Comments on: “That’s why she’s an angel.” http://deadcantrant.com/blog/archives/2005/01/23/thats-why-shes-an-angel/ When you're dead it's too late Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:21:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marilyn Lazarus http://deadcantrant.com/blog/archives/2005/01/23/thats-why-shes-an-angel/#comment-769 Marilyn Lazarus Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:55:17 +0000 /?p=198#comment-769 Dave, I don't know where you got that information from, but false words flung about have no meaning without proper investigation, understanding of circumstance, and people involved. I am Jonathan's mother who birthed, nursed, loved him, and raised him for 17 years. You have no business coming up with false facts and passing them off as truth. There was no dumping (how dare you), just a rendering of facts when he was in his troubled teens, and a choice laid out before him. His father had been in prison for the first few years of my son's life. Before that, he was driving DWI, while I was in the car very pregnant with our son. I'm so glad a truck driver called about him weaving in and out of traffic, before someone got hurt. I had to get someone to bail him out of jail that night. The sentence of the drunk driver who almost killed Jonathan didn't get the maximum sentence. Much was made of the fact that I asked for some leniency, meaning the five years plus if he messes up and blows his chance, he's in for life (being that he already had 2 DWI related charges). It's these conditions plus his youth and the chance to turn a life around with a family realizing the severity and consequences of his problem, and his and their remorse. Of course, I am devasted by what happened to my son and have no need to explain deeply personal feelings to your ill conceived judgements. As far as the "angel" goes, yes, she is doing a very good job if perhaps reveling a bit too much in that role. Jonathan did go through a period of difficulty there of breaking away to independence and some choices he made. It does make me wonder how the stepmother could so much prefer his broken dependent attitude toward the latter. It reeks of perversity, and saddens me. Marilyn Lazarus Dave,
I don’t know where you got that information from, but false words flung about have no meaning without proper investigation, understanding of circumstance, and people involved. I am Jonathan’s
mother who birthed, nursed, loved him, and raised him for 17 years. You have no business coming
up with false facts and passing them off as truth. There was no dumping (how dare you), just a rendering of facts when he was in his troubled teens, and a choice laid out before him.
His father had been in prison for the first few years of my son’s life. Before that, he was
driving DWI, while I was in the car very pregnant with our son. I’m so glad a truck driver called
about him weaving in and out of traffic, before someone got hurt. I had to get someone to bail him
out of jail that night.
The sentence of the drunk driver who almost killed Jonathan didn’t get the maximum sentence.
Much was made of the fact that I asked for some leniency, meaning the five years plus if he messes up and blows his chance, he’s in for life (being that he already had 2 DWI related charges). It’s
these conditions plus his youth and the chance to turn a life around with a family realizing the
severity and consequences of his problem, and his and their remorse. Of course, I am devasted by
what happened to my son and have no need to explain deeply personal feelings to your ill conceived
judgements.
As far as the “angel” goes, yes, she is doing a very good job if perhaps reveling a bit too
much in that role. Jonathan did go through a period of difficulty there of breaking away to
independence and some choices he made. It does make me wonder how the stepmother could so much
prefer his broken dependent attitude toward the latter. It reeks of perversity, and saddens me.

Marilyn Lazarus

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