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#33245 - 06/19/05 04:40 AM Re: Husband has Bipolar
chickadee Member Registered: 09/26/04 Posts: 3910 Loc: Alabama	Dotsie, allow me be the first to volunteer my services. I am not sure how it works but I would be honored to give something back to my Boomer community. I have gained so much from your site and would love to return the favor. chick
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#33246 - 06/19/05 02:10 PM Re: Husband has Bipolar
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	Chick, thanks. I wasn't expecting this kind of response. The seed has been planted. Let me see how I can make it grow. I'm thinking about this differently now. I'll get back to you. WOW!
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#33247 - 06/19/05 02:26 PM Re: Husband has Bipolar
Danita Member Registered: 01/24/05 Posts: 1550 Loc: Colorado	Dotsie, Moderating a topic on a board is no big deal. Most of us check in every day anyways! you can count me in also! I'll moderate the "margaritaville" topic. (just kidding). danita
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#33248 - 06/20/05 01:31 AM Re: Husband has Bipolar
wordcharmer Member Registered: 05/18/05 Posts: 69 Loc: Ohio	Lynn, I think dealing with not having my son around is one of the hardest things that I've ever had to deal with emotionally. Even harder than being an abuse survivor. I even had to take his pictures off the wall. Can't even look at family albums! He is my first born and we use to be so close. It hurts so much, but I try to go one day at a time and put him out of my mind. Most of you would know how hard that is for a mom. Chickadee, I use to be one of those that would go on my way. I am pretty shy, but have learned to say what's on my mind by doing my topic at Suite101. Thanks again for your kind words. [ June 19, 2005, 10:33 PM: Message edited by: wordcharmer ]
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#33249 - 06/20/05 01:58 AM Re: Husband has Bipolar
smilinize Member Registered: 11/08/03 Posts: 3512 Loc: outer space	I will be happy to moderate a topic. smile
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#33250 - 06/20/05 05:02 AM Re: Husband has Bipolar
Princess Lenora Member Registered: 11/11/04 Posts: 3503 Loc: Colorado	Hi Wordcharmer, it's hard to measure one painful experience with another. Pain is pain. I am not a mother. For one reason, I was afraid to bring another child into a family of abusers and perpetrators. But I do understand how the estrangment from your son can be almost too much to bear. Love and Light, Lynn
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#33251 - 06/20/05 12:04 PM Re: Husband has Bipolar
wordcharmer Member Registered: 05/18/05 Posts: 69 Loc: Ohio	I should have added, the most painful I have had to deal with as an adult. It took me over 35 years to heal from the pain of my childhood. Both events are traumatic, but emotionally, this seems harder. But I deal with things much differently now, than I did when I was a young woman. Back then, I was self-destructive and I let the past almost destroy me. Today, I find constructive ways to release my pain. So although the situation with my son is painful, I find can get through it with meditation, prayer and my writing. Blessings Lynn.
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#33252 - 06/20/05 02:33 PM Re: Husband has Bipolar
Dotsie Founder Registered: 07/09/08 Posts: 23647 Loc: Maryland	Word, you may want to email chatty. She had to use tough love with one of her sons. As a result, she hasn't seen him in years. This is something she has shared occasionally in the forums. Smile, chick, and danita, I will be in touch at the end of this week. Thanks so much for offering. I'm thrilled.
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#33253 - 06/21/05 03:46 AM Re: Husband has Bipolar
Princess Lenora Member Registered: 11/11/04 Posts: 3503 Loc: Colorado	Wordcharmer, thanks for sharing on this sensitive subject. I wasn't trying to qualify your pain. I was just not minimizing pain in general. The last two sentences of your message I could have written myself. I too was self-destructive as a ramification of child abuse. I know that if I had had children I would have screwed up as a parent (not that I am suggesting you did!) The ramifications of abuse are infinite in one way or another. I'd say that one way I am still self-destructive is through negative self-talk which beats me up mentally. I'm working on it. Love and Light, Lynn
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#33254 - 06/21/05 02:01 AM Re: Husband has Bipolar
lionspaaw Member Registered: 11/28/02 Posts: 887 Loc: SW Florida	Wordcharmer - I have been reading this thread from the beginning and have wanted to reply to your posts but I couldnt seem to find the words I wanted I know your pain - from childhood to a son lost I like to believe that when God closes a door - he opens a window -- and one day the sun is going to shine through that window with a warmth like you've never known before You just have to believe
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