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HAVE A GREAT DAY, BETTIE!
Lizbeth, I am so sorry. That must have been a shock. I am glad, at least you were able to get hospice involved, and he didn’t die in ER. I hope they provide some comfort. From my family’s experiences, I can’t say enough good things about hospice. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Hi I won, Don’t ever feel bad about posting. Regroup and refocus and think about how to do things differently next time. Ready2Change is right..the casino owes you nothing and that is what it will give you every time. It isn’t an easy thing to accept, but it is true.
Hi all, Cat, I am feeling down today, as well. I think I would be gambling today if it wasn’t for this thread. I think about the fact that you started it because you cared that I was suffering. I am going to hold on. I also think about your friend’s pain and suffering. It humbles me. I am glad you didn’t gamble last night. I’ll be thinking of you today, Cat.
Hi P, Glad to read you have been going on chat. Thinking of you today and just wishing you well. I can feel myself losing patience with recovery. My life doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. Sorry to dump. I know…One foot in front of the other ODAAT. We can do this P! Sending you good thoughts, and just in case you are having a day like I am…also, sending you patience and faith in your recovery.
Still working on a gamble-free March…ODAAT!
Neva, you are right about my daughter, but I don’t get to pamper her very often. We made a short evening of it Friday, and then my husband and I layed in bed and watched 3 episodes of Downton Abbey on my laptop. We did the same thing last night…now that’s how I like to be sick. That was the first time we had seen that show and now we are totally hooked on the series. Netflix only had the first season. We were both very disappointed. It is very difficult to rent. Worse things could happen. Yesterday, I woke up feeling so much better. Then, last night, things got worse again. Right now, I can hardly get out of bed. My husband is painting my daughter’s room and taking pretty good care of me. Lots of water and chicken noodle soup. Feeling a little guilty about not doing anything productive today, but I am also feeling grateful for many things, as well.
Kinda felt happy to was like i got out jail ,and done my time.wierd,but another part of me was sad and feared it too…..
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I can so relate to those two parts of you..they live in all of us.
Put that first part, your CG, back in jail! I, too, recently let my CG out of jail without any barriers, and there was havoc…I went too far.
You are too strong of a women to let others put you in your place. I am struggling for the right words,,,.
I offer Bettie’s words…Do the next right thing…and from me…no matter how much damage we have done that is always an option…always.
Hugs, prayers, and I am positive i can offer everyone’s hand to you in our circle of love and support. Don’t give up on yourself, Lorraine, because we never will.
Hi all, Struggling today. Thinking I can’t possibly get through March let alone the rest of my life! I have had the flu for the last 2 days. I made my daughter’s favorite dinner last night…salmon, sweet potatoes, and green beans. She had a friend over. Today, she is at work. I am taking it easy. Soon I will get ready and take her shopping and then dinner at a pub downtown. I still have the chills and am so tired. I realized today that I never give myself a break, even when I am sick. Still beating myself up. She is staying again tonight. I am thinking that this empty nest thing, like many things in life, is a paradox. So glad to be spending time with my daughter, but so glad to get back to my empty nest, too!
Hi Cat, My heart goes out to you missing your grandson and also your recent loss as well. I think people talk about empty nest syndrome as if it isn’t really much at all. But I think it can be devastating and something that is very hard to adjust to. I also think it is more than just missing our kids and grandkids, although that is painful. More me, I think there is an identity crises as well. Who am I, not in relation to my kids? Who am I if I am not taking care of my kids, and in my case, also my parents? I think it would help if I had not given up my career to be a stay-at-home mom, although that decision is not one I regret. I wish I had planned ahead for this time when my kids would be gone. I am trying to look at this as an opportunity for me. New career? Hobbies? New business venture?..taking things one day at a time. Right now, I have no answers, except I know that gambling cannot fill the void.
I think I need to pray for another miracle, as right now I can’t see having the money to go to London. We are trying to save so that we can help out with the wedding expenses. Each month, more money goes out than comes in, which is a bit of a problem. lol Speaking of prayers..I am thrilled for my daughter. Although, I have to admit, my prayers might have had more to do with me than with my daughter, as I would have had to live with the fact that it was all my fault that she was an hour late for the interview, and that is why she didn’t get the job and why I completely ruined her life! lol
take care, Cat. We are meant to enjoy all the passages of our life. Moving forward through them instead of choosing to gamble and stay stuck.How sweet, Pumkin. If you want to tune into my continuing saga, lol, I have a thread named ICANDOTHIS. Maverick started it for me, which was also sweet. Take care. I know what it is like to be lost in a fog of depression. Eventually, the fog will lift, pumkin. Keep posting and hang on!
My wish for today…No one gambles. We can all be gamble-free today no matter what the day brings. We have the power to choose.
Big week for my kids, Last night my son told us he had a job opportunity in London that he was definitely going to take. So, after the wedding he is off to England. Right now, he lives down the street and we see him often. I am very excited for him and his fiance, but I am sure you can understand my feeling a little sad.
Hi Lizbeth, Sending you prayers of comfort. I remember, too, being aware and appreciative of the simple things of life that surrounded me as my mother was dying. One such thing, was a family of swans that were swimming in the lake we could see from my mother’s hospital room. Every day I looked forward to seeing the swans swim by. After she ****, someone sent us a sympathy card with a picture of a lake filled with swans. I also found a picture of a swan in a National Geographic magazine that was in flight. I glued that picture to the image of the swimming swans. The flying swan represented my mother moving on to a better place…free from this world and moving on to the next…for me it was a comforting, beautiful image, not unlike the picture of your husband and grandson. An image representing life. No matter what, we can always cherish and honor life. I am honored that you are sharing these moments of your life with us, Lizbeth. God bless you and your family.
Надеюсь, ваша прогулка по холмам на выходных прошла успешно. Не играть в азартные игры целый месяц – большое достижение. Давненько о тебе не слышал. Надеюсь, что все идет хорошо. Хотел бы получить известие от вас.