What a beautiful piece. Thank you Trilety. The poetic sounds of Spanish and the poetic sounds of your writing come together for me as a romantic celebration of life mingled with the touching remembrance of loss that leaves us both thankful and wistful.
I loved so much about this piece, and yet somehow the line which hit me the hardest was:
"Juan was the abstract feeling of joy and acceptance."
...i can feel in my bones how true this is, not only from this essay but also all of the other beautiful words, e-mails, memories you've shared about him, in both english and spanish. i can see how much of his joy and acceptance has imprinted itself in you, too. 💓
What a beautiful piece. Thank you Trilety. The poetic sounds of Spanish and the poetic sounds of your writing come together for me as a romantic celebration of life mingled with the touching remembrance of loss that leaves us both thankful and wistful.
Your comments are beautiful pieces of writing in themselves, so thank YOU - for commenting, reading, and writing
One for body and one for language
Ah good point, we will see if the Fearless Leader is in agreement ha - Thanks for reading, Dane!
What a beautiful meditation on an intimate love language in every sense of the idea.
Thanks so much for reading and leaving such a meaningful comment
This was breathtaking.
Aw thank you, Sam - means a lot
What a ride you just took me on! Your pace reminds me of one of my writing heroes: the late, great Tom Wolfe.
Wow, thank you very much!
Beautiful! The way you weaved together love, loss and language is remarkable. Thank you for writing this.
Thank you so much for your comment, Vanya.
I loved so much about this piece, and yet somehow the line which hit me the hardest was:
"Juan was the abstract feeling of joy and acceptance."
...i can feel in my bones how true this is, not only from this essay but also all of the other beautiful words, e-mails, memories you've shared about him, in both english and spanish. i can see how much of his joy and acceptance has imprinted itself in you, too. 💓
Thank you so much. I love that you can "see" him, it brings me great comfort.
This is lovely, Trilety. So thoughtful and generous.
Thank you so much!
As a linguist and a polyglot, I love this so much.
Oooo a polyglot, my fantasy! Thanks, Amanda!