Nothing Like A Mother’s Love is There?

[Danjanou]

Nothing Like A Mother’s Love is There?

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sheehangrave.asp?print=y

 

[aluc]

Methinks she has a problem dealing with reality. She really is living in a dream world, and poor Casey is probably turning in his grave.  Why doesn't she just give it up , and let her kid rest in peace with some dignity.....dignity he justly deserves for his immense contribution to society.

 

[Hot Lips]

Grieving can take years, decades, in fact some people never get over the death of a loved one (by get over I mean deal with)...
Grief therapy is usually helpful to grieve in a healthy manner...

Sounds like dysfunctional grieving to me...but hey that's just my 2 cents

HL

 

[Danjanou]

Grieving can take years, decades, in fact some people never get over the death of a loved one (by get over I mean deal with)...
Grief therapy is usually helpful to grieve in a healthy manner...

Sounds like dysfunctional grieving to me...but hey that's just my 2 cents

HL

HL Dysfuntional is the first word that comes to mind whenver I think of Ms Sheenan, (several others come immediatley after :).

I think next to dysfunctional in the dictionary there is a pic of her instead of the definition.

 

[Trinity]

It pains me to say anything close to a defense for her..  but

Grief makes people do weird things.  Like HL said, she could be
considered disfunctional.  Some people keep their children's room the
same as they day they died for 20 or 30 years.  This could be akin
to NOT wanting to get a grave stone because, like the room example above,
it means having to give into the reality and accept their son/daughter
is no longer alive. 

Hope can be very very powerful.


That being said, I'm not for her politics.

 

[TMM]

True Trinity.

It took my mum about 4 years to get a proper marker for my brother's grave.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

I like the part where she says the government was supposed to pick up the tab for engraving Superman's insignia and the Van Halen logo on his headstone, because it is "their fault" that he was killed.

 

[Springroll]

That made me sick!

As much as I would love to think she is having issues with greiving, I am curious how much greiving she did when in Hawaii, or elsewhere, with her son's life insurance money.

It is a good thing that her son can't see her now.
He would probably be completely humilitated at her behaviour!

I know I would be.

 

[Trinity]

As much as I would love to think she is having issues with greiving, I am curious how much greiving she did when in Hawaii, or elsewhere, with her son's life insurance money.

I think the point is she's not dealing with her grief (or avoiding it or handling it well)... hence a trip to Hawaii....

The more you can minimize it (or the less you deal with it) the more you can do..... until it catches up to you.

 

[Hot Lips]

I am not sure how I would feel if I lost one of my two children prematurely...
No one ever knows how they will react until the time comes...I can equate it to PTSD...two people can be exposed to the same thing...one will not be affected at all and one may be affected for life...
You never know what, where or when something is going to affect you or how...

I do agree the politicking I do not agree with but the "abnormal grieving" that "we"... and I use that term loosely seem to think she is going through...is perhaps quite a normal phenomena...

Just my two cents...I have dealt with death and dying for years and I think have seen many variations of grief...

HL

 

[Springroll]

I can understand how grieving affects people differently.

I don't know how I would react if it was my kids that had passed, but preparing for my husband's surgery brought about a certain type of greiving that I had never experienced before. Almost preparing yourself for the inevitable. Wouldn't this be something similar to what someone would go through with their loved one going off to war?

 

[AKA Sam]

Casey was a hero. He paid the ultimate price for his country.  It's unfortunate that he's not being remembered with the dignity that he deserves. It's understandable that his mother is grieving but losing a son in war does not give her anymore rights than the next person to change politics.  I think her behaviour is a discredit to Casey and the fine young man/soldier that he was.  Just my opinion.

 

[paracowboy]

from family, she apparently was dead-set against young Casey enlisting in the first place, and they didn't get along. He disapproved of her politics and friends, she disapproved of his Service and friends.