Penance II
Amanda, who wrote the Penance email I posted September 7, wrote a response to all your comments that I don’t think anyone saw because it slipped off the main page by the time she did. Here ’tis:
September 10
10:54a
This is the Amanda that originally wrote the letter. (No, I do not know any of you.) I just wanted to thank you for your kindness and support. It means a lot to me….
As for the comments about a willful child having sex with or without my parents’ blessing… My parents are/were not good parents. They were neglectful and abusive and I was homeless a good portion of my teen years as well as while I was pregnant with my now 4-year old. I chose to give him life and for that I was thrown out of my boyfriend’s home, and then my mother’s after going to her home because both parties insisted I have an abortion.
At that point I was 20 years old so I had my own feelings about life and a right to exist and I didn’t want to take that away from this child. But at 14 I only really had the ethical training my parents had given me and I was afraid and I hadn’t been taught anything about the value of human life.
I know I had my own mind, but I believe we are largely products of our environment, particularly when we’re children. I am less likely to give that excuse to adults, however, because we then have the wherewithal and experience and education to make good decisions.
Again, I did make some bad decisions. it’s taken me some time to realize the person I want to be and separate myself from my past. I apologize again for what I have done. I know it’s not much but all I can do is offer love for the people I’ve done wrong and be sure to be the best parent I can to the children I am fortunate to have now.
Thank you all, again, for the encouragement and compassion. I have the same for you and wish you all the best in your personal lives, as well.
Give your own children a big hug for all those that never were.
XOXO
Amanda
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
My heart goes out to you Amanda. May God bring you peace and consolation. Your parents will have to answer for their part in all of this (I’m a parent and I feel this responsibility towards my kids and take it very seriously.). I think God must love you very much. Peace and blessings.
Amanda, that’s really excellent. Some tough things, there, but you’re really being honest with yourself and you know yourself well — not always an easy thing nor always the case.
I think you’re doing well.
Best,
Doug
We are largely products of our own environment.
That’s why it is wrong for Christian parents to send their children to publick skools which teach a Godless curriculum.
Oh Zeke, get over yourself.
Public schools threw out teachers leading prayers. If a child wants to pray in school, before, during lunch, after, when ever, he or she has the right to do so.
You must understand that not everyone worships your god. I went to school with a mixture of religions: Baptist, Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Methodist, Islamic, Buddhist, Agnostics, Atheists, you name it, I went to school with them.
Imagine how those people of different faiths would feel being forced into praying to someone they didn’t believe in. It is not right, and it is a form of discrimination.
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Amanda,
I just want you to know how sorry I am for you. I know how it feels to make a decision and then regret it later on in life. It sucks, big time. I hope that some day, you find peace in your life. Love your kids, and keep them from harm.
Also, please remember that even like me, who are Pro-Choice, is capable of empathy. I wish you the best of luck in life and all that you do.
::HUGS::
Ashley
Oh, and FYI it is Public Schools not publick skools, moron.
Midnite–How’re you feeling?
Eh, it could be better, but it could be worse. He’s asleep on the couch and I am not going to wake him up to go into the bed. I might even lock my bedroom door tonight. He keeps telling me he is “going to go home” but he doesnt. It’s like he wants to scare me or something. He came by my office before I got off work, and i just ignored him. And needless to say, it bothered him. Oh well.
How are you doing though??
Amanda, know that you are forgiven by everyone who counts. And by us, though you don’t have to apologize to us!
We hope we can be here for you!
Midnite, I say you lock the door. Muahahha.
OK, I am off to bed, the Lunesta is starting to kick in now. Someone please tell MK hi for me.
Also, watch these videos, they’re pricelss, especially the first one:
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/story/ar/_a/leave-britney-alone-the-phenomenon/20070912151009990001
^Scroll down to the middle, and watch it. PS. It’s a guy in the video, I kid you not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoiS80H4YEo
E N J O Y
:-)
Your perception is not good midnite.
I spelled it publick skools because the public school system produces a lot of students who can barely spell.
publick skool wurked 4 mee
Get it now that I spelled it out for you?
Prents who put their children around a bunch of pagans with little to no adulter supervision for 8 hours a day / 40 hours a week are being bad parents. Its neglect and abuse.
So now she wants to blame her parents for the fact that she had two of her unborn children murdered.
But SoMG,
She didn’t have two of her own murdered. There were no sentient,feeling, human beings with permission slips to exist within her. No personhood, therefore no murder. Just a termination.
That’s according to ya’ll’s camp.
Or maybe you feel kind of sorry for them.
Zeke:
You’re not that bright? Are ya buddy? Just because someone attends a public school does not pagan, uneducated, or any other derogatory word you’d like to chose. I attended one of the best public high schools in Alabama. Did I like it? No, not really. But I went to school with a bunch of stuck up snobs who thought they were better than me b/c their parents made more money than mine.
I hated my school with a passion (& I still do), and it’s b/c of the people in it. It is a “Blue Ribbon” School (which is an award given by the President every year in case you didn’t know). But the education I received @ that (PUBLIC) school is priceless.
So you can shove your statement up where the sun does not shine!
*gasp* They have schools in Alabama??
Sorry, couldn’t help it. I’m in Georgia, like I’m one to talk!
Zeke, words cannot express my dislike for you.
I graduated from public school. My spelling, if I recall correctly based on some of your previous posts, is quite a bit better than yours, darling.
And by the way, I consider myself to be a pagan. And I’m a better example to most people than you, I’ll bet.
“Zeke, words cannot express my dislike for you.”
applause