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Being a Person of Dignity
While at the hospital these past 3 weeks I have had more than one occasion when I have had to rip the head off a nurse or a doctor or a social worker or someone from the insurance company. I feel as i...
Update
Michael came home on Friday and I will be taking him for his radiation every day. He started last week as well as a chemotherapy pill. He’s on a lot of meds and I had to make a chart to put on...
10/12 Check In Thread
How is everyone doing? Posted in breakup ...
Mail. We Get Mail on No Contact and Exs.
<font color=”#003330″ Susan, I’m not sure if you remember me, but I had written to you in late June about my ex boyfriend of two years. You even created this post http://gettin...
Forgiveness IV
A couple of you are talking about forgiveness in another thread so here is one of the forgiveness posts. Forgiveness starts after we do our grief work and our Relationship Inventory and our examinati...
Water Seeks Its Own Level Redux
This redux was prompted by one of the comments in the checkin thread: “It is a spiritual principal that we will continue to encounter others who will embody the opportunity for us to learn our ...
My Dogma Ran Over My Karma
I’m reposting the karma post for a few of you who would like the ex to “get theirs.” First, this is a normal and natural emotion but don’t dwell there. Second, they will get ...
Wherever You Go Redux
There is one thing that is clear in my life right now and that is that I’m pretty well grounded. When I stopped running from myself and my pain and stopped trying to “fix” me with o...
Take Back Your Power II
I wrote this post last spring and think it might help a few people: take back your power! And never give it away again! People who thought they knew best drove me crazy when I was trying to be a vi...
Housekeeping
1. The women’s retreat has one spot left. For those who asked, dress is very casual and I encourage you to bring sweats for just hanging out at night (like a pajama party only productive :)). 2....
Life Is Not Fair
When I opened “The Road Less Travelled” by M. Scott Peck back in 88 or so the first words are “Life is difficult.” and I flung it across the room and yelled, “No $h!t She...
Being Good to You
A lot of new readers always ask me what I mean by that. This is a modified post from last January where it’s explained. I didn’t realize that my self-esteem was non-existent when I left ...
Women’s Retreat Update
Yes, the women’s retreat is still ON. I have two people coming from out of the country and the space is ready to go. Because the registrations went so fast and the conference center was filli...
10/5/08 Check in Thread
How is everyone doing this week? Posted in breakup ...
Clean Grief
Before I talk about the strange week I’ve had, I want everyone to know that one of the only reasons I’m working through this and being there (REALLY THERE) for this is because I’ve d...
Platitude Hall of Fame Redux
Someone sent me an email asking me to repost this so here it is: Only one or two of these are original. Most I have no idea where they actually come from but they have helped me in my journey. 1. Y...
Give Sorrow Words
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart and bids it break. - William Shakespeare Last night I was thinking of this quote that I’ve used a few times...
Anger and Sadness Again.
I wrote this post just about a year ago and a few emails plus my own situation reminded me of this post. One question I’ve received is interesting. It is from someone who said, to him, grief an...
Life is Short but Happiness is Attainable
My cat (who is young and has always been in good health) appears to have cachaxia which is secondary to some kind of underlying cancer. I am going to get meds today but they need to do further tests ...
Guest Blog by Kathy (ktgirl): Doing the Work
Kathy was one of the early readers of the blog…she’s been co-moderator (past and present) of the Yahoo group and made a guest appearance at the March seminar. She has worked hard and reap...
Check In Thread September 28, 2009
How is everyone doing? Posted in breakup ...
Guest Blog: Recognizing the Miracle by Alex
A few readers have asked me about dream interpretation and talking about archetypal (ie Jungian) psychology because I am a huge (HUGE) fan of Women Who Run With Wolves which is a Jungian book. But I a...
Transformation
I posted this about a year or so ago and when I read the comments, as I do every night, I am always amazed at the work I get to see and the “working through” that happens. Here’s to...
Courage and Hope Redux
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is m...
Being There for You
GPYP is an incredible community of people who care, really care, for each other. I have gained a lot from this group as I believe that giving to others is, ultimately, a selfish act because you get b...
Update
Michael is off the breathing tube and awake. He’s still got a feeding tube and his voice is soft from the breathing tube but we got him a pencil and paper and he wrote out all his thoughts. No...
Your Life is Now
I posted this last December and since I re-learned this lesson so vividly this week, I felt compelled to repost it today. It was very early on and I was a mess physically, mentally and emotionally. ...
Check-in Thread Sept 21, 2008
How is everyone doing? Posted in breakup, change, grief, life, loss, love, recovery, relationship, relationships, thought for the day ...
The Week of Magical Thinking
Last Saturday I posted a few pix of our day at Bear Mountain. I didn’t post pictures of hubby carrying Derek around and showing him the mountain. The pix are so cute. On Sunday I brought the ...
Public Uncoupling
So many parts of uncoupling are scary and sad. Part of the grief felt after a breakup is the idea of being alone during social events. The world seems different when we are newly broken up and face...