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On this blog I generally try to stay fairly opinion-neutral, but I’m just going to say what I’m feeling tonight.<\/p>\n

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Kate Gosselin makes me feel dirty. I feel like she exploits her kids and that makes me feel dirty. It makes me wonder if others think that by writing this blog I am exploiting my children; I am exposing their lives to a world they didn’t ask to be exposed to. I know I shouldn’t worry about what people think, but I do…I’m human.<\/div>\n
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I saw her on the Today Show this morning reading an excerpt from her book. She was reading a letter to one of her children and I immediately thought of the letters I have written here, to my girls. I guess the difference is that I can’t talk to my girls and I can’t tell them how much I love them and miss them in person, so I have to get it out somewhere. She is so lucky to be able to tuck her kids in at night and remind them that she loves them. I don’t know if she is embracing those moments in real life, but I really hope so. I hope all the moms and dads in this world are lucky enough to soak in those moments.<\/div>\n
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A few months ago, I had thought about turning my blog posts into a book. Not for fame or fortune, but to help others that have been on the devastating end of an SMA diagnosis; for others that have dealt with paralyzing grief; for me and my own peace of mind. I’m beginning to rethink that idea of a book. I just don’t know if I could handle the guilt of possibly exploiting my sweet girlies.<\/div>\n
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For now I’ll just keep talking to them in my own ways…when I make a wish on an eyelash or when I stop by their trees or when I write them a little note here. I’m not doing it to exploit them, I’m doing it because I don’t know how live my life without talking to them and reminding them that I love them.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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