I blossomed late in life. After raising five children I went to school, made great friends and became active in my community. Next I gave it up for my first relationship in 18 years. Now I live away from home with my guy, but I miss my friends and family and like many others I struggle to find work.
I blossomed late in life. After raising five children I went to school, made great friends and became active in my community. Next I gave it up for my first relationship in 18 years. Now I live away from home with my guy, but I miss my friends and family and like many others I struggle to find work.
My interests include reading, gardening, music, hiking, agate hunting and collecting, politics, writing and learning new things.
My interests include reading, gardening, music, hiking, agate hunting and collecting, politics, writing
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valerieL commented on SueES’s journal entry Dusty, I love you 1:15am
I'm so sorry for your loss. Our pets are a real part of our families and they don't live nearly long…
valerieL wrote a journal entry: Back Home 1:09am
I"ve just spent the last three days at my daughter Tiara's watching her three boys while she…
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I'm sorry you are feeling so down. I too struggle with feelings of being alone. Hope your day improves.…
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Although I'm in a relationship I have no friends where I live.…
valerieL commented on gerisue’s journal entry Suicide solution 9:02pm
I too struggle with loneliness. I've lived here for over five years now and I still have no friends.…
November 23, 2009 1:09am
I"ve just spent the last three days at my daughter Tiara's watching her three boys while she went north to a friend's wedding and hung …
November 14, 2009 1:58am
Casey is our soft-coated wheaten terrier. She is one year old and has tons of energy, which she does not get to run off as often as she should …
November 12, 2009 2:04am
I talked to my oldest daughter tonight and her oldest....my granddaughter Alyssa has the H1N1 flu. They were at the hospital and Alyssa fainted …
October 31, 2009 3:18pm
Today it is Halloween...and it is also my grandson Matthew's sixth birthday. I have not seen him since he was three. His mother and …
October 25, 2009 2:02am
Tonight we had a disaster. Daniel took the dog to the park and brought her home very filthy, so he started to fill the tub to bathe her and got …
Hang in there....I'm a professional trainer and will email you with some ideas on working Casey. This can be solved!!
I hope things work out and Dan will change his mind about Casey. I know my dog Grace (a Boston Terrier) daily frustrated me to tears when she was around Casey's age. Instead of continuing to teach her to come when called, teach her that the door is her boundary and that she's not to go out without a lead. That is what I had to teach Grace. Every time she headed for the door, I would say "no" and slap my hand against my own leg or the wall to make a noise. Reinforce that teaching by only taking her outside on a lead. If you want her to be off-lead outside, don't take the lead off her until you're completely out of doors with the door shut behind you. The main thing is to be consistent. Terriers are awful for running away. I had a Cairn terrier and he was constantly running away! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, Dan & Casey. Hopefully, Dan will change his mind aboug giving her up.
Keep us all posted. It would be interesting to know with the virus in the family how m any other members will or will not get it. I hope that you can do that for all of us. I know that is is communicable within ten feet - it is an airborn virus. Mom should take care of herself - many new moms are very susceptible to it. I'll be thinking about you all. Thanks for the note - keep me posted.
I hope this hug finds you peaceful and accepting the cross you are to bear. I will pray for you.
Godspeed.
I know how missing sleep affects me-it makes everything I experience more raw and difficult. I hope your pain subsides and you are able to get a good nights rest.
I'm here looking for support and to be of support to others. I started my life over and at first it was great, but I've run into road blocks that are threatening to send me back to where I began. I have no health insurance so I can not afford to see a counselor and I cannot afford anti depressants. I need help.
I went to school late in life after my kids were nearly all grown. It was the beginning of a whole new life, but I graduated in time to see many of the places I would have gone to for work close down and others had hiring freezes. I'm not so much changing my career as just trying to get it started. I could use support and advice and on occasion I've been known to be able to help others.
I've never been organized and constantly waste time. I'm looking for advice on how to get myself together and actually get things done.
Since my early 20s I have struggled with my weight. Six years ago I was losing weight and life was looking up, but then I made a decision that shook up my world and I fell back into old patterns of behavior and now I'm heavier than I've ever been before. My body hurts and I know that one of the reasons I can't find work is no one in their right mind would hire someone like me.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family and unfortunately raised five children in dysfunction. I feel that my past burdens me and is in part holding me back. In the past support groups have been helpful.
The past few years have been difficult for my boyfriend and myself. Due to helping his son and to health problems he lost his house to foreclosure. My job ended in February and we are struggling to make it.
Just last December I found out I had type 2 diabetes. I was checked six months earlier and I as borderline. Since December I have lost my insurance and have only had my blood checked once. I've stopped checking my blood and I seldom think about my diabetes. I know I'm in denial and that I'm depressed. Out of work, out of money and I live in an area where I know no one, other than my boyfriend who is going through his own depression.
I have anger issues about abuse I had when I was young and the fact that no one ever protected me.
I'm here looking to meet new people and to offer and receive support. I struggle with depression, loneliness, weight problems and unemployment.
I have great interest in the war in Iraq and our countries relationship with the rest of the world.
Although I'm in a relationship I have no friends where I live.
