Reasons to stay Alive.....

jing

Stansgran Agreed.

JBF you are so nice

You got enough vases Caz?

I am SO spoilt today, another thank you toGalen and please don't think of death anymore, not fair at all on your family.

And more!

It's the little things that mean a lot, your kind gestures made my day, thank you so much. A hug to you both.

caz - well here are some more

(don't be sad now!)

Oh thank you so much jing
I have never receive flowers on GN before and that brought a tear to my eyes.

cazthebookworm ((hug)) and

On a down day, I tell myself, there are always people much worse off than I am. I try to count my blessing and be grateful for my life and look at the positive. It does help me.
My family, one son, grandchildren and great grandchildren are all in Australia, second son in Vietnam, so I have no family support. Life is a gift which we should value whatever our circumstances. Hope I don't sound too smug!! I do get depressed and shut myself away, but luckily it passes.. .GN has helped

Galen ((hugs)) and x

Galen

We can only keep going and try and see the good things around us. Grandchildren are a wonderful tonic for those of us who are blessed with them.

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Oh bugger! Just spent some time putting together a supposed response from a campish manager, and then the whole thing went buggerup!

Did you know, that in pigin, " bugerup! is anacceptable word, as "plane gon bugger up.

May the the twenty third will be the twelfth anniversary of my beloved husbands death.
My arthritis is so painful and debilitating that I also sometimes think that death is preferable.
The only thing that keeps me going are my darling grandchildren

Phoenix you have such a beautiful way with words!

Thinking of you. x

A day at a time s the only way I think. Yesterday was bad, but today is a bit better - hanging on to the good days is the only way.

Take care phoenix

My thanks to all, too.

It really isn't a case of being "brave" it's just what one has to do, there are no options (well, in my case anyway, as stated before having been on the other foot, I couldn't do it because I have seen and felt first hand) Am I running the risk of oh heck, memory again! I know it isn't mixing my metaphors when referring to hands and feet in the same sentence, but I'm buggered if I can find it, although I'm fairly certain that I did

Thanks to all.

I am reading the book and find it interesting, not least because he has an uncanny ability to describe how it really feels and the misery that leads to a sense of desperation. But it is also a positive book - full of ideas and reassurances. And it is full of humour too. Definitely worth a read.

for all of you who have suffered.

to both of you. And admiration for the way you keep going in the face of such difficulties.

to all of you who have, or have come in contact with this horrible, horrible 'thing'. Monster. Depression just doesn't cover it. I have been to the edge and seen into the abyss - many years ago, but the memory hasn't left me - and tried to help two of my nearest and dearest as they fought to overcome it. Luckily I lost no one, but came close, so very close.