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JacquesSenior Contributor
Hi Everyone, I made a suggestion to SANE to start a thread of insirational quotes for the times some of us who are feeling low or struggling to find reasons to keep going.
I urge all my fellow forumites to contribute to this thread, it may help others, or even help yourself 🙂
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Hi @Jacques have you been outside ... much happening with the animals?
Have you been doing any woodwork or work on the house?
My son is playing exquisite Beethoven atm .. very quiet part of a sonata
I was so pleased he fixed a music stand for me this week.. now I know he can nut out things in real life too.
Hey @Kurra They say its mainly pianists who wreck music stands lol .. ..der .. lol ..its just a little K&M
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
@Jacques Its nice to talk to you...its been ages.
Your aunt is lucky if she is getting support from you .. you dont owe her .. but you seem to have come to some understanding about her .. arent there other supports for her so you can use your money for you?
Animals do help.
Have you seen the claymation Mary and Max .. Dir by Adam Eliot
with voice actors: PS Hoffman and Ton Collete
We have been watching it over the last 3 nights as we ate dinner.
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JacquesSenior Contributor
I know i don't owe her @Appleblossom i just don't want her to be homeless, i was nearly their myself and i just can't see her end up the same as me, she causes me great anxiety and says some very hurtful things, but she is my family, to me loyalty is everything.
she has two children who earn a lot of money between them, in the 6 figure range, but they will not support her at all. one of her children are going on a cruse, she visited her mother and left her with no food at all.
no i have not seen Clayderman, mary and max, i will look it up 🙂
sounds wonderful. i like to watch the news when i have dinner. i know i shouldn't but i cant help it
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
We used to just watch the new over dinner
but I had a meltdown a couple of months ago .. and partially set up TV at my end of the house .. have an outlet but the cord to the aerial is broken .. lol .. there is always some obstacle ..
so we just watch shows instead
My son chose it .. he really liked Phillip Seymour Hoffman
I am impressed by my son's great taste .. adoring mamma ... lol
its agenda is mental health .. but it is done in a whimsical way that lightens it .. so its not too heavy .. and makes some good statements.
I am impressed by your decision to stick by your aunt 
.. inspite of the awkwardness and trouble her MI has caused .. I wish you could find a way to warm yourself inside more .. we do need more people like you and @Former-Member nd @Kurra and @utopia and @Shaz51
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