Family Issues
Dealing with Despair: Dark Moments of the Soul
I picked up the bottle of iodine, focusing on the skull and cross bones symbol. I did not have a cut that needed disinfecting. I was hurt on the inside. I had just returned to my room from a meeting. A long time friend had said something that cut deep. Holding the bottle, the thought that came to my mind was, “I could drink this!” The thought...
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Grieving is a unique experience. It’s a process that is as individual as the people it affects. Oh yes, there are predictable stages … but the experience of loosing someone dear to you is truly a very personal journey. Recently I said goodbye to my dear Dad. It’s hard to believe it was only a couple of months ago. I’ve processed a lot...
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Messages in bottles have been the stuff of folklore for centuries. Dying, desperate sailors have hurled them. Curious children have launched them. Nicholas Sparks wrote a novel based on them, but don’t read it—or watch the movie—unless you already have a prescription for antidepressants. The story I find most interesting about such bottles,...
No Comments » Messages in bottles have been the stuff of folklore for centuries. Dying, desperate sailors have hurled them. Curious children have launched them. Nicholas Sparks wrote a novel based on them, but don’t read it—or watch the movie—unless you already have a prescription for antidepressants. The story I find most interesting about such bottles,...
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There was a video on CNN yesterday that stopped me in my tracks. It wasn’t footage from Thailand, or election coverage. It is a video of a little 5 year old girl sitting in front of an image of 5 cartoon children. The children are all wearing the same dress and the same expression, only the color of their skin is different. An interviewer...
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Growing up my Dad always made a point of telling us that none of us are adopted. When it comes to me and my Mom, he really could have saved his breath. I look just like her. We are very similar in other ways too. I know that I get my love of words and my passion for word-play from my Mom. We like books and crossword puzzles and silly poems...
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Have you ever sat in a group of people and listened to someone describe a family member whose own agenda takes over from the rest of the family? We have family members like that. One family member has driven past our home numerous times a year and stopped in only once in eight years. (We live five minutes from the freeway.) We drive 3 ½...
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My daughter cut herself for the first time when she was 12 years old. Today, 11 years later, she is still struggling to overcome this problem. At the time I knew absolutely nothing about "self-harm" and it scared me to death. I was shocked and bewildered that she would do such a thing. It’s important to understand cutting - what it is, who does...
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