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Above: Sean and Amelie, then aged 2, in Portugal in 2007
Sean and Amelie McCann, twin siblings of Maddie, who were just two years and three months when Maddie disappeared, will be five years old tomorrow, February 2nd. They celebrated their birthday with a party at the weekend and according to The Sun:
"MADDIE McCann's sister and brother celebrated their fifth birthday with a party yesterday and a present from their missing sibling.
Parents Kate and Gerry held the special bash for twins Sean and Amelie.
They always buy the pair a gift from their missing sister for Christmas and birthdays."
Do the twins think these presents actually come from Maddie? If so, I wonder what they imagine is the method by which these presents reach them.
In January 2008, according to a report in The Metro, Sean and Amelie were playing a game in which they endeavoured to find "the monster who took Maddie."
"The brother and sister of missing Madeleine McCann cope with their loss by playing a game called 'Find the monster that took Maddie', it was claimed on Sunday.
The game was described by leading world sex crimes expert Ray Wyre after he met parents Kate and Gerry McCann.
Twins Sean and Amelie, two, were helping to give their parents the strength to carry on, he added.
The parents told him they were together recently when the twins rushed into the room shouting.
He added: 'They said they were going to go and find the monster that took Maddie. Then they dashed off to play the game. It's a sad story, but it is healthy that Madeleine remains a real presence in their lives.'"
Do the twins still believe that a "monster," took Maddie? If so, they must also believe that this monster has some very kind and compassionate qualities if he allows Maddie to choose and send them presents. Maybe when they're older, they'll suggest that Kate and Gerry take note of the postmarks on the packages and alert the police.
In November 2009, the twins were ready to fight the man who abducted their sister. "We will fight the man who took our sister Maddie." The Sun
"Gerry told Sky News the twins - just 18 months old when Madeleine went missing in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007 - want to find who took her and punish them.
He said: "They talk about her more than Kate and I do - it's incredible. Now they are saying, 'She's been taken, when we find who took her, we'll fight them'"
Very early on in this sad case, Kate McCann said the twins were coping well because they had never spent much time with Madeleine. Over these past nearly three years, though, they have been encouraged to develop a myth about someone they must hardly have known and will surely not remember. The myth being enhanced regularly by Kate and Gerry seems to be of a sister who is being held by an evil man, but that she is able to communicate in a way by sending gifts and that one day she will be rescued and just take her place, happily, at the dinner table and share Amelie's toys. It's the myth of the golden girl who will return and they will all live happily ever after. We know that Kate and Gerry have consulted a psychologist about how to tell the twins about Maddie, but I cannot imagine a professional psychologist advising parents to maintain this kind of myth.
Maddie was just 21 months old when Sean and Amelie were born in February 2005 and she did not seem to take too readily to having two younger children in the family, demanding of her mother's attention.
"Kate McCann: my struggle to control 'very difficult' Madeleine." Daily Mail 17th September 2007
"The worst thing is that she started to demand lots of attention, especially when I was breast-feeding them.""She would run up and down screaming in the background, shouting for my attention.""Kate McCann has revealed that she struggled to control Madeleine McCann after the birth of her and Gerry's twins, it was revealed today.Missing Madeleine would run around 'screaming...shouting for my attention', the mother-of-three said.
In an interview given to a Portuguese magazine before she was named as a suspect in the case of the four-year-old's disappearance, Kate also said the first six months of Madeleine's life were "very difficult" and that the girl had suffered from colic.
Speaking about Madeleine's upbringing, Kate, a 39-year-old GP, told Portugal's Flash! magazine: "She cried practically for 18 hours a day. I had to permanently carry her around."
Perhaps the above was the reason for Maddie's being shipped off to her grandmother's house in Glasgow when she was two years old, to spend the twins' first Christmas away from the family in Rothley. Gerry McCann's mother, Eileen McCann, interviewed by the Scottish Daily Record in April 2008:
"She said: "When she was two, Madeleine spent Christmas at my house and it was lovely.
"The next year, the family came up for New Year but on Christmas Day Madeleine called and said she'd got a kitchen from Santa. She was very excited and said 'I'm going to make some tea'."
This Christmas was spent without the blonde-haired, green-eyed girl who fills Eileen's life with such joy."
We are told repeatedly by Kate and Gerry McCann that milestones are important. Surely the twins' first Christmas, when they were a complete family, with their daughter Madeleine and the twins, represented a significant milestone? Surely a time for the whole family to be together to celebrate the occasion? But no, Maddie spent that Christmas with her grandmother. Perhaps the milestones that are important to the McCanns are those on which they can remind us of their continuing need for money to fund their search: first Christmas without Madeleine (which wasn't, of course!) first birthday without Madeleine etc etc.
So, Maddie got shipped off that Christmas and there is a further hint about Maddie's status in the family in a statement by Katherina Gasper, a doctor who went on holiday with the McCanns and their friends in 2005.
