tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post114118418863718398..comments2023-10-30T08:29:17.005-05:00Comments on colla voce: coming homeloriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16197147577070055454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-1141617341353198492006-03-05T22:55:00.000-05:002006-03-05T22:55:00.000-05:00Don't mistake me, Amy. Having been gone for five ...Don't mistake me, Amy. Having been gone for five years has allowed me to not have to divorce the entire family, just the individual. Were we still living there, the story would be different. We were considering a very difficult leaving when God gave us a much easier out. These types of situations are excruciatingly difficult. I am sorry to hear you have had one of your own, and what it has cost you.<BR/><BR/>If I recall from one of your posts, you are from BG? I grew up near Pburg- my house used to be where the "new" interchange is that connects the turnpike to I75. There is a BP there now- THAT will be confusing to our kids! "Mommy grew up at the BP?"loriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197147577070055454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-1141604813882948012006-03-05T19:26:00.000-05:002006-03-05T19:26:00.000-05:00You're welcome! I think that you and I have perhap...You're welcome! I think that you and I have perhaps had a similar sort of experience (from what I can gather from the broad strokes that you painted for us, obviously the details are probably very different. Interestingly, I'm from NW Ohio as well), but it's interesting because I feel very differently about it than you do. The "he" in my situation is still there--always has been there-- and over the years has turned the church I grew up in into a place I will never set foot in again and that church family into a group I never want to see again. I feel like I had to divorce this family to save my life. I'm glad that you still have that home to go back to when you want to.amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896300213459606538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-1141580865542618702006-03-05T12:47:00.000-05:002006-03-05T12:47:00.000-05:00Good question, Amy... one that took some considera...Good question, Amy... one that took some consideration... and, yes, it would still have been home, because what makes it home (and did even then) had nothing to do with him, fortunately. He simply made it less comfortable to BE home when he WAS there-- like a sibling you're not speaking to, or something like that. Thanks for causing me to pause and think about it!loriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16197147577070055454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13997414.post-1141537566221127122006-03-05T00:46:00.000-05:002006-03-05T00:46:00.000-05:00I concur. But what if he would have still been the...I concur. But what if he would have still been there? Would it still be home?amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896300213459606538noreply@blogger.com