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Better you know it late than never, really!
posted by
Straightforward
on December 24, 2006 at 12:35 AM
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Jacenta
Thank you very much!
posted by
bel_1965
on December 23, 2006 at 10:36 AM
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Seen, now to be deleted
and now I am asking and I will ask only once. Stay out of my blogs.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 23, 2006 at 10:34 AM
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bel_1965...
Never feel like a bad parent. You are there for her and she knows it!
Merry Christmas bel!
posted by
jacentaOld
on December 23, 2006 at 10:20 AM
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Thank you so much Pat!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on December 23, 2006 at 10:01 AM
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You were being brave while he was gone, she was being brave
while he was gone, and now that you both can relax a bit, the stress must be poured out. She's lucky to have a great mom looking after her... :)
posted by
Pat_B
on December 23, 2006 at 9:40 AM
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Temple
Thank you for the link! I can't believe that those boys have never been given any kind of honor after coming home! That is messed up!!!! It's odd how different things are here. Granted we live in a very small town and everyone knows everyone and in 05 we had four soldiers from four different units all over there at the same time, in a town of 3000 that's pretty significant. I was a little surprised when none of them were invited to be a part of our 4th of July parade this past year. Carl had invites from damn near everywhere but from our own home town it was kind of strange they had been happy to use him and me when it might make the front page of the paper yet once he came home he was no longer newsworthy around here. Yes, Carl would have probably graciously declined as he did with most of the others except for one in the town where his armory is located. But I felt this town she have at least recognized them when the came home.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 23, 2006 at 6:27 AM
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She probably didn't realize how bad those things affected her either...
Not until she was hit in the face with it. There are so many levels to this. I get mad every day. Mad at Yosemite Sam for sending us over there to begin with... all the lies... for the fact that there has NEVER been any sort of parade for one single Marine here, or Sailor, coming home. What is that? I mean, I don't have to agree with President Sam or the government to appreciate my troops. See, here I go.. lol.. I think it takes more time, more than I know I thought, to reveal all the ways it can scare us. Did you know that Bugs Bunny says "hell" in cartoons? ;) You're not a bad parent, this is just a bad situation. There's a great place to find social workers dealing with people that have issues regarding the war, troops and families, it's called
www.helpstartshere.org. I don't know if they have a place in your area, but it's a start.
posted by
Temple
on December 23, 2006 at 1:40 AM
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Fourcats
Thank you very much.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 22, 2006 at 9:10 PM
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bel - i think it's human nature to view things positively. or to miss
signals in others when our own perceptions are having their own experiences, in your case positive with carl coming home and staying.
if pam is being open with you about what happened, i'm guessing that means you're not actually missing anything. she loves and trusts you enough to tug at your sleeve when she needs some help and that's great!
posted by
fourcats
on December 22, 2006 at 9:03 PM
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