Re: Feeling Devastated/Broken
See it’s this point that makes me think that their issue was not just their inability to handle nightingale’s treatment. Seems like there’s something MORE behind their decision. Did he ditch his daughter because she’s not a son? Was it because they’re afraid that the daughter inherited mom’s temporary psychological problems? It’s odd. If they had come back for the daughter or fought to keep her…I might think that they had something just against nightingale’s psychological conditions. But since they didn’t…makes me wonder if they had OTHER issues/motives/plans.
And yes, there are 2 sides to a story. Being religious doens’t always mean having common sense…were they supersititous? Did they think that Nightingale was possessed and that somehow the daugther would be as well? I’m not trying to offend/hurt the OP…she has enough problems. But people in our culture don’t see psychological therapy in a positive/mature light…you’ll hear them say stupid things that the person is posessed or black magic has been done, etc.