Bad Obituary - Be Good to Your Children Or They'll Regret Having You as Parents

A woman named Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick, born January 4, 1935, died last month, and her children, now grown, posted a less than flattering obituary in their local newspaper, the Reno Gazette-Journal. Below is the full text of the obituary, as it appears on Gawker;

Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick born Jan 4, 1935 and died alone on Aug. 30, 2013. She is survived by her 6 of 8 children whom she spent her lifetime torturing in every way possible. While she neglected and abused her small children, she refused to allow anyone else to care or show compassion towards them. When they became adults she stalked and tortured anyone they dared to love. Everyone she met, adult or child was tortured by her cruelty and exposure to violence, criminal activity, vulgarity, and hatred of the gentle or kind human spirit.

On behalf of her children whom she so abrasively exposed to her evil and violent life, we celebrate her passing from this earth and hope she lives in the after-life reliving each gesture of violence, cruelty, and shame that she delivered on her children. Her surviving children will now live the rest of their lives with the peace of knowing their nightmare finally has some form of closure.

Most of us have found peace in helping those who have been exposed to child abuse and hope this message of her final passing can revive our message that abusing children is unforgiveable, shameless, and should not be tolerated in a "humane society". Our greatest wish now, is to stimulate a national movement that mandates a purposeful and dedicated war against child abuse in the United States of America.

What do you think of the obituary? I referred in my post about what makes a good wife to Prov. 31 which says the children of the virtuous woman called her blessed. If those close to you cannot feel your goodness, then it may be time to rethink your parenting style. When your children term a mother evil, that is pretty major.

Usually obituaries are used to pay our last respects to the dead, and some will usually forgive and forget all wrong done to them. But this woman's children have obviously decided to say their piece where as many people as possible can read it. Did they do the right thing pointing out how evil their mother was in such a way? Or should they have allowed it to die with her?

Let's discuss.