tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post2622869755746202765..comments2023-06-05T08:30:06.639-04:00Comments on Dear Audrey: This is DecemberJo Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981020170602413504noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-45331107626199437012015-10-13T16:13:38.602-04:002015-10-13T16:13:38.602-04:00Oh Cydney- thanks for this. I'm very sorry ab...Oh Cydney- thanks for this. I'm very sorry about the loss of your father. Your mother's loss was unimaginable to her, and I'm sure she did the very best she could at that time. I hope you can also glean that from my writings...Jo Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981020170602413504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-32358416998231143932015-10-13T11:25:19.946-04:002015-10-13T11:25:19.946-04:00I am 32 years old. My father drowned suddenly when...I am 32 years old. My father drowned suddenly when I was 16 months old- I wish with all my heart that my Mother had handled his death and our grief (my older brother and I,) with the grace and compassion that you show your daughter. She moved us immediately to another state, and then married a man who mistreated us a month after the second anniversary of his death. His memory was never honored, his name never spoken, and I have carried this Ill handling of his death as a burden all my life. Thank you for parenting Audrey this way. Thank you for writing of this time so I can see how it might have been. Thank you for saving his hot sauce. Audrey will grow up more whole for it all. XoxoxoCydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177733907184708843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-43748093506459102172012-12-11T12:06:32.199-05:002012-12-11T12:06:32.199-05:00Beautifully written, as always. Beautifully written, as always. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-82309568428235283412012-12-09T11:16:48.855-05:002012-12-09T11:16:48.855-05:00I don't know whether it's even helpful, bu...I don't know whether it's even helpful, but please know that some of us (who you've never met) are out here reading your words and being moved by them, and thinking of you. <br /><br />It always seems to me that you are a terrific mother to Audrey -- you have put her needs first whenever possible, and you have helped her to continue to have a wonderful childhood despite your terrible loss. You don't have to be perfect to be a good mother.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422893987549156425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237865451372431264.post-66097356584885783752012-12-08T11:58:56.576-05:002012-12-08T11:58:56.576-05:00You are more than a competent mother and person......You are more than a competent mother and person...I understand completely the feeling of not believing so, but to those of us observing you from the outside, you are remarkable. You are surviving. You are moving. You are doing it all as well as you can. Please know that. :)Brooke Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586889706558409311noreply@blogger.com