Tales From Janet Land

Love it!

Oh gosh...don't ever stress out about what you've said to me! It's incredibly difficult to actually offend me...and when someone has, I usually let them know and give them the benefit of the doubt.

I think that honesty is really important and I therefore really value someone's honesty when they're speaking to me. I think it's critical to be honest in what we say and how we act.

I know you're not preaching...if I thought you were, I likely wouldn't read or respond. I meant what I said about valuing your opinions and experiences. We are a lot alike.

I relate to what you say about erratic behaviour except that my "erracticness" is usually a bit more out of control...the coping mechanisms that I mentioned. I will be doing fine for a while and then something will trigger it and I'll feel the way that I did for so many years. It's a process, isn't it? One day at a time, trying to be the best you possibly can.

Thanks again.

I'll believe.

Mine, too!

I am hiding from the children right now.

I love you to no end, too.I think I'm just requiring a bit more of that love lateley.

That *would* be interesting! I love how your mind works, AJ.

Mary, I am *so* proud of you!

This was unbelievably well written, well thought out and mature and I'm so impressed. I adore you, you know that. (I hope) And I am so thrilled to see this side of you come out into the open..that you finally realize that you ARE quite fantastic and deserve to be treated with respect and consideration and love. You rock, Mary, and you're an inspiration to this Canadian Girl.

And by the way, as someone who is in love with a person with a *real* physical disability who works *full time*, I agree with you...no excuses.

Well, aren't you sweet?

"I am only here because "God" (for some stupid reason) wants me here" made me laugh.

Thank you for sharing with me some of your experiences and for offering your advice. It is not lost on me, at all. You and I are a lot alike in some ways...my destruction was in a very different form than yours and it, for the most part, stemmed from the actions of others in my life. I am working on healing from those events and moving forward. It's not easy. I have learned some very unhealthy coping mechanisms that I am working very hard to reverse.

You say you should be dead. I should be, too. Barring that, I should be in a looney bin. How I have managed to get this far in life, relatively unscathed, is a mystery to most people.

Blogging helps me to gain my perspective. I helps me release things so that they don't eat me alive. Thanks for reading and thanks for the encouragement, Gary.

AJ, I admire your maturity.

How the f*ck did I miss this post?!I'm just too self absorbed sometimes and I'm sorry.

Well, everyone seems to have summed it up and said it better than janetk could anyway...but I'll say this...

The voters *SUCK*! You, however, ROCK! And I'm with Annie...I'm still proud of you.

I'm a hardcore fan! I'll send you my private e-mail addy.

So, um, that's it for explanation?

Have I told you I missed you?

I'm so proud of you!

No regrets....

A big secret off of your chest...

AND...you got the trick question (almost) right!

Oh, Gwen. That last one made me tear up. I grew up with a mother with an eating disorder so I know about the preoccupation with food. I wish I could snap my fingers and make you see how beautiful you are and take away the pain of living in a body you're not keen on. I can't...I know...so for what it's worth, I think you're perfect just the way you are, I adore you and I think you're stunning.

A few years ago, I found these amazing hand crafted mirrors that read, "You are an unearthly beauty". They were called self affirmation mirrors and I bought one for everyone I knew at the time and then in years later, made some to give as gifts. I think you need one. I'm going to look into finding one for you.

Wanna stop by my place and cook something? I'm the resident cook, dishwasher, bum wiper....

It sounds like you could use a big rest!

Oh wow.I am the luckiest girl alive.