tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post6152118615536278548..comments2023-06-29T06:19:46.900-07:00Comments on Family Ties: All Souls Day and My MomSusan P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00349497879874393200noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-73630471612618515232014-11-05T17:59:42.133-08:002014-11-05T17:59:42.133-08:00I am so impressed that you are taking up your moth...I am so impressed that you are taking up your mother's work and letting her presence live on. Just keep doing what you're doing and something good will happen. Hellyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-82150116517562044992014-11-04T08:43:23.513-08:002014-11-04T08:43:23.513-08:00Thank you, Peach. Thank you, Peach. RunningTeacherMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824325376493562025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-86622530300226662682014-11-04T08:43:02.513-08:002014-11-04T08:43:02.513-08:00I know. As a Spanish teacher, I have always been v...I know. As a Spanish teacher, I have always been very aware of the "two churches." One works for justice and love and truth (i.e. Romero in Central America, the nuns in El Salvador) and one works for oppression and control (i.e. the Catholic Church working with Francisco Franco in Spain during the civil war). Those who work for justice and truth come from a place of love; those who work for oppression and control (like the opponents of adoption reform) come from a place of fear and anger (or they've been brainwashed by the people who come from a place of fear and anger). It makes me really sad. I KNOW someday the Catholic Church will apologize for its roll in adoption, but my personal experience, as well as observation, has shown me that it will be too late, and way too little, for many. Maybe, maybe the current pope will do something ... I hope so. <br /><br />Thank you for reading, and for posting this reply. RunningTeacherMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824325376493562025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-53075314054551985062014-11-04T08:35:48.472-08:002014-11-04T08:35:48.472-08:00Cully, thank you for reading, and for being brave!...Cully, thank you for reading, and for being brave!RunningTeacherMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824325376493562025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-40832010729656492012014-11-04T08:35:14.023-08:002014-11-04T08:35:14.023-08:00Elle, thank you for continuing to read my mom'...Elle, thank you for continuing to read my mom's blog and for thinking of my mom. Thanks for your courage, as I know those my mom met through this community gave HER courage because of their bravery, their integrity, and their compassion. She spoke of this often. And thank you for missing her. We do too, of course. We miss her immensely, but it is nice to know how many people were affected by her life and her work. She would have been astonished. RunningTeacherMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824325376493562025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-79286922066110373372014-11-04T01:13:01.072-08:002014-11-04T01:13:01.072-08:00Beautiful.Beautiful.Daughter https://www.blogger.com/profile/02550850982345461603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-76204220945503304922014-11-03T14:00:34.703-08:002014-11-03T14:00:34.703-08:00Thanks for reading and caring :)Thanks for reading and caring :)RunningTeacherMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824325376493562025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-62566220410520152312014-11-03T13:59:51.175-08:002014-11-03T13:59:51.175-08:00Thank you. I know my mom was so honored to be a pa...Thank you. I know my mom was so honored to be a part of this community, and I am too. RunningTeacherMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824325376493562025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-2538637593942165072014-11-03T09:48:15.168-08:002014-11-03T09:48:15.168-08:00I honestly don't get the RC church's posit...I honestly don't get the RC church's position given their "every sperm and egg is sacred" mantra, and the fact that they consider every conception intrinsically important, a child of God. How can they deny people the right to know these origins, then? I somehow feel the current pope would be very open to open records, though. At least, I like to think so. With all the other things he's willing to go out on a limb for! <br /><br />Thanks for sharing these wonderful, if heartbreaking, stories of your mother. Hellyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-57762754243515063992014-11-03T08:21:22.463-08:002014-11-03T08:21:22.463-08:00"folded pieces of paper" - little pieces..."folded pieces of paper" - little pieces of your heart... we try to be brave and we are brave. Thank you for your words, the pieces of your heart. "In the face of great grief, love and truth are the only answer." Amen!! (((Jenn))) <br />Cully Ray Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894044985188747304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-81000599627825742172014-11-03T07:30:24.407-08:002014-11-03T07:30:24.407-08:00Jenn, again, thank you for continuing your mother&...Jenn, again, thank you for continuing your mother's blog in her stead. I was thinking of her just yesterday, on All Souls Day, in part because I was reading "Lost Daughters". I miss her even though I never met her. I am sorry for your continued loss. <br />And thank you for writing to her sister when you did. Today I will be there when an elderly friend will again meet her niece, this time without the niece's mother, my friend's half-sister, who we brought together with two letters and a bit of luck after a 70+ year separation. (Due to divorce, not adoption, but a severed relationship nonetheless.) The sisters met once, and spent several days together. The elder was in her late 80s, the younger in her mid 70s. It was the younger who died suddenly last spring. Her shocked children mentioned the found sister in the eulogy, saying she was so glad to have found her sister when she did. <br />Thank you for writing to your aunts. Thank you for continuing to be your mother's voice. I miss her. <br />~Elle Cuardaigh<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-83673803443552764952014-11-03T07:14:15.371-08:002014-11-03T07:14:15.371-08:00This goes straight to my heart, Jenn.....This goes straight to my heart, Jenn.....peripateticpamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507244477729901775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8112566410387491537.post-49852743498007662332014-11-03T07:12:11.359-08:002014-11-03T07:12:11.359-08:00Jenn, thank you for expressing so beautifully the ...Jenn, thank you for expressing so beautifully the feelings that many of us experience but lack your skill in expressing. So glad that you speak for many of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com