tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post7299464185109297614..comments2023-04-28T02:42:49.338-07:00Comments on Words Paint: Fear of ForgettingPeacefulBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09115778928757133796noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-53184708591602464762011-02-24T10:38:50.740-08:002011-02-24T10:38:50.740-08:00You know... I finally figured out WHY I convenien...You know... I finally figured out WHY I conveniently "forgot" this post, avoided it, and didn't comment. <br /><br />It touched a nerve too deeply... one I didn't want to acknowledge, for fear of giving "life" to it.<br /><br />I watched my sister go through years of struggle, and almost lose herself... the person that was there for years didn't resemble my sister. But now, after years of healing, she is back. Older, wiser, more compassionate for others going thru pain, and learning to claim her place in this world... to BE herself.. to embrace all of herself, the good, the creative, the parts that still need healing and the parts she is working to... how to say it... emerge, like from a caterpillar to a butterfly.<br /><br />I've learned much from her, painful as it was. Thank you for being so vulnerable in this post... it opened up some things for me. To lose ones "self", ones memories, ones mind... is the most terrifying thing to me. And I can admit those feelings now, and it's okay. <br /><br />Loretta<br />=^..^=Rettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10034267067410245582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-31972163697651843912011-02-14T19:25:28.670-08:002011-02-14T19:25:28.670-08:00clutter is a big issue for me. But then there are ...clutter is a big issue for me. But then there are the special mementos. I have a journal I wrote in during colllege. I began to keep fairly regular journals in the late 80's ( when I started in Therapy and OA initially.)I have weight loss / diet journals that go back many years. I know as a teenager and as a child I wrote things in diarys but I can't find them. <br /><br /> Occasionally, I go back and read a journal and whole neighborhoods of memories come back. I'd forgotten this incident or that person and suddenly it would come back. It's like putting a slide in a microscope and suddenly you can see something that just looked like a blob before. <br /><br />Oh , if I could recapture the pieces of my past that I worry and wonder about. <br /><br />Maybe keeping some things can be important, but if we don't have time to go back and visit with the really good stuff we would totally forget it. For me it's about learning to get rid of the day to day junk..copies of bills/ grocery lists/receipts/ magazines . Keep the treasures and revisit your past-the card or note from a special friend or family or a program flyer that you enjoyed or a poem that meant something to you.PJ Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16550278783075004470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-3629396875696100882011-02-13T21:48:42.345-08:002011-02-13T21:48:42.345-08:00This is going to help me to declutter. I sooooooo...This is going to help me to declutter. I soooooooooo appreciate your honesty. Thank you so much!Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-79352261116705340792011-02-13T18:08:34.891-08:002011-02-13T18:08:34.891-08:00Maybe you could treat yourself to a look through s...Maybe you could treat yourself to a look through some of those old boxes. I love doing that, rediscovering things and people I haven't thought about in a long time. It always makes me smile.Lois2037https://www.blogger.com/profile/04776736493772592187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-22782360228955226152011-02-13T12:01:30.536-08:002011-02-13T12:01:30.536-08:00My grandmother is suffering from Alzheimers diseas...My grandmother is suffering from Alzheimers disease... My family has come up with an elegant and simple solution: they buy her a pocket diary (agenda?)and everyone who visit her writes down that they have done so. Now, whenever anyone asks about something, the first thing she does is reach out for her diary and look it up. It helps her recollect recent events so she can stay in touch!<br />Maybe you can use your scraps and cards for a visual artsy journal. You keep yourself from forgetting and are doing a fun thing at the same time!<br />(BTW: I always start cleaning and de-cluttering whenever I feel bad. It helps me get rid of my anger an frustations at times.)Deeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258188651834672950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-91960560354817407312011-02-12T11:38:58.604-08:002011-02-12T11:38:58.604-08:00Greeting cards used to be my hardest thing to get ...Greeting cards used to be my hardest thing to get rid of. Some of them are so beautiful in themselves. Now I enjoy them for a month in the "card display area" and then either put them in "craft paper" to recycle, or just bless the person who sent it and toss 'em out.<br /><br />This is good deep work you're doing, Robin.Peggyhttp://peggyinparadise.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-85145300198851334652011-02-12T08:53:48.822-08:002011-02-12T08:53:48.822-08:00Ah..yes...clutter...piles..cards..
letters...books...Ah..yes...clutter...piles..cards..<br />letters...books.... For me, its that feeling of it I toss it...it is final...if I store it in a box or tuck it away in a bag for a day or two..or more...it is just out of sight out of mind but not gone forever....Jules - Big Girl Bombshellhttp://www.biggirlbombshell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071839274179654926.post-88894890061884604212011-02-12T05:46:35.276-08:002011-02-12T05:46:35.276-08:00What is so interesting for me as I read this is to...What is so interesting for me as I read this is to think about my husband. It was often a bone of contention for us - my need for no clutter; his resistance to declutter. I used to provide him with lots of "tools" to try to help. Bins and files and cabinet space. I used to tell him if he knew how the clutter made me feel he'd work on it. (And it really does cause a reaction in my body.) He used to say if I knew how hard it was for him I wouldn't ask. Your post is giving me a bit more understanding.Karenhttp://www.waistingtimeblog.comnoreply@blogger.com