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Technorati“[T]his is not an excuse for her actions, but rather what we believe is truth,” wrote the three in their respective blogs last Thursday.
Though the women said they were “hurting” along with the rest of those who were drawn into Beushausen’s web of lies, they encouraged believers to have mercy on the 26-year-old social worker from Mokena, Ill., and to help her cope as she comes to understand what she has done.
“We sincerely believe that she is mentally ill, and are collectively relieved that she is in the care of psychiatrists who are working to bring her to a healthy place,” they wrote, urging readers to “show grace and love to someone who needs it desperately.”
In her apology Sunday, Beushausen made no reference to a mental illness nor showed clear signs of such an illness. She did, however, say she suffered from “very constant” pain from having experienced the loss of a baby and that she is and will be getting help with past unresolved issues.
The simplest and most honest answer Beushausen said she can give to explain why she started lying is that she is struggling with her life.
“I have been dealing with unresolved pain that weighs heavy on my heart and which I have been unable to handle alone,” she wrote, noting that she has more than once lost a baby – from as early as her college years to just this past year.
And although she is a Christian, Beushausen confessed that she is a “weak,” “messed up” and “struggling” one who has dealt with a lot of pain.
“I don't say that to garner your sympathy or to lessen your anger. I say it because it is true,” she stated.
In closing, Beushausen directed readers to a site that highlights nearly 100 real families of real T13 babies presently living with the disease or struggling with such a diagnosis that she claimed her fictitious unborn baby had.
In the meantime, Beushausen intends to lay low and pick up the pieces of her life, asking only for respect and forgiveness.
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