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My truths... (Long)
I've been out of town but I really like reading what you all wrote so I thought I'd throw mine together. I'll make them short.
5: In my life, I want to have children and stay with DH forever. Sounds sappy but that's what I want. I also want to travel to many other countries. I also want to be effective enough in my school administrative abilities that I can actually fix some of the many, many problems that I see daily.
4. I am working on forgiving my mom. My parents divorced when I was young and she put us in some terrible situations. She had extremely abusive boyfriends who lived with us and I thank God that I turned out ok. I moved out at 16 because of this and that gave me a whole new set of issues. I've begun to forgive her but I still need to work on it.
3. I need to forgive myself for leaving my siblings in a house with a crazy mom and her abuse/alcoholic boyfriend, for treating my dad so horribly when I was young because I blamed him for leaving my mom, 3. for taking advantage of an ex-bf's family when mine was so messed up. I didn't mean to, I thought things would work out with him so I lived with them but I still feel guilty that they did so much for me and I broke up with him.
2. I love that I can take the horrible things that happened to me and relate to my students. I love that I am ambitious, a great cook and intelligent. I also love my face when I smile.
Thanks if you made it this far!
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Re: My truths... (Long)
Thanks for sharing.
I still need to do my number 2, so I'll tack mine onto yours. Its been bothering me that I haven't done it yet and that this is so hard for me, especially since I am about to bring a little girl into the world. So, here goes.
I love that I am a great friend. I love that I love completely. I love that I am an intelligent person. I love that I am a lawyer.
There. I did it.
I love that you're in labor. Right meow.
Thanks.. And LLCG, I love all those things. I'm glad you added in to the post and good luck!
This is so important. Kids need to see that you don't have to be living a perfect life to get the things you want out of life in the future. I had a teacher in HS who told me about her horrible home life when she was in high school. It was inspirational to know for sure that nobody's life is perfect but you can still turn out OK.
I want to play, too! I've been popping in and out but hadn't had any time to post over the last couple of weeks. I took a staycation that actually kept me super busy.
So here are mine:
5. I do dream of having my own little family (and we'd only have one), and maintain myself at the same time. What that means to me is balancing education, work, child rearing (and all the activities and experiences I want to give my kid) and exercise. I think this has really come to light over the last couple of months. The last month in particular has given me a lot of exposure to what I need to be healthy, and while I know it'll be different when I actually get there, that would be living the dream.
4. I need to forgive my mom for a how she was during my early childhood. I know now that she was depressed due to some thyroid/serotonin issues - but you know, a fourth grader doesn't understand that. I don't think I understood that until I had a few of those same issues in my mid twenties. No one has ever said anything about it, but that's just the nature of my fam. I've got to accept it and just move on to the relationship she is trying to have with me now.
3. I need to forgive myself for some of the relationship choices I made in the past. See the "type" post above. :P
2. I love that I got the time for myself that I needed to grow. I needed time alone to do things that I loved - like traveling through Europe solo, doing triathlons, and putting my "all" into my work - and I got to have the experiences that helped me become assertive and comfortable in my own skin.
1. I hate that I've lost some motivation. My job has gotten less challenging, and I gained some LBs after moving to NC. Granted, part of it was medically induced.. but it is like pulling teeth to get me motivated. I am working my A$$ off 6 days a week to reverse that, and applying to grad school - so, I'm trying to fix all of the above, and telling myself to suck it up on a daily basis. Its hard.