Living with Ourselves

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@Appleblossom wrote:

Dear @Sophia1

Keeping low profile. Gently coming back from crisis.

To quote from your song.

There should be laughter after pain
There should be sunshine after rain

@Bunniekins

'The giggle at a funeral' .... like that.. especially if you were really there with me.

So glad you are back and IN FORM on the forum.

I had a funeral this week, but it was kind of sad bittersweet, lovely as it meant my old friend was no longer struggling with dreadful deterioration of dementia.

@Jacques

Love as always.

Apple

Yes those were the two sentences that stood out to me...

I sing it to myself and find it soothing..

Sophia

big hug

continue with the gentle time..one day at a time

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Lovely @HenryX

Thank you so much for rescuing me from my terrible tech skills again..

Now I can share the music with our friends on here..

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I have family ancestry from Prussia....the german side..

There was a duchy with our family name just above northern italy..

@Jacques

We can always cut the hamburgers into quarters...that might make it easier for your dad..

I have to say I find them very messy to eat also...Always have heaps of serviettes on hand..

Yes you can have a look at the paving...He has nearly finished the side path...

still has the verge sections and then garden paving from driveway to outside room..

A walk would be nice...Bring warm clothes...I have a water proof jacket that also acts as a windbreaker (still feel it though) hood up...

Catch you when you arrive ..

hugs to all of you and family

Sophia 💛

Great song and video clip @TAB

Some new dance moves for us to learn..

Miss Robin Williams also...

He gave so much to the world..

Don't worry be happy....sing the song...

works for a while...

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This one always gets me up dancing @Adge

Very upbeat...

Thank you for sharing

hugs my friend

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Prussian...german on my mum's side @Jacques @TAB @Adge

english my dad's side and possibly irish..

Dad would not eat hamburgers , pies, takeaway full stop..

When he retired...he used to play chess on his own..

He learnt to touch type and received a certificate which he was very proud of..

He started to play the trombone at one stage....thankfully that did not last...drove mum mad...

He also learnt to speak german by listening to an LP these days called vinyls...

He was in a photography group when he was still working in the city.

He loved to walk like myself...

He also played golf..

He smoked pipes...I have them all..as well as his cameras..

He read Irving Wallace and some world war 11 books..

He had many interests..

My unwell mind comes from my mum's side...

I find that very interesting as she was not supportive at all...did not talk about it with me at all..Also told me along with my sister to forget about my son...as would upset me more and affect my life!

No unconditional love there....only love with conditions....control...

time to log out..

read my book

redirect my mind

take care all

Sophia 💛

Enjoy your bike ride in the sun @Anastasia xx

Hi @Sophia1

Just letting people know just a small part of why I've been largely absent from Forums - Just a part of what's been happening....

I’m doing a 3 day Traffic Management Course starting tomorrow (Monday).

Completing 13 hours of Pre- Traffic Management Online Inductions has kept in a state of exhaustion & overwhelm, over the past week or so.

That’s because I pushed so hard to get through (complete) – at DES’s insistence.

I virtually ran out of food & essential supplies – Yet had no energy left to go shopping for groceries.

Then there was (is) the 7 week Disability Job-Ready Course (Intake) starting Monday 11th of October (tomorrow) – In direct Conflict with my 3 day Traffic Management Course.

I have 12 year’s experience working in Disability Support – 12 year’s experience in Horticulture (Environmental Management Post-Grad).

Yet have not obtained on-going employment, since Covid Redundancy.

So I’ve now missed out on (had to decline) that Program.

I am also missing out on a Call Centre Job opportunity – because of being streamed into Traffic Management, by the DES.

I can only clearly decide (make a Somewhat Free Choice) – When one choice is Not in Conflict with Something else.

Otherwise I often Default to what came first – Or Agree with the Person who was Most Insistent.

That is what has happened in this Case.

There were several conflicting things, all at once.

I now feel in Conflict – However I proceed, or whatever I do.

However – Traffic Management, Here we Go (fingers Crossed)….

Adge

hi @Sophia1

Oh my mums side is dutch and irish, a bit of a worry, lol.

wow, your dad sounds very intelligent, i have never figured out how to play chess, to complicated for me.

oh dear, music is one of those things you eather have the touch or not, i never had any musical tallant, they made me use the triangle in primary school, i hadto ring it once and i couldn't even do that. oh well, can't be good at everything.

oh i love vinyls, i have nearly 500 of them, some of them even signed, i have the signed beatles box set and the signed elvis presley box set.

my dad was a professional photographer, he used to do weddings and had his own photo lab, i used to work ther after school and on weekends. i loved it.

my dad loved music, martial arts, running, sports. he was a heavy smoker too, i don't know how he managed sports wiith his smoking, he tried so many times to give up but couldn't manage it, it must be a european thing.

im so sorry things are not good with your mum and sister, hugs my friend.

jacques