tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post2852372152487528465..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: The family story – part 9 – the stepmotherZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-52925947756394847252006-11-29T17:56:00.000+00:002006-11-29T17:56:00.000+00:00My Mom spent her first two years with loving grand...My Mom spent her first two years with loving grandparents and her first introduction to her father when she was nearly three was being yelled at and thrown into a wine-cellar.. it only got worse for the next dozen years for her. She swears by her grandparents first few years of influence. She said they taught her how to love, pray and forgive. And, thank God, because that tortured woman grew to have and raise me and raise me she did, without continuing her father's legacy and with her grandparents love.SuperP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830641369098524799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-56342371229563162462006-11-27T21:03:00.000+00:002006-11-27T21:03:00.000+00:00I can't make shortcrust pastry, but I can make sco...I can't make shortcrust pastry, but I can make scones.<br /><br />You're right, she tried to overcome Jane and make her submit and she failed, but it was never necessary.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-24824123844053356172006-11-27T20:42:00.000+00:002006-11-27T20:42:00.000+00:00My scones are like that lardy cake.
Poor Jane - ...My scones are like that lardy cake. <br /><br />Poor Jane - it tears me up when I hear of kids being ill-treated and I ache for the little girl she was, even though it's all over for her now.<br /><br />Kids are so easy to love if you just let yourself go the whole hog.y.Wendy.yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630727119097764058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-66388908879435278132006-11-27T16:30:00.000+00:002006-11-27T16:30:00.000+00:00I doubt if it's you, Pat, blame Blogger.
Childr...I doubt if it's you, Pat, blame Blogger. <br /><br />Children are amazingly resilient. She always said that the years she spent with her grandparents gave her the secure grounding she needed. She was, indeed, tough. And she wasn't physically abused - I think being shut in the cupboard once in a while was the worst of it.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-10507991014118050552006-11-27T15:59:00.000+00:002006-11-27T15:59:00.000+00:00Oh dear - I'm sure I must be doing something wrong...Oh dear - I'm sure I must be doing something wrong. It takes me ages to get in the comment box. What a sad story - a few years is almost a lifetime for child. It just doesn't work - marrying for anything but love. I hope it didn't do any lasting harm to your mother. We had to be tough in those days.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-42884285902200429902006-11-27T05:09:00.000+00:002006-11-27T05:09:00.000+00:00Hi Penny. Well, things do improve, but not for a ...Hi Penny. Well, things do improve, but not for a while I'm afraid. The war comes next.......Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-36759529066259826492006-11-27T05:06:00.000+00:002006-11-27T05:06:00.000+00:00Wow. I can't wait for Part 10. Your poor Mom. I...Wow. I can't wait for Part 10. Your poor Mom. I can't stand it when children are treated badly, especially after enduring such a loss. I am happy to read that her father took her away. What happened next??SuperP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830641369098524799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-9252667887928823492006-11-26T23:41:00.000+00:002006-11-26T23:41:00.000+00:00It's hard to believe isn't it. She was so little ...It's hard to believe isn't it. She was so little at the start of it all, and had been so much loved and kindly treated. It must have been bewildering to go to a completely different life - although, to be fair, her stepmother did make an effort at the start.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79786796591196343772006-11-26T22:11:00.000+00:002006-11-26T22:11:00.000+00:00oh, your poor mum. what a survivor. i cannot imag...oh, your poor mum. what a survivor. i cannot imagine mistreating a child. ever.<br /><br />it completely baffles me.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.com