Comments on: Filling My Senses http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennie http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163445 Jennie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:48:51 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163445 What a beautiful post. I never really think about touch since I have six kids who are always hanging on me (or so it seems) and a very touch-happy husband. It was a real adjustment getting married to him since I'm not a touch-oriented person. But now I'm so used to it, that I would really miss it. What a beautiful post. I never really think about touch since I have six kids who are always hanging on me (or so it seems) and a very touch-happy husband. It was a real adjustment getting married to him since I’m not a touch-oriented person. But now I’m so used to it, that I would really miss it.

]]> By: Krista http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163420 Krista Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:59:19 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163420 Gorgeous, touching post. I have lain awake, watching my husband after loving him and wondered what it would be not to touch him any more. If I think about it too much, I get choked up. Nineteen years, and I need him more now than ever. I have grown comfortable in my skin, love his eyes on me, even from his place in the bishopric seats. Swingy skirts around my knees, tall boots, sleek hair, lip gloss, earrings. Thank you for sharing yourself. Gorgeous, touching post. I have lain awake, watching my husband after loving him and wondered what it would be not to touch him any more. If I think about it too much, I get choked up. Nineteen years, and I need him more now than ever.
I have grown comfortable in my skin, love his eyes on me, even from his place in the bishopric seats.
Swingy skirts around my knees, tall boots, sleek hair, lip gloss, earrings.
Thank you for sharing yourself.

]]> By: Shelli http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163396 Shelli Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:20:39 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163396 I feel sexy when I make a goal and achieve it. It makes me feel good about myself, and it's attractive to my husband. I like the feel of his eyes on me while mine are forward and focused ... and soon we're off to the bedroom for some touching. Doing my hair, wearing eyeliner, and body lotion help too. I really love being a woman. I feel sexy when I make a goal and achieve it. It makes me feel good about myself, and it’s attractive to my husband. I like the feel of his eyes on me while mine are forward and focused … and soon we’re off to the bedroom for some touching. Doing my hair, wearing eyeliner, and body lotion help too. I really love being a woman.

]]> By: Giggles http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163385 Giggles Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:13:59 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163385 Smells will stop me in my tracks as I pause to take them in. So will a beautiful sunset or a rising moon. I just have to stop and enjoy the experience. I've long shaved my legs just for me. There is something nice about that feel. There are textures that I know I distinctly like and don't like in a lot of things, including foods. And there is a definite difference between a hug from a friend, a hug from someone at church, and the hug from my fiancé. All can satisfy the need for touch, but only one has a fully relaxing effect. Smells will stop me in my tracks as I pause to take them in. So will a beautiful sunset or a rising moon. I just have to stop and enjoy the experience.

I’ve long shaved my legs just for me. There is something nice about that feel. There are textures that I know I distinctly like and don’t like in a lot of things, including foods.

And there is a definite difference between a hug from a friend, a hug from someone at church, and the hug from my fiancé. All can satisfy the need for touch, but only one has a fully relaxing effect.

]]> By: Melissa M. http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163371 Melissa M. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:50:35 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163371 This was such a lovely post, Kellie. I especially loved the mention of rosellas! :) I've wondered how it would feel to be widowed or divorced and suddenly be without that physical relationship--how lonely it would feel. You captured the emotions beautifully and poignantly. Thank you for writing this. I love the emphasis you placed on the senses in this post; it was a lovely reminder to savor all of my senses, to be more mindful of beautiful things. As for what helps me feel feminine and sexy, I have to say that dressing up in a cute outfit, wearing high heels, doing my hair and nails (and shaving my legs) all help, but feeling comfortable in my own skin helps most of all, no matter what I'm wearing. This was such a lovely post, Kellie. I especially loved the mention of rosellas! :)

I’ve wondered how it would feel to be widowed or divorced and suddenly be without that physical relationship–how lonely it would feel. You captured the emotions beautifully and poignantly. Thank you for writing this.

I love the emphasis you placed on the senses in this post; it was a lovely reminder to savor all of my senses, to be more mindful of beautiful things. As for what helps me feel feminine and sexy, I have to say that dressing up in a cute outfit, wearing high heels, doing my hair and nails (and shaving my legs) all help, but feeling comfortable in my own skin helps most of all, no matter what I’m wearing.

]]> By: Suvi http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163368 Suvi Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:53:47 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163368 Agreed, beautifully written. It was a beautiful day here in New York, and I spent the afternoon on my bike in the park, feeling the cool air on my skin and the bright colors of leaves and sky in my eye. I think it is in moments like that I love my skin most because it can feel. Especailly if I'm riding in a skirt that flutters in the breeze (totally sexy, if you discount the garments peeking out underneath). As for touch, sometimes, I feel like one of those Romanian babies in the orphanage who died because no one touched them. I crave to be touched and held, which, as a single woman as well, doesn't happen nearly as often or in the way I would like it to. It constantly amazes me how touch makes it easier to open up emotionally in a relationship. A simple hand hold or kiss on the head and I get all sort of soft. Agreed, beautifully written.

It was a beautiful day here in New York, and I spent the afternoon on my bike in the park, feeling the cool air on my skin and the bright colors of leaves and sky in my eye. I think it is in moments like that I love my skin most because it can feel. Especailly if I’m riding in a skirt that flutters in the breeze (totally sexy, if you discount the garments peeking out underneath).

As for touch, sometimes, I feel like one of those Romanian babies in the orphanage who died because no one touched them. I crave to be touched and held, which, as a single woman as well, doesn’t happen nearly as often or in the way I would like it to. It constantly amazes me how touch makes it easier to open up emotionally in a relationship. A simple hand hold or kiss on the head and I get all sort of soft.

]]> By: Michelle L. http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163363 Michelle L. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:05 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163363 Beautiful post, Kellie. Hmmm, those are some good questions. I'm going to have to ponder them and get back to you! Beautiful post, Kellie.

Hmmm, those are some good questions. I’m going to have to ponder them and get back to you!

]]> By: Kathryn Soper http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163362 Kathryn Soper Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:52:28 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163362 Beautifully written, Kellie, and so poignant. Beautifully written, Kellie, and so poignant.

]]> By: wonder woman http://segullah.org/up-close/filling-my-senses/#comment-163333 wonder woman Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:46:52 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=4836#comment-163333 I've been thinking more about touch (and other things) the past few days since I read what Segullah's in-depth topic would be this month. I've tried to focus more on touch, both the sexual kind and non-sexual kind. It is so vitally important -- that connection that we feel with others only through a tactile connection. I get hugs from my little ones all day long, and sometimes it still doesn't feel like enough. My husband and I hug probably once or twice a day, and really, that's not enough either. I need to set a "hug quota" or something. To answer the questions you posed.............I do generally feel comfortable in my skin. I'm more comfortable right now in particular when the large size of my belly can be blamed on the baby growing there. And things that make me feel feminine and sexy? Shaving my legs, painting my toes, putting on lipstick, and wearing high heels. I’ve been thinking more about touch (and other things) the past few days since I read what Segullah’s in-depth topic would be this month. I’ve tried to focus more on touch, both the sexual kind and non-sexual kind. It is so vitally important — that connection that we feel with others only through a tactile connection. I get hugs from my little ones all day long, and sometimes it still doesn’t feel like enough. My husband and I hug probably once or twice a day, and really, that’s not enough either. I need to set a “hug quota” or something.

To answer the questions you posed………….I do generally feel comfortable in my skin. I’m more comfortable right now in particular when the large size of my belly can be blamed on the baby growing there. And things that make me feel feminine and sexy? Shaving my legs, painting my toes, putting on lipstick, and wearing high heels.

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