Posted by Kath on December 26, 2006, at 15:56:14
Was going to drop in yesterday to wish all a Merry Christmas.
I'm finding Christmas really hard this year.
Guess I'm grieving about the loss of how our little family has celebrated Christmas.
We tried to keep it the same last year, but it didn't work.
30 year old daughter is living at home due to MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities) - environmental illness. She's not quite "bubble girl" but there are only 3 rooms (1 is bathroom) in our house where she doesn't have to wear a mask (not yer cardboard hardware store variety).
So also this year my son, who's in BC (across the country from me) is in DEEP depression; hearing voices that are saying they're going to hurt him BAD; not able to wait in the line-up at the walk-in mental health clinic to get more antipsychotic meds, so has been off meds for about 5 days after having been given meds at Emerg after seeing various doctors for 7 hours last week. It's SO hard to be so far away & feel so helpless & scared.
AND I feel GUILTY for being so whiney & sorry for myself when so many other folks have WAY worse problems.
Anyway, I just wanted to touch-down here to send my warm wishes out & to reach out for some support.
So sorry not to have been here for so long.
OH - and I went first to PB 2000 & wrote a big long post only to have to RE-REGISTER!!!Felt so horrible. I wonder how long we have to be not posting before we need to register?
Oh dear.
Anyway, I hope you-all are enjoying the holidays.
Hey Phillipa - hi. and hugs.
love, Kath
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