JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Someone told me that there are problems with posting comments to this blog. Is anyone else having problems? If so, please email me: harrowme AT yahoo.com
I’m sorry and I will try to see what I can do, if I can figure out what is wrong.

The comments on this blog have been fun, especially the past couple weeks. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to read and write. I want discussions and dialogues to happen here. I’m trying to spend more time replying to comments as I can.

I have noticed though that sometimes what I’ve written has upset others. I don’t want to upset people. I don’t like upsetting people. Especially friends! I think I may have gotten a bit careless and carefree, burning too much midnight oil too often, trying to squeeze in one more post during those precious quiet hours of productivity…

If I offend someone, I want to know. Please tell me. I want to be able to fix it if I can. I want to seek forgiveness if that’s what is needed. I want to try to clarify and communicate.

But maybe what others are seeing is me. Who I am. What I believe. We’re all free to disagree. And disagreements are part of life. Communication often involves conflict. Maybe what I am writing – and how others are responding – is revealing sides of me that I need to see. Not too pretty at times. Or maybe this is just what it means to be who I am, not pretending or putting on a show, but being me, warts, scars, birthmarks and all, and talking with whoever wants to talk. Maybe this is what conversation is. How community begins. What blogging is about.