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Sullen teen [vent long after the fact]
"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message . .. I see some virtue in keeping a complete picture, warts and all. Lol..I responded to the OP before I read your reply. Warts and all!! |
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Sullen teen [vent long after the fact]
deja.blues wrote: "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... This is a moot point now. If you toss this one, you have to toss them all. History is what it is, warts and all, why try to sanitize it? That's what your mom saw and felt at the time. Yep, and she was human, as well all are. This letter shows a lot of humanity. I kept everything from my Mom, even the letters I had written to her, from her house. I couldn't get enough. -L. |
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Sullen teen [vent long after the fact]
"Ericka Kammerer" wrote in message . .. Rosalie B. wrote: In general I want to keep everything that my mom wrote - she kept good records and documented things. But I'm thinking maybe I will not keep this letter. What do you think? Seems like everyone is voting for "toss," but I'm not so sure that's what I'd do. I think it would depend on my goal. I'd keep it, too. It is a reminder that your mom had feelings and was human, too. It also shows that your mom had tolerance for behavior that she really didn't like. You're mom was what she was. The good, bad and the ugly. We all are. This was as much part of her as any of the other letters you want to keep. Jeff |
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Sullen teen [vent long after the fact]
deja.blues wrote: "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... This is a moot point now. If you toss this one, you have to toss them all. History is what it is, warts and all, why try to sanitize it? That's what your mom saw and felt at the time. That's true -- but I've found that reading old letters third-hand (without all of the context, as all of the writers were long dead) can at times be hurtful, even unintentionally. I don't agree that if you toss one you have to toss them all -- I've kept many things my Dad wrote prior to dementia, but didn't feel compelled to keep a record of his growing paranoia -- perhaps I'll be giving my kids an unfair picture of their grandfather (deceased prior to their births)...but I'm not seeing that as a great big effort to 'sanitize' his life. (In fact, I think he'd be appalled if he were to have read what he wrote during his decline...) Caledonia |
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Sullen teen [vent long after the fact]
"Rosalie B." wrote in message
... This is a moot point now. I'm going through things and throwing them out. I have to clear out my mom's house, so I'm going to have to make room for more furniture in my house. Therefore, I have to get rid of some of mine because about 5 years ago we sold the city house where we went to work from before we retired, and a lot of that furniture came down to this house. So this house is stuffed. Anyway, in going through one of my chests (hanging stuff on one side and drawers in the other) which we bought when we moved in here because there were no bedroom closets (and since then dh has made closets in all the rooms so I don't need it anymore and am giving it away), I went through a bunch of newspaper clippings and letters. I found a letter from my mom written at the time that she was traveling with my second child. (She took each of my children on a trip abroad when they were in middle school) This was the daughter that I spoke of who would rather pass out than do what she didn't want to do. She was the one who made me see that spanking wasn't the way to go (because back in my day, that was the default punishment). She would say "It didn't hurt" (even when we both knew that it did), and go on doing the prohibited them. The letter my mom wrote really hurt me. I don't know what to do about that, because my mom is dead, and my daughter has grown up to be a fine person albeit easily bored and somewhat hyper-active even as an adult. This is part of what she wrote: (snip) My mom never had a difficult child (except maybe for me) to raise. But I think that what hurt me most was that she seems to blame me for my daughter's behavior as if I did NOT model appropriate behavior. In general I want to keep everything that my mom wrote - she kept good records and documented things. But I'm thinking maybe I will not keep this letter. What do you think? my thinking is: if you honestly believe there will _never_ come a day when you won't still feel offended or perhaps even able to see the funny side, throw it out. if you think you'll eventually be able to not be bothered by it, keep it. after all, it's a record of a few things & the way she expressed herself is a record of "her" (as well as the other events). as to what she said, maybe she really was giving you a passive-aggressive roasting. otoh, maybe that's just how it sounds & was never her intention. my own mum has a ghastly habit of _sounding like_ she is lecturing me when in fact she's _agreeing_ with me. so if you're not sure what your mother's intentions even were, i'd be inclined to keep it now & see if later on it still bothers me, & decide then. kylie |
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