Comments on: Invisible Scars

By: Selma

Selma — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:31:47 +0000

Meleah – I am still in shock after finding all this out. I know I would never recover if I lost my boy. I think she’s gone mad with grief.

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:02:19 +0000

Okay, well this EXPLAINS her erratic behavior, but she still clearly needs HELP.

On the other hand, I dont think I would be able to recover if I lost my child either.

This BREAKS my HEART

By: Selma

Selma — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:16:55 +0000

Josie – thank you so much for your comment. I know after all you are going through right now how much you can relate to what Tanya and Rick are going through. I pray they can move forward.

Karen – I will admit to you I am exhausted. The things that happen to some people are devastating. I feel I have no right to complain about anything ever again. You summed up what I am feeling so well. Hugs to you.

Leslie – I had no idea that this was what was driving Tanya’s overprotectiveness. Imagine holding onto that grief for so long….

tball – thank you for your kind wishes. It has been a tough couple of days. I need to do something really silly to unwind. I know, I’ll get my 3 year old niece to come over and tell me some of her ‘knock knock’ jokes. She would put sunshine in anyone’s day.

Daoine – it is sad. But you know what? I feel they’re going to be all right now. It’s like this whole thing is a catalyst for change, like it’s taken the grief that was binding them and shattered it.

By: daoine

daoine — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:54 +0000

That is so sad. I feel for the whole family. I hope they’ll be okay.

By: tball

tball — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:31:25 +0000

Oh My…hopefully now Tanya will be able to get the help she needs. I’m sure your conversation with Rick explained a lot of things. At least he saw that she was destroying Leo’s chances of a normal life…Hopefully Tanya will accept help… I’m glad that Leo is spending time with your son at the beach. These past few days must have been hard on everybody. I wish you luck…

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:47:10 +0000

I am touched by this story of grief.

By: Ms. Karen

Ms. Karen — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:01:22 +0000

It’s not too late for them. I hope they can all get counseling. This comment is hard to write because I can’t see through my tears.

There’s a light at the end of their tunnel, but it is a long way off. Having you and your family there for them will be… will be… everything: painful, heartbreaking, rewarding, exhausting, fill-your-heart-to-bursting joyful, and not unlike being a parent.

Only you’ll be a parent to a family. Watching them, wishing you could do more, knowing they have to do it themselves, doing what you can, wishing they’d leave you in peace for a day, missing them when they do.

I’m sending peace and strength energies to you, m’dear.

By: josie2shoes

josie2shoes — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:33:55 +0000

My heart goes out to Rick and Leo, how well I know what it is like to live with someone who has chosen not to go on living, but is stuck somewhere in a hell of their own creation. It is devastating and leaves invisible scars on everyone. You told this story well.

By: Selma

Selma — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:04:28 +0000

Keith – I hope so too.

By: travelrat

travelrat — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:38:14 +0000

OMG, that is terrible!

But now, at least, she will get the therapy she needs and, probably most importantly, Leo will get a chance to develop like a normal little boy.