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<blockquote data-quote="New Leaf" data-source="post: 673419" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>SAF, or Liebchen, you are right on point, "I'll be busy and unavailable", just perfect.</p><p> That's it, take your side for once. I think as moms, we are so used to not being "I". Taking care of your needs and building yourself up is important. We cannot give from empty.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Good. Enough with guilt, sadness and frustration.</p><p> Me too SAF. I started for a <em>second</em> to feel guilty about feeling free of the intense feelings.</p><p>Then I said to myself "What the heck are you doing?"</p><p></p><p> I love this. Get out your easel and paint. Nurturing our creativity is healing.</p><p></p><p> We try anything and everything to try to fix it.</p><p></p><p> Spot on, Cedar.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had to put this in here. Dragnet, Cedar you are classic.</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]FZo2hhvvlpw[/MEDIA]</p><p> So true.</p><p></p><p> It does become an invisible family member, a ghost guest at our tables. UGH.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>So, the answer has to be to become as healthy and kind as we can, ourselves. </em>To others, and also ourselves, healthy and kind to <em>ourselves.</em></p><p> I think we shunned ourselves, too. We denied ourselves the right to be our true selves.</p><p></p><p> Yes, stand up. It is good to see you standing up SAF. You have come so far. You are doing this. YAY for you, and yay for us.</p><p></p><p>It is refreshing to breathe in the clear air of it.</p><p></p><p>Peace to you,</p><p>leafy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Leaf, post: 673419, member: 19522"] SAF, or Liebchen, you are right on point, "I'll be busy and unavailable", just perfect. That's it, take your side for once. I think as moms, we are so used to not being "I". Taking care of your needs and building yourself up is important. We cannot give from empty. Good. Enough with guilt, sadness and frustration. Me too SAF. I started for a [I]second[/I] to feel guilty about feeling free of the intense feelings. Then I said to myself "What the heck are you doing?" I love this. Get out your easel and paint. Nurturing our creativity is healing. We try anything and everything to try to fix it. Spot on, Cedar. I had to put this in here. Dragnet, Cedar you are classic. [MEDIA=youtube]FZo2hhvvlpw[/MEDIA] So true. It does become an invisible family member, a ghost guest at our tables. UGH. [I]So, the answer has to be to become as healthy and kind as we can, ourselves. [/I]To others, and also ourselves, healthy and kind to [I]ourselves.[/I] I think we shunned ourselves, too. We denied ourselves the right to be our true selves. Yes, stand up. It is good to see you standing up SAF. You have come so far. You are doing this. YAY for you, and yay for us. It is refreshing to breathe in the clear air of it. Peace to you, leafy [/QUOTE]
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