Leaving CafeMom For A Time....

[AzureLynn]

I like having my internet. And I like having choices about what I read, talk about, leave pictures on, and enjoying. Since joining CafeMOM I have witnessed more distressing articles about teen age girls and babies, more moms loosing their precious babies, more stories about families torn apart by abuse and more women being totally vicious to those we call "friends".

I KNOW all too well that life is no picnic. I lived in an extremely abusive situation for 3 years that not only destroyed my family, but nearly cost me everything too. I am by no means ignorant to the cruelties of this world, but seeing so many current events brought to my attention has brought on a stress I can not and do not have the ability to cope with right now.

The final "current event" that I clicked on and was horrified to read was the 11 month old boy beaten by his father. Do I have the choice to NOT click on these? Yes. Do I have the choice to not click on the posts in groups about these current events? Yes. But even headlines are stirring up things that make me want to wretch as a result.  

I have my family to take care of and protect. I cannot help these people so many miles from me that have had their lives absolutely turned upside down other than to lift them in prayer. And I do pray for the ones that have been hurt most by these cruel events, and I pray for the ones that have inflicted the pain because I know to cause the kind of pain they have someone hurt them too.

I pray for so many every day. And I keep my family in prayer too because those are the ones I can be a part of their lives. That's all I can do. And in the mean time I need to protect me too -- and being distraught over what I have seen here I have to make the choice to step away, take a deep breath and move on.

Many blessings everyone. Be warned I will take steps to protect me.  

[emmas_momma]

Apr. 7, 2008 at 9:56 AM I felt the same way. I very rarely come on here because I am tron to peices by some post or another. I just stick to my groups. I don't need anything else to get me down. I can't take it.

[gmabeanie]

Apr. 7, 2008 at 10:06 AM

I went through this too,  now I stick to my fun groups and little circle of friends.  I read only the journals that look like they are not going to bring me down.  I'm sad to say but I do not read anymore journals that ask for prayer or help and especially none that are about sick or dying babies.  Stuff like that had me in turmoil and was giving me heartburn and making not a very nice person to be around.