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LoriWantsHealing 
9:24pm, September 29, 2009
Hello All,
Today I feel completey content. I love moments or days like these. I have had some tough things recently, but I am wading through the waves and now I am just peaceful. Praise God for many anwered prayers this week. I am thankful for what He gives and takes away.
I have broken free and set boundries with my codependent sister!! We are cautiously moving forward with her being aware of what I can and can not do for her. My Dad has cut ties with me in the past 2 weeks which has been painful, but he was a very troubling and difficult relationship for me. The door is not competely closed forever, but it is for now. I have had some sadness and grief over these changes. Ultimately I am very excited at the amount of emotional space no longer occupied by these draining relationships.
My husband has been responsive to me this week and able to make ammends when I feel he has been distracted. Halleujah!! He is someone who has trouble working through conflict or appollogizing. I am thankful. We had some wonderful time together last night. We will also have all day Sat. as my younger daughter (16) is at a youth retreat and my older daughter(18) is working.
Since I have not been overcomitted this week, I am so much more peaceful and hopeful. I think that I lash out at my husband when I am stressed. Well, I know I do. I am hopeful that I can maintain a peaceful mental state this weekend.
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Wow. I am more behind on reading my friends' journals than I realized!
I am so pleased that you have found peace and contentment through setting boundaries and letting go. I have not spoken to my father in many years and I'm okay with that. He brings nothing positive into my life and I do not allow people like that to burden me. We can't choose our families but we can choose what is important to us and sometimes they just don't fit into the picture. Just because they are blood, doesn't mean we have to love them. It's unfortunate but true. More people need to recognize this.
And I am happy to hear that you have made some progress with your husband.
I hope everything continues like this.
Liane999