tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post4709628466750888820..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: "That's a fact" - the two sides of lifeDavid G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-62024174213799268482014-09-01T19:51:39.191-04:002014-09-01T19:51:39.191-04:00Caitlin:
Thank you for your wonderful comment. I ...Caitlin:<br /><br />Thank you for your wonderful comment. I appreciate it.<br /><br />DavidDavid G. Markhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-71065297938885662422014-09-01T13:21:52.753-04:002014-09-01T13:21:52.753-04:00I love Moore's book of stories, and the first ...I love Moore's book of stories, and the first is wonderful if not also a bit sad. She has a way of getting inside the heart and soul.<br /><br />I grew up in a family just like the one she describes. We were Irish Catholic and it seemed just like the stereotype of mom always being pregnant and dad always being drunk.<br /><br />We pretended things were okay at school but never invited anyone home because you never knew what kind of chaos might being going on at the time. To be honest, my Catholic religion didn't help me much because the life we led was not only considered normal but seemed sanctioned by the church. Women were not supposed to use birth control and to keep giving sex to their drunk husbands because they were to be submissive according to St. Paul and divorce was a mortal sin.<br /><br />As a kid I felt the future was bleak and if I knew anything it was that I didn't want a life like my mother's. There seemed to be no one whom I could trust enough to tell.<br /><br />Luckily, I worked my way through college and have made quite a different life that the one I grew up in. I love my parents. I realize they did the best the could with what they had and what they knew. If I have learned anything it is the healing balm of forgiveness. I no longer carry my grievances and resentments. I have moved on to a life I think is more functional and happier for me.<br /><br />Many thanks for your wonderful blog.Caitlan Butlernoreply@blogger.com