tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post2792149184589787867..comments2023-11-13T02:00:52.653+11:00Comments on life's free treats: Far Stranger Than Fiction.meggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-91812491554489227082007-06-20T17:18:00.000+10:002007-06-20T17:18:00.000+10:00Sadly child abuse is a very real and present threa...Sadly child abuse is a very real and present threat in society - my own uncle is in prison for life for carrying out some horrendous stuff, fortunately I was only very mildly affected as he had very limited access to me but my aunts, uncles and cousins were less fortunate - I suppose all this does tend to colour my judgement but I'm a firm believer in either the death penalty or absolute life imprisonment for such evil people as I do not believe they can ever be cured. Sadly in the UK it seems you will recieve a longer custodial sentence for commercial fraud than for child abuse - what value does society put on the lives and innocence of children - as you can imagine I am very watchful over my three!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352283065863856112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-5994691020620260272007-06-20T11:42:00.000+10:002007-06-20T11:42:00.000+10:00How very sad. We have an abusive neighbor; fortuna...How very sad. We have an abusive neighbor; fortunately, his ex-wife and children are no longer with him. He does have a live-in girlfriend, or maybe they are married. I worry fo her.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06588693337401747260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-53924781226550579112007-06-20T07:16:00.000+10:002007-06-20T07:16:00.000+10:00Goodness, as everyone has said, how terrible. Chil...Goodness, as everyone has said, how terrible. Children are so vulnerable, and trusting. <BR/><BR/>I've been away or busy and am just catching up with my favourite blogs. Much sympathy for all your travails. It never rains but it pours - literally, in this case. Hope the sun comes out soon - literally and metaphorically.<BR/><BR/>Your dogs look lovely, by the way!! I like some dogs; it's just that I'm scared of big snarly ones.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-12440958925928761512007-06-20T04:02:00.000+10:002007-06-20T04:02:00.000+10:00What a sad story Meggie, but so sensitively shared...What a sad story Meggie, but so sensitively shared with us. I will always wonder with you what happened to those poor children.Digitalgranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213778111516418003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-38522132518302937272007-06-20T00:36:00.000+10:002007-06-20T00:36:00.000+10:00Meggie, you have become one of my favorites... I h...Meggie, you have become one of my favorites... I have gone back to your first blogs and started reading. You are definitely an artist. Your dolls, bears, and quilts are outstanding!! ~laterancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-28137185036614215252007-06-20T00:08:00.000+10:002007-06-20T00:08:00.000+10:00So sad! No one really knows what goes on in the ho...So sad! No one really knows what goes on in the homes all around them. Tragic!!ancient onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996555276368371467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-11740164547299087582007-06-19T22:40:00.000+10:002007-06-19T22:40:00.000+10:00What an incredibly sad and tragic tale. I pray tha...What an incredibly sad and tragic tale. I pray that Glen and his siblings have found peace and love in their lives, but so often stories like this don't have very happy endings... I hope there are three exceptions in this case.Mrs. Goodneedlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453388163219666450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-48239458385361017142007-06-19T21:43:00.000+10:002007-06-19T21:43:00.000+10:00A sad story and one that is all too common. I work...A sad story and one that is all too common. I worked with a man, who always seemed to pick girl friends who were single mums with young boys, and one day he was arrested and charged. One of the boys involved late tried to take his own life. I would feel sick when I thought about it, and remember the times I had proudly and innocently shared photos of my young grandson. <BR/>The man you described deserved all he got. I hope Glen grew up and was able to make something of his life.<BR/>xxSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731396546695910306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-4040560870219658572007-06-19T16:08:00.000+10:002007-06-19T16:08:00.000+10:00These kind of people sicken me. Poor Glen. I hope ...These kind of people sicken me. Poor Glen. I hope he grew up happy and healthy and didn't let this affect his relationships or the way he views the world.