Comments on: On Dying, Mothers, and Fighting for Your Ideas

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:57:36 +0000

This was exactly what I needed to read on this Monday morning and jumpstart me out of my doldrums. Thank you for the inspiration ! I will bookmark this and expect to read it again and again when the pity-party feeling becomes overwhelming. I would love to say more but the words would pale in light of your beautifully written post. Thanks again.

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By: Diane Dolinsky-Pickar

Diane Dolinsky-Pickar — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:20:21 +0000

Jon, it was said above so I can only concur. You hit it out of the park. I am going to share it to my friend Iris, who is raising a child with cerebral palsy. From time to time, she shares her stories of difficulty, particularly with hiring helpers for her son, the one criteria of which she states, “They should not see his horizons as limited. He may not be there now, but he can get there.” And with that, she reflects an amazing similarity with your precious Mom.

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By: Ashly

Ashly — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:44:22 +0000

Jon,

Wow…tears rolled down my cheeks as I read this.

Growing up, I always wondered what was wrong with me and why my mother would rather continue to use drugs and date a new loser each week, instead of having me in her life? Why did I have to live with my grandparents, when my cousins all lived at home with their parents?

These things haunted me for years until I was able to understand things better. I wish so much that I had the kind of love from my mother that you describe here.

I didn’t bother with the eighth grade, since I was already bored with school and eager to move on. I was a straight A student the first year of high school, despite having started a year early and switching between schools eight different times during the span of nine grades.

Then a series of unfortunate events took place and the pain of feeling alone and having no one to “fight for me,” as you put it, overwhelmed me and took over. I gave up. I didn’t care anymore. I refused to even try. I wanted to drop out. As soon as I turned sixteen, after Sophomore year, that’s exactly what I did.

Your story is so moving. It makes all the difference in the world when a person is loved and their path to success is paved by loving parents who leave no room for doubts.

I wonder how much more I would have accomplished by now, if my mother had showed me a fraction of the love and support yours has. You are very lucky….and an amazing writer. Thank you for taking the gifts she gave to you and doing something amazing with them. Thank you for writing this post.

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By: Christy Shake

Christy Shake — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:06:43 +0000

dear jon,
whoa. really. i am mother to a seven year old boy, calvin, who has a host of serious neurological deficits, but worst of all, medically refractory epilepsy. i am a vigilante, fighting for my son day in and day out (and at night when he’s asleep.) your attitude is kick ass. you must have inherited it from your dragon mom. a little over a year ago i started a blog promoting epilepsy awareness called Calvin’s Story. i post something every day (most of which— like you—i spend hours and hours writing and editing) in an effort to demystify epilepsy and to enlighten, educate and inspire compassion and understanding hoping to eventually increase epilepsy’s paltry research funding. i invite you to read and share with the world (most people don’t know that epilepsy kills more americans every year than breast cancer, many of them our children.)
thank you for giving me hope that one day, perhaps, calvin will enjoy the fruit of my efforts—and the efforts of others—so that he can be seizure free.
all my very best to you and your supermom,
christy

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Mandy- Mommy Cracked — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:33:53 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever read anything on a blog that made me want to jump up from my chair in thunderous applause. But THIS made me feel this way. I’m floored!