tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451084135153101125.post6656737974015609586..comments2023-07-12T07:49:43.760-04:00Comments on {with love from pittsburgh}: going.laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02319528506123407572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451084135153101125.post-4667524834507342572011-06-12T11:51:09.153-04:002011-06-12T11:51:09.153-04:00i'm a little late to the party but my system o...i'm a little late to the party but my system of snapping myself out of something is to wallow for a bit. ice cream, lack of showers, bad reality television. then there comes a point when i just can't do it anymore. and i shower, get dressed, go outside. i make plans and keep them. i give myself an obligation to someone else so that i'm accountable and i feel somehow better. <br />i've learned that i need to give myself permission to sit in my shell of self-absorbed pity so that it loses its luster. it starts to feel like a sore muscle and i massage it away.<br />does that make any sense?<br />whatever works for you, i hope it is doing its job. and i hope you are smiling at least once a day. at least. <br />xoxokristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862447137460152226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451084135153101125.post-5942503861268246692011-06-01T21:59:39.000-04:002011-06-01T21:59:39.000-04:00oh. my. gosh.
this whole time i thought your comme...oh. my. gosh.<br />this whole time i thought your comments were "closed"...i just now realized "lovely bits of feedback" was comments.<br /><br />honey!! coming from a girl who has been there: the heartbreak {massive, painful divorce}, 3 bouts of depression {looking for cliffs to drive my car off of}, and crushing family of origin i'm here to tell you there is light, there is lift, there is love.<br /><br />when and where. i don't know. but it comes if we let it. <br /><br />cry, scream, smile and laugh. live boldly and loudly. as debilitating as my days of dark were they are now so very precious to me. i survived them, and every day since is a blessing. <br /><br />now, you know me, i'm not friggin optimistic-sally-in-my -step. i have extreme sadness still and will always be prone to days, hours, sometimes months of blue, but they are temporary. they are there to teach me grace and flex and bolster my compassion muscles. <br /><br />love to you beautiful laura girl. you have a fairy tale of life ahead of you. prince included.goodniteirene.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518637618387014689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451084135153101125.post-73513608165152041422011-06-01T17:38:52.885-04:002011-06-01T17:38:52.885-04:00amy- i've made a haircut appointment for next ...amy- i've made a haircut appointment for next tuesday at 6:15 p.m. you and i are on the same wavelength. :)<br /><br />chris- i'm taking off from work on friday (after we get thursday off!), which means i have a 4-day weekend. i'm putting gas in the car and driving south. i don't know to where yet, but i will when i get there.<br /><br />xoxo.laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02319528506123407572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451084135153101125.post-19878648053932241452011-05-31T15:38:58.015-04:002011-05-31T15:38:58.015-04:00I am a complete advocate of hopping in the car and...I am a complete advocate of hopping in the car and just seeing something new. Get up on Saturday morning and decide how far you want to drive, then pick a place on the map and just go! Be a tourist, discover something cool, new or unique...there is always something cool to see if you are open to the experience.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8451084135153101125.post-20808855261759233952011-05-31T12:49:43.534-04:002011-05-31T12:49:43.534-04:00My favorite way to shake up my life a bit is to do...My favorite way to shake up my life a bit is to do something to my hair. When everything else seems out of my control, that's the one thing I know I can change. So I either dye it or cut it - and I swear, it helps a little bit.<br /><br />Hang in there!Amyhttp://www.rationalcreature.comnoreply@blogger.com