My therapist has said that it would be good for me to post on here that I am open to hosting a support group at my house. It would mean coming to Fremont. I know that meeting at a house has good points and bad points. The good points being you don't have to wonder about random people over hearing. The bad points being... you don't know me and coming to my house is scary.
To make this sound better... I'm painting my house all over with murals. It is a very friendly, cheerful, happy place to be. I have two small children (3 and 5) and they would take off with dad for an outing while we met. My garage is set up to easily accommodate 10-15 people who are seated while we talk. On one wall is a mountain scene (looks like a cross between Where the Wild Things Are) and on the opposite wall is my island paradise complete with full scale palm tree bookcase that I can climb to the ceiling. And I have a swing because I can't meditate. Swinging is close. :)
Weekends would be best. Sep 15 early in the day is a possibility. I don't have another weekend day available until mid-October. (I'm too busy.)
I was thinking 1-2 hours for the first meeting? One hour if we all feel tense and kind of like one hour was enough scary for the first day. :) Two hours if we all feel like, "Man I could talk to you ALL NIGHT."
I would need to be done no later than 4pm but I could do any point earlier than that in the day.
Does this sound interesting? I feel it would be nice to negotiate details in this thread and then I will send people my phone number and address in private message. Yes, I know I am taking the risk of scary people coming to my house and killing me by communicating on the internet. I'll have safety measures in place and I'm planning to meet a whole group at once... so I'm not that scared. I think it will be ok.
I think we could all use a little more support than we are getting. Richmond is just far enough away from me that I won't make it. :-\
Krissy
