my_tee_mouse
Done. Put a Fork in Me.
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I lived in Florida until I was 8. I was born on December 24th, like Cherish. My Mom was incredibly INCREDIBLY gullible, naive and childish as a mother and a woman. We were "down on our luck" my entire youth. My mom still apologizes for her mistakes decades later. The things that 'could' have happened leaving me with this person or moving in with that person... I can see this exact situation happening in my childhood. Mom meets a man with 'promises' of this or that. Seems harmless to her. It's only by chance that one of these men were not a repeat sex 'offender', that I know of.
However, I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, if anything HAD happened to me, my mom would have died of guilt. I am an only child and Mom would've given up with nothing left to live for.
Cherish's mom has two little ones to live for. The very best thing she could do at this point is to educate other naive mothers about the dangers to children, the tragic possibilities due to the immaturity of parents, awareness, knowledge, etc. but she can't/won't do that when she knows the majority blames her for Cherish's murder.
She must be grieving. She must hate herself right now. I CANNOT pass judgement until she proves to be a terrible mother who knowingly allowed Cherish's murder to happen.
BBM:
And she can't do this until she becomes educated herself. Cut it any way you want...this woman handed her child over to this man on a silver platter.