tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post1522330817541268430..comments2024-02-21T14:12:55.866-06:00Comments on coming home to myself: A Fear of ViolenceDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-67359134053818125072012-05-29T16:48:20.489-05:002012-05-29T16:48:20.489-05:00It is easy to believe that the person writing a bl...It is easy to believe that the person writing a blog full of wisdom and love has always been so. Quite often, though, I feel that it is in sharing our frailties and failings that we give the most. At one time, such a post as this would have been a lifeline for me. Perhaps it is for one or more of your readers today.graceonlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07600679221472546269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-44148740594739551312012-04-01T23:17:55.782-05:002012-04-01T23:17:55.782-05:00The perfect blog name.
The world can be such an ...The perfect blog name. <br /><br />The world can be such an overwhelming place, especially when you are so pure of heart.fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-1146182475148538132012-03-12T14:48:54.478-05:002012-03-12T14:48:54.478-05:00I'm sort of catching up on your posts backward...I'm sort of catching up on your posts backwards.Oh Dee! I'm so glad you found your inner peace AND that you've shared it with us.Stephanie Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117481136259148223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-5711101763718617552012-03-09T17:04:26.046-06:002012-03-09T17:04:26.046-06:00I've caught up with you again and am still ago...I've caught up with you again and am still agog. <br />You are a very special person and I am so glad that you have found 'home to yourself'. For some people it really takes a lifetime to learn to like themselves.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-63658289409421234712012-03-09T14:58:52.974-06:002012-03-09T14:58:52.974-06:00Dear Pam,
Thank you for the "hugs and smiles....Dear Pam,<br />Thank you for the "hugs and smiles." I agree that the journey has been, at times, arduous. But one of the wonders is that as I age, I have more and more years to look back on and when I do that, I discover that all has worked out unto good.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-85691146494257383042012-03-09T14:57:26.381-06:002012-03-09T14:57:26.381-06:00Dear Melissa,
How well you have expressed what com...Dear Melissa,<br />How well you have expressed what coming home to oneself is. You said, "I am more 'at home' within myself and this goes with me everywhere." Now that I have discovered that my home is within, I am, like you, hoping to move. You will be in the RV, finding adventure. I hope to return to Minnesota and settle again amidst kindred spirits. We are both blessed.<br /><br />I do trust that your book is being read at exactly the right time!<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-21032569174606772292012-03-09T14:54:20.013-06:002012-03-09T14:54:20.013-06:00Dear Patricia,
How kind you are. The strange thing...Dear Patricia,<br />How kind you are. The strange thing about blogging--or so it seems to me--is that we write unexpectedly. By that I mean, that when I sat down at the computer Tuesday morning, I did not expect to write this posting. It just came. And I trust that when words come they are meant to me.<br /><br />I, too, am glad that our paths have crossed.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-61676830092378881622012-03-09T09:50:07.181-06:002012-03-09T09:50:07.181-06:00I am glad you have found the peace you have been s...I am glad you have found the peace you have been seeking all these many years.. right within yourself.. welcome home, Dee.<br /><br />You have indeed had a long and arduous journey.<br /><br />hugs and smiles across the the miles,<br />Pam :)pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696361625481123431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-53055302575418844732012-03-09T09:39:52.213-06:002012-03-09T09:39:52.213-06:00Oh Dee, what a life you've lived!! What a triu...Oh Dee, what a life you've lived!! What a triumph you are. I think this is something I too have been learning and have only recently come to understand - that my home is within myself. When we moved west, I longed constantly for "home" but I was longing for something more -a feeling of belonging or of having roots. Oddly, I am about to be somewhat rootless - our travels in the RV will take us all over - I'll have no home that is permanently affixed to the ground. Yet I'll be seeing people I love and have missed and places I've loved as well as places I've wanted to see. I can only do this now because I am more "at home" within myself and this goes with me everywhere. You are an inspiration and I can't wait to read more of your story. Thank you for your sweet note on my blog, and I hope that my book will be coming at just the right time for you to enjoy it!!xoxoMelissa Ann Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454907380469372468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-1072819937859427022012-03-09T01:11:23.278-06:002012-03-09T01:11:23.278-06:00Dee - you are truly a gem in this world.
