BROOKE/ FROM CINDI

[Guest guest]

HI BROOKE,

I AM SO RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING BETTER. ALL OF US HAVE

BEEN PRAYING AND SO WORRIED ALL DAY FOR YOU. ESPECIALLY ME. I HAD

A HARD TIME WITH MY DAUGHTER BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 - 21. NOW WE

ARE VERY CLOSE FRIENDS, BEFORE THAT IT WAS A CONSTANT SEIGE. WE

NEVER TALKED AND IF WE DID IT WAS AT SCREAMING DECIBELS. NEITHER

ONE OF US WOULD LISTEN TO THE OTHER OR BUDGE AN INCH. I DO NOT KNOW

HOW OLD YOU ARE BUT I DO KNOW THAT I WOULD CERTAINLY DO THINGS

DIFFERENTLY IF I HAD THE CHANCE.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT OUR " BAD " YEARS VERY DEEPLY AND

OPENLY AND SINCERELY APOLOGIZED MANY TIMES OVER FOR MY LACK OF

UNDERSTANDING AND MY INABILITY TO LISTEN, WE TALKED FOR DAYS AND GOT

IT ALL OUT IN THE OPEN, IT ENDED IN TEARS AND UNDERSTANDING AND NOW

WE TALK AT LEAST 3 TIMES A DAY AND SHE IS IN CALIFORNIA AND I AM IN

WISCONSIN.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED HER TO HAVE JUST SLIPPED A PIECE OF PAPER UNDER

MY DOOR AND WROTE HOW SHE FELT. I COULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD A

STARTING POINT FROM WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM. TRY SOMETHING LIKE

THIS WITH YOUR MOM, ANYHTING SO YOU ARE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE. MY

DAUGHTER IS HEALTHY AND I DEEPLY REGRET A WASTED SECOND WITH ANY OF

MY CHILDREN OVER ANGER....WE ALL NEED EVERYONE AROUND US, THAT IS

WHY THEIR ARE FAMILY UNITS, THAT IS WHY WE HAVE GENERATIONS OF

FAMILY AROUND US, TO TEACH, LOVE, AND HELP EACH OTHER.

I AM SO MUCH HEALTHIER FROM THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS, YOU WILL GO

THROUGH SOME OF IT TOO. THAT IS CALLED LIFE, SO HANG ON DEARLY TO

YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I AM SO VERY HAPPY YOU ARE DOING BETTER. STAY IN THE GROUP, EVEN IF

YOU ONLY READ THE POSTS. THINGS WILL COME UP THAT MAY PERTAIN TO

SOMETHING ABOUT YOU, JUMP IN ANYTIME AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS. EVERYONE

HERE IS SO LOVING AND WILL NEVER LET ANOTHER MEMBER DOWN.

IF YOU NEED ANYONE, EVER, JUST WRITE IN, WE ARE ALL HERE.

CINDI HEIN