Title: Regret
Nancy is one sick individual. Why hasn't she gotten help? I see what you were doing there with the whole "baby in the trash can" thing but I don't feel any sympathy for her. Like how can you direct your anger at a whole race of people because YOUR parents threw you away? One thing about that faceoff between Tam and Nancy...maybe Tam did go a bit far with Dana but at least she didn't make up an elaborate lie. Dana disobeyed her and Tam made her read a scripture stating that. I'm tjhinking that I need to go back and read the chapter...I mean did Tam really say that Dana will go to hell? Sorry, I can't remember the scripture you quoted in that chapter.
I'm so happy that Tam and Jayden "made up" and now he knows...loved the ending of this chapter.
Author's Response: Tam didn't tell Dana she was going to hell, that was Dana's interpretation of what she said. Tam just pointed out the scripture showing her that while Jesus was doing good, when his parents told him to come home, he did so without any back talk. Tam had always been easy on the kids and had never really yelled at them. She lost it when Dana was showing Nancy so much attention and it scared Dana. Now she doesn't want to be 'bad' again and have her mother yelling, but she feels a strong desire to 'save' Nancy so she's conflicted. More on that coming up.
As for sympathy for Nancy, I wasn't trying to get that at all. My point is that there is a reason why people are the way they are. Everyone is born as innocent babies and their attititudes and lives are shaped by their experiences. Some are positive and some are negative depending on the person.
For example, my mother grew up poor and knew what it was like to be hungry. She told me that one day she went out in the fields and begged the LORD for something to eat. She said that she found a sweet potatoe and ate it raw. Now my mother feeds everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY. When we have a cookout she goes and find the park workers, homeless people, whoever and asks if they are hungry. I've gotten used to it over the years. She says that she can't stand to see anyone hungry. My Mom's response to me is a positive one because her experience made her want to help others.
On the other hand, my husband has some simular experiences, but not to the degree that my mother had, and he's a hoarder. He buys and buys and buys the same things over and over again, things he felt deprived of as a child. It's hard to get him to stop. He can't eat it all and he doesn't like sharing. He's gotten better over the years, but I call that a negative response. Same kind of thing, two different people with different responses to neglect.
So you see, I never understood why my mom and my husband were like they were until I learned their backgrounds. It explained a lot. People are the way they are for a reason and until they recognize their problem and how they respond to it, they can't get any better.
Jason didn't help Nancy by tip toeing around her. He realizes that now and that is his regret.
More is coming soon. Thanks for the review!
Reviewer: Natori aka R Signed 
Date: May 06 2013
