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By: More chatting with Madison | this woman's work

More chatting with Madison | this woman's work — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:31:58 +0000

[...] has taken to heart our previous conversation about staying with Pennie. Maybe passing the hospital put it at the forefront of her mind because [...]

By: cherylc

cherylc — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:08:00 +0000

The feedback on childhood fears here is really helpful! It caused me to remember that I was really scared as a kid, not allowed to process those feelings, and then had to have therapy in my twenties when I became almost paralyzed by fear. If I listen to my daughter now, maybe she can avoid that part.

By: shannon

shannon — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:02:18 +0000

I think that bit about her love affair with Pennie is right-on. She may be afraid of her own love for Pennie or even fantasizing about NOT coming home and that scares her.

It’s interesting how Nat will correct me when we are looking at pictures. “That’s Mama Rose” I’ll say and she’ll say, “no Mama Shannon, that’s ROSE.” She won’t let the stranger be “mama.” I am hoping we get more open with Rose soon so this stuff can get worked out in real time instead of therapy when she’s 21 and “in reunion.”

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:45:32 +0000

Angela, this is interesting. I’m German, and used to work in pediatrics there, and would occasionally see very blonde mothers with their dark brown kids (African fathers).

Germany has only a very small black population, but there was a surprising number of mixed race kids where I worked. They were their mother’s bio kids, but they looked nothing like them, and by default grew up in whites-only neighborhoods. I often wondered how that affected them.

By: Marley Greiner

Marley Greiner — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:06:26 +0000

I’m also afraid of liberals and progressives. Every time I have to hang out with them I freak out. I’ve been on the board of the Columbus Free Press for years )(and written for the paper since the early 1980s). I feel like I’m on another planet at the board meetings. I just sit there like a lump They do NOT want to hear what I’m thinking. It’s enough to make me pull out a zip gun.