhaps even add your name to it.Mike Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-81066174262107556202009-06-17T17:22:02.581-07:002009-06-17T17:22:02.581-07:00confession: I still use "lame" as a gene...confession: I still use "lame" as a generic pejorative sometimes.<br /><br />I'm a less than perfect friend.John Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01148138073618817344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-83880405993400987192009-06-17T14:22:41.361-07:002009-06-17T14:22:41.361-07:00I'm reading Ursula Le Guin's book, The Lat...I'm reading Ursula Le Guin's book, The Lathe of Heaven, and a comment about the main character reminds me of your thoughts today: "The infinite possibility, the unlimited, and unqualified wholeness of being of the uncommitted, the nonacting, the uncarved: the being who, being nothing but himself, is everything." <br /><br />It reminds me of the Buddhist tradition of letting go, or as Le Guin suggests, "uncommited." As we do so, we are then ourselves. We are not labeled, pegged, described, etc. We just are.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492582338158714676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-44510484374461356442009-06-17T14:03:21.159-07:002009-06-17T14:03:21.159-07:00Gary:
It's interesting to me that you don'...Gary:<br />It's interesting to me that you don't like much disability writing yet you wrote a book about your experiences. Was this to counter the other stuff that you've read out there?<br /><br />I tend to use the "I" when I discuss my disability experiences simply because I can't speak for all the disabled people or all amputees or even all female AK amps who lost their legs to cancer at age 13. The diversity of experience is very important, IMO, and helps prevent all people with disabilities from being lumped into one similar category.janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06538362162139679868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-86252558413430442962009-06-17T14:03:03.295-07:002009-06-17T14:03:03.295-07:00I really really appreciate the things you share in...I really really appreciate the things you share in your blogging, and that you share them with openness and honesty. I don't know when/if I will be able to emulate that authenticity, but I hope to someday. I just know I'm not ready now.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542017000729688632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-91642545523235963472009-06-17T13:39:37.645-07:002009-06-17T13:39:37.645-07:00I am so glad that you share your journeys with us....I am so glad that you share your journeys with us. I hope you won't mind a bit of a confession on my part: I used to find amputations a bit startling (not frightening, but perhaps *unexpected* is the best way for me to describe it--it just wasn't on my register). This was my own issue to overcome, made harder by the secrecy and silence our culture often has on the subject (and if every leg amputee wore pants all the time, how would we as a society ever overcome it?). Your openness about your experiences, your photos of you living your rich life, have been helpful for me, as I am much more sensitive to all different kinds of abilities now through knowing your experiences (I envy your start into surfing, and your canoeing is simply amazing). <br /><br />Your religious journey is no less meaningful in educating poeple through community. I hope to learn from your openness.Alisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881867656072259894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-87219581318480708622009-06-17T13:30:57.664-07:002009-06-17T13:30:57.664-07:00I don't much like writing about disability, at...I don't much like writing about disability, at least when it is necessary to (over?)use the "I" point of view, but I suppose each human being owes Creation some sort of payback, which is generated from "down here" by trying to make the world a little more reasonable for the future-disabled.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513058592327921546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231518.post-89553918227456218582009-06-17T12:42:52.449-07:002009-06-17T12:42:52.449-07:00Jana, I think it's inspiring and noble that yo...Jana, I think it's inspiring and noble that you've chosen to live this life. I understand how hard it is to be honest in who you are and how hard it is to have the fear of hurting others in your family, or the guilt that comes when those little moments of "what if..." come in. I have been reading you for a really long time and your personal progress is astounding. You are adored, loved and supported. Remember that, love! ♥Allison Easleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085762314973318718noreply@blogger.com