Yet Another People Article on Michelle

[GeoBQn]

Note that the title on the top of the website says "Duggar Family Mourns 20th Child." Looks like they haven't changed everything to 21 for consistency.

 

http://www.people.com/people/article/0, ... 69,00.html

 

 

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Even grief is exceptional in the Duggar family, as there are so many children to console.

 

Even in grief, quantity matters over quality.

 

 

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It's not just the younger kids who need solace. Jill, 20, who is studying to be a midwife and had been charting the baby's growth and heartbeat, has had a particularly hard time.

 

"She was crying and weeping last night," Michelle said Wednesday at a service for Jubilee. "I hugged her and said, 'I am holding on, and I am going to let the tears go. We can pray, cry and grieve together in the weeks and days we walk through this.' "

 

I feel bad for Jill. I really hope that she doesn't feel guilty about this.

[GatorGutCasserole]

Jill is the next cult leader. Can't these people just go the hell away finally?

They claim privacy then fetus images, funeral for the fetus, then articles after articles after articles.

So what to they want? Can they make up their mind? :think:

[Buzzard]

But Michelle has been able to lean on her children, too. "My older girls have been precious to make Momma take care of Momma right now, and Jim Bob has been busy taking care of everything," she says.

As opposed to every other day when she just "takes care of momma" without being told to do so?

So the red it telling... was the memorial all JB's doing? That would explain the poorly thought out photo session to hang on the wall....

[Guest Anonymous]

As opposed to every other day when she just "takes care of momma" without being told to do so?

So the red it telling... was the memorial all JB's doing? That would explain the poorly thought out photo session to hang on the wall....

Hmm...something tells me this was mostly Michelle's doing....I think, like many others on this forum, that she is grieving not only for Jubilee, but for the likelihood that her childbearing days are over.

[MarciaBrady]

"Our calendar is cleared off, and we are going to take time to talk and pray and cry," Michelle says. "This is going to be a time for our family to just be together."

I think what she maent to say was, "This is going to be a time for our family to just be together. . . except for when we take time out to famewhore to the media."

[GeoBQn]

"Our calendar is cleared off, and we are going to take time to talk and pray and cry," Michelle says. "This is going to be a time for our family to just be together."

So they clear off the calendar for a miscarriage, but not for Josie's premature birth (when Michelle protested the liquor store license) or when Josie was readmitted to the hospital (when JimBob and Michelle spoke at the conference in Wisconsin two days later).

[Sister Mary Savage]

Wait a second, don't the older girls take care of Princess Brood Mare everyday? How is this time any different at all? :shifty:

Once again, life is all about Michelle. Never mind Josie, Jordyn, and the other little kids who have never known what it could be like to have a mother that pays all of her attention to her children without just thinking of the next one to procreate. THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK!

[GatorGutCasserole]

Who cares about Josie or Jordyn? Or the other kids? They think being a kid equals being a member of a rat pack or something. No individual memories, no privacy.

[Sister Mary Savage]

True. The closest thing to individuality that I've seen so far in Duggar Compound is the girls getting to decide which skirt to wear or which nose to wipe first.

[MamaJunebug]

Going to sound hard-hearted in the extreme, but this is why I never quite understand the sentiments of "I'd hate for Michelle to die, and the kids to lose their mother." No, what they'd lose is the lady who flits around smiling for the cameras. The "mothers" they'd miss would be the oldest girls and any of the middle girls who are being impressed into nannyhood.

That said, I don't hope Michelle dies.

[Buzzard]

Going to sound hard-hearted in the extreme, but this is why I never quite understand the sentiments of "I'd hate for Michelle to die, and the kids to lose their mother." No, what they'd lose is the lady who flits around smiling for the cameras. The "mothers" they'd miss would be the oldest girls and any of the middle girls who are being impressed into nannyhood.

That said, I don't hope Michelle dies.

And this is why I dont think the girls have been married off. The little kids would totally freak out if their real mother suddenly vanished!

[chiccy]

Hmm...something tells me this was mostly Michelle's doing....I think, like many others on this forum, that she is grieving not only for Jubilee, but for the likelihood that her childbearing days are over.

