tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post140162754428842011..comments2023-06-14T09:09:01.130-07:00Comments on Midget Invasion: A Little Whistle BlowingMeghannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16940940739342340712noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post-8484439113800064042011-10-18T18:05:40.057-07:002011-10-18T18:05:40.057-07:00Wow! What a disappointment. I can't believe ...Wow! What a disappointment. I can't believe that's how they handled it at all. No body should be beaten and abused and to stand by and let it happen? <br /><br />Ann was lucky you were there to help her out.Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious?https://www.blogger.com/profile/02910477558968993067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post-8695631314802211382011-10-14T09:40:35.768-07:002011-10-14T09:40:35.768-07:00I was pointed to your post by your dad's post ...I was pointed to your post by your dad's post - he is a close friend of many years now.<br /><br />The two things that struck me most in your post were the lines about your husband being relieved that he had done the right thing, and that you had paid for her trip to her mother because it was the right thing to do.<br /><br />Jim should be proud, and so should both you and your husband. If more people in the world reflected on and then did the right thing, the vast majority of our problems would simply go away. Kudos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post-91081194477212552932011-10-13T18:53:49.860-07:002011-10-13T18:53:49.860-07:00Thank you wife for posting this. It needs to be s...Thank you wife for posting this. It needs to be said that some of us are historians and others of us forget. You brought to life these events for me again. I was trying to remember the events prior to reading your post, but my mind simplified it and did not remember just how brave we had to be under those circumstances, and how when faced with a hard choice, we bonded together and gave this family a glimmer of how they should be treated. In fact your unwillingness to stand by gave us a clear direction as a family that makes me proud and brought tears to my eyes once again.MacAtachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365007903877235980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post-63492048556891874572011-10-13T13:36:28.050-07:002011-10-13T13:36:28.050-07:00Thank you for writing this, and thank your hubby f...Thank you for writing this, and thank your hubby for me for standing up to "Steve" and other guys like him. It can be a hard thing, being the person who stands by, trying to help the victim decide to be a survivor, waiting for the abuser to get his due, but it is the right thing.<br /><br />You wrote this because more people need to be willing to be the person who steps in and does the right thing. And the only way to do that is to bring the darkness into the light and show it to people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post-58936989615471404352011-10-13T11:31:19.461-07:002011-10-13T11:31:19.461-07:00Proud of you. Tears in the eyes proud. Proud of yo...Proud of you. Tears in the eyes proud. Proud of you both!<br /><br />I ended up <a href="http://lordibelievehelpmyunbelief.blogspot.com/2011/10/reflection-on-domestic-violence.html" rel="nofollow">writing my own post</a> because of this one.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />DadJim Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634460171128306060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18883522.post-77889880613646916292011-10-13T10:43:53.473-07:002011-10-13T10:43:53.473-07:00"I don't even know what my point in posti...<i>"I don't even know what my point in posting this is."</i><br /><br><br />The point in posting this is to share the experience. It's usually the things that feel the most unique and the most awful that keep us silent, and when we share them we find that we were never alone, after all. Thank you for doing that with this today.<br /><br />I'm glad Ann has a friend like you.Maggie at Violence UnSilencedhttp://violenceunsilenced.comnoreply@blogger.com