Muscatine

I heard a story in the lunchroom today and even though it does not have anything to do with me it upset me. A person was telling about a woman who lives 2 doors down yells at her kids,and curses at them, tells the one to be quiet and has been known to tell one of the kids that the World would be better off with out him. The mother of the kids could take no more and confronted the woman. As I was not there I do not know what exactly happened but I do know who this person is talking about, and I just want to say this, I am not in your shoes but I don't think I could take my flustrations out on another child because God called MINE HOME. Here is wishing you well and I hope you find your peace.

chetah

I understand why this upset you. It's amazing and saddening how many people you discover tht know the pain of losing a child. It really bothers me as well to hear of someone treating their child this way. If this person posts here, I would sincerely suggest that you find another outlet for your frustration. You don't want your relationship with your children to be ruined by this behavior. How do you think your children will feel towards you when they are grown and have the choice of whether they want a relationship with you or not? Or worse yet, what if, God forbid, something were to happen to one of them, and the last memory you had was telling them that the world would be better off without them?? Chetah, I am truly sorry for your loss, and as I've said, there are many more people than you might suspect that understand the depth of the pain I'm sure you feel.

Compassionate Friends

There used to be a support group for parents who have lost (for lack of a better term) their children called Compassionate Friends. They used to meet out at Wittach-Lewis Funeral Home (563) 263-1405. It's been several years since I've been in contact with them, but I believe mom still is. You can e-mail Joan at jorel@machlink.com if you need to talk.

What we say to kids

As you were not there, you do have things protrayed incorrectly. This ''womman'' you are talking about happens to be my best friend and I also live in this neighborhood. God has called one of her children home and she certainly never yells or cureses at HER children. What you are referring to is an incident where the children in our neighborhood were not getting along, fighting terribly and this ''woman'' had become fed up. (keeping the story short)she never told the OTHER MOTHERS CHILDREN that ''world would be better off without them'' she said the neighborhood was better before, meaning before all the fighting. The confrontation that took place was escalated to points that never should have happened. All of our kids play together and I thought we (the parents) were also all friends, I see now this is not the case. I just wanted you to know the truth because you are making this ''woman'' sound like somebody she is NOT.