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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
For a while I have tried to find a thread I had started when I joined the forum that could be a "home" thread for me.
Being busy about the forum has been a coping style, where I can acknowledge all my different life experiences that had been silenced. Possibly do some good and prevent things from getting worse. Like the little boy with the finger in the dyke.
Feeling fragile
Needing Nurture
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
One day.... maybe next year... Might be a time for writing.... again. I needed to get connected socially.... To ensure I didn't leave....
Thanks for not rejecting me. @Dimity I don't really want to complain. I know you are vulnerable but our friendship matters to me.
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DimitySenior Contributor
🫂 Hugs @Appleblossom
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Just filling my eyes and mind with nourishment.
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rav3nSenior Contributor
@Appleblossom i love those images you posted, and especially love the quote. something about the last painting... it's seems so simple but i feel drawn to it.
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Till23Senior Contributor
Love the Gouldian finches @Appleblossom, also the lion with the sheep!
You have posted some lovely images - thanks
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
When I joined the forum another poster mentioned a wonderful art website… can’t remember the name… of the poster or the website… but I found it really helpful to look at art and share on the forums. That website did close down, but I found that I still had all the pics in my Sane profile album. Yay for some aspects of tek…. So I thought I would revisit them. It lifts my mood.
That last pic is from the Dutch Golden Age of art and reminds me of my Dutch grandfather who loved his eggs. @rav3n
After grandmother died, at the end of his life I was on a roster feeding him….he wasn’t perfect…. Nobody is….it is what makes us human….but I believe he did the best with what he had… he was in the WWII camps but taught me not to be racist agin Germans…. That was a good legacy… he was a bit rigid though, and limited educationally… sadly he fell out with my father over the DLP/ALP split which is why dad went walkabout with us and we ended in orphanages when I was 6. It has taken me a while to piece together some sort of coherent narrative …. Though all the death and mental illness.
My family’s limitations make sense in the big picture…. If I look beyond the harsh judgmental language in my official files. So in a narrative therapy model I am thickening the narrative….not many people can cope with the Big S words… schizophrenia and suicide…. I do encourage Sane to be more open minded about diagnostic labels…and their limitations.
thanks for being part of my healing journey..
@Shaz51 @Jynx @Dimity @Till23 @rav3n @tyme @Zoe7 @Faith-and-Hope @Snowie @Eve7 and all…
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DimitySenior Contributor
Love the pictures @Appleblossom .
Back in the day I came across idea of "rich narrative".
I reckon life's tapestry is complex and multilayered.
Pax et Bonum. The phrase seems to resonate for me atm. Go well.
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Zoe7Senior Contributor
We have been with each other for a long time here @Appleblossom and I do remember those days we talked about art and your past. Both helped me in ways you will never know so thank you for being here and I am grateful I have had you along the journey also ❤️❤️❤️
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
We have been with each other for a long time here @Appleblossom and I do remember those days we talked about art and your past. Both helped me in ways you will never know so thank you for being here and I am grateful I have had you along the journey also
I totally agree with what you said above my sister @Zoe7 ❤️
@Appleblossom , @tyme
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
♥️🖼️ @Appleblossom ….
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