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Status: I am trying to move forward. It does get better!
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How far I've come in the last 3+ years! I hope anyone who thinks he or she can't possibly make it will take heart! I have no new big, or even small romance to report. In fact my wedding ring...
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Well, I'm taking some new steps since the new year. I've set goals to continue to work on running in a 5 K in February, learning Mandarin, and getting a volunteer job. I'm really not sure of what...
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When I sit at my computer in the kitchen my husband designed, I look out the windows at trees he planted. I am surrounded by J's creativity and love. I feel he often helps me in things large and...
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What I like about today:I ate soup I made out of vegetables I grew.My retrievers' ears - soft and silky with just a little bit a burrs to prove they're retrievers.I have enough $ to help my...
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walked on Weds more than 1/2 hour.On Thurs. was lifting, cleaning, up and down ladders for four hours
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I feel sad and lonely this morning. I have been writing back and forth to family members. Because I am a stepmother (to 2 great people in their thirties) I sometimes feel I have to walk on eggshells....
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I have had an interesting weekend. I went to an air show north of here and paid a man to give me a helicopter ride. I used to fly light planes a little. I never got my license because, boing a...
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Well, here I am. I am sitting here thinking I am fortunate indeed to feel as good as I do after reading posts from newer members. My heart breaks for them. I want to jump into cyberspace and hold...
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I guess I am realizing more and more that my husband is happy and the only way I'm going to be happy is if I make the effort. I have an okay house, enough money, a small truck, dogs and cats, great...
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Well, I'm more than 7 months in and it is remarkable. I used to leave J. for a aweek or two at times to attend classes in another state or something like that and I hated being away from him. So it...
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I've decided to start and make a new year of doing new things! Yesterday I went down to another city to a Sacred Harp sing. This is fun and inspiring. The people are nice. The music is an older...
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I'm not sure why today was so tough, but it was. I felt beyond crying; more like I was going to throw up, it hurt so much. I went to meeting in town this morning that I had to chair. It was a good...
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Well, it's Saturday and despite my best planning I am sitting home but at least I have a computer and fellow DSers to joke with. I fell lonely, sad, underappreciated, confused, and also more...
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The memorial service last Saturday went well. It made me really sad again for several days but it was good to hear other talk about my husband and what he meant to them. I had friends cater and play...
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I woke up at 6:00 today and decided to tune in the royal wedding. It was beautiful, but it brought back the loss I have had and I just haven't been able to shake the sadness today. I went in to town...
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