A Mother's Pledge
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Comment from Righteous Riter
The writer does a good job of capturing the readers attention and release news details to hold the readers attention. This story has a good pace, the transition between events is smooth and the balance is right. The writer does a good job of setting of for the next chapter. Good work.
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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The writer does a good job of capturing the readers attention and release news details to hold the readers attention. This story has a good pace, the transition between events is smooth and the balance is right. The writer does a good job of setting of for the next chapter. Good work.
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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The 'next chapter' may well be a news headline that she let one rip through my skull.
Comment from doris1022
Fine write, has a good flow and the saga continues on in life of a life. sorry for your troubles and hope things get better and better. it hurts us worse when our children hurt.
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Fine write, has a good flow and the saga continues on in life of a life. sorry for your troubles and hope things get better and better. it hurts us worse when our children hurt.
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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Sure it does. Thanks for stopping by.
Comment from N.K. Wagner
Oh, Ingrid. You've stirred a hornets' nest with your need to seek her out. You've shone truth upon her doings. And now she hates you - did she ever do anything else? If she's conveyed threats in her writing, it becomes a police matter. Exercise caution, my friend. Hugs. :) Nancy
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Oh, Ingrid. You've stirred a hornets' nest with your need to seek her out. You've shone truth upon her doings. And now she hates you - did she ever do anything else? If she's conveyed threats in her writing, it becomes a police matter. Exercise caution, my friend. Hugs. :) Nancy
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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Nancy, she is a very real threat, though a benign interpreter of the damage she left behind. She thinks she is so much smarter than anyone and yes, I do fully understand that I am at risk.
Candiss has a warrant out for her arrest for fraud in Canada. If I can defy her to cross the border to take her revenge, I'll be happy to be the target. She really, really did leave behind a cesspool of her hate. Aiden is slowly healing, and to my credit, he is the spitting image of his mother. I love the boy and always will. He didn't deserve to be treated like yeast in a sptic system.
She married two more men, this year alone, and never divorced my son. Her current 'husband' a man named Andrew Powers is an aircraft mechanic at Tinker's Airforce Base in Oklahoma City. He is an innocent victim in her pathology of lies. I feel bad for him. But, while I can accept the fall-out from her powers with Michael, I am completely intolerable when it comes to destroying innocent souls.
I'm only just warming up. Usually I am pretty lame, but not in the face of arrogance and certainly not unsupportive of a child's feelings of inadequency or rejection.
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Be a target if you're inclined, but make sure you have police support in this. Aiden won't be better off for losing his grandmother, nor Michael his mother. Be smart here, Ingrid. You can't do it alone. :) Nancy
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I've never done anything alone. But you are right, I have exposed myself as a target, I'm the fink, the truthteller and the obvious victim of any assault. She's in Oklahoma and I am in Canada and if she does make it over the border with fake ID then I will be the one to face her and I really think she has hidden from the truth and her own lies. I'm OK with that. Both Aiden and Michael can survive without me. Alexis won't even remember her name.
I've always been OK with consequences. Thanks for giving a damn. ingrid
Comment from Spitfire
This speaks to my self-evalutation which used to depend upon what other people thought about me. Also, I liked being in the spotlight. For a while I reigned as Queen of Karaoke and to some extent the Drama Club. I find if I can't be recognized as better than average, I don't stick around. I don't remember a post about your son--where is it in your portfolio?
I'm intriqued by your mention of hate mail. I can't imagine adults doing that. Now, senior citizens I can. Believe me, I've seen my share of bitches in this 50+ community.
One gift that you definiely have is the ability to hook readers with your writing.
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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This speaks to my self-evalutation which used to depend upon what other people thought about me. Also, I liked being in the spotlight. For a while I reigned as Queen of Karaoke and to some extent the Drama Club. I find if I can't be recognized as better than average, I don't stick around. I don't remember a post about your son--where is it in your portfolio?
I'm intriqued by your mention of hate mail. I can't imagine adults doing that. Now, senior citizens I can. Believe me, I've seen my share of bitches in this 50+ community.
