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| Even bees need a day off. |
I can understand you needing to go into retreat after a big event. It happens to me, again and again I now recognise it as Mother Nature telling me to rest and recover.
My son is an artist and this is a picture he drew for me some time ago. I wanted to share it with you because I thought it appropriate to today's post "When you have rested you can fly again"
Next Thanksgiving...
One of the hard things for me is sorting out what is a problem with PTSD, DID and what is just plain being human. I have always thought that the reason I couldn't get past Thanksgiving without crashing was because of PTSD. I am starting to realize that 'down time' after a major event is human. For me Thanksgiving is a major event spiked with a dash of triggers from PTSD. So next Thanksgiving will look something like this..... Thursday cook and eat without feeling guilty or hearing the tape in my head about all those naughty calories.... Friday, shop for fabric (best price on flannel all year) then drinking hot chocolate with lovely daughters and daughter-in-laws. Saturday.... sleep in, do as little as possible. Sunday.... maybe get up for church and then go back to sleep. Yup, I have made adjustments to my plan.
5 comments:
Go you!!! Love the picture!
I love the fact you are making such logical plans Ruth. It’s a great idea to have such positive goals. Positive thoughts, success!
Listen, use, save; the reward is logical independent thought.
Shopping and hot chocolate, sweet memory...save.:)
I love the picture too.
Molly
Thanks Laurel and Molly. :)
Why is flannel so cheap after thanksgiving? What do you use it for? We don't have thanksgiving in my country although I wish we did. One time I went to my friends thanksgiving dinner cos she was american and we had pumpkin pie and it was yum. I would like to have thanksgiving here. Do you have pumpkin pie there?
Andy
Hi Andy, Flannel is so cheap after Christmas to bring customers into the store and I use it to make baby blankets that are 45x45 inches (115x115 cm). This is a great size to wrap a baby in. Others use it for other things for a baby room. Flannel is also used for premie babies (Born one to two months premature) for clothes and other wraps since they are less likely to have a allergic reaction to the 100% cotton. I agree Thanksgiving is a wonderful tradition and I do love pumpkin pie. :)
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