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Dorthy Day

(Loneliness pg. 77-82) I found this part to very sad because she did not let God in her life, but still pushed God a way. It probably wasn't her time to discover the great feelings to have God in someone's life. .
             A high point of Dorothy's life was her relationship with Forster Battingham and their daughter Tamar Teresa. Dorothy moved out to Staten Island with Forster after selling rights for a movie production she wrote. (Loneliness pg. 109) Her and Forster entered a common law marriage and they were very happy together. Forster and Dorothy both agreed that the social order needed to be changed but disagreed about many other things. Forster was an atheist and didn't believe in bringing children into this world. (Loneliness pg. 134) Dorothy's dream and yearning of having a baby would soon come true when she had Tamar Teresa. Dorothy was convinced to baptize Tamar, while Forster wanted no part with religion and baptizing Tamar. Dorothy broke her common law marriage with Forster when Tamar was baptized. Dorothy also got confirmed which Forster finally left. She continued to write for more columns and was later greeted by a man that changed her life drastically. I found this part of the book to be real sad because she had to choose religion or her lover. I think it takes tremendous courage to choose what she did. I am extremely disappointed in Forster for leaving the Tamar and Dorothy. What kind of guy would do that and not love his child? To me he was very immature and self-centered. Another thing that startled me was the relationship between Dorothy and her parents. They seemed to lose touch with her soon after she went to college. I found this very problematic for Dorothy because she didn't speak about it again in her book. Maybe it was just too painful to talk about? .
             Dorothy titled the third part of her autobiography "Love is the Measure". I think this is extremely significant because her views in this part shape what she stood for, her views of the poor, and the spiritual teachings that she followed.


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