Life can be a Pain

@Appleblossom - good yo see you pop up. Peace to you. Hope your son is with you, otherwise - we are. Stay Strong sista.❤❤😱

@Owlunar. Hugz to you too ❤❤❤

Hi @Owlunar

Thanks for the image @Former-Member

It fitted me well. Nice to see the grand and the music stand. Just like my place.

One of my old students loved "The Piano Guys".

I am dealing with the death of cats right at this moment so I guess christmas is consolidating even more as a time of death and grief. I need to get off line, but thank you all for being there.

Crying with you @Appleblossom, replied longer to you on the cat thread. Sorry I didn't catch you in real time. You take all the time you need ❤❤❤

Hi @Appleblossom

I do understand what you mean about your oldest being like a birthday and it was carved into your heart - adoption is something really different - yours was 6 weeks - mine was only 2 weeks - none the less - it changes our lives over-night -

It was heart-breaking to realise there was something wrong with him - but after a few hours battling with it I made a commitment and that is something I still feel to this day - but what can I liken it to? This unhappy little baby who was so beautiful woke a flame inside me that burns to this day. It can never go out - it shines and other people tell me I have this light - and they often don't know what it is - but it goes on and on and had I not made my commitment it would not have been there - at least - I don't think so.

It's really fantastic - and it's like a Christmas present reading what you said about your first being carved into your heart. Yes - they are.

My relations - yes - this is difficult but with so much happening right before Christmas I laid that aside - I will be seeing a new therapist in January and after that - I am going to fly interstate anyway and it might be harder for my relative who is stopping me from seeing the other one to stop me from visiting.

I can hope anyway - my knee is taking it's time but is gradually settling down

That picture is really wonderful and thought-provoking - btw - how far away is the east from the west? - Christ was born in the Middle East. Interesting idea

The imagery is unique and our religious imagery is individually iconic - (what a different expression) - I was thinking about this when I remembered that I have a candy cane in my bag - now - I had to think what that could be in Western religious thought and of course - it's the shepherds' crook

I want to wish you the best Christmas possible and hope your time will be peaceful this Christmas and I also want to acknowledge how much your messages here make me think -

Dec

evening @Owlunar how have you been holding up? youve been offline for a few days or been really quiet whihc is fine but often means your struggling so how are you?

@outlander

Hi there - I am okay - I was out most of Christmas Day with my son-in-law's family - so many kids there - my grandson has 5 kids and a new house with 6 bedrooms and they are doing up the back garden like a kindergarden - wow - they have so much great stuff to really get the kids exercising and I really liked to see that

So I was out longer than I though though and I had a couple of spare tablets but I really needed to have taken a couple more with me because I was out for so long - great day - but yesterday and earlier today I was paying in pain which is fairly normal for me to have pain after such an event - and I get as much fun out of a family day like that -

But I shoulda taken more pills with me - ahhhhhhhhhhhh

I have decided to go interstate and see my rellies when my knee settles down - it can still give me a bit of a hard time when I over-do and I sure did on Christmas Day so I am thinking I will most likely wait until February to go. I do feel a lot better about this situation than I did several days back - and I have a medicare plan to see a therapist about this and a few other things happening in my life - somethings I can deal with soon and other things take longer but I am making decisions

How are you Outlander - I have an annoying bug in my phone right now - it blocks my internet connection which stops me from reading when I am out or in bed - but this will pass I am sure or maybe I need a new battery in my phone.

As my knee settles there a quite a few things for me to attend to out of the house - I need to get a few things from shops

One of my presents for Christmas was a large jigsaw of the solar-system - I have to move my piano keyboard a bit to make room on the table and I am looking forward to starting that

All the best Outlander and thanks for the shout-out

Dec

hey @Owlunar

im glad you had a great chrissy though im sorry about your pain. I can understand that its crappy hey! Im glad your at home resting now though.

Good idea about waiitng till you recover more but going interstate sounds good too to see your family. I know theres quite a few upsets atm. Oh thats good your going to see a therapist, im glad your getting some more offline support as well.

Bugger about the phone bug though! I do hope it buggers off otherwise you might have to get it checked out. Thats awesome! When your finished you should take a pic and share it! Im sure youll be occupied for hrs on end. Good for a raining day hey

sending hugs