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A question came to mind regarding hope.
Aging Well | Last Active: Oct 13 5:35pm | Replies (110)Comment receiving replies
I was so happy to read your reply. I am 61 but with MS i feel like i'm much older many days. Having said that, three years ago we left south florida when my husband retired and moved to NW Georgia where we bought a farmhouse on acreage and have started a horse rescue...my lifetime dream. Of course I need much help doing this and the days are very long (and this time of year way too hot), but little by little I feel better, stronger and more hopeful:)
Feeling hopeless, or in my case also feeling useless, is detrimental in so many ways. I can go down a rabbit hole fast and find myself staying there if Im not careful, so I do understand. I hope and pray you are able to find reasons to be hopeful and to look forward to each new day.
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Northwest GA is beautiful!-- & how amazing you were able to follow your dream.
It sounds idealic but I know it's a ton of work-- I have horse-owning cousins in NC & only one of the couple is retired-- there's a lot of work in daily maintenance for sure.
I have had MS for over 40 years & can barely take care of myself some days [I literally had the heartbreaking task of giving up my dog because I could no longer care for him.]
I can't imagine how you would feel useless-- unless of course you compare yourself to what you USED to be able to do. That is what always makes me feel crappy.
Hang in there--the weather WILL cool off one of these days. So they say.😉
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I hope you are feeling good today. Years ago I took riding lessons, it was one of my “dreams” to own a horse. That never happened and I don’t think I’d be able to ride a horse again ( never say never, I did that about 10 years ago on vacation. Now I’d be afraid of falling off more than riding 😂). You are lucky to have the horses. But I’d never make it in the Georgia heat. Hope you are having a good time with them