From the last thread in response to a post I made:
Gardener1850 wrote "I'm very sorry for what you went through with your accident. With all respect, can you imagine if after your accident the world-wide media and thousands of people who had not seen you post-accident were doubting how serious your injuries were and claiming you must have done it to yourself on purpose for attention or some other unknown motive. And people were calling your relatives and asking if those rumors about you were true or not...What would your loved ones do? IMO, there is nothing wrong with the way KP defended his wife by describing her real injuries. He was answering critiques who said she had only minor injuries and LE who had used an analogy of a sprained ankle when talking about her release from the ER. JMO."
Thank you for your kind words, Gardner. I will say that my accident was very public in the area I lived. The details of how I was scarred were very public, as in the newspaper, lots of people conjecturing why x or y, questioning choices I might have made. I was in high school which was its own treat. My parents, especially my father, struggled because I was no longer prom queen pretty. People winced and stared as my face was filled with keloid scars. However, the one thing that happened quickly was that it was clear that I wasn't going back to what I looked like even with surgeries. My parents stopped paying attention to the scars, made me go out in public, made me go back to school, and got me counseling. All that helped me to realize that beauty is not just what you look like, it is who you are-- a gift for a 16 year old. Public platform or not, support the publicity or not, there is a hurting woman who I hope is not getting the message that she is less than with a broken nose, scars and scabs, brands, chopped hair or whatever. She will carry what she carries and I hope she is helped along by those who love her.
I am not sure what I think of the KP going on shows. It is his decision. I don't think it is his story to share but if SP agrees that he does, so be it. I know what I would want. The important thing is that it is about what the person who survived wants. I hope this is what she wants. JMHO.
