Comments on: Unforgettable

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:33:37 +0000

Thank you all! You didn’t need to comment, but thank you for writing what you did.:)

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:24:05 +0000

What a beautiful moment. Your daughter is absolutely right. You are indeed “unforgettable”.

By: Tonya

Tonya — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:48:56 +0000

Aw!! How sweet! Out of the mouths of babes, right? They always tell the truth about that stuff you know…

By: Cynthia Closkey

Cynthia Closkey — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:34:56 +0000

What a fine choice of words your daughter made. She’s a budding writer, I predict.

I’ve noticed many writers who lost their mothers when very young write as if they feel the void; mothers and motherlessness are often major themes in their work. I expect the same is true for people who don’t write.

Even if your kids hadn’t had the chance to get to know you, I’ll bet they would have thought of you often and wondered about you. You wouldn’t have needed someone to be your advocate to them; they’d have felt your loss keenly no matter what, and they probably would have gone looking for more information about you wherever it could be found.

That said, it’s so much better that you’re here today.

By: Lani

Lani — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:47:20 +0000

Your daughter is wiser than her years! My Mother and I had a similar conversation a few weeks ago. My Mom was worried that I was scarred for life because she spanked me when I was a child. I asked her when she had done that because I don’t remember her EVER spanking me as a child. She was floored! For my entire life she was afraid I was harboring these awful feelings towards her and I didn’t even know what she was talking about.

When you parent with love, I believe, that is what you get in return.