Posted by Larry Hoover on May 18, 2006, at 15:55:29
In reply to Re: DID no longer ****trigger****, posted by serena11 on May 18, 2006, at 15:12:20
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> > For the last decade, I felt very much like Humpty Dumpty. I felt like my shell was all jumbled up, as I tried to heal what I had left of me. But that night, when the gaps closed, it was like the pieces rearranging themselves, and restoring the original shell. Only then did I realize that I'd lived my whole existence with a broken shell. Oh, yes, I broke anew, just under 11 years ago. That's when I thought I became Humpty Dumpty.
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> Dear Lar,
> I had often thought I was the only Humpty Dumpty! It brought back memories to hear you use that expression, too! I'm glad that you aren't Humpty Dumpty any longer. I now think there's a special place in life for people who are knit together in this new way. I would never have imagined believing that, but I have read many of your emails on this website and can see how you pour out hope to others. I really want to be a beacon of hope, too.That's very sweet of you to say.
I've always looked for the shiny bits, in the mire of life.
I was thinking about that Humpty Dumpty thing. He/it is portrayed as an egg, but Humpty Dumpty was a cannon. An egg-shaped one, I'd bet you.
Back in the English civil war, c. 1650, HD was knocked off a wall by a cannon blast from the "enemy". Cannon were very fragile, really, because they had to be cast in one piece. To get one as large as HD was really quite an accomplishment. To not have the casting crack as it cooled.....the larger the casting, the greater the risk of failure. Humpty Dumpty was a work of art.
So, when HD fell off the wall of the tower where it had been placed, it cracked. And, there is no way to repair a crack in a casting. "All the king's horses, and all the king's men, couldn't put Humpty together again." It was ruined. In the end, the walled town of Colchester fell, as the cannon could not be repaired.
That's one story, and I like it best.
Lar
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