http://happybendgirl.com/2009/06/01/rant-your-childs-keeper/ Rants & Raves by HappyBendGirl Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://happybendgirl.com/2009/06/01/rant-your-childs-keeper/#comment-84 Aims Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:32:19 +0000 http://happybendgirl.com/?p=244#comment-84 Hey CHels! I finally had some extra time today (mom has Jas for the day and little guy is napping!) So I was catching up on your blog...FUN by the way!! Anyway, to comment on this discussion like 2 months later....have you seen the movie? If so, message me your thoughts. I saw it and don't want to tell you my thoughts in case you haven't seen it. Anyway, I feel I related somewhat to the mother in this story in that I would go to the ends of the earth to help my child(ren). I only had one child when I read the book, but now, as a mother of 2, I couldn't do it. I cannot even imagine the painfulness of wrestling with an issue like that, but I know that I love my second child too much to put him into that situation. Obviously, not being in the situation I can't say with 100% certainty but as I watched the movie as a mother of 2, I felt my heart absolutely breaking for the other two children....the sister Anna, thrust into the middle of the drama as well as the son Jesse, totally left out in the cold and forgotten b/c he ISN'T part of the drama. Such a sad and heart wrenching decision with so many consequences!! As for the newest book...I read it and would love to discuss that one too if you've read it and when you get the chance. I must say (giving nothing away) I DO NOT relate to the mother in this story like I do in so many of her others! Hey CHels! I finally had some extra time today (mom has Jas for the day and little guy is napping!) So I was catching up on your blog…FUN by the way!! Anyway, to comment on this discussion like 2 months later….have you seen the movie? If so, message me your thoughts. I saw it and don’t want to tell you my thoughts in case you haven’t seen it. Anyway, I feel I related somewhat to the mother in this story in that I would go to the ends of the earth to help my child(ren). I only had one child when I read the book, but now, as a mother of 2, I couldn’t do it. I cannot even imagine the painfulness of wrestling with an issue like that, but I know that I love my second child too much to put him into that situation. Obviously, not being in the situation I can’t say with 100% certainty but as I watched the movie as a mother of 2, I felt my heart absolutely breaking for the other two children….the sister Anna, thrust into the middle of the drama as well as the son Jesse, totally left out in the cold and forgotten b/c he ISN’T part of the drama. Such a sad and heart wrenching decision with so many consequences!!
As for the newest book…I read it and would love to discuss that one too if you’ve read it and when you get the chance. I must say (giving nothing away) I DO NOT relate to the mother in this story like I do in so many of her others!

]]> http://happybendgirl.com/2009/06/01/rant-your-childs-keeper/#comment-32 Chelsea Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:09:48 +0000 http://happybendgirl.com/?p=244#comment-32 This would be one of the worst decisions in the world to have to make. I think the movie will be so emotional that I am not sure if I can watch it! Haven't read the new book yet, but have read all of her others. Let me know how it is if you read it! This would be one of the worst decisions in the world to have to make. I think the movie will be so emotional that I am not sure if I can watch it! Haven’t read the new book yet, but have read all of her others. Let me know how it is if you read it!

]]> http://happybendgirl.com/2009/06/01/rant-your-childs-keeper/#comment-30 Vicky Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:33:40 +0000 http://happybendgirl.com/?p=244#comment-30 I've gone through enough things in my life that I think I wouldn't know how I would respond until I were in that situation. Too many times I think I know or I can tell, and then something happens and my reaction isn't even close to what I thought it would be. I shudder at the thought of making a decision such as this one. Loved this book... I was downright angry at the ending, felt totally sucker-punched. Have you read her newest one yet? It looks good! I’ve gone through enough things in my life that I think I wouldn’t know how I would respond until I were in that situation. Too many times I think I know or I can tell, and then something happens and my reaction isn’t even close to what I thought it would be. I shudder at the thought of making a decision such as this one. Loved this book… I was downright angry at the ending, felt totally sucker-punched. Have you read her newest one yet? It looks good!

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