Hi, This is Deborah posting. I am Charlie Angel's mother. She asked me to post a note to all of you from her. This is what she wants to say:
Listen … I know that I am not perfect … no one is. Someone said that I did not have a father figure … actually I did. He was a great man. That's why it was so hard for me when he was hit by a car when I was 21. The rest of my family is amazing … but still, my father’s death really affected me. It sent me down a dark road and I made many mistakes and all of them were harmful to myself. But that was 10 years ago. 10 YEARS!!! By the grace of God, I found my way out of the darkness. I turned my life around. I have dedicated my life to helping others. Every day I try to be the best person I can be and every day I try to be better and better.
My daughter is none of the things that you have said. There are many girls on myspace with worse pics than my daughter. I agree … all girls, (including her) need to be careful about what they do. I have raised her to be a beautiful and intelligent young lady. If you want to attack me, that is one thing, but attacking my 15 year old daughter is just unbelievably wrong! She AND her friends were contacted by numerous people! There is no justification for that.
As for my husband - as you can guess, I never thought I would get married. How could any man want to be with me after the things that I did? That is why I was single for practically my whole adult life! When I met my husband, I knew he was the man for me. That is why I told him everything about myself right in the beginning. I prayed that he would forgive me, and he did. He is not turned on by what I did … actually it makes us both sick … but he loves me for who I am today. He understands that I have learned and grown from my mistakes. Besides my daughter he is the greatest gift that God has given me.
If I could be the woman I am today without doing all of those things, sure … that would be great! But, that isn’t how it is so I have to be happy that I am who I am BECAUSE of my mistakes. I would never want to be anyone else. I am happy, and healthy, I am a great mother and wife, I help others, and I love God!
I don’t know if writing this will do any good, but I hope so. I believe in the goodness of people. I know that some people will not accept what I am saying … and that makes me sad, but there is nothing I can do about that. The things I did hurt myself, but now you are trying to hurt me for something that I did 10 years ago. On the other hand, I hope that by explaining myself … that some of you will understand and choose to leave me and my family alone. To everyone, I wish you the best. I want nothing but the best for anyone.
I am asking from the bottom of my heart to anyone who will listen … I know that it is easy to judge someone, but none of us are perfect so please try to understand how sorry I am for what I did. PB&J (Peace, blessings, and Joy!)