This was the norm when I was a young teenager. The girls went to ‘visit’ a relative in a distant state. In fact one would tell me later they were put in a Catholic home for unwed mothers. She was allowed to hold her son before they took him from her.There was no choice involved.
My Good Catholic family is well versed on this subject. 23&me brings the past to light. Sometimes with startling, shocking, numbing revelations. Patris's comments above are spot on.
Great but Revealing writing about my family. Fiction drifts into reality.
Ack... so many emotions.
This actually happened at my school...a girl got pregnant... her mom had a baby 9 months later.
So fucked up...I still wonder if they are lying to that baby
This was the norm when I was a young teenager. The girls went to ‘visit’ a relative in a distant state. In fact one would tell me later they were put in a Catholic home for unwed mothers. She was allowed to hold her son before they took him from her.There was no choice involved.
Lots of horror stories out there. Seems like lots of adoptees are meeting birth parents now
Yes - I personally know of one. (Again, generational). A good but painful thing.
J, thank you for this quietly complex story. Hypocrisy was the name of the game - and I suspect still is.
This one was quite sickening.
But then the ending really was.
Coral is tough, but she needs help. And her mother is not going to give it.
Excellent story, Jimmy.
You really are a Renaissance man!
A lot of story, right here. That’s what you do so well, Sir Wordsmith ~
Honestly, you didn't even need to say that.It was the stepfather that got her pregnant.The story itself is enough to be sad about.
The stepfather part is why she feels like amputating a finger. No one tells a kid that they're lying about missing a finger
Sadly so true
Ugh. Stepfather’s DNA. Mom fattening up to fake a pregnancy. How fucked up is this family? Coral doesn’t stand a chance.
People can overcome a lot of crazy shit
Oh the mendacity
Jimmy
My Good Catholic family is well versed on this subject. 23&me brings the past to light. Sometimes with startling, shocking, numbing revelations. Patris's comments above are spot on.
Great but Revealing writing about my family. Fiction drifts into reality.
Touché
PS: Shag Carpet, ugh did you have too?
Yep
This is one I almost wish didn't hit home for readers
Excellent portrait of a kid feeling isolated and under pressure. Well done.
Thanks. I think this might be one of my favorites
Oooh so sad that the burden ends up on the poor young girl.
But it works that way a lot
Excellent story. 3 chords and the truth.
I would love to be remembered as The Ramones of fiction