I can’t call you mommy- Ami serial

↑ chestnut

Sat, Dec 07 2024, 11:59 pm

amother Myrtle wrote:

I don’t feel like this thread is in good taste since it’s talking about real people who had a lot of courage to have their life’s story published.
Recently I heard the author being interviewed and she mentioned that she was a classmate/friend of the main character in the story.
She said that everything is true- completely.
I think that we have to believe that since the story is true and talking about real people we have to accept that certain things are too personal to delve into.
I don’t know any details about this story. I don’t know the people as I’m not from that community.
I did meet the author at a weekend event once and all I can say is that she is the most authentic person out there. She has a way with words so that you can actually ‘feel’ what she writes and she’s careful to protect people’s dignity when it’s a true story. She writes for a few different publications and can be trusted when she says it’s a true story.
Obviously certain things cannot/should not be written so I think we should just enjoy all that is printable.
I’m sure someone from the family was notified about this thread and I would think that the last thing you want to do is to make them regret that they agreed to have their story written up in a publication that so many people read.
Either all your questions will fall into place at the end or you weren’t meant to know.
Since someone on this thread was excited to say that she knows the family so she already let us know that simi didn’t survive (I wish I didn’t know that yet!) I think it’s probably obvious that simis husband must have remarried as he must have been young. He was not a main character in the story. Important, yes, but we don’t have to know everything about him. He obviously had a life before he married simi and afterwards too but the story isn’t focusing on him so it’s okay to let the story continue.
I think those that keep asking about him are really just being nosy.
I’m sure there will be reference to him later on at some point.
It’s really not nice to talk about real people and try to figure everything out.
You don’t have to know what wasn’t written.
I give a lot of credit to the author for doing a good job with her writing as obviously some personal things are very delicate.

Well said, thank you!