“I love your top side. I love your bottom side. I love your inside. And outside. I love your fingers. And toes. Your ears. And nose. I love your hair and eyes. Your giggles and cries. I love you through and through. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow too.” by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak
I cried reading this. Maybe it’s the new mother hormones in me, as I look at my precious son and know exactly what this mother feels towards her baby, idk. But this was such a heartbreakingly sweet read.
Dearest Mother, thank you for this beautiful expression of how we adore our children and grandchildren, every tiny bit of them. I was so blessed to be able to care for my grandchildren as infants, how joyous it was to see my children's children from birth, to hold them close. Love was instantaneous. I was able to be a hands-on grandma, and how precious were those days. Incredible to think they would come to loathe what we loved so intensely about them, their unique-ness, each one so different and precious. But we can still see their beauty as human beings, each made one of a kind, and made in God's image. Thank you for reminding us that some things will never change. Our Lord's love is constant, showing us that ours can be also.
This is beautiful. Thank you for the beautiful picture all parents have of love poured out from our bodies to theirs. We rightly mourn when people lose any bodily abilities, and ultimately we mourn death. We are embodied souls. The body is so important that in Christianity God takes on a body in Mary’s pregnancy. The doctrine is called the Incarnation. Our souls communicate in embodied ways. It is right to love our own and our children’s bodies. Even when bodies are harmed by disease, accident, confusion or intentional harm, we still try to provide for those special somebodies in our lives however we best can (even when that means healthy boundaries because of our own limited time, emotional energy etc). God bless you all who are trying hard to love these somebodies, no matter how their physical bodies have changed. Their souls are not beyond reaching and finding hope and healing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Beautiful. This is exactly how I felt. I was so confused those first 24 hrs. Total denial, how could it possibly be true, made zero sense. But that is the problem with cults. And while social media was a big influence, the adults in their world, the schools, doctors, counsellors were all supposed to be there to protect them. That was the next phase of denial and horror. How could those people have denied the beauty and perfection of my child. It’s soul crushing. Never give up. And never forget. They cannot steal the beauty of our children, we will always know them and see their beauty.
I love this! It speaks so deeply to how much we love our kids just the way they were created to be. The destruction of a son or daughter's body is devastating when its caused by an accident, by war or a ravaging illness. But the purposeful and intentional self-destruction of our children's bodies aided by people who took an oath to do no harm is beyond devastating. It is criminal and horrifying. Dear God, please please stop this destruction!
This is heart Breaking. Brought me to tears
All my love mumma, i hear you 💔🥺🙏
I cried reading this. Maybe it’s the new mother hormones in me, as I look at my precious son and know exactly what this mother feels towards her baby, idk. But this was such a heartbreakingly sweet read.
Beautiful. Our precious invincible love. Thank you.
Beautiful and heart wrenching - thank you.
Yes!
Dearest Mother, thank you for this beautiful expression of how we adore our children and grandchildren, every tiny bit of them. I was so blessed to be able to care for my grandchildren as infants, how joyous it was to see my children's children from birth, to hold them close. Love was instantaneous. I was able to be a hands-on grandma, and how precious were those days. Incredible to think they would come to loathe what we loved so intensely about them, their unique-ness, each one so different and precious. But we can still see their beauty as human beings, each made one of a kind, and made in God's image. Thank you for reminding us that some things will never change. Our Lord's love is constant, showing us that ours can be also.
Love, Indio
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DeTransitioners Story
I feel this with every fiber of my being. Beautiful writing. Thank you for sharing.
It’s all so very sad, but they CHOSE to do it. Sigh.
This is an absolutely beautiful piece of writing. Thank you.
I love this so very much. Such sweet memories of reading that book with my daughter. Thank you for sharing❤️
Love this thank you!
This is beautiful. Thank you for the beautiful picture all parents have of love poured out from our bodies to theirs. We rightly mourn when people lose any bodily abilities, and ultimately we mourn death. We are embodied souls. The body is so important that in Christianity God takes on a body in Mary’s pregnancy. The doctrine is called the Incarnation. Our souls communicate in embodied ways. It is right to love our own and our children’s bodies. Even when bodies are harmed by disease, accident, confusion or intentional harm, we still try to provide for those special somebodies in our lives however we best can (even when that means healthy boundaries because of our own limited time, emotional energy etc). God bless you all who are trying hard to love these somebodies, no matter how their physical bodies have changed. Their souls are not beyond reaching and finding hope and healing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Oh, my goodness. Gorgeous. And yes, they are our hearts walking around outside our body.
Beautiful. This is exactly how I felt. I was so confused those first 24 hrs. Total denial, how could it possibly be true, made zero sense. But that is the problem with cults. And while social media was a big influence, the adults in their world, the schools, doctors, counsellors were all supposed to be there to protect them. That was the next phase of denial and horror. How could those people have denied the beauty and perfection of my child. It’s soul crushing. Never give up. And never forget. They cannot steal the beauty of our children, we will always know them and see their beauty.
I love this! It speaks so deeply to how much we love our kids just the way they were created to be. The destruction of a son or daughter's body is devastating when its caused by an accident, by war or a ravaging illness. But the purposeful and intentional self-destruction of our children's bodies aided by people who took an oath to do no harm is beyond devastating. It is criminal and horrifying. Dear God, please please stop this destruction!