Follow-up to Social Media Rant

I am so grateful for the private messages I received.  I received support from friends in the most unexpected places.  I want to share a message I received from a friend from high school.  She and I got into a fair share of trouble together, and due to circumstances and miles, I haven't seen her for 25 years.  Her message to me really hit me in a time of need, and it was all thanks to social media.  So, there are positive things that happen via social media, and I was grateful for that lesson.

My friend writes:

Christy I didn't post a comment because you asked us not to in regards to your blog about Corbin. BUT as a mother and someone who loves you I felt absolutely compelled to send you a personal message and speak the words that so many of us mothers are probably screaming inside after reading that... When our children are hurt, sad, confused, upset... Or quite frankly, ANYTHING BUT GLEEFULLY HAPPY, we want to reach out to our friends, families, other mothers, and complete strangers to know that we are not the only ones, to hear our children are not alone, to know we have support and to know in this horribly critical and sometimes unloving world that at the end of the day we still have people who care about what happens in the lives of our children!!!

Christy.. I support you, I love you and know this.. you share the same battles, heartbreaks and heartaches as all us other mothers do and when no matter what the mood.. Happy, sad, heartbroken or gleefully happy.. Please continue to share your triumphs and battles!! Because us other attention seeking mongers need to know we're not alone out here!!!!

I've worked very hard at keeping identities anonymous for this situation, because it is not my intent to call people out, but rather clarify my feelings on the matter.

I want to say thank you to my friends who reached out in support, especially the person who wrote the above note (you know who you are).  It feels good to know that not everyone views me like the person who originally caused me to vent.