To: greenspirit who wrote (76193 ) 3/26/2000 1:58:00 PM From: lorrie coey Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 108807
"Will they always cast such a spell?" Edwarda and MC, I found this entire vignette rather gratuitous : "Last night the baby had a bad fever and woke at 3am not able to sleep. So I took her to the cool bath and let mom rest." [I question the reason for the second sentence, and I wonder how many 'moms' would rather sleep when a small child has a fever severe enough to require a bath... but that's just crazy ole' me... ] "Sitting in the bath naked with such a small creature whimpering in discomfort depending on me, gave me all kinds of strong feelings." [Really, you were sitting in the bath naked with a fevered little Girl at 3am...while she "wimpered in discomfort, depending on [you]"... does it get any more gratuitous? Indeed it does not. ] "The kind, as men, we rarely talk about but share only within ourselves." [Unless of course, in one of those 'rare' instances, one deems it necessary to broadcast, the presence of these 'strong feelings' via the internet...I think you should keep talking. ] "The secret private time, when everything is clear." [The choice of the word 'secret' when a child is ill does without question, raise my eyebrows. But, what do I know... ] "As she calmed herself down and slowly accepted the cooling water being poured on her," [Why would one describe the cooling down of a feverish child in a bath this way...? 'being poured on her' 'she calmed herself down' 'slowly accepted' -but, again...people can do whatever they want with their kids...whenever and however they want to...and they can surely talk about their children as much and as broad-bandedly as they like! That must be one of the Joys of Parenthood. ] "I felt a deep spiritual connectedness." [...and it's nice that you've shared that with us all. What a moving description, contextually. ] "This was my baby, and she needed me."Seems that she needs a specialist...but that's really none of my business, is it, sir...? BTW, I would question the above comments, regardless of the gender of the author.