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Dear Alice.in.Wonderland I am so sorry for not responding to you sooner. I have not looked back at this article for some time now. Your response was so honest, kind, and supportiive. I have not read the article again, but will when I finish writing here. I do not remember the statistics, but...

am new as well. I remember going to an Adult Childre of Alcoholics 12 step meeting when I was a very young mother (22yrs old). I asked if I should be spanking my 9mo.old baby. “You are just disciplining him!” I tried, as a parent, and failed pretty much every day. Read the books. Went to...

Casey, I know we don't know each other, and I've commented a couple of times...I have been so concerned for you though. So I hope you don't mind...I know money is a concern for you. But, it might be worth the money to just talk to a doctor, a regular old general practitioner.. Do you know anyone...

Happy International Women's Day @Casey_03 !! I wish I could throw you a baby shower!! I'd invite Nikie and @ladee!! Happy pregancy, birth, baby, and beyond!

ps, Casey, do you have a stroller yet? Very important piece of equipment. I am really digging here, getting old. But if you are planning on breast feeding, believe the La Leche'? League is a world wide organization. Nursing, surprisingly, can be a bit of a trick at first, and they will support...

Dear Casey,,,the BEST of all things to you and your new baby when she or he arrives!! I don't know how far along you are. Sounds like you have at least a few weeks? Do as much for baby as you can, right now. Have one weeks worth of clothing, diapers, supplies. You have a list of supplies you'll...

Happy International Women's Day @Nikie! Thank you for listening to all my woes! And cheering when things go well!!

Your rant is understandable, Kailani. I hope today is better! Is there anyone to turn to for a little bit of help at least for food? Please let me know. Are there any food banks around, where people donate stuff?(I am having a hard time thinking of what they are called--getting old) I know it is...

Please be safe, Nikie. May God's angels be around you and guide you. xoxoxox

@Anarchy: Hi, I would like to do this challenge with you please.....I am a bit of a procrastinator and am just looking up the challenge now. Nikie recommended it to me. I'm going to check if I can order the book in the states or am worried it won't get here in time?

So great on the job offer!!! You sound very positive today Kailani, I'm so glad for you. I hope you remember to take a little rest when you can get it, be kind to yourself....My second boy started life as a girl, and also has a connective-tissue disorder. I worry about the stress that comes...

Well, I wish you didn't have to juggle so much. My son is also studying to be a nurse. I'm so proud of him. He went to school for court reporting, the guys that take dictation during trials? but it is like learning a whole new language in a way, that you have to then interpret into a machine. He...

Everyone who has spoken here is very courageous and thank you. I can't go back and read all the responses right now because the pain is making it difficult to even write. I understand childhood sexual contact, with cousins and siblings, and strangers. I understand being swallowed by fear, at...

Kailani, what does CEU stand for? And by boards, do you mean university boards? There is no other way to retrieve what your computer took when it died? Sorry, don't mean to be dense....I hope there is a way around what is causing you such stress right now. It sounds awful. Are you ok? I'm sorry...

Hello Kailani, great to hear from you! Are you still able to live in your Grandpa's house or has it sold already? I hope you are safe and well, and have housing! for the time being. Good luck as you move forward, with whatever you decide to do as far as that goes...You are still processing so...

Ivan, my brother took that medication with great results, he did say it might have messed up his emotions, but just a little compared to Interferon. That he was a little tired. But we were also grieving our mother at the same time he was taking it. I am waiting to hear any day what the last...

Kailani, sorry, I don't quite understand? Who hates you? That is a terrible way to feel, whoever you are referring to.... That kind of talk really gets to me, too. Please take care of yourself, you have been through so much. I hope you can be near or listen someone who is kind to you. Instead...

Yesterday evening was a challenge. I spent about seven years in college being taught by two wonderful teachers in ceramics. Had a little studio built off the garage. We decided to move, so lost the studio, and in the interim found out I have a connective tissue disorder. My husband has been...

This challenge has been so awesome for me. I try to take the self-compassion breaks through-out my day. I have been more able and willing to leave the house (was isolating for a very long time.) I am having less physical pain. Discipline for meditating everyday eludes me. So am extending myself...

@Ivan the Elder I'm so sorry about how you are feeling right now, Ivan. I HATE being vulnerable in front of almost anyone, even those I love very much. I hope this challenge helps you bear what should have never been done to you. I hope you find this post. I was looking for your last post but...

I hope you find peace with your situation, Ivan. Today I'm just missing my mom...Despite all the dysfunction in my family we were close. I'll need the self-compassion discipline today. I had to shelf so much, and deal with pure craziness from the sibs when she died. Guess my time is now. Your...

You absolutely helped me, Ivan the Elder! I'm so glad you feel a little better! Just got home, $ is in the bank. I didn't realize how much angst those little rectangles of paper were causing me. I hope you don't burn your check, Ivan. I don't know what your circumstances are, but if you need...

Ivan the Elder, I have written and erased three replies to your post. Right now I have checks from my mom's little house, for whom I was executor. They have been lying there for four months. For me it has been grief, anger, loss, GUILT, love, despair, denial, keeping me from taking them to the...

It is MUCH easier to plank if you hold the posistion while lying on your back.