Life can be a Pain

[outlander]

It sounds like a very hard time @Owlunar but we are here for you anytime even just to virtually sit and have some company
Im really glad your taking care of yourself, your list of things sound great.
Companion cat sounds loveley and cuddly. Good company indeed.

Hugs for your struggles and tough times atm. ❤🌻

[Owlunar]

Yes @outlander - I will remember to come in to chat if I need to - 24/7 and we are welcome to jump in anywhere - I might be doing this as it gets nearer to my son's anniversary - and it seems to me that his anniversary is the hardest one - my parents and my grandparents dates come and go - I forget my grandparents' dates - I remember my parents - but even their anniversaries are times for commemoration - to honour their lives - esp my father whom I take after in so many ways - I was the chip of the old block and now I am the old block - my daughter and grand-daughter are passing likenesses down themselves - from my grandfather actually - which is something I don't mention to them - they may not see the humour in it.

Actually I am very lucky - I inherited good genes from my family - 

Companion Cat is getting older too - and this year she has more weight that before this I think - still not a heavy cat though - unless she goes to sleep on my hip or feet - and she is a short-hair but has a dense. fluffy coat - I think I have a pic somewhere

I am just too good to be true                                            Yes - here she is - this is fuzzy because I had to photoshop it - I took the photo of her from the other side of the room because she won't look at the camera - I am really lucky to have this cat - in fact - I am a really lucky person

Dec

[outlander]

Well you are most welcome here @Owlunar
I know how hard aniversaries can be. Look after yourself too though.

Aww CC is cute. She looks really fluffy and happy too despite the fuzzness of the pic.

How are you going tonight?

[Former-Member]

 Hi @Owlunar, sorry you've been flat & weighed down with negative anniversaries 😞  I don't have those date issues atm but sure do get the winter blues / hybernation syndrome.... Don't wanna get out of bed, sleepy and somewhat teary.

Realise moving far away for so long caused me to lose everyone here. I don't feel close to anyone. I care but could walk away tomorrow.  I'm alone...  And it hurts...  Does that make me strange?

Anyway, maybe we can vege out in melancholy land together tonight, watch a tear gerker and eat popcorn together. Just be content being 'real' for a change. Hugz&Hugz Dec. I've missed you ❤❤❤

Hi to you @outlander,  you're a faithful forum friend ❤❤❤

[outlander]

@Former-Member 💕 💕

[Owlunar]

Hi @Former-Member@outlander

I am taking life quietly - I woke up early and then went to sleep for ages during the afternoon - this is partly due to the blood pressure tablets and it's okay - with winter and SAD and anniversaries sleep is a wonderful way to pass the time

But I know how you must be feeling Lapses - I don't feel important to anyone that much but I am self-interested I guess - I find life to be interesting and it matters not at all that I am alone so much but I think it was Sunday - I stayed in bed most of the day reading and the evening came in so early it was brutal - 

And my list of anniversaries has begun but I am not going to list them all - it's just amazing how they are all jammed up inside 3 weeks but they didn't happen in the same year of course

When I liken winter in Melbourne with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe I think that here winter never has snow and is never Christmas - but then I recollect a Christmas Day when there were severe bushfires in the mountaints and it hailed all over Victoria and I was at my daughter's place for Christmas dinner and we were all trapped in the garage where they have a pool table - and the Christmas Dinner was cooking but the hail was so hard and heavy we couldn't get out - but it put the bushfires out which must have been an answer to many prayers

We will limp through it together - I still haven't got around to arranging to see therapist number 5 - I don't know if it's general inertia with the weather or I don't want to open up old wounds - 

Hibernation sounds like a good idea

Dec

[Sans911]

Hiya @Owlunar

And @Former-Member

[Owlunar]

Hi @Sans911@outlander@Former-Member@Zoe7

I am here and posting today - seeing I have had a lot of likes in different places - that brings a good feeling - I have to say this - esp when it's cold and grey and bleak and it's my deceased parents wedding anniversary - we all have them - parents and anniversaries - though not all one the same time-line or whatever - today I do

I know a bunch of people are wading knee deep through mud which feels worse when the sky is the same colour - all we can do is to acknowledge the way we feel and know winter doesn't last forever - which it seems like it at times

When winter comes the adage ran

Can spring be far behind? You bet it can

I wish I could can winter inside a snow cone like this one and feel a bit warmer today

Dec

[Owlunar]

I took this pic of snow in the mountains - I think the Dargo High Planes - from a plane last winter - now I know there has been a really great summer since then and the truth - summer does come back

Let's say I really want everyone to believe that but one thing - it's better fun seeing snow from a plane than actually walking around in it

This was last winter - it was much warmer in the plane thoughDec

[Former-Member]

Stop talkin about snow,  its making me feel colder lol 

Nice to have you chatting more Dec.  I really need a dose of your independence from needing validation.  Hate that i need ppl, b t yes,  i'm a ppl person and we all have different giftings.  I'm constantly working on my faith to believe Christs love is all i need.  Not easy when one foots still in the flesh.  

All my walkin around at shops & taking dad to DR today 😞 my everything hurts from the waist down.  But hey,  gets mind off noisy thoughts...  Found myself a hair straightening brush today.  Excited to see if it makes my hair less frizzy. And Millers had some great bargins & really helpful staff member (who understands chubby ☺).  

Anyway,  lets keep holding wach other in the light, just get through winter. easier said than done lol