tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689562912749353753.post6640566113922466032..comments2023-10-20T07:31:01.231-07:00Comments on musings of a melancholic: a tribute to joel's thirtieth anniversary of birthcandacemorrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13893739347394561554noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689562912749353753.post-45394532756999616182008-12-28T09:54:00.000-08:002008-12-28T09:54:00.000-08:00weeps for god. a boy who feels his mother's despa...weeps for god. a boy who feels his mother's despair more acutely than his own and is overwrought with grief at the reality that he cannot help her help him.<BR/><BR/>his compassion is absolute. he kisses with the mouth of christ.<BR/><BR/>indeed his god-likeness is that of our emmanuel, with us, for us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499970438108858216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689562912749353753.post-41318922890983427232008-12-18T10:05:00.000-08:002008-12-18T10:05:00.000-08:00Happy Birthday dear Joel! I can say that Joel has ...Happy Birthday dear Joel! I can say that Joel has taken away the burden I always carried for you, sister. I knew from the moment of meeting, he was the one. The very one. A real, genuine, honest, beautiful man has come to love my sister. I wasn't wrong, but I continue to be amazed at his great ability to love. Cheers to a man whom I have been blessed to know myself, but is my champion for the way he loves my little sister.Whithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322698021291055404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689562912749353753.post-56529945428562993942008-12-17T17:19:00.000-08:002008-12-17T17:19:00.000-08:00this was amazing to read. i am so amazed at your ...this was amazing to read. i am so amazed at your ability to so BEAUTIFULLY express how you feel about your partner in life, in crime, in love. i love my husband beyond reason but sometimes i find it difficult to put it into words. you've done an amazing thing here. and joel sounds like a truly amazing human. having not been brought up in a religious family i can't say i have any tangible or definite relationship with god as such, and i can't say i really understand what it is to be a 'religious person'. so often i feel negative feelings towards organized religion for the fanaticism it can bring out in people, and for the lack of acceptance of fellow humans that can follow- but if everyone addressed religion the way i feel you two do, things would be better. anyway, i feel a great deal of love for both you and joel reading this, even though i know neither one of you. i hope you have a wonderful birthday celebration together tonight! sweetest dreams to you!jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680670760558757448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689562912749353753.post-55864553848260100502008-12-17T13:05:00.000-08:002008-12-17T13:05:00.000-08:00happy birthday, mr. saintly morris.as for you cand...happy birthday, mr. saintly morris.<BR/><BR/>as for you candace ruth, this entry may now serve as exhibit A in the large body of evidence toward the known fact that <I>you are very good at loving people.</I> this is one of the most loving things i think i've ever read, and although being sentimental is permitted when speaking of one's significant other, the reasons you give for joel's lovable-ness (note: i did not say "the reasons why you love joel," wherein it's about you, because this is about HIM) are so deeply meaningful.<BR/><BR/>it's not:<BR/>1. because he tells me i'm pretty<BR/>2. because he does dishes for me when i'm tired<BR/>3. because he remembers to buy me flowers on february 14th<BR/><BR/>although those are all very lovely things. rather, it is:<BR/><BR/>because he loves me, his bride, as Christ loves his bride, the church...<BR/><BR/>"Because he is living truly as he meant to, I am free to do the same."<BR/><BR/>joel is your axis. now take hold of him for all you're worth.shehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03686951473565518913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4689562912749353753.post-58672026864988517652008-12-17T11:01:00.000-08:002008-12-17T11:01:00.000-08:00That was so beautiful! What a lovely tribute, and...That was so beautiful! What a lovely tribute, and so wonderfully written. OK, I confess, I'd gone through a handful of tissues before I even got to #22! The best part though? It's all so true (and did I mention stunningly composed?)! If I, as his mother, feel all this for him, just imagine the vastness of pleasure, pride, and love that God the Father must have! And one of the best things my son ever did? Marry YOU! I love you both so very much!<BR/>Happy 30th Birthday Joel!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15125957511248976477noreply@blogger.com