Tag: family
group name: survivorsforum
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March 31, 2006 05:17 AM EST --
5:00
Calm
Trauma takes a rest
Cocaine gives way
To alcohol's sedation
He is trying to sleep
Regretting
Rightly so
He
With so much to lose
Coked up
Woke his sister
Chaos in the house
Violence
Aggression . . . more
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April 02, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
Bet you thought "Oh Goody,Smut!" Sorry to disappoint you this is just my way of drawing you in--my "hook" as you will.
When I first joined Gather it was an attempt to put myself out . . . more
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October 31, 2006 09:04 PM EST --
I'm cleaning out the hall closet this morning. I come across her jacket. I had forgotten it was there. I think I wanted to forget.
"Here, you can have it." My younger sister . . . more
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October 17, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
Our money had run out over a year before, I found work but Rich hadn't. He looked for over a year, I typed resumes and we'd pack him off to job interviews and every . . . more
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December 21, 2007 03:16 PM EST --
Quote by Rose Kennedy:
It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the . . . more
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April 20, 2006 12:17 AM EDT --
Buttons, coffee,
books and love,
that's what the woman
was made of.
Tears, pain
black eyes too,
but she loved me,
and she loved you.
Nights of horror
nights of shame;
we all know who
must . . . more
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October 17, 2006 02:47 PM EDT --
It's been six years this month. It seems like a moment ago now.
One moment ago when I walked with my father around his yard in West Virginia on a chilly October afternoon. It was the . . . more
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April 30, 2006 06:05 PM EDT --
*I was going to wait until the holidays to share this with all of you, however, I was reading an article someone wrote about homelessnes on Gather (if anyone knows which one let me know - it was the one . . . more
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March 06, 2008 12:47 AM EST --
Forgiveness. Such a lovely and yes-noble ideal. To forgive those that have hurt us seems at times an almost impossible task. And, often it is. Why? Because we haven't yet learned to forgive ourselves. . . . more
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April 09, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
Don't be scared;
Don't be mad;
Don't cry those tears
When you feel sad.
For years and years
This is what I heard;
I never argued;
It was the final word.
I kept it inside; . . . more
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March 31, 2008 09:49 PM EDT --
When we finally were told David was dying, all bets were off. Any resentments, angers or old hurts went out the window. We simply loved and cared for him the best we could at home, where he wanted to . . . more
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May 15, 2008 11:14 PM EDT --
I have to admit that I have a new-found appreciation for those brave men and women who have and do serve to keep our freedom intact here in the United States! I have always felt grateful to them but reading . . . more
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March 10, 2007 02:08 PM EST --
All winter long I've been so cold.
My feet nearly freeze since I got old.
I get bundled up and jump into bed.
But the sheets are so cold, it's something I dread.
My heating pad quit, so what . . . more
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July 29, 2006 04:49 PM EDT --
Forty-Eight years ago today,
Dr. Reeves sent me on my way
To St. Vincents Infirmary in Little Rock,
Where they put me in a hospital frock.
We'd had our Christmas the night before,
Anticipating . . . more
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April 24, 2006 12:42 PM EDT --
Dear Friend,
I cannot express in mere words what I am feeling for you during this time of sorrow. I want to hold you in my arms and cradle you, helping you through you grief, helping you . . . more
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September 29, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It is a rainy fall morning here in the beautiful state of New Hampshire and the weather is fitting my mood. It has been the end of a long work week and I am looking forward to the weekend. . . . more
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July 08, 2006 02:49 PM EDT --
36 years ago today, I knew my baby was on the way.
As I attended my baby shower, Melissa was being born that hour.
Got all these presents in the nick of time, and all the gifts were really prime.
Excitment . . . more
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August 24, 2006 11:07 AM EDT --
Have you ever thought ahead about those Golden Years people talk about? I believe most people consider the years once you hit age 60 to be the start of those Golden Years. I ways figured that when I reached . . . more
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January 01, 2007 02:57 AM EST --
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
Abraham Lincoln
Tonight I spent my New Year’s Eve watching the new Will Smith . . . more
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December 29, 2005 11:31 AM EST --
Life with Olivia (a true story)
©2006 Pam Freeth All rights reserved
I come from a long line of family members who like to write. It didn't become a necessity in my life . . . more
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