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Liz it is always wonderful to read your posts as they are so positive. Your grandson sounds like one smart cookie!!! If I was to describe the feeling that I get from your posts, it’s like there is a lightness to you in them. You are looking at all the positive things. You have done so much in this last year it truly is remarkable how far you have come. I don’t mean to take away from what you have gone through, but it’s like you have survived. I know that you will still have sad times grieving for your husband, but you are moving forward and living your life. You are doing things for you such as joining the gym. I know that you mentioned finding a church to go to, but not sure if you have done that yet. It seems that you are living your life and doing things and trying things and generally making a new life for yourself. You really are an incredible person to have come through all this and have such a positive attitude. I admire you Liz. Have an incredible day. I learn so much by reading your posts and for that I thank you.
Carole, it sounds like you had a great time with your granddaughters. It is amazing how our grandchildren can lighten our hearts. They truly are a blessing to us. I need to plan our next visit to see our grandchildren as it give me something to look forward to. I don’t know if we will go in May for our grandsons’ birthdays or wait until summer. We will be going in October for our granddaughter’s 1st Birthday.
We are still working on our basement. I have shredded at least 4 garbage bags of papers and I still have more to do. I have only another couple of boxes to go through. We have the sub floor down in the laundry and storage area now and are putting flooring on top of it. Once that is done we can start to organize the metal shelving we bought from Costco. They are neat as they are on wheels so it makes it easier. I don’t know what area we will work on next. We are going to renovate the bathroom so that one will take time. Also we cant get the new window in the bedroom until the spring, that is if it ever comes. It is a slow process when we are doing things ourselves, but it will be worth it. It’s funny because when we were younger we would have probably had it all done by now LOL It seems like a never ending project right now. I am hoping that you have heard back from some of your job applications you submitted. Have a wonderful gamble free day (((Carole)))I hope that you are feeling better today. If not, then go to the doctor to see what the problem is. It will also be good to have a record of it for your boss if he complains about you being off sick. I am so with you on this “never ending winter”. We had snow again yesterday and last night, and there is going to be more again. They are saying this is the worst winter for over 35 years here. It has either been snowing or -40+ with the wind chill.
I think you should definitely go and get yourself checked out with the doctor with this going on over the last few weeks. I would have picked-up some stuff for you if I lived closer. Take care and feel better soon!!!Hi P, I thought I would post to wish you a happy day today as you sip your coffee and catch up on your posts. I hope that those darn urges stay away. It is unbelievable how they come out of nowhere and we have to fight them. You are doing fantastic and I am so proud of you. You really inspire me the way you come and post to so many people. You can do this. Next time you get the urges get that tune into your head… we are never ever getting back together as then it will help rewire your thoughts… Have a wonderful gamble free day!!!!
Hello I am wondering if you are okay as you have not posted for a little while. As you know I don’t always post, but I do read the posts to see how everyone is doing. I get concerned when you don’t post (((Carole))) I hope that you are okay and have got over the stem cell donation. It really was a traumatic experience for you to go through. I so admire you for doing it Carole as it was not easy on you, but you did it. I hope and pray that a year from now you get a response and thank you from the person who received it as it would mean so much to know that you save the life of someone you don’t even know.
I am sorry that you are having such a rough time right now, but I thank you so much for sharing how you are feeling. I understand what you mean as I have suffered with depression for years and I have been off and on medication. I think most of us don’t really like to take the medication for depression, but it sure makes a difference. I am the worlds worst as I take it then start to feel better then stop taking it.
I understand the feeling of being reclusive as well. I was off on vacation last week and I am back to work today, but I really don’t feel like going. I would love to just stay home and be reclusive, which is not my normal self. Also, it is true what Laura said that if you look at everyone they all seem okay, but are they really. I always say that I have my face on to show the world – it’s like the happy face you put on – and inside you are sad. I know that it is something I have to work at. I also know once I get to work it will help get me out of this mood.
Keep taking it one step in front of the other as you are doing awesome!!! I am so proud of you Sweet Pea.I’m sorry that you are not able to sleep. I was going to post so that you could read it when you woke up. I don’t like when I have those nights of not being able to sleep.
I want to thank you for all your wonderful and supportive posts to me when I have not been posting. You really are this “shining star” watching over us all. You face challenges and ups and downs and yet you think of others when you are doing it. You are a special person and never forget that.
Have an awesome gamble free day Sweet Pea as you deserve it!!!You should be so proud of yourself Bettie in what you have accomplished, and also in how much support that you have given to others in recovery. Congratulations on your pay-out at work and you deserve it as you work hard. It is interesting how if we were gambling any extra money went to the Casino. We could not get there fast enough as we had money to spend and we were going to be lucky and have even more money by the time we left the Casino LOL Have an awesome gamble free day!!!!
Your phone call the other day was just awesome Carole and it really helped me more than I can say. I have a tendency to keep everything inside and that is not good for me. It is so much healthier to share how we are feeling. I am not happy about the weight that I have put on, but I don’t do anything about it. I am the only one who can change that. I feel that the weight is pulling me down and making me feel old. I know that I need to do something about it.
I went to see my counsellor the same day that you phoned and it was wonderful as it made me realize how sharing how I was feeling with you was important. I do hope that you can get a trip here in the summer.
I will say a prayer that you find a job that is perfect for you Carole. Have an awesome gamble free day!!!