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~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

~ Toolshed 2: Power Tools for Recovery ~

Hey hi hello! Welcome to the second iteration of...

~ The Toolshed ~

I decided to make a new thread, as the first one had errors and phantom pages, and was getting quite long! You can still find all the amazing pics, inspiring quotes, and uplifting messages of the first Toolshed here.

What is the Toolshed? Ain't a place to hang your hammer! Hehe this is a space where we can share the things that have helped us in our recovery. Tools, coping skills, inspiring ideas, and messages of hope and growth, is what this space is all about!!

You can stay connected and up to date on this space by favouriting, or by subscribing to the thread - head to the top of the page, and find the three dots to the right of the thread title (next to the star), click, and from the drop down menu you can 'favourite' or 'subscribe' - and clicking the star itself will also favourite the thread for you.

Favourite threads are then always available in your favourites list which should appear on the right hand side of most forums pages - or you can go to your profile and scroll down to the 'Favourites' section under your recent posts.

If you subscribe, it means that you will get a notification every time someone posts something new in the thread. So up to you if you simply want it to be always accessible, or if you want all the updates, or both!

I invite anyone who wishes to contribute to do so! It doesn't have to be pictures, it can be discussion, questions, videos, whatever you like! So without further ado, here's my latest batch!

Tagsalad (alphabetical order stolen from @Former-Member hehe):

@AlwaysMyself @Appleblossom @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Blackcloud @Bow @Captain24 @Chasingsunsets @creative_writer @Cuddlebear @Dimity @DownMoreThanUp @MissGremlin @ENKELI @GezzaP @Glisten @heartathome @Jacques @Judi9877 @Kashmina @lonemushroom @Meowmy @MJG017 @Mustang67 @NightFury @Oaktree @PeppiPatty @puppydoglover @rav3n @RebelliousAngel @REDLINEZ750 @RiverSeal @Ru-bee @Shaz51 @SleeplessRaven @The-red-centaur @Till23 @tyme @0ddsidian

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Thank you @Flutterbug9 , that progress timeline resonates very well 👏

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This is from my favourite author, for all those who have lost a loved one, it’s a wound that never totally heals. This goes out to you; I know this feeling all too well ❤️
I sit here thinking about the last time I saw your smiling face.
I try to picture your expression, hear your voice and think back to our conversation.
Tears stream down my face as the images of you flash through my mind..memories of you overwhelm my emotions in those moments.
I’m caught in that place between disbelief and sadness and my heart hurts in a way that I don’t know that I’ve ever felt.
I look at my phone and read your last words to me and I wipe away the tears.
I wish I tried to see you more, call you more, tell you that I loved you more.
I fight back the feelings of guilt as I think about the past..and you.
I can’t believe that I can’t call you and hear your voice.
I can’t believe your happy smile won’t greet me anymore when I come to visit.
Part of me won’t believe that you’re gone, that I’ll never be able to hug you again, hear you laugh or spend time with you again.
It’s a hard thing when someone you love dearly is gone.
I don’t know that I’ll be able to make peace with it for a while, but that’s part of the process, I guess.
Maybe I’ll never know why some are gone too soon and that’s okay.
The best thing I can do is live my life in a way that would make you proud and honor your legacy.
To let love be part of who I am.
Still, it hurts knowing that I’ll never hug you, hold your hand or see your smile again.
One day, dear one, we will meet again.
And next time, I’m never letting you go.
See you then.
Know that you’re in my heart, always.
Ravenwolf

