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I thought I'd start a discussion where we can check in with members and use this space to keep in contact. It's a space to be able to say how you really feel and it's a space for the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our lives.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Thanks @CheerBear .....
Busy and wonky it is, but it’s been that way for ten years in this state .... and was wonky and busy in another state before that ... I move from one moment of peace or joy to another to get through the rest of it ..... and still swimming.
Thank you for big hugs - always appreciated - and sending some back to you .... 💕💕💕
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
💕 @outlander
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MaggieSenior Contributor
Gosh @Faith-and-Hope my head spins when I read some of your posts. Another move....my heart goes out to you......it really does. 💜💕💜💕☕️☕️☕️
Ostrich sounds such a sensible choice, and the tiny miracle moments, when you can catch them. Lots of these 💜💕💜💕💜💕 and these ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ and kind thoughts.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Thanks so much @Maggie ..... 💜💕☕️✔️🤗
“My home is my sandcastle” ..... it keeps being washed away .....
When we enter a new time of chaos like this, I “withdraw operations” and reduce myself to functioning in the immediate space around me throughout the day .... like walking in my own private spotlight ... where everything beyond that border of light is indistinct, peripheral. It gets me through.
When the chaos stops for a while, I start picking up the pieces and trying to fit them back together.
This time it has been happening on several fronts at once. A new level of overwhelming, that I could see coming but like with the rest of it, I am powerless to stop it without causing a bigger one on all fronts ..... so I am still pretty much in my little sporlight .... just moving through the immediacy of each day.
I can see that my kids are doing the same, except one or two who are stop-start with it.
I am enjoying my current Photoshop project ..... and I am narrating my woes and values into art projects. You would have to know my circumstances to be able to “read” them that way, and my visual diaries are a cathartic way to find a voice about it all.
So is being here.
💜💐💕💜💐💕💐☕️
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