The depth...Dee - you are truly a gem in this world.<br />The depth of your sharing, the honesty of your words - words fail me.<br />The words "thank you" seem inadequate, to someone who opens their soul to others - someone like you.<br />Dee - I am so blessed that our paths have crossed.<br /><br />You remain in my prayers.<br /><br />PatriciaPatriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04116949572475083174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-48085016432123340372012-03-08T18:31:52.679-06:002012-03-08T18:31:52.679-06:00Dear Desiree,
I hope that everyone who visits my b...Dear Desiree,<br />I hope that everyone who visits my blog in the next day or so will read your comment. It is a handbook on maturity. <br /><br />You know, I had such a happy children until I was five. I was an outgoing child who giggled a lot and could be naughty and who knew she was special to her parents and her brother. Seeming abandonment changed all that. I think that what has happened for me is that now--seventy years later--I have found within myself that little girl. I've come full circle. This ring of life has been a journey that I now find fully satisfying.<br /><br />Peace,Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-42217295648672597682012-03-08T11:24:53.177-06:002012-03-08T11:24:53.177-06:00Everyone who arrived here ahead of me has left suc...Everyone who arrived here ahead of me has left such thoughtful, compassionate and sincere comments and observations, each one similar and yet all so different, too, expressing the personality and wisdom of each gently accepting and loving soul. I am always struck by the level of interaction your blog generates. This can only come from a place of honest sharing. From earlier posts, I knew you had faced some hard times in your life and with your identity, or acceptance of yourself, yet I tend to believe that who you project now was really there all along, just not able to anchor herself due, in part, to a particularly active and vivid imagination and your experience of life. I suspect, too, that many more of us than care to admit have likely experienced similar feelings of low esteem and self doubt, grounded in the earliest experiences of our own lives. I think our minds are incredibly powerful and devise all sorts of ways and means to protect ourselves from perceived harm, whether or not we are conscious of this. Growing up in our world with all the external pressures is not, and I don't believe has ever been, easy. We all adapt in different ways and I believe many of us act roles throughout our lives, until we come to the realization that it is simply no longer doable to hide from ourselves, or to hide who we really are from others. Most of us reach that point without needing psychiatric intervention, but for those who are so intuitively wrapped up in the feelings of the world, and who feel so very deeply what others feel, I can understand how it could all become unhinging to one. At core, I believe we are all vulnerable. Some of us have just had tougher knocks in life than others. <br /><br />The 'ease' with which you are able to share these intensely personal experiences stands as testimony to how far you have come in arriving home. It takes immense courage to reveal our truth and the hurts we have suffered, but to do so is healing, since it opens the way for others to do the same and suddenly, we realize that we aren't that different after all. No one wants to be seen as different or weak, so we all present strong, brave faces to the world and hide those fragile parts deep within. We can only come into the fullness of who we are when we are able to find peace within, as you have done. <br /><br />To be able to be contented with who we are, where we are and with what we have I think is when we reach full maturity as human beings. That is, when we come into the fullness of ourselves, when we can stand for and speak our truth without fear of rejection. This you have done for all of us in this beautiful post, Dee.Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069419364783245762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-28747304224264908532012-03-08T07:52:47.867-06:002012-03-08T07:52:47.867-06:00Dear Kate,
I started taking the medication in Febr...Dear Kate,<br />I started taking the medication in February 1976--but thirty years passed before I could let go of the childhood need to please others so as to retain their regard. Such is the tragedy of childhood trauma.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-27880698959586047352012-03-08T07:40:36.434-06:002012-03-08T07:40:36.434-06:00Dee, what a beautiful post; there is something rat...Dee, what a beautiful post; there is something rather wonderful about being utterly honest and resolving never to wear any mask alongside our fellow man. God bless the doctor who helped you, finally, to cast off the millstone that is depression, and come home to yourself.Kate Shrewsdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254105503503630311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-9039487052440839322012-03-07T22:19:22.778-06:002012-03-07T22:19:22.778-06:00Dear Penny,
I don't know where my head is! I j...Dear Penny,<br />I don't know where my head is! I just read "LIttle House in the Woods." The second book, which is at the library waiting for me, is "LIttle House on the Prairie." After that, it's " . . . Plum Creek." I'm so happy you got me started reading these Wilder books.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-65089081090927668162012-03-07T22:14:20.283-06:002012-03-07T22:14:20.283-06:00Dear Sherrey,
