OT: I need some prayers
Thanks Steph. Just there are days I feel like the world is closing in around me and today is one of those days. I feel like such a baby. But I knew I could come here and no one would think any less of me. At work I have to put on this face and it's nice to be able to let that go. You are truly a great friend. I'm thankful to have you in my life even if I don't see you as much as I would like to.
Teena:
I have shared on here that I am a recovering alcoholic - I chose to go into a 28 day treatment program in May and have not had a drink since then. One of the things that my counselor there kept HAMMERING into my head was that I HAD to learn to love myself and do for myself FIRST, before I could love anyone else or do effectively for them.
As a wife and mother - and those being the two most important elements of my life - it has been hard to learn how to do that. But, I have had to change in order to survive and to continue to be the wife and mother (and in March a grandmother for the first time) that I want to be.
Sometimes the best gift we can give our loved one is to do for ourselves and tell them No.
Anne
I have shared on here that I am a recovering alcoholic - I chose to go into a 28 day treatment program in May and have not had a drink since then. One of the things that my counselor there kept HAMMERING into my head was that I HAD to learn to love myself and do for myself FIRST, before I could love anyone else or do effectively for them.
As a wife and mother - and those being the two most important elements of my life - it has been hard to learn how to do that. But, I have had to change in order to survive and to continue to be the wife and mother (and in March a grandmother for the first time) that I want to be.
Sometimes the best gift we can give our loved one is to do for ourselves and tell them No.
Anne
"Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country." - Bertrand Russell