MY LOVED LADIES,READ THIS PART 2ND
DEAR KAREN,WHAT I WOULD GIVE FOR A SESSION WITH YOU!.....SMILE.
I BECAME THE MOTHER MY MOTHER NEVER WAS. IT HAS BEEN MY GREATEST BLESSING,AND A PLUS WITH MY GRANDS,MY BOYS.
I AM RAISING THEM WITH EMPATHY,COMPASSION,AND RESPECT FOR THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS.
AS THE SAYING GOES, "MAYBE I HAD TO GO THERE TO GET HERE".
I HAVE HEALED MUCH AND WILL RECEIVE A HOLISTIC/HEALER THEREPY, FORGIVE SPELLING. I AM NOT MYSELF,BUT I AM ON MY WAY TO A BETTER SELF.
I HAVE ACCEPTED THE UNKIND PEOPLE IN MY LIFE AS DISEASED. HOW CAN I NOT FORGIVE A SICK PERSON?
VE PEOPLE,I WAS A YOUNG TEEN DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT,I GOT TO SEE MARTIN LUTHER KING,I GOT TO SHAKE BOBBY KENNEDY'S HAND. THEIR LOVE AND THEIR PEACE RUBBED OFF ON ME,I WAS A MEMBER OF THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE. WHEN THEY WERE KILLED,AND JOHN,AND YES MALCOM X WHO FOUND PEACE AND LOVE BEFORE GOD TOOK HIM...IT WAS AS THOUGH MY FAMILY MEMBERS DIED. I MORNED THEM MORE THAN MY MOTHER.
I WAS BLESSED WITH A SISTER NINE YEARS OLDER THAN ME.MY MOTHER SENT ME SOUTH WHEN I WAS 3 MONTHS OLD WITH HER,TO MY GRANDMA,WHO ADORED AND LOVED ME AS MY SISTER DID. MY SISTER WAS MY MOTHER,SHE DIED AT 56. MY MOTHER TOOK US FROM MY GRANDMA WHEN I WAS 8 AND COULD BE OF SERVICE TO HER. THAT IS WHEN I MET MY 2 YEAR OLD BROTHER,I WAS HIS SITTER,I STARTED SCHOOL LATE,NO 1ST OR 2ND GRADE,MY SISTER TAUGHT ME,AND I WAS SMART, I WAS ABUSED BY MY MOTHER,BEATINGS SOMETIMES DAILY. I WAS ALSO A SURROGATE WIFE FOR MY FATHER,WHEN HE STAYED OUT UNTIL 3AM,I WAS AWAKENED TO COOK FOR HIM.I DID HIS LAUNDRY,IRONED HIS SHIRTS. WHEN I WAS BAD,MY MOTHER HAD ME STRIP NAKED AND HAVE HIM BEAT ME.
THE WORLD WAS MY FRIEND,I WAS PART OF THE NEW BUSING FOR SCHOOL INTERGRATION,MY FRIENDS THERE WERE MOSTLY JEWISH..I READ THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK WHEN I WAS 12. I KNEW GRAND DADS AND GRAND MA'S WITH TATOOS. I WILL NEVER GET A TAT.I LEARNED HOW OTHERS WERE HURT,THAT LESSENED MY PAIN. I LEARNED LOVE AND FORGIVENESS FROM THE BEST OF BEINGS.
I LOVE AND I AM LOVED,ALL THE REST WILL FOLLOW.
THANK YOU FOR THE SESSION...LOL.
Linda,
As I read your post, it just broke my heart to read the expirences you've gone through and like all the people before me said, what a wonderful spirit you are, all that pain and instead of becoming bitter and angry at the world you share your wonderful caring self with all of us. I've gone through some similar cir****tances in my life, though I won't go into them with you here, but I understand about PTSD and so on, as well as coming from an abusive home life, you've overcome much and have a lot to handle with this latest event in your life, I wish you peace and health and I hope there will be no lasting reprecussions as a result of your fall.
Sending you lots of cyber hugs and wishing you health, Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
on 2/13/09 5:55 am - Park Forest, IL