Comments on: A Decision http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Audrey - Pinks & Blues http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33633 Audrey - Pinks & Blues Fri, 02 May 2008 00:58:15 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33633 WOW. What an incredible post. Your father sounds like an amazing man. The bond is incredible. Thank you for sharing this blog. And I have to say... I have been a lurker for so long now... I just truly love your blog. It's so real. It's so open. Best, Audrey WOW. What an incredible post. Your father sounds like an amazing man. The bond is incredible. Thank you for sharing this blog.
And I have to say… I have been a lurker for so long now… I just truly love your blog. It’s so real. It’s so open.
Best,
Audrey

]]> By: JCK http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33252 JCK Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:46:47 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33252 Your dad sounds very special. How perceptive of him that you really,really needed that story at that moment. Your dad sounds very special. How perceptive of him that you really,really needed that story at that moment.

]]> By: Robbin http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33174 Robbin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:00:51 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33174 Thank you. I needed this post. Thank you. I needed this post.

]]> By: lynn http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33173 lynn Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:29:18 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33173 Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. My depression has returned and I am fighting every day to hold my head above water. Your story reminded me of a time when I needed my Dad and he got on a plane and was there for me within hours. I have read your blog for a while now and look forward every day to reading what you have to say. Thougt I would finally say hi and let you know how much your words mean to those of us out there. Bless you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. My depression has returned and I am fighting every day to hold my head above water. Your story reminded me of a time when I needed my Dad and he got on a plane and was there for me within hours. I have read your blog for a while now and look forward every day to reading what you have to say. Thougt I would finally say hi and let you know how much your words mean to those of us out there. Bless you.

]]> By: AB http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33167 AB Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:45:45 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33167 One of my youngest son's friends took his own life a few weeks ago. He was 14. I would say that his faith in God was strong, however misplaced. By misplaced I mean that some of his family (and friends) have come to the conclusion that his yearning for God, coupled with his frail grasp of adolescent depression is what gave him "permission" to kill himself. Permission because this world didn't appear (in his view) to hold as much for him as he thought the next world most surely would, though he didn't really confide those feelings to anyone until the end. And his "certainty" (and who can be certain of just how everything unfolds in the next world?) is what seemed to beckon him to that threshold and then push him through. Of course, that's not the way it works. He merely allowed himself, or maybe willed himself to believe what he needed to in order to make the pain stop. Had he known more about how common depression is, perhaps he wouldn't so easily have abandoned this place for one where he has been promised that elusive happy ending. Hanging on: it's what it's all about. Purposeful survival. I'm all for it. One of my youngest son’s friends took his own life a few weeks ago. He was 14. I would say that his faith in God was strong, however misplaced. By misplaced I mean that some of his family (and friends) have come to the conclusion that his yearning for God, coupled with his frail grasp of adolescent depression is what gave him “permission” to kill himself. Permission because this world didn’t appear (in his view) to hold as much for him as he thought the next world most surely would, though he didn’t really confide those feelings to anyone until the end. And his “certainty” (and who can be certain of just how everything unfolds in the next world?) is what seemed to beckon him to that threshold and then push him through.

Of course, that’s not the way it works. He merely allowed himself, or maybe willed himself to believe what he needed to in order to make the pain stop. Had he known more about how common depression is, perhaps he wouldn’t so easily have abandoned this place for one where he has been promised that elusive happy ending. Hanging on: it’s what it’s all about. Purposeful survival. I’m all for it.

]]> By: stacey http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33163 stacey Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:21:50 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33163 I've been facing some of this the last several months. It's hard when you feel all alone and you're surronded by tons of people who love you. Thanks for the reminder to hold my head up high and say "I will survive!" I’ve been facing some of this the last several months. It’s hard when you feel all alone and you’re surronded by tons of people who love you. Thanks for the reminder to hold my head up high and say “I will survive!”

]]> By: Rachel Langston http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33162 Rachel Langston Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:42:55 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33162 I, too, have faced that same decision on many days in my life. Thankfully, the choice to keep going has prevailed on more days than the thoughts of slipping away! Be well and safe climbing! Rachel Langston http://rplcommunications.blogspot.com I, too, have faced that same decision on many days in my life. Thankfully, the choice to keep going has prevailed on more days than the thoughts of slipping away!

Be well and safe climbing!

Rachel Langston
http://rplcommunications.blogspot.com

]]> By: Linda http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33158 Linda Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:25:01 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33158 EXCELLENT post lady! EXCELLENT post lady!

]]> By: zoom http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33154 zoom Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:32:50 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33154 I loved this post, and after reading the comments I realized all of us in a sense are survivors of this thing called life. lv2 mommy I am praying for you. There is hope. AM as always, your gift with words is beautiful. I loved this post, and after reading the comments I realized all of us in a sense are survivors of this thing called life.

lv2 mommy I am praying for you. There is hope.

AM as always, your gift with words is beautiful.

]]> By: Jenni http://antiquemommy.com/2008/04/28/a-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-33149 Jenni Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:01:44 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=999#comment-33149 Oh, I have been there, in that forest. I thank God for my husband who gave me (more than once) the boost up into that tree. I pray I am able to be the one giving the "leg up" now. Oh, I have been there, in that forest. I thank God for my husband who gave me (more than once) the boost up into that tree. I pray I am able to be the one giving the “leg up” now.

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