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Oh, those scares......
posted by
shortskirtsrkewl
on April 30, 2007 at 3:48 PM
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Azur
Also in the BAD column is not having the money to help your grown up children who have a BAD column like yours, Azur - or having to sell possessions. I think stubbornness keeps us going.
posted by
johnmacnab
on April 29, 2007 at 6:44 AM
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Hey guys, come to star4you's home: Pearls and gems, having a party tonight
posted by
star4sky5
on April 25, 2007 at 4:34 PM
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hi azur...hope you've had a positive week after that post!
posted by
littlemspickles
on April 21, 2007 at 3:58 PM
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azur
You're right; it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Look after
yourself now as well as the children. I could wish that you had more support at home though.
posted by
mneme
on April 16, 2007 at 4:48 AM
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Azur
I love reading your posts but I sure hate to see such a long bad column. It made me feel a bit sad. I'm so glad that you are keeping yourself strong and fit. Better times will come.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 15, 2007 at 9:15 PM
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Be strong, Azur.
posted by
saul_relative
on April 13, 2007 at 7:52 PM
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Sending you my best wishes and hoping things improve.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on April 13, 2007 at 3:15 PM
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Wishing you all the best, Azur
Your attitude is realistic yet firm of hope and belief in yourself. The strength needed to carry through and beyond any troubles. Keep on.
posted by
Katray2
on April 13, 2007 at 12:10 AM
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PS: drag him along on these little fiscal adventures.
posted by
majroj
on April 13, 2007 at 12:05 AM
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Time for heroism.
Remember my rants about heroes when I first signed on? You and he need to be each others' heroes.
He may be gun shy about taking "just any job" because he is afraid of failure...easier to fail slowly and with an excuse (I can't get the right job) than with a paper hat on or failing probationary training running a ditch witch for a contractor. Heck, most farm families have one or two, sometimes all, working odd jobs to make the farm work and get those benefits. The strength of the hero is not in facing failure, but persisting and rising above it when it happens. (Takes less guts to run into fire than managing to stand up into it, I've heard).
Dreams deferred are dreams lost, someone said. But another said dreams unfullfillable are just that...dreams, fantasies. Goals will persist, you guys need to hunker down and he needs to shoulder some common burden.
Keep running those steps, and keep walking past the open wndows.
posted by
majroj
on April 13, 2007 at 12:01 AM
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Hey you discovered the best stair stepper there is!
Take care and stay well!
A couple of smiles. One from me and one from =^..^= Bo!
posted by
Whacky
on April 12, 2007 at 8:53 PM
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You are so right.
It's not about what we want to do, but what we have to do. I don't even remember what my dream job was. I hope things improve for you and your hubby. I hope he sees what you are trying to tell him. Take care
Why a snail? I have no idea. That's my brain power tonight.
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on April 12, 2007 at 6:07 PM
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azur, maybe stairs ups and downs help, but I think that bringing down
stress levels is considered as healthy and needful.
Sounds like time to make a pot of tea, or to buy a six pack of beer, or chill a bottle of wine and tell your dear husband that you cannot push this dead car down the road alone anymore. He needs to push on it, too.
I have had many jobs that were beneath me, as it were, and TFB (those are bad words there).Husbands are referred to as
helpmates
somewhere in the manual on marriage. We do ourselves, our brains, our hearts and health a disservice when we act like Xena the effing warrior when we are just another vulnerable woman.
It is difficult for us artistic
geniuses
to execute the 'mundane', but we can do it for awhile and it serves to remind us of just how precious our previous freedom and time was. Money is all upon occasion and there is nothing wrong with that, temporarily.
It is time for him to be reminded of and to be put in touch with a bit of your vulnerable and messy realilty. Hiding it does no one a great service and sometimes, no always, it is for the best, no matter what happens following a long avoided reality check.
But, of course, I expect that you cannot do this and so, you are just like the rest of us humans. Love you madly, always and forever.
Have him make some Empty Bowls for your own family......I had a cousin who did production work for awhile and made a fortune in four years and put it all away and then quit....something to ponder....
posted by
benzinha
on April 12, 2007 at 10:39 AM
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What a whirl...
Just as you're getting clarity on what's important inlife, your partner's hiding from it. I hope the new spot is dust on the lens, and nothing to worry about. In any case, worrying won't help. You're wise to keep up the physical fun & being in top shape for whatever fight lies ahead. Take care. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on April 12, 2007 at 7:43 AM
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Azur...this posting is tremendously poignant...
...it all can certainly be a struggle but it does sound like, deep within, you know that it's all worth it. On the flip side, I do hope your stress minimizes soon.
posted by
ginnieb
on April 12, 2007 at 2:59 AM
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