Comments on: Arterial byways http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:22:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Swistle http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/comment-page-2/#comment-568229 Swistle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:03:34 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/#comment-568229 Back to re-read. I think of this post---and all the issues in it---OFTEN. Back to re-read. I think of this post—and all the issues in it—OFTEN.

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]]> By: JuJuBee http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/comment-page-2/#comment-46294 JuJuBee Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:04:47 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/#comment-46294 I don't know if you are still reading these comments or not...seven years ago, my boyfriend left me when he found out that I was pregnant. I was 21 years old, terrified and alone. Seven years later I am happily married with two beautiful children to add to my first beautiful boy. Everyone who knows my story is full of "you are so much better off", "he will be sorry one day", "it's HIS loss", "your son is actually LUCKY he didn't stick around" but as much truth as there is in those words and as many good intentions that they carry, it almost feels as though they are excuses for him. I don't want him to get off that easy. He got off so easy! It all seems so unfair that someone can make a decision of that magnitude and just...move on with their life, doesn't it? Why do they get to move on? I don’t know if you are still reading these comments or not…seven years ago, my boyfriend left me when he found out that I was pregnant. I was 21 years old, terrified and alone. Seven years later I am happily married with two beautiful children to add to my first beautiful boy. Everyone who knows my story is full of “you are so much better off”, “he will be sorry one day”, “it’s HIS loss”, “your son is actually LUCKY he didn’t stick around” but as much truth as there is in those words and as many good intentions that they carry, it almost feels as though they are excuses for him. I don’t want him to get off that easy. He got off so easy! It all seems so unfair that someone can make a decision of that magnitude and just…move on with their life, doesn’t it? Why do they get to move on?

]]> By: MJ http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/comment-page-2/#comment-2271 MJ Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:46:31 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/#comment-2271 Sundry, I know this comment is well after the fact (since I've been reading through some of your archives), but I still wanted to say thank you for this entry. I, too, have a piss-poor relationship with my father. I don't want to say I feel better for having read this, but I at least feel less alone, and more like I will start to get past this someday and feel justified in my decisions. It's been very difficult for me to accept that my father acts how he does because of who he is, which has nothing to do with me. So thank you again, for being so open with your thoughts on this. It gives me hope. :) Sundry, I know this comment is well after the fact (since I’ve been reading through some of your archives), but I still wanted to say thank you for this entry. I, too, have a piss-poor relationship with my father. I don’t want to say I feel better for having read this, but I at least feel less alone, and more like I will start to get past this someday and feel justified in my decisions. It’s been very difficult for me to accept that my father acts how he does because of who he is, which has nothing to do with me. So thank you again, for being so open with your thoughts on this. It gives me hope. :)

]]> By: Susie http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/comment-page-2/#comment-2161 Susie Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:51:48 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/#comment-2161 I'm so sorry. It truly boggles the mind when I think about how many people treat their children without love or tenderness. Your father sounds like a sad case. He's missed out on so much. My own FIL lives 20 minutes away, and he's only seen our baby a handful of times in his 11 months. I shouldn't be surprised. He sees his son about the same. I think, too, that when you have such a *great* husband, who is, of course, a wonderful father too, only then do you realize how crappy some "fathers" [read: sperm donors] are. I fall in love with my husband all over again everytime I watch him with our son. He loves Baby J sooooo much, and I weep with the knowledge that our son will grow up having no questions about the depth and breadth of his father's love for him. Mike kisses Baby J all the time, and says to me, "I will kiss my son every chance I get. I don't care if he's 18 or 60." Our boys are lucky, eh, Sundry? I certainly think so. :) I’m so sorry. It truly boggles the mind when I think about how many people treat their children without love or tenderness.

Your father sounds like a sad case. He’s missed out on so much.

My own FIL lives 20 minutes away, and he’s only seen our baby a handful of times in his 11 months. I shouldn’t be surprised. He sees his son about the same.

I think, too, that when you have such a *great* husband, who is, of course, a wonderful father too, only then do you realize how crappy some “fathers” [read: sperm donors] are. I fall in love with my husband all over again everytime I watch him with our son. He loves Baby J sooooo much, and I weep with the knowledge that our son will grow up having no questions about the depth and breadth of his father’s love for him. Mike kisses Baby J all the time, and says to me, “I will kiss my son every chance I get. I don’t care if he’s 18 or 60.”

Our boys are lucky, eh, Sundry? I certainly think so. :)

]]> By: babs http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/comment-page-2/#comment-2132 babs Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:22:59 +0000 http://www.sundrymourning.com/2006/06/27/arterial-byways/#comment-2132 altho I'm a constant reader of yours, I just found this through your "perfect post" nomination from "debaucherous & dishevelled". OMG, she was so right. Your writing here is so freakin beautiful and heart-wrenching. I love the gift you have of JB and Riley, and that the pain of your past makes the awesomeness of your current family so much more real. Thanks so much for blogging. I'd totally buy your book. altho I’m a constant reader of yours, I just found this through your “perfect post” nomination from “debaucherous & dishevelled”. OMG, she was so right. Your writing here is so freakin beautiful and heart-wrenching. I love the gift you have of JB and Riley, and that the pain of your past makes the awesomeness of your current family so much more real. Thanks so much for blogging. I’d totally buy your book.

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