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[imnotheonlyone]

This man is devastated by a loss of a little girl we did not have the honor of meeting. He knew a Casey that was a lie to him and more than likely that devastates him as well. He is in a mourning that we may not understand. While we feel heartbroken, angry and even confused , outraged, unable to tear ourselves away from our computers or tvs, this man has it even worse than we do. He still speaks with both raw emotion and a heart of grace.

Let him speak his mind, let him mourn the way he does. Some will never be able to understand the forgiveness he seems to hold in his heart, its not for us to understand. He is strong enough to not let the bitterness choke his memories of beautiful Caylee.
I am not sure I could speak the way he does if someone took from me what Casey did from his family. I am not sure I can understand his willingess to put himself and others on the same page, in the same category that he does. I do, however, respect him for modeling such love and compassion for others.

Beautifully written and so very, very true. Thank you.

 

[Law_girl41]

I got his message. Amen!

 

[magic-cat]

If you make it past their teens without raising your voice then you must have angels instead of children...lol...

 

[magic-cat]

So HOW do you practic tough love? Just curious...

 

[magic-cat]

berate - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car";

When a child does something that is a danger to their life, and with 6 children spanning 25 years you can bet I have had them do this on quite a few ocassions, then a "berating" is certainly in order...Like if your child jumped off of the top bunk and did not sustain serious injury, you might want to "berate" them so they would not feel the desire to EVER repeat this action...

 

[Charge Them All]

Not all of us. Personally, I'm furious at a family jerking everybody around, wasting resources, lying, insulting everyone who's trying to help, and flat-out obstructing JUSTICE. And Caylee deserves JUSTICE, like she deserved a 3rd birthday.

I'm not in a "heartwarming" mood, I guess.

I feel the same way. Caylee will NEVER open the gates of heaven for her "mother".

 

[magic-cat]

Agreed.

 

[armywife210]

I don't understand how a Christian can describe the children of God as monsters at one time or another. We all make mistakes. Sometimes we are tired and are short on patience. Sometimes when traffic is crazy and people aren't using their brains while driving, you might hear a sigh and and a mutter under my breath that I would rather my girls didn't repeat. When I think of the word MONSTER, I think of deliberate evil. I can honestly say that I have NEVER EVER done anything that could be described like that. Are there monsters in this world? Truly evil people. Definately. Are most people mosters at one point or another? NOT IN THE WORLD I LIVE IN!!! How about in yours?

He is just trying to be forgiving and compassionate I suppose... and that is how we are supposed to be. "Let those who are free of sin cast the first stone"....

but I wish Casey would just come to the point where she tells the truth, so she CAN be forgiven by God... and we can lay this baby to rest.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

This man is devastated by a loss of a little girl we did not have the honor of meeting. He knew a Casey that was a lie to him and more than likely that devastates him as well. He is in a mourning that we may not understand. While we feel heartbroken, angry and even confused , outraged, unable to tear ourselves away from our computers or tvs, this man has it even worse than we do. He still speaks with both raw emotion and a heart of grace.

Let him speak his mind, let him mourn the way he does. Some will never be able to understand the forgiveness he seems to hold in his heart, its not for us to understand. He is strong enough to not let the bitterness choke his memories of beautiful Caylee.
I am not sure I could speak the way he does if someone took from me what Casey did from his family. I am not sure I can understand his willingess to put himself and others on the same page, in the same category that he does. I do, however, respect him for modeling such love and compassion for others.

I totally agree. And it was on HIS myspace page, after all.

I respect him. When I saw him in an interview, his was emotional about Caylee and that emotion seemed 100% real.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I don't understand how a Christian can describe the children of God as monsters at one time or another. We all make mistakes. Sometimes we are tired and are short on patience. Sometimes when traffic is crazy and people aren't using their brains while driving, you might hear a sigh and and a mutter under my breath that I would rather my girls didn't repeat. When I think of the word MONSTER, I think of deliberate evil. I can honestly say that I have NEVER EVER done anything that could be described like that. Are there monsters in this world? Truly evil people. Definately. Are most people mosters at one point or another? NOT IN THE WORLD I LIVE IN!!! How about in yours?