Thank you for visiting my blog and f...Dear Sherrey,<br />Thank you for visiting my blog and for your words of thanksgiving. I tired to find your blog but was unable to do so. That's means I can't visit you to read your postings. I'm sorry about that.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-37487604503312699292012-03-07T22:00:10.959-06:002012-03-07T22:00:10.959-06:00What a courageous story you tell of survival and f...What a courageous story you tell of survival and faith in yourself! I'm so thankful God led your physician to treat your depression so that today you are able to share your life story with us and others. Sharing the truth is freeing not only for the writer, but for the reader as well.Sherrey Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715466245851050537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-75987901467391060742012-03-07T20:57:02.805-06:002012-03-07T20:57:02.805-06:00I just checked "Wonderstruck" in my inte...I just checked "Wonderstruck" in my interlibrary system, which is a large system and all books are either checked out or checked out with numerous holds. It is a very popular book, as are Selznick's others, especially the Hugo book. I've stickies and notes reminding me, Dee, and will check it out when I can - and yes, I'll let you know.lifeonthecutoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657395265006688388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-63495554660115027782012-03-07T19:24:07.616-06:002012-03-07T19:24:07.616-06:00Dear Susan,
I'm glad the title has cracked ope...Dear Susan,<br />I'm glad the title has cracked open for you. It's part of the truth of my life.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-7129036757866778912012-03-07T19:23:18.065-06:002012-03-07T19:23:18.065-06:00Dear Perpetua,
I do hope that my story with chemic...Dear Perpetua,<br />I do hope that my story with chemical imbalance helps others. The right medication--as you know from your sisters--makes all the difference.<br /><br />I remain always grateful for Dr. Nimlos and the medication I take.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-66302310123881618092012-03-07T19:21:32.283-06:002012-03-07T19:21:32.283-06:00Dear Penny,
You've really nailed the problem--...Dear Penny,<br />You've really nailed the problem--those "unresolved issues" when our parents die early in life. And I know about acting like a 19-year-old. That happens to me when I need work on the car and meet a mechanic! <br /><br />I wanted to tell you that I finished "Wonderstruck" last night and I so hope you read it and let us know on your blog what you think. For me, the book was wonderful. And also, I discovered that the second "Little House" book is "The Little House in the Woods." I'm getting it from the library.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-45592767422258815202012-03-07T19:17:32.795-06:002012-03-07T19:17:32.795-06:00Dear Broad,
Thank you for your kind words. You kno...Dear Broad,<br />Thank you for your kind words. You know I consider your story of moving to England and settling there to be a real gift to your readers. I learn something new from every one of your postings, and as the day passes, I find myself thinking about what you've shared.<br /><br />I so agree with that priest. That the loving starts with ourselves. Only then can we really love others. Boy! It took me a long time to learn that.<br /><br />That bridge is the one over the St. Croix at Stillwater. The one you can see from Afton is the Highway 94 bridge over the St. Croix. It's south of the Stillwater bridge.<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-33097149497414288502012-03-07T19:14:34.578-06:002012-03-07T19:14:34.578-06:00Dear Debra,
I'm sure that I was, indeed, guide...Dear Debra,<br />I'm sure that I was, indeed, guided to Dr. Nimlos. She unerringly recognized that I had psychotic tendencies and knew what drug would work for me. She also prescribed only 2 mg. of it--a very low dosage--because she recognized that my body responded quickly to medication. She was a marvel!<br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-57514891609834154072012-03-07T12:19:24.933-06:002012-03-07T12:19:24.933-06:00Your struggles were difficult enough, without havi...Your struggles were difficult enough, without having a persistent depression and manic hallucinations. Praise God! that a intuitive doctor realized what you had survived and was able to give you a life-line. <br /><br />Coming home to myself--the blog title means even more now.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195629195750583833.post-37048131513562100792012-03-07T10:18:45.263-06:002012-03-07T10:18:45.263-06:00Dee, your honest and courageous account of the str...Dee, your honest and courageous account of the struggles of your younger self are both touching and inspiring and also potentially very helpful to others dealing with mental health issues. I have 2 younger sisters with bi-polar disorder - another chemical imbalance that can be almost miraculously helped with the right drugs. I'm so very glad for your sake that you found the help you needed and went on to become the strong, loving and mature woman we all admire.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com