All the mashed potatoes sounds good indeed, as does the better news for your dad. Continuing to send love and ~ma your way, Nora.
{{sj}}, exploding lets the enemy win. No exploding! ~calm~ma.
Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?
Host ,'Not Fade Away'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laura - May 07, 2015 4:09:05 pm PDT #19154 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
sj - May 07, 2015 4:12:43 pm PDT #19155 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Not exploding only because I have this place.
Laura - May 07, 2015 4:18:53 pm PDT #19156 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Oh do I know that feeling well!!!
I stopped by to see #1 son today. He is staying in an empty duplex near here. So I worked up the whatever to go around back and open the door and go in. He was in there asleep on some old sofa cushions on the floor in the corner where anyone peaking in windows wouldn't see. No electric of course. We talked, then I told him I had to leave.
I'm okay. My take is that he has to have a certain degree of shame and embarrassment that his mother has seen how he is living. I guess being a homeless bum is still better than dealing with society rules. I let him know he has other options if he wants a better life.
brenda m - May 07, 2015 4:20:03 pm PDT #19157 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That's what we're here for! Among other things.
beekaytee - May 07, 2015 5:12:46 pm PDT #19158 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
God bless you, Laura. Your strength is awe inspiring.
beth b - May 07, 2015 5:32:32 pm PDT #19159 of 30002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
health for the family~Nora
peace~~ma ,sj
and extra strenth , laura
Laura - May 07, 2015 5:44:13 pm PDT #19160 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Thank you. I do know and feel the support and strength I get here. Obviously it is difficult to share the daily blow by blow of the ups and downs of parenting this child. I'm doing okay. Apparently the turtle soul and abundance of patience I was born with is an advantage in these times. DH is the first to acknowledge that his personality type is the worst to deal with him. I believe to my very core that he will find his way and that all I really can do is be an open source of communication. Baby steps. Letting him know that I know how he is living was my baby step today. We hugged. I presented options. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
Zenkitty - May 07, 2015 6:06:54 pm PDT #19161 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, Nora, much health and stress ~ma. I'm glad it looks like your dad will be okay.
Congrats on not explodinating, sj!
Laura, he will come around eventually, he has to, he has such good role models for parents!
I am still not packed and still procrastinating. I'm so annoyed with myself. I do this every single time I travel. I don't even know why. Once I get on the plane, I'll be fine, but the two days before, I'm a wreck. At least, I've taken care of everything that had to be done, except for actually packing the suitcase, and I need to vacuum downstairs lest the petsitter think I'm a slob. I won't sleep before the flight, anyway.
DavidS - May 07, 2015 6:20:25 pm PDT #19162 of 30002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh, Laura. So hard. I don't know what I'd do if Emmett acted so contrary to his own well being with every bull headed decision. But I know I'd be twisted up in knots.
erikaj - May 07, 2015 6:54:31 pm PDT #19163 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I get that there are lessons to learn by experience, but the problem is that the stakes can be so high sometimes.