tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post1284931764913951360..comments2024-03-28T07:56:38.659+00:00Comments on The View from the Blue House: Dead or missing forever?Rob Kitchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05567424969308636082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-41985382770290582612011-01-08T09:00:27.134+00:002011-01-08T09:00:27.134+00:00Those questions are so painful.
As a non-parent, ...Those questions are so painful.<br /><br />As a non-parent, I can only say "missing forever," which is hell on the parent, but maybe there is a possibility that the child survived and has a life somewhere.<br /><br />For example, Jaycee Dugard, who disappeared when she was 11, was found at the age of 29. Her mother never gave up hope, and kept trying to find out what happened.<br /><br />I'd say continue on, but also to try to find the answers. I would think we mystery readers would seek answers, information, even closure, that we'd pursue it for as long as we could.<br /><br />What a terrible story from Australia, though. I can understand how this tragedy would affect a parent for the rest of his/her life.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-71975844384163573542011-01-06T22:11:04.788+00:002011-01-06T22:11:04.788+00:00The first one is a tough one. Don't know. Mayb...The first one is a tough one. Don't know. Maybe missing forever.<br />The second one, but taking into account that the first one is only a theoretical question, to continue on.Jose Ignacio Escribanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296527986083953692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-14713503362580197602011-01-06T21:11:32.717+00:002011-01-06T21:11:32.717+00:00Missing forever would be more painful for me but p...Missing forever would be more painful for me but perhaps not as painful for the child. Perhaps.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-46267117092291304482011-01-06T20:51:32.397+00:002011-01-06T20:51:32.397+00:00That's a pretty horrible Sophie's Choice t...That's a pretty horrible Sophie's Choice type scenario...I used to work with someone whose son went missing when he was 13 and never found - when I knew the man it had been about 20 years since that happened and he was still a mess from it - all sorts of personal and professional problems in his life that stemmed from that experience and the not knowing. I think that the man is the saddest person I have ever known (not clinically depressed but everything tinged with this air of sadness that he wore like an invisible cloak) and I really don't think I could live in that way (though of course I don't know that it would affect me in the same way but still).Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825564497920015595.post-27944808411230760922011-01-06T19:47:09.970+00:002011-01-06T19:47:09.970+00:00Rob - Those are awful, awful possibilities for a p...Rob - Those are awful, awful possibilities for a parent to face. I can't think of anything much worse... Don't know right now which I'd pick. I'll have to think about that one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com