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This is Marilyn P. I'll be brief ~ I'm 83 and walked in your shoes as have many others. Please take steps to help yourself...I've learned nobody is responsible for my happiness except me. My sons are happy in their marriages and very busy. A therapist made me see that. For me, the first step was realizing I had value, although I wasn't raised that way. I truly pray you will reach out so you can have a better life. I paint watercolors at the Senior Center and there are older gals than I there that have overcome incredible obstacles.
Believe in yourself ....believe that you are worthy of a happier life but the first steps have to be taken by you. I know you can do it simply because of what you have survived. We have to let it go and take charge. My prayers💞
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I just found a couple of your other messages. Thank you so much. I have so much to live for and I know that and now buying a house back in a suburban area and out of the woods is so wonderfully good for me. I moved up to my lake home about eight years ago in northwestern Wisconsin and summers are amazingly beautiful but winters are just horrid! I’ve been away from my son for a few days now and my mind has been clearing. I keep thinking that I can get him to quit drinking and I know that’s not true. I’m sorry to hear that you did not have a good childhood. The longer my parents are gone the more I appreciate everything they did for me. It was 1957 and they were both in their senior year of high school and found out my mother was pregnant! And my mother did not want to marry my father but they got married . He was a very successful businessman that started at precision machine shop and even had top-secret clearance with the government. And my mom was a flighty artist! What a funny couple and they were both alcoholics but not abusive. I Have been listening to Holocaust survivor testimonials the last couple of months and I am just amazed at how close the majority of these families were and how they survived through losing their loved ones or the majority of their loved ones.
My mother was an oil painter and just plain had talent she was born with! Now, this new house is by a senior center and I would really like to do a Bob Ross class. Did you ever see him on PBS?
So enjoy talking with you and so appreciate sharing! Going to bed now and bless your night… you have made a difference in my life today…!🌺🧚🏻
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I read your words and I know they are true - except I can't quite believe them. That is my problem. I was working with a therapist. She has a family emergency right now so I haven't spoken to her for a while. In the past I have tried a couple of times to go to a group which I thought might be interesting, but it just didn't work. The last time was with a Red Hat group. Went to a luncheon and just sat a table by myself. That's when I said never again. I also had a try at organizing. There was this theater that presented various artists - plays, musicals, etc. For a group we could get tickets at a reduced price. I called people, went to the theater to pick up the tickets, went to everyone's house to deliver the tickets and pick up the money. All I got was a thank you. They all made plans to go out to eat afterwards but I was not included. I did this several times and it always turned out the same, so I stopped. Not one person called to ask if there was another performance coming up. Hard to feel you are worthwhile with that kind of treatment. So, yes, now I am alone. However next week I am going on a cruise with one of the women who lives here. She is also a widow. Short cruise of the Great Lakes. Very nervous about it but I am going.