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Originally Posted by bromanchik
Raven, you have no idea as to whether or not your words matter. More than likely you have touched thousands of souls without being aware of it. How do you know how just one of your posts made the difference in the lives of others? That is what pay it forward is all about. We send things out there and we do not know the chain it creates.
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Brenda, I want to thank you for giving me a wake-up call on this thread. It's funny...shortly after I posted my last response on this thread (the one that you replied to), I thought to myself, "Brenda's probably going to put on her therapist hat and knock some sense into me." It's strange...I worked thru so many of my birthmom issues a long, long time ago and healed from a lot of the pain. But lately I've noticed that I still get triggered at times. I don't know if it's because when I'm trying to help another birthmom, I often go back into my own memories and recall the feelings and experiences. Maybe I am tearing open old wounds or something.
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Originally Posted by bromanchik
I keep plugging away (and I think you do too) because we truly believe in our hearts that what we have to say matters. And if it just touches one life, it is worth the work, and making ourselves vulnerable by putting ourselves out there.
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Yep, you're right...I do keep coming here and plugging away because deep down in my heart, I believe that our voices do matter. I know that by sharing our experience, strength, and hope with other birth/first mothers, we help each other in the healing process.
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Originally Posted by bromanchik
In the Velveteen Rabbit, the little stuffed rabbit becomes a real rabbit not only because he has been so loved by the little boy, but because he loved that little boy first. Loving our children, whether they love us back or not, is what makes us real.
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You've said something really, really profound here...something I have to think about today. (I think I'll also pick up a copy of the Velveteen Rabbit at the library.)
Thanks for your help, Brenda.
