In Reply to: Re: Repost from GenX posted by AG on February 16, 2004 at 09:43:10:
Fair enough. I certainly am not in any way minimizing what people went through like so many SGA's and Davidito himself, as well as Mene, and many folks that I know were terribly abused by not only her but many others. I cannot possibly understand the pain of having no ground to stand on, being raised in such a horrific atmostphere, and not know what standard to go by or have any inclination of normality. I hate what happened to so many, and wish to God I could turn it around. I am sorry if my post comes across as self righteous or holier than thou. It wasn't my intentions, and My prayers and wishes are that anyone affected by SAra D. DAvid B., or anyone else in TF can find healing, closure, and be able to lead a somewhat normal existence. I recently experienced something very bad in my neighborhood where my 10 year old daughter was accused of molesting a 3 year old neighbor's daughter. It was totally false, but they have gone off the deep end, obtained a restraining order against my daughter, and have their children (who used to be at our house all the time) hide their faces when they see us. It has affected my daughter immensely, and it hurts me to see her pain. She has become angry, withdrawn, and bitter and we are at our wits' end to know what to do about it. We go back and forth about our feelings for the neighbor, as we know they are convinced that this really happened, therefore they see us as weirdos and perverts. We have tried to maintain a position of tolerance, and have prayed for them, but every once in a while we slip, and get upset and let out our anger and frustration. All that to say it's just not a simple situation, and life can be a real challenge. that's why I advocate putting this type of thing in the hand of God for Him to sort out, as it's way over our heads in so many ways. It's sort of like the civil war. Who really won? Everybody lost.