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MaryMagdaline

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22. Only a person with empathy like yourself will recall your own fear

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 07:23 PM

Jun 2018

And relate it to the experiences of other children.

I am grateful for your humanity and those of others on this site. I can’t get through these next years without that humanity.

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When I was 3, I mistakenly took a strange woman's hand [View all] catbyte Jun 2018 OP

Same EXACT thing happened to me in the grocery store. Cracklin Charlie Jun 2018 #1

Same EXACT thing happened to me - leaving church after Mass on Sunday. calimary Jun 2018 #30

Exactly. I vividly remember an incident that lasted a moment after 60 years. I can't catbyte Jun 2018 #42

It's state-sponsored child abuse. calimary Jun 2018 #46

Me, too. nt lillypaddle Jun 2018 #40

They don't care! They view those kids as less than themselves. Perhaps 3/5 of a human! Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2018 #2

Unfortunately, you are correct, Floyd Ohiogal Jun 2018 #8

But it's all to protect... Uh... What are we protecting again? Beartracks Jun 2018 #44

I was around the same age when my mom was in a very bad wreck. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #3

I'm so sorry, Solly Mack Ohiogal Jun 2018 #6

Thank you, Ohiogal Solly Mack Jun 2018 #14

Poetic justice, Scarsdale Jun 2018 #53

Too sad malaise Jun 2018 #10

Thank you, malaise. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #15

omg. that is horrible Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #33

She was a horrible woman. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #34

Oh, Solly. suffragette Jun 2018 #51

Thanks, suffragette Solly Mack Jun 2018 #52

When I was nine my mother went to hospital for a year. nolabear Jun 2018 #4

Me too. My dad was standing with a group of men. Back then Luz Jun 2018 #5

When we were in a hotel lobby in downtown Cleveland Ohiogal Jun 2018 #7

That happened to me also as a kid kimbutgar Jun 2018 #9

They will be dysfunctional adults. lpbk2713 Jun 2018 #11

This. Republican policies are geared to proving governmental incompetence. BBG Jun 2018 #29

Like jocks who think math is dumb, Republicans hate govt cuz they suck at it. Beartracks Jun 2018 #45

Great story. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #12

when my daughter was two, she walked on the other side of a display in a store yurbud Jun 2018 #13

Happened to me, but I was 5...so it wasn't very traumatic LeftInTX Jun 2018 #16

When you discover your mom is nowhere to be seen, it's terrifying. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #17

I remember that feeling too. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #21

There is just such a disgust factor with Trump's policy here and bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #18

When I Was in My Twenties Leith Jun 2018 #19

And I remember a different scene -- RandomAccess Jun 2018 #20

The event in this video plays like a movie... from distraught mom, crowd helping, distraught child, Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #36

Only a person with empathy like yourself will recall your own fear MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #22

i FEEL the same way you do...but I'll get kicked off if I say a bad word... onecent Jun 2018 #23

I never had kids MurrayDelph Jun 2018 #24

Of course they won't! Good memory Cha Jun 2018 #25

My parents when really angry MuseRider Jun 2018 #26

ack!! Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #37

Exactly. MuseRider Jun 2018 #38

That is awful. True Blue American Jun 2018 #50

Yes--It IS Traumatic and I remember Like Yesterday! DoctorJoJo Jun 2018 #27

I got separated from my family at age 7 at the New York Worlds Fair (1965) at closing time. no_hypocrisy Jun 2018 #28

Happy birthday cat Tye and thank you for posting Dream Girl Jun 2018 #31

I never lost track of a parent but I "misplaced" my eldest nephew at the zoo when he was about 3 dflprincess Jun 2018 #32

Funny!:) True Blue American Jun 2018 #49

I don't want to diminish your trauma but cooldude Jun 2018 #35

Not all Romanians are Gypsies True Blue American Jun 2018 #48

This all is starting to bring up some bad memories that I thought trickyguy Jun 2018 #39

I want to thank everyone for their stories. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #41

I was left "home alone" firstwife Jun 2018 #43

When I was about that age, maybe a couple of years older, True Blue American Jun 2018 #47

I think many of us have a story of looking away for a second or two tulipsandroses Jun 2018 #54

This is the GOP's idea of family values RainCaster Jun 2018 #55