Dealing

We all have our Achilles heel and we need to embrace ourselves in spite of it.

When I was married my ex used money to make his point clear to me. One time I spent too much on the kid's school clothes and he took away my checkbook, credit card and cash. I had to borrow money from a friend to buy bread. Another time he did the same thing and I had to borrow toilet paper from the church. I felt so degraded. I'm still terrified of making money mistakes. He would make plans with me and if something upset him, he would cancel them at the last minute and just not tell me until I found out on my own. It was so disappointing. I have issues, but I deal with them.

My daughter was adopted when she was four. She had terrible burns on her feet from being left in hot water in the bath and basically no language at all. We were told she might never recover from her first four years, but she did! She now lives in Arizona in a lovely home with a pool. She has a loving boyfriend whose family treats her like a daughter and every year they take a fabulous vacation together. She works full time in spite of severe learning disabilities and most people have no idea what she's gone through.

One of my sons also deals with being easily distracted, but he too has made a lovely life for himself.

I'm proud of my children. They have all done well and they are an inspiration for me. If they can do what they have, then I can do better here. 

Love makes all things possible.