My Response to Responses

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hank you for all your responses.
This is an exercises that has helped ME for years, and a couple of my sisters were having troubles in their personal lives and I decided to share it with them to help them look at a different way to handle some things.

I do not claim to have it "all together'. That is why I do this. Sometimes I see things break in the house, the car needs to go in the shop, my hair hasn't been colored in months, little money in the bank, etc... and that is when I feel like my world is crashing down around me...SO I step back and try to figure out, then I have to take "BABYSTEPS" to get back in "BALANCE"....OK what needs to be done...take the van to the shop, check. Get the hair done, check. and so on...Just saying that if I keep up on things before they get to the point of spiraling out of control it works better for "ME".

The only dreams I have is getting from Ohio to CA to see my son in his condo, girlfriend, and job. Visiting my sister & her family who moved to TX 7 yrs, and have never seen her home. Visiting my brother in Reno someday. My sister in IL, my aunt in FL or my Aunt in Hilton Head...So I got half off on airline tickets (by getting An AM EX card) for IS and myself and we are going to CA to visit Dan in a couple weeks...CHECK!!!

Perhaps "GOD'S PLAN" didn't mean he "did this" but he definitely has provided me with the "tools" to handle it. (note: not all the time, I do have good and (BAD)days).

My IS issues have not been the only tragedy in my life, we have had a boat load, but we have a huge family and we have just as many blessings as tragedies.

@Dorothy---major (HUGS) no offense taken, I love that you bring up points for me to ponder!!!

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