I think that this poor man is just trying to make sense of all of this and to find a way to handle his pain. He might not use the same words that we would but he's in a situation in which most of us will never be.

 

[Blink34]

We are all monsters at one time or another? Um, no we're not. Personally, I think the guy likes to talk to hear himself talk. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

True dat, and I note the followers, if you will, I dont call that objective, I call that an agenda.

Not being disrespectful, I do believe this family has been victimized by Casey and the Anthony's, but this forum is about Caylee, not Rev Grund's "pulpit".

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I'm sorry if this is out of line but I thought that this thread was to share the heart-felt emotion of a person that personally knew little Caylee and that a fellow poster brought to our attention. It's now turning into yet another bashing of a person that just happened to know Casey Anthony and a calling out of other posters about their discipline methods. :waitasec:

 

[magic-cat]

Who was called out?

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

I'm not going to take this thread further off-topic by discussing who was called out. It's clear what I'm referring to. Can we all try to be respectful to the poster of the thread by keeping it on topic and by trying our best not to beat up everyone that just happens to be in CA's circle? I'm eternally grateful that I don't know CA. This poor man isn't as lucky.

 

[magic-cat]

I am a survivor of things that most here could neither imagine nor comprehend. I did not know a mother's love, but FEEL it deeply for my own children. I am human, and I am fallable, and I make mistakes daily. I do not fault anyone for their own personal methods, and if I seemed to then I was misunderstood...

However, having raised children for the past 25 years and using love as my ONLY guide and my ONLY light, I KNOW that there are times when a raised voice HAPPENS...and if that is not the case for everyone, then count your blessings that you missed out on the situations where it was necessary.

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

Oh trust me, raised voices have frequently happened in my home too. I just worry that we're all starting to lash out at everyone that knows Casey, whether they deserve it or not and that anger is taking us in weird directions on these threads. JMO.

 

[Blink34]

I'm sorry if this is out of line but I thought that this thread was to share the heart-felt emotion of a person that personally knew little Caylee and that a fellow poster brought to our attention. It's now turning into yet another bashing of a person that just happened to know Casey Anthony and a calling out of other posters about their discipline methods. :waitasec:

If you are referring to my post, I would respectfully appreciate if you referred to my post, as it is written, and retract any references to "bashing" as that did not happen. I have yet to see anyone attack anyone's discipline's, and I most assuredly have not.

If you were not referring to my post, I would remind you that if someone opens a thread, keeping in mind Websleuth TOS, it will be open to contrary opinions.

Respect and Peace
Blink

 

[magic-cat]

Not me...I understand Mr. G's pain and his guilt and his expressing it, and even his desire to somehow ease the pain of the Anthony family by relating us ALL as having been monsters at one time or another. I think he has some serious grief in his heart and I think he loved Caylee and he is just expressing that.

I KNOW I have been MONSTROUS at times, and any one of my children would certainly concur with me on this one...but I have not been THAT a majority of the time, in private with them and they would also concur on that...I was just saying that although we all MAY have been what Mr. G elaborates with the word "monsters", we have not all been that thing that Casey is and has been-

I do know this. There is NO circumstance when I would place MY dead child in the trunk of my car-NONE...There is NO situation that I would place myself or my children in when I would EVER pick up their dead body and PUT IT IN MY TRUNK...That would NEVER happen to me. I would call the police if it was an accident. I would never leave them in the car to die of heat suffocation. I would never give them street drugs or chloroform to make them sleep so I could go and party or be with a boyfriend. My child who died tragically for whatever reason would NOT wind up in my trunk...

 

[OriginalJerseyGirl]

No Blink, I was not referring to your post. And while I agree that threads are open to differing opinions, there are things posted here that have nothing at all to do with the topic of the thread. I'm not here to argue; I just wanted to try to point out that some of the things that are being said here aren't exactly fair to the people being discussed.

 

[Blink34]

No Blink, I was not referring to your post. And while I agree that threads are open to differing opinions, there are things posted here that have nothing at all to do with the topic of the thread. I'm not here to argue; I just wanted to try to point out that some of the things that are being said here aren't exactly fair to the people being discussed.

Thank you from a fellow Jersey girl, for the clarification.
Blink34