{"id":182,"date":"2008-10-09T20:51:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T00:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polyamorousmisanthrope.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2019-07-15T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:08:00","slug":"bread-upon-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polyamorousmisanthrope.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/09\/bread-upon-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread Upon Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We complain all the time about the Internet driving us apart, making us more  distant from each other.&nbsp; We talk about Internet friendships not being so  &#8220;real&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I want to tell you about a friendship that I have.&nbsp; It&#8217;s totally  online. I&#8217;ve never met this person in real life at all. But when I was suffering  a mental breakdown, she was there with kindness, wisdom and the occasional joke  to lift my spirits.&nbsp; When my family fell apart, she generous in explaining how  she has dealt with emotional and relationship problems and how she learned to  craft her life.&nbsp; Even if it has been a textual friendship, an LJ friendship, I  treasure it.&nbsp; I&#8217;m here to say, <span class=\"ljuser\" style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/userinfo.bml?user=roadnotes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ljuser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"roadnotes\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" align=\"absmiddle\"><\/a><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/roadnotes\/\">roadnotes<\/a><\/span>, you  rock and I am grateful for your generosity.&nbsp; Through <span class=\"ljuser\" style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/userinfo.bml?user=roadnotes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ljuser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"roadnotes\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" align=\"absmiddle\"><\/a><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/roadnotes\/\">roadnotes<\/a><\/span>, I  friended her partner <span class=\"ljuser\" style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/userinfo.bml?user=baldanders\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ljuser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"baldanders\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" align=\"absmiddle\"><\/a><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/baldanders\/\">baldanders<\/a><\/span>.&nbsp;  Through his posts I&#8217;ve learned a great deal about music, politics and the arts  in general.&nbsp; He&#8217;s Good People and quite worthy of such a cool  woman.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ljuser\" style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/userinfo.bml?user=baldanders\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ljuser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"baldanders\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" align=\"absmiddle\"><\/a><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/baldanders\/\">baldanders<\/a><\/span> has  had a stroke and is still in the hospital.&nbsp; He is self-employed and has no  insurance, so not only is there the catastrophic issue of his health, there is  the financial issue of his care.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to call upon anyone whose life  has been touched by someone online to give a little something if you can in  honor of that to <span class=\"ljuser\" style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/userinfo.bml?user=baldanders\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ljuser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"baldanders\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" align=\"absmiddle\"><\/a><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/baldanders\/\">baldanders<\/a><\/span> and  <span class=\"ljuser\" style=\"font-weight: 800;\"><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/userinfo.bml?user=roadnotes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ljuser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/img\/userinfo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"roadnotes\" width=\"17\" height=\"17\" align=\"absmiddle\"><\/a><a class=\"ljuser\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/roadnotes\/\">roadnotes<\/a><\/span>.&nbsp; It&#8217;s  amazing how tiny bits can add up, and they really do need a lot of help right  now.&nbsp; You can click on <a href=\"http:\/\/nielsenhayden.com\/makinglight\/archives\/010660.html\">this link<\/a>&nbsp;  to  donate something.&nbsp; Even a little bit counts.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t anything (and  I know times are rough), good thoughts and prayers are always  welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We complain all the time about the Internet driving us apart, making us more distant from each other.&nbsp; We talk about Internet friendships not being so &#8220;real&#8221;. 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