Momma is grieving for Momma.

[lilwriter85]

So they clear off the calendar for a miscarriage, but not for Josie's premature birth (when Michelle protested the liquor store license) or when Josie was readmitted to the hospital (when JimBob and Michelle spoke at the conference in Wisconsin two days later).

This.

The Duggars are morons and hypocrites. I wouldn't be surprised if the Duggars went to speak at some mega church on Christmas to get attention.

[SamuraiKatz]

How much is People paying for all of these little update articles? I know...I'm going to hell.

[lilwriter85]

How much is People paying for all of these little update articles? I know...I'm going to hell.

I have to agree, I think People is paying the Duggars. These types of practices in magazines and journals are common.

[bananacat]

So they clear off the calendar for a miscarriage, but not for Josie's premature birth (when Michelle protested the liquor store license) or when Josie was readmitted to the hospital (when JimBob and Michelle spoke at the conference in Wisconsin two days later).

Fetuses are more important than actual children to people like these. Once the kid is born, it's just an annoying thing that has needs and wants and personality. Fetuses are much better because they can as great political accessories without requiring much care or attention. I honestly believe that if the Duggars lost an actual child (like if some preschooler dropped an infant down the stairs), they would mourn that loss less than this miscarriage. If there is a Hell, I'm going there for being so cruel, but I truly believe they care less about their kids than their fetuses.

[Aurora]

Did anyone read Michelle's blog post about chocolate chip cookies, posted 1-2 days ago? It's as if all this mourning stuff never happened - cheery, happy, lighthearted. I don't understand what is up with her but it tells me that all this Jubilee circus is more political than real to her.

[Alecto]

"She was crying and weeping last night," Michelle said Wednesday at a service for Jubilee. "I hugged her and said, 'I am holding on, and I am going to let the tears go. We can pray, cry and grieve together in the weeks and days we walk through this.' "

She gave the damn interview AT THE SERVICE FOR J'Fetus! Holy shit, does this woman have no soul? Shame?

[Ms A E]

Momma is grieving for Momma.

This. Altho I don't follow the Duggars, from the little I've read here and on other sites, this seems pretty fitting. Pregnancy loss is a very sad thing, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. However, if this pregnancy loss somehow merits more attention than one's very ill preemie, to me it says this loss is about so much more than Jubilee. It makes me sick that Josie apparently didn't deserve her parent's undivided attention while she was in the hospital, which speaks volumes about how 'real' of a person she is to them. My guess is that Jubilee is actually no more real to them than any of their other children, and that her death/funeral/etc. merely serve as another situation for her parents to get their kicks.

Too harsh?

[Witsec7]

That family is seriously lacking a moral compass. Talk about shameless self promotion.

[caitiedid313]

Fetuses are more important than actual children to people like these. Once the kid is born, it's just an annoying thing that has needs and wants and personality. Fetuses are much better because they can as great political accessories without requiring much care or attention. I honestly believe that if the Duggars lost an actual child (like if some preschooler dropped an infant down the stairs), they would mourn that loss less than this miscarriage. If there is a Hell, I'm going there for being so cruel, but I truly believe they care less about their kids than their fetuses.

+1. You said it better than I could have. I don't think that honesty and perception are cruel. But worst case, I'll save you a seat!

Edited because I know subject-verb agreement.

[NurseNell]

How much is People paying for all of these little update articles? I know...I'm going to hell.

Yes you are but you won't be alone. :twisted:

[desertvixen]

Yes you are but you won't be alone.

Don't worry, we have our own suite reserved there!

[Mommy22alyns]

Who cares about Josie or Jordyn? Or the other kids? They think being a kid equals being a member of a rat pack or something. No individual memories, no privacy.

And Josie and Jordyn's neglect bothers me the most. Poor Jordyn was still a baby when Josie was born, so she got very forgotten. And now Josie has reached a tremendous milestone in turning 2, and she's forgotten because of Jubilee. If Josie was mine and had that rough of a start, I'd be toting her around every day and counting my blessings that she's alive. :cry:

[Erin]

I think what she maent to say was, "This is going to be a time for our family to just be together. . . except for when we take time out to famewhore to the media."