@0ddsidian @Abbz77 @Adge @Ainjoule @Akarsha @Alice10 @Alily @AlwaysMyself @Angeltree @AnnoyedSheDevil @Appleblossom @asafeplace @ASafeSpace @Asgard @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Bailey23 @balance37 @Bill16 @Blackcloud @BlueBay @Bon_courage @Bow @Breakfast68 @Bunniekins @Captain24 @Chasingsunsets @Clawde @CloudedLight @creative_writer @Cuddlebear @DahliaDreams @Determined @Dimity @DogMan79 @DownMoreThanUp @Dreamy @Eclipsefairies @Eden1919 @Emelia8 @ENKELI @EternalFlower @Eve7 @Faith-and-Hope @FearofUnknown @fruitisgood @GezzaP @Glisten @Gnat @happy222 @Harmonium @heartathome @Historylover @Holly__GL @horse-lyf @Jacques @john74 @Judi9877 @Justustwo @Jynx @Kashmina @Khal @Lapis_Anteater @Littlenhuy @lonemushroom @LostAngel @MedicinalGypsy @Meowmy @MotherDuck @NatureLover @NightFury @NightPixie @Oaktree @oceangirl @outlander @Patchworks @PDMumandWife @PeppyPatti @P0larBear @puppydoglover @R_nie912 @RatDiva @rav3n @Realness @RebelliousAngel @REDLINEZ750 @RiverSeal @Rosepetal96 @Ru-bee @Sadness2015 @scruffypuffball @Sensdeepbluesea @Shaz51 @Silverlinin @SleeplessRaven @SmilingGecko @Snowie @Sophia1 @soulurge7 @Spiritual_tree @StuF @Sugarshack @Sunnyside226 @TAB @TeaPositive @The-red-centaur @Till23 @tyme @utopia @Zoe8 @Zoe7 @Cat34

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@MissGremlin thanks for sharing. Very appropriate right now.

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Hello @Mustang67, you're so welcome.

Hope you are doing well sweet ❤️

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@Chasingsunsets very inspiring. I love the dog in the last one, it made me laugh.

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@0ddsidian @Abbz77 @Adge @Ainjoule @Akarsha @Alice10 @Alily @AlwaysMyself @Angeltree @AnnoyedSheDevil @Appleblossom @asafeplace @ASafeSpace @Asgard @AuntGlow @avant-garde @Bailey23 @balance37 @Bill16 @Blackcloud @BlueBay @Bon_courage @Bow @Breakfast68 @Bunniekins @Captain24 @Cat34 @Chasingsunsets @Clawde @CloudedLight @creative_writer @Cuddlebear @DahliaDreams @Determined @Dimity @DogMan79 @DownMoreThanUp @Dreamy @Eclipsefairies @Eden1919 @Emelia8 @ENKELI @EternalFlower @Eve7 @Faith-and-Hope @FearofUnknown @fruitisgood @GezzaP @Glisten @Gnat @happy222 @Harmonium @heartathome @Historylover @Holly__GL @horse-lyf @Jacques @john74 @Judi9877 @Justustwo @Jynx @Kashmina @Khal @Lapis_Anteater @Littlenhuy @lonemushroom @LostAngel @MedicinalGypsy @Meowmy @MotherDuck @NatureLover @NightFury @NightPixie @Oaktree @oceangirl @outlander @Patchworks @PDMumandWife @PeppyPatti @P0larBear @puppydoglover @R_nie912 @RatDiva @rav3n @Realness @RebelliousAngel @REDLINEZ750 @RiverSeal @Rosepetal96 @Ru-bee @Sadness2015 @scruffypuffball @Sensdeepbluesea @Shaz51 @Silverlinin @SleeplessRaven @SmilingGecko @Snowie @Sophia1 @soulurge7 @Spiritual_tree @StuF @Sugarshack @Sunnyside226 @TAB @TeaPositive @The-red-centaur @Till23 @tyme @utopia @Zoe8 @Zoe7 @Carmin @Nw

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@Flutterbug9 Very inspirational. Thanks for sharing.

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@Flutterbug9 I definitely relate to the progress line.

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Good morning @MissGremlin I am not doing too bad. I still have a few niggly pains from my surgery and can't drive yet, which is getting a bit frustrating, as I want to see my daughter.

How are things progressing for you?

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Morning @Mustang67 my sweet, hopefully those niggly pains start to go away and that you can drive again soon. I know how frustrating it is to not be able to drive.

Things have been rough for me, just trying to push through each day.

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