MaryWhite
Status: On a different path
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- This month around rhe middle of August my life changed forever. My grandson was two now he's almost six I will never see him again. No school plays or I love you Grammy. I have a grandauther born almost two years ago. I don't get to see them because...
- My sister who is 19 years older than me lived with my mom. My mom had a stroke in 2002 and went to a convalescent home and has dementia. My oldest ED had gone to live with them when she was 14. Accusations of abuse blah blah blah tore our family...
- I work with not one but three pregnant women. One I work with closey. For her baby shower I bought her a pair of soft crib shoes. Over the last couple of weeks she's shared more and more of her personal life. Today she showed me her pregnancy...
- I recently discovered a benefit that has arisen from the estrangement I now spot the BS rather quickly. I read through the comments from moms and dads about how much their kids love them. Let me count the ways, free baby sitter, house sitter, dog/...
- My mom had a stroke 16 years ago. She lived with my sister at the time and had to go into a home. Shortly after that she developed dementia. I had a troubled relationship with her and my sister due to their interference in my children's lives and in...
- This is my fourth year of estrangement. I made a promise to myself that this year was going to be a year of change. I walked my first 5k this month the day before my 60th birthday. It was amazing and I smiled for days. I have the bib from my race...
- Last night I had a dream I visited my 5 year old grandson. I sat on a step and he was below playing on the grass with friends. I said hi my name is Mary Ann what's yours? He was shy as any 5 year old would be so his friend told me his name. Then the...
- As some of you may know who are friends on Facebook I walked my first 5k last night. I set a goal months ago that for my 60th birthday I was going to walk our Corporate 5 k, it's always the day before my birthday. Unusual for this time of year in FL...
- My "Best friend" someone I loved like a sister dropped everything for. She suddenly stopped speaking to me. My DH has a fake FB account so he can check to make sure my evil fair weather kids don't slam me. Well guess what?? My Bestie is friends with...
- Silence from my kids used to kill me. Now I embrace the silence I do not want to hear from them because all they try to do is hurt me in a very passive aggressive way. Wow what Four years of silence has given me, strength, self confidence and zero...
- In my sleep I started thinking of my EO's and I remembered the old school term fair weather friends I have fair weather kids. When it was advantageous they loved me but once I wasn't what they thought I should be they dumped me.
- There is a quote in the move "A Price Above Rubies" "Sometimes a thing has to be destroyed. Walls have to be broken so you can see what's been hiding all along." It touched me personally everything, or so I thoyght, was destroyed. Now I see what...
- I have been working really hard on myself and I made a promise this was the year that I was going to focus on me and make some changes for the better it was time to stop feeling sad. Tonight I was working out on the treadmill I felt so powerful...
- I have finally come to the end of my sad journey., or I should say taken what was my nightmare and turned into my personal growth to becoming a stronger person, happier and more confident Turning shit into gold LOL. I finally get it. What those...
- Did I really need 10 signs to show me the writing on the wall. The disrespect, disregard for my feelings and the lies? The disrespect I went to visit at her convenience, forget Christmas that was her family day with her POS husband. Never mind that...