after MUCH deliberation, i decided to send my dad a father's day card. i made it myself, and it's cute. i even enclosed a note ( Read more... )

sorry that was for physical, sexual, and children of alcoholics too.

i managed to see a "light" when i read this page. if u are a child of an alcoholic look here. u may be surprised:

http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/article.php?artID=350

i want to change my name. i've wanted this for a really long time. when i was 15, i used to read the phone book for good names. when i was 11, i was legally adopted by my stepfather. he and my mom changed my last name without telling me until it was too late. i hate his last name, and i'm an adult now, so...it's time ( Read more... )

Strength from the milk of human kindness.
A safe place for all the pieces that scatter.
Try to pretend it's more than love that matters.
 Indigo Girls -- Love will come to you

I put my daughter down for her nap and she is sick. She went into a rage and started trying to hit me and bite me. I left her in there and she was asleep after a few minutes. ( Read more... )

"Our modern society creates so many young people without roots. They are uprooted from their families and their society; they wander around, not quite human beings, because they do not have roots. Quite a number of them come from broken families and feel rejected by society. They live on the margins, looking for a home, for something to belong to ( Read more... )

I am feeling my lack of roots today. There is no one here to come in and help me clean up my house and my life. No one to say "hey you were a beautiful baby." No baby pictures...no baby book. God I really need to be someones baby today.

Anyone want to hold me while I suck my thumb?

I found this somewhere around Lj, and thought I'd be a good idea to post here in case anyone might be curious about it. When I was going through the list, I was surprised how many of them were quite relevant. I think most people don't take mental/emotional abuse as seriously as physical abuse. Just because you can't literally see all of the affects ( Read more... )

These two people in my class came up to me and asked me who my parents were. One of them told me that they though they knew them ( Read more... )

This is what I wrote to the last three biological family members that I have had contact with.

I just wanted to let you know that I have come out of my depression. This one was really a bad one. I had two separate times that I was suicidal. Guns in the house obviously are a bad situation for someone who is very depressed, but **** changed the ( Read more... )