** Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and perhaps share advice. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. :-)
As I've been mentioning for a while, I'll be moving to a new apartment at the beginning of December--next Saturday actually, meaning there will be someone posting in my place... One Bite At A Time, if you are reading would you consider doing that, if you will be available?
This is really the end of an era in my life, since it means my boyfriend and I parting ways. He moved to Madison from California in 2001 when he was going through a bad financial time; I was able to help him then, and subsequently he was extremely generous to me when I could not work because of my disabilities and he was paying all the expenses. Now he'll be moving on to an exciting teaching position in another state which will also offer an educational opportunity for him that will help him move forward in his computer graphics career.
It's almost strange; he and I get along very well and comfortably, we are good friends, like family even, but we are really no longer boyfriend/girlfriend and it feels positive and healthy to each be moving on. We seem to both be at peace. Things are in place in both our lives. Neither of us has much money by any means, but for each of us it seems to be enough.
I don't have much of a problem to report; rather I am looking back on the past few years with real gratitude, and forward with real hope. And that is a really good place to be in life. There is joy in that. Appreciate the people you love for the time you have with them!
So... what's on your mind tonight? How did you get along with your loved ones at Thanksgiving? Are you having to make any poignant goodbyes? Will you get to be with the people your heart feels at home with for the holidays this year?