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I loved the piccies....
You'll find a way minnie, I know it's hard to return and be so far away from people you find a strong connection with, but wherever we are we have all that we've learned, all that we've been given through friendship. That's my mushy way of looking at things!! :P
You'll find a way minnie, I know it's hard to return and be so far away from people you find a strong connection with, but wherever we are we have all that we've learned, all that we've been given through friendship. That's my mushy way of looking at things!! :P
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Don't get me wrong, Eq, I absolutely treasure the friendships I have made and try to keep them up as best I can from so far away. I just get a bit petulant about the fact that we are all so spread out sometimes -lol! As my Nan would say "You could ride a tricycle around that bottom lip."
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so on the pic you are steering.... are you about to go "overboard" the water looks crooked.
If you come back... stay put somewhere and tell us where you are and we can all come to you????
we can carpool from "all over"
If you come back... stay put somewhere and tell us where you are and we can all come to you????
we can carpool from "all over"
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Minnie - thanks for sharing, very beautiful.
I don't know your whole story, but I have certainly been places where my soul did not belong. Even when I moved to California, I lived somewhere that was just not right - I did not fit in. I spent quite a bit of time trying to make it work, thinking it was me and the newness of it all, but 2 years later I moved to where I am now and almost immediately felt the rightness of it. I have some wonderful people here who do accept me for who I am.
Your post really got me thinking about this. After my divorce, would I stay or go? I always said I stayed here because of our work, but I'm learning that is not true. If I was down about the place it was because of AH's drinking and all that entailed. It colored my perception. Now that is removed and I'm realizing just how blessed I am.
Minnie, I have friends all over the globe and they all bring something so special to my life. I feel really blessed to have been able to travel to meet them all. Now if I could just meet someone in Britain with a boat . . . .
Thanks for posting all this.
When I was away, I was free to be myself, people accepted me for who I am - I felt such connectedness with all the people I met on a level that went far beyond social niceties.
Your post really got me thinking about this. After my divorce, would I stay or go? I always said I stayed here because of our work, but I'm learning that is not true. If I was down about the place it was because of AH's drinking and all that entailed. It colored my perception. Now that is removed and I'm realizing just how blessed I am.
Minnie, I have friends all over the globe and they all bring something so special to my life. I feel really blessed to have been able to travel to meet them all. Now if I could just meet someone in Britain with a boat . . . .
Thanks for posting all this.
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Denny, I hear ya. There were quite a few places where I felt like that on my trip, although some of that feeling is difficult to remove from the people. I used to feel like that about where I live now - of course, that was before I moved back after 7 years and had to deal with all the issues that surround things like family etc. Is it me? Is it the place? I'm not sure I'm prepared to do a geographical to find out, but then do I condemn myself to continued low-level discontent? Lots to think about.
It's my Dad's boat, btw, although he insists on calling her the family boat. I posted about her last year and how the renovations we did on her ran parallel to my own recovery. We have a special bond, if I can have one with an inanimate object.
Karen - that's what boats do! The weight of the wind on the sails cause them to "heel". It's perfectly safe, although makes going to the loo a bit tricky. And Florida in May is still a plan as far as I know.
It's my Dad's boat, btw, although he insists on calling her the family boat. I posted about her last year and how the renovations we did on her ran parallel to my own recovery. We have a special bond, if I can have one with an inanimate object.
Karen - that's what boats do! The weight of the wind on the sails cause them to "heel". It's perfectly safe, although makes going to the loo a bit tricky. And Florida in May is still a plan as far as I know.
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Originally Posted by elizabeth1979
Well I have a boat, but dont know how to drive it..it sits in its slip and is lonely!
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OMG!!! I bet if you sign up for a Coast Guard boating course in your area you would meet tons of guys that would help you learn! LOL!!!
I wonder why I had never thought about that! I will look into that ASAP...I need to meet some hot eligible men!!!
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I think the courses suggested by the coast guard are not expensive. You learn navigation and safety basics. The one's to get your captains license are probably more expensive. And I doubt there will be many women in those classes 
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