| | | WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET YOURSELF IN A GOOD MOOD OR HAPPY AGAIN? | | | | i go out into the freshair with my husband or for walk | | | | sleep | | | | yes cook or play with my dog or goplant somthing | | | | PARTY WITH MY BOYS SOUTHERN CROSS | | | | Be around positive people. Get out and do something FUN and spontaneous, find out how other people are doing like friends and family. | | | | idk | | | | shoot @ THE NEIGHBORS | | | | gamble | | | | shoot @ someone or something | | | | shopping | | | | i htink good thoughts | | | | have sex | | | | listen to some music or watch a good movie | | | | take some down time to be by myself | | | | cry and get over it | | | | some times i mow the grass that relaxes me | | | | sometimes i am just in a bad mood and nothing can help but to let the tears roll | | | | eat | | | | COUNT MY BLESSINGS. FOCUS ON ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS IN LIFE. IN THE PAST 4 YEARS, I HAD ONE SISTER COMMIT SUISIDE. ANOTHER LOST HER LIFE DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A CAR WRECK SHE HAD WHILE OUT LOOKING FOR SISTER#1. THEN MY NEPHEW WASTED AWAY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE SUCCUMBING TO LIVER CANCER.MY HUSBAND HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK THAT APPARENTLY WAS SUCH A MIRICLE THAT HE LIVED THROUGH IT THAT DR.'S WERE COMING OUT OF THE WOOD WORK JUST TO SAY HELLO TO HIM AND TO CHECK HIS CHART. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COPD, MY HUSBAND WAS TOO. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEO-ARTHRITAS, OSTEOPOROSIS, AND FYBROMYALGIA, ALL TO GO ALONG WITH THE EPILEPSY THAT WEIRDLY ENOUGH, FIRST APPEARED WHEN I WAS 39. WE NEARLY LOST THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT OURSELVES, AND IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IN WITH MOM IN OUR 50'S. ANOTHER SISTER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EMPHASEMA. MY BROTHER, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY ENTERTAINING BECAUSE HE IS LEGALLY NUTS, BEGAN TAKING CRACK COCAIN. MY YOUNGEST SON DECIEDED THAT HE NEVER WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME AGAIN, AND HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ME IN TWO YEARS. IF I WERE GOING TO LOSE MY MIND, THESE LAST FOUR YEARS WOULD HAVE DONE IT FOR ME. I DECIEDED TO ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES. I MADE THE DECISION TO BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I HAVE. I AM GRATEFUL I AM NOT A WIDOW. WE MANAGED TO KEEP OUR SWEET LITTLE COTTAGE ON THE LAKE. I FOUND A GREAT JOB WHERE THEY UNDERSTOOD MY HEALTH ISSUES AND NOT ONLY DID THEY PROMOTE ME TO MARKETING MANAGER, THEY PRETTY MUCH LET ME COME AND GO AS MY HEALTH DICTATED. MY SISTER WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EMPHASEMA IS ALSO THE SISTER WHO LOST HER SON TO CANCER. SHE HAS BECOME A STRONGER WOMAN THROUGH THE ADVERSITY. OH I FORGOT TO MENTION, WE ALSO LOST OUR MOTHER, AND A NIECE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MS, ANOTHER NIECE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A HORRLBLE DISEASE THAT I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU THE NAME OF, BUT IT LEAVES HER IN A GREAT DEAL OF PAIN, AND MAKES IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO RAISE HER 5 CHILDREN(YES, 5, SHE IS A CATHOLIC, DAMN THE POPE AND HIS FOOLISHNESS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROLL, JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO KEEP WOMEN DOWN) BOTH OF THESE NIECES COULD LOSE THEIR LIVES AT AN EARLY AGE DUE TO THESE ILLNESSES. THE NIECE WHO HAS THE DISEASE I CANNOT NAME HAD 2 OF HER DAUGHTERS, ONE 16 AND THE OTHER JUST 6 DIAGNOSED WITH THIS SAME DISEASE THAT TENDS TO INFECT FAMILIES, COMES FROM MY BRO-IN-LAW'S SIDE AND A GREAT NIECE WAS BORN WITH (?) OR AQUIRED AUTISM SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE LAST 4 YEARS HAVE BEEN VERY HARD ON MY FAMILY. HAVING SAID THAT, I HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THE FUTURE, AND I AM STILL A HAPPY PERSON. I REFUSE TO ALLOW THESE THINGS TO RUIN MY LIFE, OR THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND ME. I COUNT MY BLESSINGS DAILY, AND IF NESESSARY, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. I LOOK AROUND ME AND SEE THE BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING, A FLOWER, THE NEW GREEN OF SPRING, MY HUSBANDS SMILE, A BABY'S CRY, A BABY BIRD, A HAPPY STRANGER, MY LOVE FOR MY PETS. OH YES, WE LOST OUR BELOVED DOG DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AS WELL. WE WAITED 6 MONTHS, AND GOT ANOTHER, WE LOVE HER SO MUCH, SHE IS A TREAT! WHEN I AM HURTING OVER THESE THINGS, I SEEK OUT CHILDREN TO SPEND TIME WITH, THE YOUNGER THE BETTER, BUT I WILL TAKE ANY,( NOT REALLY ANAMORED OF TEEN AGERS, THEY ARE GOD'S CURSE UPON MANKIND!!!) I JUST PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND CONTINUE DOING SO. RARELY I INDULGE MYSELF, AND SPEND A MISERABLE DAY IN BED, DEEPLY DEPRESSED. I KNOW THE DANGER LURKING HERE THOUGH, SO I ONLY ALLOW MYSELF ONE DAY (WITH LONG PERIODS IN BETWEEN) TO WALLOW IN SELF PITY. THIS IS MY STORY AND I AM STICKING TO IT. | | | | go on the internet or listen to music | | | | Next Page |
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