tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26076649.post4278889963274077647..comments2023-10-24T04:27:01.992-04:00Comments on 23 Acres of Black Dirt: Dear Mom,sharecropperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138522185303347235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26076649.post-51141511370500991812007-08-21T18:02:00.000-04:002007-08-21T18:02:00.000-04:00Sharecropper, having had many things in common wit...Sharecropper, having had many things in common with you in my early life, the alcoholic father, the mother who would not get us out of the hell we lived in, somehow, through all of that, I came through with my core ego miraculously intact.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm not screwed up in my own way, because I am. Ask my family. My early life left deep and permanent scars which manifest themselves even today.<BR/><BR/>Actually, I always thought that once I was grown, I could make my own choices, no matter what anyone else thought or said. Of course, once I married and had children, then I had to consider my family.<BR/><BR/>Possibly it's the depression that causes you to continue to defend your very selfhood to your mother, even now.<BR/><BR/>God bless you, my friend, and may s/he give you help to get off that train. It's the train to nowhere.<BR/><BR/>There. I've sneaked in something that looks a little like advice, and I did not mean to do that.<BR/><BR/>Enough of people telling you what to do. You will figure it out.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26076649.post-77311860069276620692007-08-20T11:44:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:44:00.000-04:00Yes, thank you, yet again.Bless you for speaking u...Yes, thank you, yet again.<BR/><BR/>Bless you for speaking up, so clearly and plainly to Mom's voice, and may you find peace and joy hereafter.kladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526715552795733402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26076649.post-81605228323565597622007-08-18T23:47:00.000-04:002007-08-18T23:47:00.000-04:00I am glad you shared this.LindyI am glad you shared this.<BR/>LindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com