After feeling a bit rejected by the Parents of Estranged Adult Children Everywhere...I am now going to being posting in a group called Family Estrangement. It does not look like this board is very widely used- and I'm hoping I won't be infringing on anyone else's area there.
Please, if you'd like to join me there...feel free.
Please, if you'd like to join me there...feel free.
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A favorite quote-
I\'ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I\'ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I\'ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you\'ll miss them when they\'re gone from your life. I\'ve learned that making a \"living\" is not the same thing as making a \"life.\" I\'ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I\'ve learned that you shouldn\'t go through life with a catcher\'s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I\'ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I\'ve learned that even when I have pains, I don\'t have to be one. I\'ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I\'ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. I\'ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
One of My Mother\'s Favorite Poems-
WHAT GOD HATH PROMISED
Author: Annie Johnson Flint
WHAT GOD HATH PROMISED
God hath not promised skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
God hath not promised we shall not now
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
many a burden, many a care.
God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain rocky and steep,
Never a river turbid and deep
But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love
TRUE, LOVE LUCY\'\'