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- Here is an oldie but goodie - I decided to repost it - based on something I read over at the PEACE website. Enjoy!Last night I wanted to see how many references there were to parents who walk away from their adult children so I googled it on my...
- This was posted on my facebook page today - I think it is very true"If you keep going backwards with the same people that were intentionally removed from your life, you will continue to stay stuck. There is no joy in being confused and unhappy. ...
- As we come upon our 2nd year at PWWA - I just wanted to mention that we now boast a membership of 246. I would like to welcome all our newbies and of course, extend many thanks to established members for all their input and wisdom....What would we...
- In another post - someone discusses the "repercussions" or "consequences" of taking or not taking ceratin actions regarding their EC. Let's get priorities in order here. We never really considered ANYTHING we did with our children as having...
- When we went on our mini vacay – we met some friends we had been out of touch with for some time. So when we caught up, we found that adult children shenanigans can happen even in the best of families.Our friend (the guy) had been married prior...
- My husband just took us to MGM Grand at Foxwoods - It was a FANTASTIC place – very clean & upscale. The pool was gorgeous and the spa was simply fabulous – immaculate and the treatment (a 50 minute mint tea scrub and wrap), was simply superb....
- Here is a really good post - It is my hope we can all get to a place like this. Thanks Nofun for letting me repost this for PWWA.This therapist guy I am seeing is working all sorts of magic. I've changed so much in the past 4 weeks since meeting...
- Now I am going to reveal how f__ked up my thoughts can be. This morning, I woke up remembering how we were over my husband' ex-wifes house for some sort of party for one of the kids (all very civilized - right?). Anyway - I remembered sitting in...
- I was trying to find some time to write this out since Thursday nite but this is the first time I had a chance. I had an unsettling experience I wanted to share with you - So I finally had the opportunity to write it all down.I have been feeling...
- Hello EveryoneI just noticed that PWWA is now 242 members strong! This means that there are a lot of new folks here - Some may be just reading, some posting, some may just be waiting to see what we are all about. Walking away from an...
- This is a link to the facebook group options - check out secret vs closed - Anyone can see who is in the group with closed - but they can sign up - otherwise, the admin of the group would have to sign them...
- There is a way to set up a facebook group for PWWA - if enough people want it - I can try and set it up - On it, I would allow members total access but it would be private, NOT post on fb pages or walls and if you want it secret, doesn't have to...
- Can’t Un-Ring A BellToday, we were doing our usual thing – walking the dogs at the open-air mall located about 5 miles from our house and then, our occasional stop at Starbucks. We sit with the dogs on an outside cluster of tables while...
- In this throwaway, immediate gratification world of ours, sometimes I get the feeling that we have become metephorical Walmarts that our ECs come to when something is required from us and then, when sated, they move on - because they can no longer...
- I have been on DS for about two years and PWWA will be celebrating our second anniversary in October. And yet, today it just occurred to me that I so often read posts containing the phrase containing the words "given permission" - usually within...