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I found this in the process of searching for something else and was kind of surprised (Lee is queen of holiday/birthday parties-that is what her cooking show seemed to specialize in whenever I watched). Anyway, this article was speaking about the very few things anyone knows of her childhood-she was raised by a JW mom who was mentally unstable, twice divorced, addicted to prescritption drugs. She didn't know where her mom was as she hasn't seen her since before she was 16.
So, this writer, presumably a JW starts making these snide comments about Lee's "judgementalist" attitude and snarky remarks about why she mentions her mom was twice divorced (a fact maybe) when SHE is "living with" someone. Makes remarks about Lee not having to raise any children under difficult circumstances (well, Lee was responsible for her 4 younger siblings and on welfare and food stamps-you think that might have been a lot to deal with?)
She made comments about her mentioning her mom was 'unstable' "might her mother not have a few choice words to say about Sandra"?
I noticed that the commentator scrupulously avoided the part of the article that mentions that Sandra has not had contact with her mom since before she was 16. Does the writer want to address that the mom disappeared from her adolescent daughters life without any further contact-that would be related to the unstable part that Sandra doesn't explain further.
Anyway, I saw that the JW writer assumed the worst about Sandra and the best about the JW mom who, one way or another, abandoned her 5 children when the eldest was not even 16! I will have compassion for the mom, she ruined her life. I will not castigate Sandra Lee for not rehashing an obviously disturbing youth to a newspaper reporter in Kitsap County, WA or in her book (which is likely where the reporter got that little bit of information)