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Hi Taps
lovely to see you here too... I must make more of an effort to log on and post (woody metaphors quite unintentional...)
posted by
mneme
on July 11, 2008 at 3:48 PM
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Wiley
Thanks, sweetie:) you look after yourself too.
posted by
mneme
on July 11, 2008 at 3:47 PM
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azur, thank you
the fog comes and goes:) - but I do have some very good friends, both here and online. Have several things on the go at once but I am making progress.
posted by
mneme
on July 11, 2008 at 3:46 PM
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vogue
thank you for taking the trouble to comment, I appreciate your thoughts.
posted by
mneme
on July 11, 2008 at 3:44 PM
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sam444
Thank you again for your kindness and support.
posted by
mneme
on July 11, 2008 at 3:43 PM
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Pat B
Firstly, you are absolutely right - I had to get pretty angry to get past all the confusion. Now I just want to settle down and make my home nice. I have some good friends; I miss my son, but he will always have a room here and so will my daughter and her fiance. It's the best I can do for the time being and I'm happy.
Secondly - that really was brilliant writing about June:)
posted by
mneme
on July 11, 2008 at 3:42 PM
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Hiya:) thanks for visiting my on ramp...
June is a real person. This recent one is as accurately transcribed as memory permits. I've written about her a number of times -- and in spite of her games, she's darn good at putting her finger on what's wrong with a piece of fiction.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM
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How did I miss this post, mneme? I can't seem to keep up with things on Blogit anymore. It seems that I'm running about like a chicken with its head lopped of with an axe. So glad to see you here though. Thanks for visiting all my posts. It is so good to hear from you.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 10, 2008 at 11:26 AM
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mneme
Good to see you moving on and living life my friend. Luv ya
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 5, 2008 at 4:52 PM
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Very pleasing to see you begin to emerge from the fog
I think a bit of a spruce up helps. It sounds like you have some good friends
posted by
Azur
on July 2, 2008 at 3:37 PM
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You have come through!! Now, you go down under, but definitely not "under". See, another platitude that fits perfectly.
posted by
vogue
on July 1, 2008 at 11:19 AM
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I think you are smart to take the time to sort through things. Live life on your own terms. And enjoy the trip down under! sam
posted by
sam444
on June 30, 2008 at 1:26 PM
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I know it's no comfort at the moment, but your confusion
and bottled anger are useful, even necessary to your recovery. Sometimes a woman has to get really ticked off before she gets up the gumption to fight for herself, see to her own needs. We get accustomed to taking care of others, and they get used to being put first. Adult children can deal with and probably would support their mom's need to be treated fairly if they knew the situation. I wish you courage and peace of mind. :)pat
posted by
Pat_B
on June 30, 2008 at 4:41 AM
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Bhaskar
you have a way of seeing what' at the core of things - thanks for the support. I do need someone to protect me but only in a fatherly way. I lost my father while we were away overseas and I have a whole raft of negative issues with my spouse around that too. My God, what that man has put me through... I just never let the effects overwhelm me until now.. I suppose something had to give:)
posted by
mneme
on June 30, 2008 at 2:50 AM
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Hi Justi
In a nutshell, I met my 'George' but he was older; things were complicated; it has been on and off, mostly off, while I tried to work things out with my husband who refused to see any problems with the marriage (because he mostly got his own way). I'm on my own now, in my own home and in my home country, and my kind man doesn't think we will work out after all. Enter nice man from church, but by now I am so utterly confused that I just want to do my garden and paint my kitchen. And get my belligerent spouse to settle a maintenance order if he won't agree to a divorce or legal separation. I can' t live with him after the things he's done, but want to stay on civil terms for the sake of our adult children.
posted by
mneme
on June 30, 2008 at 2:46 AM
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Naut
Absolutely:) I have a lot of practical jobs to do here.. and I suspect the nice man from chuch knows all about
Agape. I'm learning:) thanks for being there.
posted by
mneme
on June 30, 2008 at 2:39 AM
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mneme
"
Feeling protective, I used to be indecisive, bit now I don't know" ... these three are telling in your write, but I guess you'll have to take a decision. Wish you al' good judgment.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on June 29, 2008 at 10:41 PM
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mneme
Interesting post. I would have to know more from the past posts to get all this but I enjoyed the read.
posted by
Justi
on June 29, 2008 at 10:18 PM
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Mneme
Nothing like a bit of gardening and wallpaper-stripping to recover one's footing - and you can tell the nice man from church all about
Agape...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 29, 2008 at 6:33 PM
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