tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post6145128042551684325..comments2023-11-03T09:07:11.559-06:00Comments on Depressed (but not unhappy) Mormon Mommy: A Bad Monday.Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08214008384316494193noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-3169201121114789612018-12-04T01:51:31.597-07:002018-12-04T01:51:31.597-07:00Wow. This was absolutely beautiful. Those words co...Wow. This was absolutely beautiful. Those words could be a love poem, honestly.Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106825212696009203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-66975638874139066232012-03-20T03:57:47.543-06:002012-03-20T03:57:47.543-06:00Oh, and you aren't a complete waste of space. ...Oh, and you aren't a complete waste of space. <br /><br />I look forward to seeing you often. <br /><br />And nobody said projects have to be finished today. Or ever. <br /><br />Your value comes from who you are when you aren't trying to be anything in particular, not what you do or what you have done or what you might do or who you think you could be. You could do nothing and still be valuable--not just in an existential sense, but valuable to me. You are a very valuable friend to me.Becca Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177698452364502845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1336931173750264195.post-75970053982307454332012-03-20T03:51:29.604-06:002012-03-20T03:51:29.604-06:00Pardon my language here, but What the HELL were th...Pardon my language here, but What the HELL were those parents thinking?!<br /><br />Nobody has a right--EVER--to verbally or physically or emotionally abuse you. Never. Not ever for any reason.<br /><br />Even if you screwed up, perhaps they should have been sitting there feeling bad that they didn't help enough--because when people screw up, usually it's because they didn't have enough support and help (not because they didn't try hard or didn't work hard). <br /><br />I sure hate it when people get mad at me, though. Just imagining someone getting mad at me leaves me shaking. And when someone yells at me, well, I feel hurt and jittery for days and days. Sometimes months. There are a few times I got in trouble where I STILL feel terrible and embarrassed and scared and horrible when I think about it, years later. Some I even deserved, and it doesn't make me any happier about getting in trouble. Some I totally didn't deserve and I know it and so does everyone else, and I still feel bad.<br /><br />You SHOULD be angry. Oh my gosh--I'm Angry. Furious. Those parents were completely out of line. Bullying in any form is never acceptable. (And we wonder where the kids learn it!)<br /><br />I hope you have someone you can vent to and be as unchristlike as you want with for a few minutes. That always helps me move on for some reason.<br /><br />You know, I know parents who have pulled sensitive, gifted kids (like yours) out of school completely and homeschooled because of stuff like you just lived through--some just through the end of the year, and some forever. <br /><br />You don't need to tell yourself it's a big deal and let it take over your life, like you said. You're a stronger woman than I am. <br /><br />But still--Becca Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177698452364502845noreply@blogger.com