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<blockquote data-quote="addie" data-source="post: 409925" data-attributes="member: 140"><p>Hello! This is me, addie! How lovely to hear from you and thanks, Susie, for alerting me.</p><p>Oh, that list of names brings back memories - of the time that the only thing between me and insanity was YOU guys, many of whom are on that list. What a life-line you were (and still are, I hope, to others). </p><p>I have no idea what my profile says as (don't laugh) but out here in this particular part of the country I can't get high speed, so am still on dial-up. I can't do anything fancy or technical.</p><p>But some might remember I am a therapeutic/treatment foster parent and have three adopted children.</p><p>David: 24, and doing well; did not complete college but has a GREAT job. Our relationship is prickly but we manage.</p><p>Chrissie: 22, MR/daughter, ODD, couch surfing; she and her sib Jess (20) have returned (after 16 years of no contact) to their birth family and culture and really, that is where they belong.</p><p>Jess: CD/AntiSocPD; two stints in jail for physical assault on me; neither she nor Chrissie have done (or are ever likely to do) a day's work in their life. Jess also basically couch surfing. </p><p>We love them both, see them occasionally, buy them clothes (tons at 2nd hand stores) when needed, and have come to terms with everything. Somehow we manage to scrape through Christmas each year.</p><p> </p><p>We have a sort of other daughter, a former foster child, also 24, and she and I have more of a mother/daughter relationship than the other two - who both suffer from mental health issues. We would adopt but she can't bring herself to do that to her mother back in Africa.</p><p> </p><p>I still foster; I had enough of runners and cutters so have younger children; one (13) is almost OK and a great help, when she's not being oppositional - she has been with us about 6 years. The 14 yo (coincidentally a first cousin to our adopted girls) is very dev delayed, except with boys (sigh); has been with us 5 years. Recently, shockingly, I got 5 and 6 yo sibs, boy and girl, so life has changed - sort of like a tectonic plate shifting.</p><p> </p><p>My husband was long haul trucking (a post-retirement job) but as of today is home for 4 months at least, as single parenting 4 high needs kids (I did it for 5 weeks) leaves me no time for me - and I am now a yoga addict. But not having time to do it, the muscle has turned to flab. </p><p>I go to an ashram in the Bahamas at least twice a year, and that is all-around good for me.</p><p> </p><p>4 and a half dogs (I share an abandoned boarder, blind, deaf, incontinent but happy, with a friend), 3 cats. </p><p> </p><p>I would love to hear from others and will try to pop in from time to time. I learned SO much from you all and can only say ... how easy it is now! And I have my library of books from those past awful, horrible, dark, depressing days.</p><p>It is true. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.</p><p> </p><p>addie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="addie, post: 409925, member: 140"] Hello! This is me, addie! How lovely to hear from you and thanks, Susie, for alerting me. Oh, that list of names brings back memories - of the time that the only thing between me and insanity was YOU guys, many of whom are on that list. What a life-line you were (and still are, I hope, to others). I have no idea what my profile says as (don't laugh) but out here in this particular part of the country I can't get high speed, so am still on dial-up. I can't do anything fancy or technical. But some might remember I am a therapeutic/treatment foster parent and have three adopted children. David: 24, and doing well; did not complete college but has a GREAT job. Our relationship is prickly but we manage. Chrissie: 22, MR/daughter, ODD, couch surfing; she and her sib Jess (20) have returned (after 16 years of no contact) to their birth family and culture and really, that is where they belong. Jess: CD/AntiSocPD; two stints in jail for physical assault on me; neither she nor Chrissie have done (or are ever likely to do) a day's work in their life. Jess also basically couch surfing. We love them both, see them occasionally, buy them clothes (tons at 2nd hand stores) when needed, and have come to terms with everything. Somehow we manage to scrape through Christmas each year. We have a sort of other daughter, a former foster child, also 24, and she and I have more of a mother/daughter relationship than the other two - who both suffer from mental health issues. We would adopt but she can't bring herself to do that to her mother back in Africa. I still foster; I had enough of runners and cutters so have younger children; one (13) is almost OK and a great help, when she's not being oppositional - she has been with us about 6 years. The 14 yo (coincidentally a first cousin to our adopted girls) is very dev delayed, except with boys (sigh); has been with us 5 years. Recently, shockingly, I got 5 and 6 yo sibs, boy and girl, so life has changed - sort of like a tectonic plate shifting. My husband was long haul trucking (a post-retirement job) but as of today is home for 4 months at least, as single parenting 4 high needs kids (I did it for 5 weeks) leaves me no time for me - and I am now a yoga addict. But not having time to do it, the muscle has turned to flab. I go to an ashram in the Bahamas at least twice a year, and that is all-around good for me. 4 and a half dogs (I share an abandoned boarder, blind, deaf, incontinent but happy, with a friend), 3 cats. I would love to hear from others and will try to pop in from time to time. I learned SO much from you all and can only say ... how easy it is now! And I have my library of books from those past awful, horrible, dark, depressing days. It is true. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. addie [/QUOTE]
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