tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post3595117507831321711..comments2023-10-22T05:08:51.281-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Rotten Correspondent: Markthe rotten correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-77094396674985662512008-09-26T20:59:00.000-06:002008-09-26T20:59:00.000-06:00Your gift for pulling me, the reader, in is astoni...Your gift for pulling me, the reader, in is astonishing, RC. The devastation of your 15 year old self, your father, your precious baby brother. The mantle of responsibility you had to assume for your siblings.<BR/>The chill descended on me, here.<BR/>XO<BR/>WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-80568438488837226582008-09-26T17:31:00.000-06:002008-09-26T17:31:00.000-06:00I'm thinking two things, one... 18 months later? ...I'm thinking two things, one... 18 months later? The pain would be indescribable.<BR/><BR/>The second point, your writing is brilliant. You should write a book in the style of James Herriots vet books. Stories, some with sad endings but all somehow enriching. You could do this, and when you sell millions, you could cut back to part time at the ED.Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563150483422859462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-12643500660243077192008-09-26T17:00:00.000-06:002008-09-26T17:00:00.000-06:00This has pulled at my heart so deeply, I am typing...This has pulled at my heart so deeply, I am typing through tears. And you wrote the bulk of that at 18? You are remarkable. To come through that and still come out the other side telling the tale but still smiling at the end of the day...<BR/><BR/>What a fantastic big sister, daughter, wife, mother and nurse. The depth of feeling and the care is so very evident in this post.Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247084030899971480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-88520491106872233712008-09-26T14:59:00.000-06:002008-09-26T14:59:00.000-06:00What a terrible thing to happen. A very sad story,...What a terrible thing to happen. A very sad story, brilliantly told.<BR/><BR/>Mya xMyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106690738320651376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-56549913650214172062008-09-26T13:17:00.000-06:002008-09-26T13:17:00.000-06:00Incredibly moving - and incredibly written.Incredibly moving - and incredibly written.Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-62051517833007423312008-09-26T11:55:00.000-06:002008-09-26T11:55:00.000-06:00I don't believe there is anything worse than the d...I don't believe there is anything worse than the death of a child. I remember my Father coming back from the hospital and telling me and my younger brother that our newest brother had lived only an hour. Then the calls from my son's first partner telling my first my granddaughter had died and then three weeks later my grandson had gone. You have my total sympathy RC. xAkelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-86267086201565314272008-09-26T11:17:00.000-06:002008-09-26T11:17:00.000-06:00this is just so sad. you have been through a lot, ...this is just so sad. you have been through a lot, haven't you? *hugs*Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365631315923740004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-10448866486536268852008-09-26T11:08:00.000-06:002008-09-26T11:08:00.000-06:00How truly dreadful. Just awful.Even in college, yo...How truly dreadful. Just awful.<BR/><BR/>Even in college, you could write brilliantly. That feeling of cold, the way it cocoons the outer world, then the coldness of the baby in his best pyjamas. Seeing your dad, "like a child himself". It's all incredible writing.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-40834910703403515982008-09-26T09:05:00.000-06:002008-09-26T09:05:00.000-06:00Oh Dear God!RC - too much pain. Too much.Oh Dear God!<BR/><BR/>RC - too much pain. Too much.aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-36811862529226694602008-09-26T07:05:00.000-06:002008-09-26T07:05:00.000-06:00I was still in high school the first time a baby w...I was still in high school the first time a baby was lost in my little circle of friends and family. There were three such funerals before I turned twenty. The first was stillborn, but the other two were babies I held, babies I knew. I know how you felt.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-88113357850185243062008-09-26T03:02:00.000-06:002008-09-26T03:02:00.000-06:00dear god, you have me in tears again. So sorry for...dear god, you have me in tears again. So sorry for your losses. And you have been a writer since English 101- powerful stuffspeccyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910768878700620483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-15902807818934137012008-09-26T01:40:00.000-06:002008-09-26T01:40:00.000-06:00Very powerful - I feel like I was there.I'm just w...Very powerful - I feel like I was there.<BR/><BR/>I'm just wondering, how would this essay be different if you wrote it now, with all the years between you and the event and the births of your own children?-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359625931588140579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-65787091181019384622008-09-26T00:15:00.000-06:002008-09-26T00:15:00.000-06:00RC, that was a heart wrenching account and no 15 y...RC, that was a heart wrenching account and no 15 year old should have to cope with that.<BR/>So sorry.<BR/>Your present nursing skills came right out that day, even though you didn't know you had them at the time.I expect your younger siblings were very grateful that you were around to help bring some stability on that sad day.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-72815944876281839922008-09-25T23:53:00.000-06:002008-09-25T23:53:00.000-06:00How utterly heartbreaking to read. I think I held ...How utterly heartbreaking to read. I think I held my breath through the entire post. <BR/><BR/>I just want to reach through and hug that 15 year old you. I'd settle for hugging the adult you if I could. <BR/><BR/>I agree with heather that no family should have to go through an experience like this (and twice is overwhelming to think about). I am so very, very sorry that you and your family had to.Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471803757485977959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-91653530842532298762008-09-25T23:43:00.000-06:002008-09-25T23:43:00.000-06:00Oh, my heart broke open reading this.Nobody, no fa...Oh, my heart broke open reading this.<BR/><BR/>Nobody, no family, should have to experience a moment like this. I'm so sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com