When I was a case manager, part of my voc rehab strategy was to get a comp insurance voucher to refer a client who obviously had guilt issues for therapy to work through whatever the problem was, because it was affecting everything unrelated.
It appears to me that the author of the article is using her story not only as a cautionary tale for mothers, but as a way to help her work through her own painful situation-and I hope that God will comfort her.
As for her daughter, I really can’t be sympathetic-she is responsible for her mother’s pain, as well as her own, and does not seem inclined to accept responsibility for anything...
Not caring on the outside may be a facade. A very effective facade.
When holding up pro-life signs for the Life Chain I noticed that the people who saw us usually had one of 3 reactions: they honked and put their thumbs up to show support, or they flipped us the bird, or they stared forward so they wouldn’t have to see any of it.
The people I prayed for so much were the ones who stared ahead. They weren’t hiding behind anger and belligerence like the others; they had made it to a deeper point in the grieving process - a place where healing can begin.
Wanna know what’s sad? When Wendy Davis was belligerent the pro-aborts loved her. Once she shared her story of aborting a child with a handicap - trying to put a nuanced human face on the issue - it became uncomfortable for the pro-aborts. It’s always easier to flip the bird than it is to stare straight ahead. It’s more fun and energizing to be with people who are out flipping the bird than it is to be with those who are staring straight ahead.
But the ones who are staring straight ahead are the ones who are on the verge of healing. I pray that God pulls them through the rest of that painful process - including both mother and daughter in this story. And I pray that Wendy Davis is one of them who makes it through the process forgiven, and with her humanity restored.