Journal Entry for October 21, 2008
October 21, 2008 10:51pm
RaquelS
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About Me
RaquelS
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About Me
I am a 40 year old Christian woman.I am single. I am a Special Education Teacher. I have four grown children and 5 grandchildren. My passion is to live for God, spend time with family, reading, and having fun with friends!!
I am a 40 year old Christian woman.I am single. I am a Special Education Teacher. I have four grown children and 5 grandchildren. My passion is to live for God, spend time with family, reading, and having fun with friends!!
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I missed Church
July 16, 2008 3:24am
I got ready for Church and decided on the way that I wasnt going. I started to cry about my Mom and Sister..... and how unfair to lose them both and …
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Journal Entry for June 30, 2008
June 30, 2008 3:51pm
I went to Church yesterday, dont know if it is the one I would like to call "home" yet but hopefully I will figure this part out soon.
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HI,SWEETIE THINKING OF YOU,WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL WEEK,AND A HAPPY SPRING,LOVE DONNA
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Glad you liked it. have a great week!!
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Celebration
come take a look... yours is the concert ticket.
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Ray of Sunshine
thank you, you too. I'm making some signs for friends on my profile page, can I make you one?
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sending you lots of HUGS for the new year. Cindy
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Close Bereavement
Type: Loss of a ParentI lost my Mom (she was 60)on January 11th of 2008, unexpectantly. My sister (she was 36)(who has been ill off and on with unknown disease) came out from Kansas to bury her with me and then she passed away in her sleep on January 26th ... It has been so hard and I feel lonely and I feel like I have no one to talk too. My Mom was mostly a single parent and I only had one sister and now they are both gone!
Treatments
- Crying Somewhat Helpful
- It helps but I dont like crying in front of others because I dont want to make them sad.
- Keeping Busy Working / Worked
- I am a teacher, am om, a grandma and I am still going to College to finish my Credential.I am very busy. It helps because it provides normalcy.
- Pets Working / Worked
- I have too older dogs and I just got a new puppy and he has brought a lot of smiles to my day.
- Prayer Working / Worked
- Prayer always works...it brings me closer to God and that is what we should od on a daily basis anyway.
- Psychotherapy Working / Worked
- No...I dont feel like that therapist I went too was helpful... She is kind of Judgemental and didnt seem interested in helping me.
- Reading Working / Worked
- I read for school and I like to read Novels for pleasure. This helps. I like to get lost in a good book.
- Remembering Somewhat Helpful
- I love to remember good times but unfortunately with good times there were also times when I said or did soemthing mean to my mom over the years that come back to haunt me. Now I need to be careful when I am talking to a loved one for fear I will feel this way again if they pass. I dont feel the negative when I think of my sister other than I feel bad for not visiting her in Kansas when she was alive. HSe always traveled to see me and I went to her funeral in Kansas
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- I have 4 wonderful children. The two oldest have done the most to help me with my grieving process and I have great friends that listen to me but I dont like to burdent them with too much sad talk even though it is my reality, now.
- Talking Working / Worked
- I talk to my Aunt, my sisters husband, my oldest daughter, my sons wife, and my son.
Close Breakups & Divorce
I married my husband when I was 16 and pregnant. We met at Church (of all places!) We had four children in four years (one pregnancy was twins). Eight years after our marriage, we were seperated and then divorced. My divorce was 15 years ago and I still feel like I can't trust anyone and I haven't met anyone to marry again. Divorce is hard on everyone involved but sometimes neccessary. He was abusing drugs and had many different mood swings.He rarely saw our children.
Treatments
- Family Therapy Working / Worked
- I went to counseling and so did my children. It helped at the time. My children were young and they probably needed to go as teenagers. They have alot of anger due to the divorce and their fathers lack of interest in their lives.
- Forgiveness Somewhat Helpful
- I have written to my ex-husband and apologized for anything I did to hurt him during our relationship. Hoping this would help. I think it had helped me some.
- Reading Somewhat Helpful
- I read alot of books about how divorce is similar to death. It is the death of a relationship but fortunately that person usually lives on. I think death is worse!!! I have recently experienced loss in my life and it is worse than divorce!
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- My mother helped me alot. She came up to my house from LA and watched my children while I did errands and went back to school/work.
Open Adoption
I am a single 40 year old woman. I have four grown children. I am a Special Education teacher. I want to adopt a special needs child (always have) I am going to start the adoption process after I move into a bigger house. I am so excited !!!!
Open Sexual Abuse
I was sexually abuse for 12 years of my childhood and then I married at age 16. I have never dealt with my sexual abuse in any kind of therapy and my Mom wanted me too because she was worried about my angry attitude toward her, now she died a few years ago and I didnt get to heal and be able to have a good relationship with her. I miss her so much!
Open Diets & Weight Maintenance
I have struggled with my weight since I was 16 and after I had my first child. I need to lose about 70 to 80 pounds!!!
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- Counting Calories Working / Worked
- Eating Healthier Foods Working / Worked
- Eat Less Working / Worked
- Slim-Fast Working / Worked
- South Beach Diet Working / Worked
- Xenical Working / Worked
Open Twins, Triplets & More
I am the Mother of four children. My oldest is a daughter who is 23 now, then I have a son who is 20, and then I have twin daughter who are 19 years old.
Open Empty Nests
I was married very young at the age of 16. I had four children in the first four years of marriage. The last being twins. I was divorced at the age 24 and have been single raising all four on my own. Now of course, since they are all close in age, they have all grown up and on their own. Now, I am on my own too.
Treatments
- Writing Working / Worked
- Its ok. It helps a little
