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SAY NO TO THE ASHLEY TREATMENT
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- Claire
- I am a Canadian single mom juggling life, work and care for a child disabled from stroke. About all of life's ups and downs and some crazy/questionable/fun stuff. B.A., M.A. Religious Studies, Montessori Diploma.
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This is a real fucking tragedy...I will miss your musings about life and disability and everything else, especially keeping up with Sophie. Would it help if I hired a "hit man"? Sorry to see ya off line...
ReplyDeleteHorrible, horrible, horrible! Please reconsider!
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Sorry to see you leave Claire. You will be missed.
ReplyDeleteOh, no. Can't you have it be a password protected site? I'm so sorry.
ReplyDeleteOh no... What a shame that one bad apple can spoil it for the rest. Would you consider going 'private' instead perhaps? Your writing is a literary joy, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who is very sorry to see you go.
ReplyDeleteBut that means the bad guys win! Please reconsider, maybe go private. I'll look for you over at Single Dad but it won't be the same.
ReplyDeleteWhat an infuriating shame!
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to miss Sophie and Eldest stories so much.
Claire, thank you so much for all your blog-work. Will miss it loads. Be well.
ReplyDeleteWhile you could you have been a blessing for other parents in your circumstance. Good-bye Claire, and Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy your writing. It's a shame that one can have such an influence on another's life, but I understand. I also understand if you don't want to go 'private.' Nothing is private on the internet! :) Best of luck to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteI'm at a loss for words Claire...it sounds like someone is bullying you and that is so wrong. I liked Elizabeth's suggestion at first but then, if you have to hide to express yourself, what's the point?
ReplyDeleteYou have been an inspiration to me and I feel your postings have always been balanced and full of self-restraint...what a horrible situation...I hope this will see some degree of resolve...
Oh Claire -- i'm sad to read this message. I haven't been following closely so I wasn't aware of what was happening. I do know what it feels like to write as honestly as one can and to share vulnerability and ambiguity and have someone read into your writing all kinds of things that weren't there -- and then judge you.
ReplyDeleteI hope this may be a 'hiatus' and you may come back at a later date. Hugs to you and your girls! xo
Very sad to read this, one of too many good bloggers that have decided to call it a day this year - many due to hassle :(
ReplyDeleteomg! feeling angry and sad. i hope to see you surface again soon. much love to you and sophie...
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is thank god. The competition was killing me.
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Be well, sweetheart, I am sure we will see you again in blogland ...
This is a great loss. Will miss your spark.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to read this! I only started reading your blog a few months ago, and I will miss it very much. I completely understand about being misconstrued, though.
ReplyDeleteBlessings on your journey with Sophie! I hope you're able to come back at some point.
Oh no! I will miss your posts! Best wishes to you and Sophie and I hope you can find your way back some time soon.
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed. Your intelligent, funny, insightful posts have helped me immeasurably in an often difficult and frustrating journey with my beautiful, severely disabled, technology dependent, medically fragile daughter.(our current challenge is appealing her loss of night nursing because she turned 21, aging out of children's services). I selfishlly am hoping you will return.
ReplyDeleteBest to you, Sue.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference - dixit some Italian guy.
ReplyDeleteWish you all the best!
Very sorry to see you go, Claire -- I hope you'll be back before very long once whatever has caused this has been sorted out.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear this Claire. I will miss you. Your blog was the first I found that I could connect with that helped me make sense of what I was going through, that helped me feel less alone. Thank you for that. It was a big deal.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you and Sophie and sending all my love and best wishes.
I am sorry that you feel that stopping the blog is what you need to do. I have an adult handicapped child and I have always felt that your blog was an honest statement of what it is like to have an handicapped child. Forgiving mistakes can mean the death of your child. Every day is a challenge with tasks no one else understands. How much you love this child, and how much it take of you to keep them alive. I will miss following you and Sophie. i felt you a kindred spirit in a world that thought I was mean and hard when I really wanted was to make sure my child achieved everything they could. i remember when I hard a hard time with an occupational therapist who spent the precious hour my chid had with her talking to someone else in the room and simply repeating the exercise from a prior session. No session is casual and no session is to be short changed because it is the holidays. i will miss reading about Sophie and especially bout you - another mother- and how your life was going.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry. I've lurked here a while - found through Single Dad. I love how you write and I love your honesty. I don't know any details... just what people have sort of implied. Unfortunately, as I found out during my divorce, it's not against the law to be a dick. It's really difficult. Please stay strong. It's the only way.
ReplyDeleteDear Claire, very sorry to hear you have to close up shop for a while. I have been reading you for a couple of years and you are a terrific, evocative, strong writer and a fearless, amazing, unstoppable mum. Apart from my selfish reasons for being sorry (I won't get to read you), I am also sorry if anyone is hurting you and I'm sorry you won't get the release from writing, which was surely doing you good. Much respect and goodwill to you and Sophie from J.W., a dad in Montreal.
ReplyDeleteshitters... i was gone for a while and i come back to find out one of my favorite people/writers/caretakers is LEAVING the blogosphere?!?!? I am so sad. i'll have to piece together what exactly prompted this. if you ever do a private blog, please remember to invite me. i think you are magnificent and i've always loved your honesty, compassion, spirit, and the way you can turn a phrase and make us all think. I wish you and sophie and your entire family all the best forever and ever. you are incredible and i admire the hell outta ya! :(
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