tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post966475180667335555..comments2023-10-28T04:39:52.536-05:00Comments on "Hold my hand" A social worker's blog: The language of loveHold my hand: a social worker's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06283197748791227012noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-87924997969821529052010-07-07T20:25:33.711-05:002010-07-07T20:25:33.711-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-324393142515112642010-07-05T19:52:33.589-05:002010-07-05T19:52:33.589-05:00Dearest Doris,
How gifted you are to open up the ...Dearest Doris,<br /><br />How gifted you are to open up the sluices of your heart to let the tears run and then taking all the emotions out with the tip of your fingers on the keyboard. This makes that love eternal as it becomes written down and useful to so many who need a nudge in this time and era. Sure this is heartwarming to know that there are still people with an over-sized heart!<br /><brMariette VandenMunckhof-Vedderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877699174880945452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-24682234959046997522010-06-13T20:11:52.813-05:002010-06-13T20:11:52.813-05:00Aw, what a beautiful post. This reminds me of losi...Aw, what a beautiful post. This reminds me of losing my father when I was seventeen - it wasn't as simple as when he was ready to go. We weren't ready to have him go. Such a complicated thing, saying goodbye.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing - this is a sad story, but it's also wonderful to have love like that, too. We can't have the good without some bad.Guineverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058786129073896210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-28036231871670016192010-06-13T12:05:13.930-05:002010-06-13T12:05:13.930-05:00I would've been a crying mess. The role you pl...I would've been a crying mess. The role you play in family's lives gives you the opportunity to show your emotions and it's quite alright.<br /><br />I believe that she was also saying, "I'll always be in your heart." <br /><br />The connection between the two of them is beautiful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459265311205890622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-77002484706295176072010-06-13T10:07:47.626-05:002010-06-13T10:07:47.626-05:00This is so touching. It takes alot of guts to be a...This is so touching. It takes alot of guts to be an unselfish social worker like you.<br /><br />Great story!Shingo Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022774162156372484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-3509410576492598352010-06-11T20:02:13.514-05:002010-06-11T20:02:13.514-05:00Cry and don't be ashamed. They know how much ...Cry and don't be ashamed. They know how much you care. You can be strong and show your tears at the same time.Mary Aalgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051735579638637382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-62665881011382172282010-06-11T00:27:49.733-05:002010-06-11T00:27:49.733-05:00This was very touching. You are in a very noble jo...This was very touching. You are in a very noble job, it really is hard not to cry in such situations. One has to be tough. <br />Great write up. Thank you for sharing this story.Indranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097788106899971708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-79948611119547648502010-06-10T10:18:02.597-05:002010-06-10T10:18:02.597-05:00Doris, I just read the comment you left on my blog...Doris, I just read the comment you left on my blog today, June 11th. And now I am here, having just read this beautiful story. I'm glad I met you. We have much in common. Taking care of my daughter, and my mother before she died, and trying to emotionally support my troubled brother (and I have been trying to write a book with a friend in Los Angeles who has a severely disabled son) I can Ann Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628616245339887301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-81964179112434766272010-06-10T06:26:41.585-05:002010-06-10T06:26:41.585-05:00as a social worker...I've been there too and s...as a social worker...I've been there too and sometimes it's really hard not to cry. I always consider myself so fortunate though to be on the journey of so many awesome people. Stay strong ok. You have a great heart.Nikki (Sarah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-49205834645571108392010-06-10T04:47:44.238-05:002010-06-10T04:47:44.238-05:00A touching story and a lovely one. Crying does not...A touching story and a lovely one. Crying does not mean we're 'softies' . It means we're just human. I admire your strength to help others.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272333503136774741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-72543224115831519412010-06-09T15:29:29.687-05:002010-06-09T15:29:29.687-05:00It truly does take a strong individual to bear the...It truly does take a strong individual to bear the burdens of others while bearing your own. My Pastor has often said that when you know you are mature you are able to carry two bears on your shoulders...that is, to bear and to forbear.<br />I have worked closely in system within parent reunifuaction programs and my mother is a social worker mainly working with youth and sexual abuse. It takes Barbra The Bloggesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865022092066354784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-84153339863184819532010-06-09T14:12:59.435-05:002010-06-09T14:12:59.435-05:00Hi there! Thank you so much for stopping by my bl...Hi there! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! <br /><br />This is an extremely emotional story!! We had put my mother in the nursing home 2 years ago due to Alzheimer's....she is so so so unhappy. My prayer is that the Lord will take her home to make her whole again. It is an extremely bittersweet prayer as I understand the daughter's heart in this story.<br /><br />God bless Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812909403595609682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-40197601836234737272010-06-09T07:28:25.610-05:002010-06-09T07:28:25.610-05:00I cry at everything, which is why I could never do...I cry at everything, which is why I could never do what you do. It takes no only a big heart, but strength too to do your job. You obviously have both.Stinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415189347501942340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-87014152334596781412010-06-08T23:30:51.777-05:002010-06-08T23:30:51.777-05:00Very hard job! You must have the biggest heart.
Fo...Very hard job! You must have the biggest heart.<br />Following... :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337300945942086993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-73569156471703169932010-06-08T21:00:24.823-05:002010-06-08T21:00:24.823-05:00This was a beautiful post. Your writing is so vivi...This was a beautiful post. Your writing is so vivid.. and brought me to a climax of tears.<br /> It is okay.. just human emotion.<br />It is with great gratitude I wish to thank you for being all that you are to us in a world so hurtful/hurting and /pain.<br />You are a wondeful person to support and aid in treatment of these patients.<br />Thank you for being here and thank you for visiting my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-5410573139587810562010-06-08T20:16:57.815-05:002010-06-08T20:16:57.815-05:00Oh my goodness, I don't know how you do it. I...Oh my goodness, I don't know how you do it. I'd be a mess. I'm thankful there are strong people like you in the world who help these people in times of need.Julie Musilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150454913885915017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-73027716580497984172010-06-08T07:49:49.911-05:002010-06-08T07:49:49.911-05:00I have been there before and I cried as I read thi...I have been there before and I cried as I read this. I know well those meetings and the role of a social worker and sometimes yes, the tears do come but I think the family needs to know that you do care, understand and are human too:) You certainly are all of those. <br />I wish you could have been the social worker I worked with. Your comapassion is so evident! I'd still be one right now if Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5933357007596623587.post-614078546598508332010-06-08T07:31:54.018-05:002010-06-08T07:31:54.018-05:00What a beautiful and sad story. I'd be crying ...What a beautiful and sad story. I'd be crying right along with them.Aubriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884036126491922530noreply@blogger.com