Comments on: Bleeding heart

By: kelli

kelli — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:27:58 +0000

Today- stank. Completely. And this was bookmarked for me to read. I wasn’t ready when you posted it. I wanted to not be ready or willing. Now? I’m softening. Still raging against things beyond my control, but I’m trying. Thanks, sweet friend. Yes, you can speak words of comfort, even from where you are …

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:29:07 +0000

“…I wonder if those words would mean as much, would feel as valid, if I’d had times in life where I was entirely bereft.”

My husband and I are 18 months into our first adoption process. We have two biological children. This sentence exactly expresses what scares me the most about our adoption – will the gospel really resonate with them? I will admit that I even fear doubting my faith when I come up close and personal with just how sad life can be. Can my faith – which has easily sustained me through my relatively trouble-free life – really truly speak to the pain our children (not to mention their poor biological parents!) will have experienced?

I know your blog will continue to encourage me as we complete this adoption process and begin the (much more difficult) parenting process.

By: jcn

jcn — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:51:17 +0000

sooo well put…as always. thank you mary. you are such an amazing writer.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:25:49 +0000

I just wanted to say thank you for expressing in words what I have struggled with my whole life without really understanding how to express it. I only get to check in on your blog occasionally, but what you do is inspiring.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:33:23 +0000

My heart bleeds for children, too. I always say that if you want to ruin your own life, that’s one thing. But when the choices you make affect a child’s life – that’s unacceptable. It breaks my heart to see children, even in our own country, and the way they’re treated by their own parents.

By: Kristen@The Frugal Girl

Kristen@The Frugal Girl — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:16:26 +0000

I love, love, love that song! It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

By: multi-taskingmom

multi-taskingmom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:05:00 +0000

It is the faces in my dreams that make my heart bleed mostly. The ones who will never know more than hunger, and sadness and pain.

By: sarah l

sarah l — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:35:53 +0000

Hope you are okay right now. I also deal with wounded children and, like everyone, there are people in my life who are hurting that I cannot fix. When it is someone outside of the family, it is a little easier to release the burden of responsibility, but when it is our kids, who have wounds that we cannot stitch, it can be so painful. I always figure we are giving them as much as we can, more than they would have had in their past, and, at this point, that is the best we can do. Take care and don’t burden too much.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:04:29 +0000

It’s as if you are expressing what’s in my heart right now. Hearts are such vulnerable things…..mine is oh so heavy right now for a great many people.