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I am so very sorry. this just brought me to tears (74+ / 0-)

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I know that there is nothing that I can say to make the hurt go away or to ease the pain. Thank you for telling us this story.

IGTNT

by blue jersey mom on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:11:31 AM PDT

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- I didn't expect to be crying on mother's day, but (63+ / 0-)
  
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  here I am with tears rolling down my cheeks. Frankenoid, I am so sorry; and that is such an inadequate thing to say. There is nothing that is even remotely adequate enough.
  
  by feelingsickinMN on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:29:04 AM PDT
  
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  - Any acknowledgement (45+ / 0-)
    
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    of another's pain is adequate. Really, it is.
    
    The time for action is past. Now is the time for senseless bickering -- My T-Shirt
    
    by Frankenoid on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:47:50 AM PDT
    
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  - what is adequate is that (27+ / 0-)
    
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    we say whatever we can -- whatever is loving and kind (like "I'm so sorry") -- and that we listen. What matters is that we are there, that the grieving person knows that s/he is loved and that their grief is seen by another human being.
    
    Though a war may well be "too stupid," that doesn't prevent its lasting. Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. --Albert Camus
    
    by GreenMtnState on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:03:24 AM PDT
    
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- Thanks, blue (24+ / 0-)
  
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  sorry for making you cry!
  
  The time for action is past. Now is the time for senseless bickering -- My T-Shirt
  
  by Frankenoid on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:47:25 AM PDT
  
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