One gift that you definiely have is the ability to hook readers with your writing.
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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The most meaningful synopsis of how it all went down is a story entitled 'Micheal's Life Decision' but it is at least 9-12 screens buried in my portfolio.
I know you're a kindred soul...flash, but no splash. We both try to leave the world unscathed, mean no harm, but still upset the order of other people's universe.
Hugs, Ingrid
Comment from BethShelby
I'm inpressed with your self-analysis. I think most of us don't dig that deeply into what makes us who we are. It sounds as though you've been badly hurt by others on this site. I'm not sure why, because you are an excellent and talented writer. This gift of awareness of imperfections isn't something I'd cherish. I think we all know we're imperfect, but thats what makes us human. I think being too hard one's self would be something that would interfere with one's ability to enjoy life to the fullest. I do like reading what you've written.
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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I'm inpressed with your self-analysis. I think most of us don't dig that deeply into what makes us who we are. It sounds as though you've been badly hurt by others on this site. I'm not sure why, because you are an excellent and talented writer. This gift of awareness of imperfections isn't something I'd cherish. I think we all know we're imperfect, but thats what makes us human. I think being too hard one's self would be something that would interfere with one's ability to enjoy life to the fullest. I do like reading what you've written.
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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Your kindness spills over me and has a purifying affect. I am well aware of your own superb writing abilities and continue to be highly complimented by your attention.
I am the author of my own consequences and called out the enemy, my 'daughter-in-law' who has a warrant out for her arrest and married two other men this year without bothering to divorce me son.
Yes, truth is stranger than fiction, but I have no doubts that cannons are aimed at me.
There was not a single writer on site that attacked me (okay, maybe Razz, but she can't even write) but everyday life has a way of spilling over onto the internet.
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Your daughter-in-law sounds like a real piece of work. I have a daughter-in-law who is also. She decided one man wasn't enough for her, but this week after three years of separation and trying to agree on divorce settlements my son is finally free of her.
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The sadness in that is there is absolutely no pride in being right.
Comment from Betty77
WOW! The most moving piece of writing I have yet to read on here. It gave me goosebumps from beginning to end. You've surpassed the phrase "baring your soul". In this writing, it's as though you removed your soul from your body, stood it, in all its transparency, for all the world to read the journey of your life; light, dark, good, bad.
I feel like my words simply can't describe what I feel after reading this.
Simply put, AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL, HAUNTING & TOUCHING!
God Bless
Betty
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WOW! The most moving piece of writing I have yet to read on here. It gave me goosebumps from beginning to end. You've surpassed the phrase "baring your soul". In this writing, it's as though you removed your soul from your body, stood it, in all its transparency, for all the world to read the journey of your life; light, dark, good, bad.
I feel like my words simply can't describe what I feel after reading this.
Simply put, AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL, HAUNTING & TOUCHING!
God Bless
Betty
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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For all my doubts about being worthy of owning the love I feel, you single-handedly have given me the right to believe that I am entitled to the feelings. The fact that I could touch you in the deep sense you have sent back to me is a gift. ingrid
Comment from Chrisfiore
Greetings SE,
It is always a pleasure for me to read your little quips and this one is no exception. I don't know who you have a feud with here on FS and it is really too bad. But, on the bright side, it has spawned in you the ability to churn out little gems of wisdom and humor that the onlookers can read about and cheer.
In the meantime, I hope you are doing well. ;) Chrisfiore
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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Greetings SE,
It is always a pleasure for me to read your little quips and this one is no exception. I don't know who you have a feud with here on FS and it is really too bad. But, on the bright side, it has spawned in you the ability to churn out little gems of wisdom and humor that the onlookers can read about and cheer.
In the meantime, I hope you are doing well. ;) Chrisfiore
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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This is not a quip, Rik, it is a full frontal assault on my EX- daughter-in-law. In this particular post, writing was not a diversion, or a hobby, it was a tool to get my message across.
The repurcussions will find their way back to me. In the event you read about a murder in Cambridge, take heart, it matters not how I die, only that I was willing to live.