"During our stay in Majorca, Dave and his wife, Fiona, accompanied by this daughter Lily, took Madeleine (page 6) with them to spend the day, in order to give Kate and Gerry a bit of rest and time to be with the twins." Missing Madeleine forum
This was September 2005, when the twins would have been 7 months old and if Kate and Gerry needed a bit if rest, rest from what? Maddie's need for attention? Maddie gets taken out for the day by people she could hardly have known, to give her parents time to be with the twins and then, come Christmas, she gets sent to her grandmother's house while her parents spend time with the twins. Did this develop into some kind of pattern with the relatives who visited to support Kate while Gerry was on duty at weekends taking care of Maddie while Kate was with the twins? Was that the relatives role, helping to keep Maddie and the twins apart so that there was no conflict? Not the best way to help siblings to care for each other or to get along and accept one another.
Was Maddie seen to be jealous of her little brother and sister and this was judged to be such a problem that instead of making sure the whole family enjoyed quality time together in order to develop healthy, loving, relationships, Maddie and the twins were seldom together? Kate said it herself: the twins never spent much time with Madeleine.
And then, there amongst the questions that Kate McCann refused to answer when she was made an arguida, is one which raises more questions about Maddie's place in the family:
"When asked whether or not it is true that in England she considered the possibility of handing over Madeleine’s guardianship to a relative, she did not reply."
I would assume that this question had some basis in information obtained by the PJ. It seems to be too specific to have been simply a random idea thrown into the mix of questions.
The McCann twins are in danger of growing up with some kind of euphoric recall about a sister who was never a significant part of their lives. They will no doubt be seeing images all over their home of a smiling blonde girl, their sister who was taken by a "monster," a child they hardly knew and they would not recognise if she were alive and turned up on their doorstep. Maddie exists for Sean and Amelie in those images, in the stories their parents tell them, in the games they are encouraged to play, in the conversations they hear around them and repeat, and in the totally incongruous presents she is supposedly sending to them. They obviously know that their parents are deeply immersed in this matter and of course, like small children who want to please their parents, they ask about this far-away child, who is long gone from their world and their memories. Maddie is a myth like the monster who took her.
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One day these twins will discover more and more about the truth. About Auntie Jane's fabrications. About being left in a room all on their own when Madeleine was snatched (according to their Mum and Dad anyway). About all the Fund money going to charlatans like Francisco Marco and Kevin Halligen. I hope their parents have good answers ready.
I like when they start with " a source close to the Mccann" don't believe a word of this ! only meant for THE SUN readers to shed their little tear...
The twins are being groomed and this is so sad...We, as bloggers. are sitting back and can only look with despair at what is unfolding before us. Where are SS where is Kates mother?..lighting lanterns when she should be with her grandchildren and seeing what the hell is going on in Rothley Manor.
You really do have to wonder just how much truth is in some of these stories spouted for the press.
I remember watching their documentary with Kate painting with the twins. She painted the words Sean and Amelie and asked them who else's name she should paint she had to practically tell the twins Madeleine's name. Those poor little mites must be having nightmares.
It was also reported, during the libel hearing, the twins wanted to return to PDL - can you really believe that?
The twins are being used the same as everyone else is being used IMHO.
We are to believe they think Madeleine was taken by a monster, that they want to go and get the bad monster that took Madeleine. They want to return to PDL (to get the monster perhaps) but that Madeleine sends them birthday and christmas presents. Does this mean a "monster" is looking after Madeleine and allowing her to send presents to her siblings. So why should they want to go and get the monster that took Madeleine.
It doesn't make a lot of sense does it. Just as nothing in this sorry saga makes a lot of sense.
The worrying thing is that this is two NHS doctors we are talking about - now that's scary.
Hi Feather, I sometimes think we are watching one of those old Bette Davis movies. Many times I have pinched myself and said NO...THIS IS...really happening.
I never thought in my life time I would see such a circus and hope never to again...The McCanns will go down in History...but under what heading is yet to be written.
The Sun is the only newspaper to publish this story about the birthday present from Madeleine... doesn't it seem strange ? Imo they tend to embroider about this case to keep interesting their readers ; it is a gold mine for tabloids like those novels serialized for the press in the 19e century
Please forward the following "freely-available" information on to ANTONELLA LAZZERI (The “CLING-ON") of the Sun Newspaper.
What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister
U.S. Department Of Justice - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Written by siblings of children who have been abducted, this guide contains information to help and support children of all ages when their brother or sister is kidnapped.
The guide provides ideas on what children can expect in terms of the feelings they may experience, the events that may occur from day to day, and the things they can do to help themselves feel better.
Written in child-friendly language, it is divided into such sections as: home, family, law enforcement, the media, school and work, and holidays and anniversaries. In addition, the guide contains activity pages for children of all ages, including those who are too young to read.
Page 21 of 68
THE MEDIA - THE “CLING-ONS”
If your family has received media attention as a result of your sibling’s abduction, your family may experience “celebrity” status in the eyes of many people, some of whom we refer to as “cling-ons.”
These are complete strangers who feel as if they know you because they recognize you from TV or newspapers. They may stake out your house or try to talk to you when your parents are not around. They may seem weird or wacky, and you may not want to have anything to do with them. Talk to your parents about these people. Trust your instincts. If you don’t want to talk to them, tell them. If they don’t get the message, you or your parents may need to be blunt.
What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister - downloadable guide:-
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/Publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=239397
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