Comments on: The gift that keeps on giving.

By: Jackie Joy

Jackie Joy — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:55:36 +0000

This is an older post and I don’t know that you will read it, but it touched my heart. My mother was not selfish in this way (she spent much of my childhood crippled by depression) but I know that feeling of “I’ll skip lunch forEVER to send my daughter to Montessori.”

Good parents want the best for their kids, and I don’t just mean with material things…great parents are willing to sacrifice so that their child feels loved and provided for, like a child should. You sound like a great parent.

By: m-s

m-s — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:54:34 +0000

wow. i don’t often leave comments on blogs, but …
but what?
i don’t even know what to say.
just that my heart feels achey for you. and that i believe you are probably an amazing mother. and that i feel so blessed that my mum loved me more than she loved herself.

By: BeeJay

BeeJay — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:53:05 +0000

Hi, Sis. They don’t get any better, I promise you. Mine’s demented, and she’s still just as selfish as ever. All we can do is to never become them.

By: tacticalfire

tacticalfire — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 19:23:06 +0000

Wow, my mom really got around. I had no idea I had so many other siblings out there, and a brother to boot! Does your mom tell you how fat you are all the time (I weigh 112 pound now BUT ten years ago I weighed 87 pounds and she just can’t believe how fat I’ve gotten) BLEHK. I can see that a lot of folks grew up with flawed parental units. I do hope that I will be a better mom to my children, if I am blessed with children, that is.

By: j2

j2 — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:44:26 +0000

wow. at least now as a mother you know exactly what not to do. parents can truly be so tragic.

By: Jil

Jil — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:31:31 +0000

Are you my sister? You have just described my memories of Christmas. The year I got a purple pair of earmuffs……being explained to “Chistmas is going to be tight this year” as if we didn’t know we were poor….and the overwhelming disppointment. I too wanted be believe things could be better if only on that 1 day.
Thank you for sharing.

By: Bec

Bec — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:52:58 +0000

My god, that last sentence is so pure. I guess we all know the pangs of giving up Me things when you become a mother: the point is, most of us do give them up, at least to some degree. As you say, there’s a choice about what you lose and what you gain.
Good luck with the purge, ‘cos it may not be over yet and she does at least make for good blog copy; you can take that from her without her even knowing she’s given it!

By: Delirium

Delirium — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:09:59 +0000

One more post about your mother and I’m going to call MY mother and demand to know why she never informed me of my other sibling…

Biological or not, I feel for you and the pain of growing up with the stereotypical Catholic mother, not to mention (if you’re like me) an entourage of Roman Catholic relatives to go along with the mother.