Re: Longview TX!!!! Oh My, Mama Sher

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Gale....yes, Let Go and Let God and the Serenity Prayer held me together. I used the same two things for strength when I watched my youngest girl (now nearly 40) go through 18 years of drug addiction.

She is doing well now but there were times I was sure I would not live to see it.

Hang on. Put your eyes on something that you know beyond any doubt you can count on. Start moving forward in your life and keep your eye on what you can count on.

For me it's God...may be different for you. But trust yourself. You can make it through. None of us escape pain.

I think pain must be like a damn weed under our roots. We have to kill the weeds or we die. Our flowers droop and we fade away.

Too much pain changes us inside. Changes our core. We ain't a gonna let that happen to us Gale!

MamaSher, age 69.IPF 3-06,NSIP 4-08. OR.Don't fret about tomorrow, God is already there!

Longview TX!!!! Oh My, Mama Sher

Longview, TX (aka armpit)... I'm glad you quacked yourself back where you are comfortable. Actually, it rained so hard Thursday that ducks were swimming down my street.. really. We live 1 block from Lake Conroe and I love it when the duckies come to visit. My Chihuahua thinks they look mighty tasty.

Yes, Sher, you did tell me about your husband's death and I am so so sorry. Illness is one thing.. a drunk driver.. Wow..makes me mad to even think of it. Bless your heart.. how awful. Your strong faith saw you through it I'm sure and I trust that God will see me thru all this mess. No other way to deal with it is there.. you know, Let Go and Let God.

Whatta pizza.. sounds like a blessing to me.

Love ya Gale in TX IPF 10/06

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