Soberwolf

Melissa

letitgo

Wow Melissa it sounds like you have a ton going on. I hope you can get it done and take some time to relax eventually.

Gilmer

You know, props or no props, everybody knows exactly what a wine rack is for! In no way is an empty wine rack going to be a dealbreaker for a potential buyer!

Jeni26

Helloooo...

I just popped in to say hi

My life is so busy at the moment, trying to juggle work, family, detox diet, alkie husband, and a trillion other things. I haven't stopped by for a while. Melissa, I agree there's no way I would have filled that wine rack! I do have bottles of wine in the house but they have either been bought for me or belong to my son and his girlfriend. They don't bother me. They just gather dust in a corner of the kitchen.

So I have now given up alcohol, cigarettes, sugar, wheat, dairy, processed food, and trying to manage other people's lives 😊. The latest one is with a lot of help from my AlAnon friends. I have taken up reading, meditation, listening to music and spending every minute of quality time I can with my 19 year old daughter before she disappears off to uni again.

All good.

This time last year I was in a very dark place, and this year I am stronger and wiser. But still missing my chocolate.

Sending love to Melissa and all my friends in Robby's gang ❤️ Xx

Ajax

My daughter, 18, just went to college for her first year. She's in New York City
She's a go-getter and will fit right in. I think I'd be overwhelmed in NYC but that's what makes us different. She's been in touch which is new for her. She's never completely turned away from me, but she tried living with Rob, his daughter and me in Canada which did not end well and I think she's always held it against me that I stayed in Canada.

My mother is coming to visit tomorrow for a week. I'm feeling strangely anxious about it. The best I can figure is I might be afraid she'll tell me I haven't done enough or haven't done things her way. Now she may do neither, but I'm feeling like I have to get everything just right for her, and that's making me antsy.

I had a couple of very scary dreams last night about being alone and having the house broken into. Very realistic. It's kind of lingered with me all day making it hard to get out and do stuff I should.

What a night. My feet are in cement...

❤️

suki44883

(((HUGS))) Melissa.

Dee74

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Tooshabby

I would hazard a guess that your daughter will come to see things differently as time goes on, once she matures a little. It's lovely she has been in touch. She cares. Great she's a 'go-getter' too. As a Mum I would find that a relief (bit worried about my son).

Second guess I'm going to hazard, is that you know from experience your Mum might be critical. I really hope she isn't. This is in no way shape or form a time to be criticising a person. IMO.

Those dreams do sound scary. Alone-ness and the psyche being 'invaded'? ((((hugs))))

Impurrfect

Hugs and prayers, (((Melissa))).

Jeni26

Hi Melissa, sending you a HUGE hug.

You know, teenagers are selfish little creatures, they go back to being ego led the same way toddlers do. But it's just a phase, so I'm told. My 19 year old is like a whirlwind...she is messy and self-centred and talkative and lazy. She and I are incredibly close and I love her with all my heart, but she is also the only person on the planet who makes me want to scream sometimes. She will be 20 next birthday, and about to enter her 2nd year at uni. She is maturing so fast. She is now independent and resourceful. She has developed a resilience to handling life's stresses that I admire...and she is turning into a woman now. Attitudes change. Teenagers see the world through their own eyes, as adults they learn to try and see it through another's.

I'm sorry about the bad dreams, they suck. I have had my fair share of those in the past too.

Keep moving forward, you are doing just great ❤️❤️❤️ Xxx

trachemys

What? Your mothers breaking in to your house?

Hey, if she starts up with the criticism, look her in the eyes and say, "Not today,ok?"

Soberwolf

Tooshabby

I hope things are going okay with your Mum, Melissa.

xxx

puffy

How are you doing Melissa? Is your Mom still in town?
Thinking of you,
Puffy

Impurrfect

Love and hugs, Melissa.

Hugs and prayers,

Amy

Jeni26

Thinking of you Melissa 😘 xxx

Tooshabby

Hope you are doing okay, Melissa xx

Della1968

I miss you both xo

silentrun

Hugs Melissa.

trachemys

What she said.