ChattyKathy

I love it!

Thank you for helping me get unconfused about that video.

Oh cool, I was wondering where you were. Well you take care of yourself and make it home safely and sound okay. But have fun while doing it which it sounds like you're doing.

I believe it can be mine, for many years I just accepted I was to be abused, it was my lot in life so to speak, but not now, now I believe it can be mine. I just never realized how important this step was, and if I could be thankful for this dude showing up for something it would be to have gotten to this point personally. Thank you for your encouragement because I know you mean what you say.

Abi, As mstar's piece plays in another window the peacefulness it affords me right now will probably make me a little mushy but I don't know this world of personal boundaries and limits that I am allowed to place. I have been at the beckoned call of the pleasure of another over my own life so many times that what you say is like another language to me. But what has changed I imagine notably is that I have more determination and self confidence to call it like it is now and let the pieces fall where they may, I have something in that department never mine before so I know I can learn these life tools in time and will take all of the wisdom provided into my heart and mind. Thank you Abi for loving me enough to be honest with me like this. Kathy

Thank you again.

Mstar, I'm listening now and awwwwww I love it....it is so peaceful and so beautiful.....awwwww.....thank you.....thank you.......

Oh my gawd.

I can't quite figure out how that song was done backwards yet. :blink:

I can say I see it differently today than I ever have and I'm encouraged for myself selfishly.

Abi, I read this first but wanted to think a minute and I only have a few then I have to be on my way but you are right about things with me and boundaries. I'm moving forward today, yup, I really am dear. Kathy

Not yet, but let me think about it while someone guesses it.

I listened to his CD two times in a row to help mellow me out. Now I need to head out and have somewhere to go later tonight so will be late before I can probably hang out with y'all again. Kisses and Hugs!

Uh huh!

I swear the thing about boys is sick but you saying the thing about casts cracked me up and I needed it dear.

I asked myself and others the same question and I still don't know the answer but it's a darn good question Cowgirl.

I will listen from home late tonight and I can already tell you I don't mind in the least bit. I can't wait to hear it.

My goodness. I'm so glad you saw he was a sick puppy.

I'm working through it all trying not to feel as if I have to give my compassion away to protect me, I'm working on finding where I fit, I have been given plenty of wise words to consider, I just feel sadness in my heart due it all and I can't explain why. Nor am I saying that anyone here said I had to be hard rather than compassionate. James Taylor is playing in the background and I'm on the roof in my heart looking down trying to find my safe place and still love me.

Welcome, may you find what you need to continue your healing process here. We fight amongst each other at times but we also protect and care for each other. My suggestion is not to tell any personal information about yourself if you don't want it known to everyone because we do have eyes that watch us and not because they want to join our community but they want to use things against us. So be wise please, for your own protection.

Abi, I spent some time in a store at lunch just looking at the cool things for my head and all the while this Muslim woman kept cutting me off at the pass almost as if she were there to deliberately try and steal the joy I was working towards finding. I finally gave her a look that told her if she didn't cut it out I was going to rip the veil from her head and shove it where the sun didn't shine and she backed off. I knew then I needed to really pace it back a few notches. Maybe it really is that simple, this just isn't the place for the abuser to interact with us. It's too painful for us to have to hear their words and be able to see their lack of remorse, and even if they had genuine remorse I don't know that all of us would be able to see it due to our personal experiences and pain. I wanted to believe that anyone could be welcomed, hell that even Craig could post as himself and be allowed to engage in conversation with us, my heart can't even hate him. I need to think of all this more, I can see I have some boundary understanding way beyond what I knew I had. Robin, your voice has always been one of compassion and reason and I personally am pained deeply to think I will never hear your words again.

I don't disagree with any of that Free.

Shell, You weren't the one I was referring to, sorry it appeared it was. I have been confronted by more than one person on this board saying I was off color or rude or something or other and this was a children's forum also. In fact one of those very people allowed their own child into the chat room where they called their parent a curse word themselves. If one of the kids are hanging in the room while you the parent are on gsc then that is not what I was referring to but because that can happen I feel no pictures out of bounds should ever be allowed here ever just per chance they caught a glimpse. As to what we say here that is different because they would have to stand there awhile and actually read the text to see the subject matter and it is that which I was meaning in it not being a children's forum. Kathy

Where is hiwayman anyway I wonder. :unsure: And you brought a smile to a face that has been added to in wrinkles today by my own doing. :(