Dear IanSean,
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As far as peace....more like guilt Seeing how our family has turned out pretty well, don't know how she will eventually take it. Then the guilt I have for my daughter and son we raised, denying them an older sister.
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Hey there. I know it is a time-worn cliche, but still a wise one. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Who is to say how things would've gone for any of us, really? It is easy to judge ourselves from "up here" for the decisions we made "back there". But we were all different people then, in different situations. Our realities in those times did dictate our choices.
Granted, I like you (at least I suspect that you think this way from the tenor of your post), accept that the relinquishment of my children was my choice. But I, again - like you, felt that at the time it was the best possible choice to make in a field of less than optimal ones.
We were young, poor and frightened. That's all right, IanSean....we weren't the only ones. And there is some peace in that perhaps.
Keep posting, lots of good folk here.
Much peace your way today!