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Too Scared to Cry
Too Scared to Cry: A True Short Story | Maggie Hartley
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A digital short story from author and foster carer Maggie Hartley. Also contains a sneak peek chapter from Maggie's highly anticipated debut memoir, TINY PRISONERS. Brothers Ben and Damien are shockingly quiet when they arrive on Maggie's doorstep. They don't shout or play like normal three and four year olds. They hardly dare make a sound, so much have they been conditioned to be 'seen and not heard' by their mother and controlling stepfather. More disturbingly, their little baby half-brother Noah is completely unresponsive. He doesn't play, he doesn't smile, he doesn't crawl - he doesn't even cry. In a state of blankness brought about by emotional neglect, poor baby Noah is disconnected from the world. Maggie has never seen such a young life so affected before. Yet with time, love and care, Maggie gradually unpicks what has caused this terrible void. She teaches the children to play and laugh and to not be afraid to make noise. We see Ben, Damien and Noah take steps towards a positive future and their journey reaches a happy conclusion when they are adopted by a loving family. With love and affection, they are no longer scared to be themselves. They are free to make their voices heard.
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I‘m not a tech person at all. When I heard last week that LibraryThing was going to migrate Litsy to another server (or some such malarkey) this is what I looked like. My face still looks something like this. But now my heart is beating rapidly. If I lose you all please know that you were very important to me. 💕💕

Simona 💗💗💗 6y
ohyeahthatgirl Aw I'm sure they'll have backed up all the data and have some great people working on it. 6y
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BarbaraBB 💜 We will be fine, I‘m sure 🍀🍀 6y
Suet624 @ohyeahthatgirl @BarbaraBB @Jess7 😂😂 I trust Tim. Just don‘t trust technology. 😀 6y
AmyG I am always around if you need me. All will be fine...I promise! 6y
kgriffith @Jess7 don‘t fret! We got this, and you. Promise. 😊 It‘s gonna be SO GOOD once it‘s done. Then the real fun begins! 6y
Jess7 I‘m not the one who posted this @kgriffith - I was tagging you in the post that @Suet624 made if you wanted to respond to her. 6y
Suet624 @AmyG awww, thanks a million. Really. 6y
Suet624 @kgriffith thanks so much for your response. It‘s very sweet. 6y
kgriffith @Jess7 Oh, whoops! My eyes are crossing from trying to keep up around here, sorry about that 🤓 @Suet624 Frankly, I don‘t think that‘s an unfair assessment. Technology cannot always be trusted 😋 But! As you seem to know, this isn‘t Tim‘s (or Pedro‘s, or either of the Chrises‘) first rodeo, so we‘re in good hands. 6y
Suet624 @kgriffith I‘ve been so impressed with the way Tim has responded to us. I‘m just an old curmudgeon. Thank you again for your response. Warms my heart. 6y
kgriffith @Suet624 Hey, we get it. We don‘t like when people touch our stuff either. 😉 6y
RohitSawant 💜💜😊 6y
batsy ❤️🤞🏽😬😧😰👍🏽 6y
Reggie You are grand babies, you are Vermont, you are a secret in Fire Sermon that makes me want to read it with your secret code talk to Laurabeth, lololol, you are huge family pictures with an ex husband also in them, you are a great reader with an eye for nature. Know that if we don‘t see you tomorrow, you meant a lot to us too. 6y
Suet624 @Reggie I don‘t know if I can explain to you how much your post meant to me. It was an unexpected recognition that someone saw me and really remembered important details about me. You pierced my heart and had me in tears. Which is always a good thing. Thank you so very much. 6y
LauraBeth I just saw your post @Reggie and I love the way you paint @Suet624 with your words. I see both of your lovely souls ❤️❤️ 6y
saresmoore AHHH! I just saw this post! @Reggie you beautiful human, you! @LauraBeth @Suet624 I‘m all verklempt now! 6y
Suet624 @saresmoore I just read what Reggie wrote again and it made me teary again! Jeesh! 6y
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A Gentleman In Moscow is on hold so I can finish this for my Gran... I‘ll be seeing her in a few weeks & I‘ve got another 3 books to read & pass on to her 📚📖👵🏼