<BR/><BR/>Kids so deserve a better start in life than that.Aunty Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433383999833031264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-9312254679375635422007-06-19T14:06:00.000+10:002007-06-19T14:06:00.000+10:00Such a sad story - the poor family losing their mu...Such a sad story - the poor family losing their mum like that and who would know what they had endured over the years. Here's hoping Glen came out of this ok - maybe one day you may be able to track him down.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886198661034264422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-36558942105910394632007-06-19T13:43:00.000+10:002007-06-19T13:43:00.000+10:00These people who harm children. What goes ON in th...These people who harm children. What goes ON in their brains? It's just not right. I hope Glen grew up okay.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-47121557201608600642007-06-19T11:19:00.000+10:002007-06-19T11:19:00.000+10:00People who hurt children no matter how they do it,...People who hurt children no matter how they do it, deserve the worst. <BR/><BR/>Nice picnic set you got in the mail, lucky you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891803528855597132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81433556601429198692007-06-19T09:22:00.000+10:002007-06-19T09:22:00.000+10:00Oh Meggie, how sad. I too, hope Glen had a good li...Oh Meggie, how sad. I too, hope Glen had a good life.caramaenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424093087905485630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-5631710100420729622007-06-19T08:53:00.000+10:002007-06-19T08:53:00.000+10:00Anne, I could scarcely believe it when I found out...Anne, I could scarcely believe it when I found out. The abuse was only discovered by 'accident'- a chance remark made my one of the scouts.<BR/>Fifi, I hope Glen went on to have a nice life. He was such a sunny little boy.<BR/>Tanya, I hope in my heart, that by coming to visit us, Glen avoided the worst, & I like to think he was too talkative, to be targetted. Those creeps pick their victims very carefully. The family friend, who was hostile witness, always felt 'new dad' chose the mother as a means to get to the children.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-81837080071141755322007-06-19T08:50:00.000+10:002007-06-19T08:50:00.000+10:00Your story made my blood run cold, how do men like...Your story made my blood run cold, how do men like this end up deceiving women and worming their way into families, just to ruin them?<BR/>I bought up my three boys entirely on my own and regret they didn't have a father figure, but stories like that make me think they weren't so bad off....<BR/>Check out my blog for a post I think will make you smile!merethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269633942437517852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-31041896192123394942007-06-19T08:28:00.000+10:002007-06-19T08:28:00.000+10:00Oh, my. I'm so sorry. In some ways this is the old...Oh, my. I'm so sorry. In some ways this is the oldest story in the world, but it's always gut-wrenching.<BR/><BR/>I'm not surprised that Glen's "new Dad" came to an unpleasant end. Evidently pedophiles aren't well-liked in prison. Fellow inmates tend to "deal with them", shall we say, while guards look the other way.<BR/><BR/>A great deal has happened during the last thirty or forty years. There's less of a stigma from being a victim of child abuse than there once was. Such cases are made more public, and the victims are encouraged to not feel at fault or ashamed.<BR/><BR/>What I'm going to hope is Glen (and his siblings) have absorbed some of this thinking and that the sad little children within have gotten to heal a bit.Tanya Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919250829858831002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-55977375155808408322007-06-19T07:43:00.000+10:002007-06-19T07:43:00.000+10:00Meggie!!That is so horrible.I hope he died slowly....Meggie!!<BR/><BR/>That is so horrible.<BR/>I hope he died slowly.<BR/><BR/>Wish you knew where Glen was.fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33880433.post-41698015438665086362007-06-19T07:38:00.000+10:002007-06-19T07:38:00.000+10:00Oh Meggie! What a story! You gave me a lump in my ...Oh Meggie! What a story! You gave me a lump in my throat... And I'm sorry to say that I believe you remember it pretty acurately! There are cruel people in this world! Luckely I have never experienced the hard side of life, but I have had friends at school and from other periods in my life I knew was having a hard time... sometimes I wonder where they are and how they are doing, if there was something I could have done for them back then... I hope Glen is OK!Anne Idahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03980121747791507415noreply@blogger.com