This is a tough one for us and I've asked Greg his opinion. The poster has not violated our terms of service. She has not attacked anyone, written anything libelous, etc. But for the first time we have received a request for a post to be taken down--that says something.

We are going to leave it up, for the time being at least.

What Casandra has done is tell a story that cries for intervention and it is to whom I write this comment. By participating here she has opened herself up and perhaps someone can or will write something that will help her take the next and obvious step of getting help.

Casandra, I'm going to put your history aside because I don't think that's the issue. The issue is what you decide to do now and how you move forward.

You should consider yourself at a cross roads. You can run or you can work on fixing what you can. You have a broken relationship, a lot of people do and sometimes they get fixed. You have anger and an unhealthy perspective about how motherhood. I'm sure there are other things. But you also have enough perspective to come to a website and write something you probably know is not going to be well-received. I think that says something.

Without judging or attacking you, I strongly hope that you elect to get help. You have horrible stories about your childhood, it's time that you do something to insure that your kids don't grow up with their own horrible stories.

The kind of things you've written are far beyond what can be addressed on the Internet. You need counseling.

It's not too late. But don't wait.

Well, that's my opinion.

Wesley Hein
Wesley [at] lifetwo [dot] com
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