Comment from kcross11
Pull in your claws before I really get pissed off. I'm only human. - this is a great closing line.
Your honest admittance through this, like not remember how to breastfeed, the wounds of the hate mail, remembering bath time, is what I think gave this piece the texture and depth it needed. I mean really, I felt as if for awhile I had a telescope into your soul even though I don't know you. Getting that view from a total stranger on the internet, I think that's pretty damn good writing.
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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Pull in your claws before I really get pissed off. I'm only human. - this is a great closing line.
Your honest admittance through this, like not remember how to breastfeed, the wounds of the hate mail, remembering bath time, is what I think gave this piece the texture and depth it needed. I mean really, I felt as if for awhile I had a telescope into your soul even though I don't know you. Getting that view from a total stranger on the internet, I think that's pretty damn good writing.
Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
reply by the author on 09-Feb-2013
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I'll tell you what...in order to be a truly superb writer, you have to expose the pimple on your ass and not be afraid to expose flaws, fears and fantasies. Most people can't do that and live through a writer's confessions.
I mix truth with fantasy and hopeful dreams. I post as much blog-style truth as I do in creating a world seeped in emotion through fiction.
All I have to do to change my reality is to turn off the computer.
I welcome your visits into my psyche.
Comment from sweetwoodjax
this is very well written, spiritual echo, you did an excellent job writing this essay about being a mother to a son who needs you and warning people to back off when they try to attack you. that is so silly, people are always saying problems are caused by families who didn't give the attention needed, yet you stand by your son and are given flack about it. keep being the mother you are.
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this is very well written, spiritual echo, you did an excellent job writing this essay about being a mother to a son who needs you and warning people to back off when they try to attack you. that is so silly, people are always saying problems are caused by families who didn't give the attention needed, yet you stand by your son and are given flack about it. keep being the mother you are.
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Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
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Angel girl, most of us know our place in evolution and the succestion process of creating new life. I am a dormant fool, a teflon pan when it comes to silliness and wasted energy, but upon occasion, a fool trespass and I truly resent anyone who wants to drag me into a cesspool of self-indulgence, abusing my contribution to perpetuating the human race.
Some people think they can get away with murder, and yet, I know that, without a doubt, it doesn't matter how I die, it's good enough that I lived.
Yes, it was a warning.
Thank you for your kind thoughts and appreciation as to the florish of a pen on paper. ingrid
Comment from Ekim777
An admirable in depth analysis of yourself. You hold our interest.You are only human you say but in a modern, anti heroic, anti individualistic society, it is the hardest thing to be human and yet it is the most important thing.
"But it is natural to be afraid of being nothing,,," you might say. Indeed mediocrity of spirit particularly is our greatest threat. It reduces us in our own eyes. We lose any way of evaluating our lives though we might yearn to appreciate our worth, or have someone to do so. This is called relationship. And it needs to be something explosive. You did so through your son. You won a reprieve and in the pattern of things, he will follow the same way.
Then there is your writing. In every page you write, you justify your existence because you have to be someone to take control of your life if only in your writing. Have a good year. -Ekim777
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An admirable in depth analysis of yourself. You hold our interest.You are only human you say but in a modern, anti heroic, anti individualistic society, it is the hardest thing to be human and yet it is the most important thing.
"But it is natural to be afraid of being nothing,,," you might say. Indeed mediocrity of spirit particularly is our greatest threat. It reduces us in our own eyes. We lose any way of evaluating our lives though we might yearn to appreciate our worth, or have someone to do so. This is called relationship. And it needs to be something explosive. You did so through your son. You won a reprieve and in the pattern of things, he will follow the same way.
Then there is your writing. In every page you write, you justify your existence because you have to be someone to take control of your life if only in your writing. Have a good year. -Ekim777
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Comment Written 09-Feb-2013
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From you I can learn. I have never felt that I hold the key, only merciless mist that clouds my need to do no harm. Please don't quote scriptures, but do continue to interpret them so that I might understand something beyond my own awareness. ingrid