Comments on: Hurry Up and Slow Down! http://betsybrownbraun.com/2010/03/05/hurry-up-and-slow-down/ Child Development and Behavior Specialist. Parent Educator. Best Selling Author Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:40:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shaye http://betsybrownbraun.com/2010/03/05/hurry-up-and-slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Shaye Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:40:40 +0000 http://betsybrownbraun.com/?p=1279#comment-97 Hurrying is enemy Not everything can be done in a flash... sometimes we simply have to stop and smell the flowers around as this clears the mind, heart and soul which makes us a better person eventually. Very funny and inspiring post! Hurrying is enemy Not everything can be done in a flash… sometimes we simply have to stop and smell the flowers around as this clears the mind, heart and soul which makes us a better person eventually.

Very funny and inspiring post!

]]> By: Trudie Ledebuhr http://betsybrownbraun.com/2010/03/05/hurry-up-and-slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Trudie Ledebuhr Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:22:34 +0000 http://betsybrownbraun.com/?p=1279#comment-70 whaaaat this is the best post ever aha. whaaaat this is the best post ever aha.

]]> By: Kathy Wexler http://betsybrownbraun.com/2010/03/05/hurry-up-and-slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Kathy Wexler Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:24:11 +0000 http://betsybrownbraun.com/?p=1279#comment-65 I'm truly awestruck as I just read your blogs on Julia's death and how to talk to children about death. As usual, you found just the right words, but there was an energy and integrity behind them that really reached me. It's such a hard subject to write about (or even THINK about), and it's so helpful for everyone to hear you expressing yourself so honestly. I think doing it in a blog truly does build some sense of community, which is just about the only thing that heals with this kind of tragedy. I realized that I had read about the accident and immediately blocked it out--too hard to realize that could have been my child, or that one of my kids could have been the driver who hit her! When you write you never really know who you reach, so I just wanted you to know this one got to me. Kathy Wexler, MFCC I’m truly awestruck as I just read your blogs on Julia’s death and how to talk to children about death. As usual, you found just the right words, but there was an energy and integrity behind them that really reached me. It’s such a hard subject to write about (or even THINK about), and it’s so helpful for everyone to hear you expressing yourself so honestly. I think doing it in a blog truly does build some sense of community, which is just about the only thing that heals with this kind of tragedy. I realized that I had read about the accident and immediately blocked it out–too hard to realize that could have been my child, or that one of my kids could have been the driver who hit her!

When you write you never really know who you reach, so I just wanted you to know this one got to me.

Kathy Wexler, MFCC

]]> By: Jill K http://betsybrownbraun.com/2010/03/05/hurry-up-and-slow-down/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jill K Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:19:40 +0000 http://betsybrownbraun.com/?p=1279#comment-64 So many mornings when Seby and I walk to school (he had an early morning class for his reading and writing at 7am...so the 2 of us would walk to school like we used to before Franci went to kindergarten). We stand at the corner of Van Nuys and Greenleaf and wait for a the walk sign, with not another car or soul in sight at 6:45 a.m in this quiet residential area. In another 30 minutes the intersection will be crowded with people trying to get to Beverly Glen and go into town. How many times have I stood there, feeling like I was wasting my time, as there was not a soul in sight, and that I should just cross the darn street with him. How lucky I am to have had you and all your wisdom these years. You always say, "They watch what you are doing". So we stand there for minutes. He knows the story...we wait because we are supposed to and you never know who's going to go flying through the intersection. I'm really proud of him. He gets it and totally waits for the walk sign as if there is no option. I'm so sorry for Julia's family. I can't fathom the grief. But I thank you again for what you've taught us. So many mornings when Seby and I walk to school (he had an early morning class for his reading and writing at 7am…so the 2 of us would walk to school like we used to before Franci went to kindergarten).

We stand at the corner of Van Nuys and Greenleaf and wait for a the walk sign, with not another car or soul in sight at 6:45 a.m in this quiet residential area. In another 30 minutes the intersection will be crowded with people trying to get to Beverly Glen and go into town. How many times have I stood there, feeling like I was wasting my time, as there was not a soul in sight, and that I should just cross the darn street with him.

How lucky I am to have had you and all your wisdom these years. You always say, “They watch what you are doing”. So we stand there for minutes. He knows the story…we wait because we are supposed to and you never know who’s going to go flying through the intersection. I’m really proud of him. He gets it and totally waits for the walk sign as if there is no option.

I’m so sorry for Julia’s family. I can’t fathom the grief. But I thank you again for what you’ve taught us.

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