Today
is my baby’s 27th birthday and the first one I will ever spend where
he is too far for me to visit. Accumulating
all the items that have hit me the last 18 months I finally concluded that it
was not possible to handle all this change and the stress on my own. I took a huge step and I sought
help. I am neither embarrassed nor
ashamed that this was necessary because it is one that very well might save me
from making a decision I could not change.
It is not getting help that is the problem and no one should feel it is
wrong to seek it out and sometimes the simple act of knowing you have the right to feel a certain way truly does help.
My
oldest is recovering well from his reconstructive surgery, thank you again this
week for all the emails asking how he is.
The scars will be visible but my son is alive and well and still wants
to play softball, what an idiot.
I
was sad to hear the news about Donna Summer. She wrote the music that made my life move
and I still bought her music and hope her family knows we are all thinking
about them.
Three
great books this week to give away all from the wonderful people at St. Martin’s. I have also received many more and updated my
blog. I am action packed through the
middle of July.
So
to this week’s winners please send me an email with your home address to marygramlich@yahoo.com so I can get
these out to you.
Janelle Deninson –
Through the Night: Ametiad
Louisa Edwards – Hot Under
Pressure: Carol
M
A.C. Arthur –
Temptation Rising: Maureen
A full life!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary! Congrats to the other winners!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners and congrats to you as well for taking care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to all the winners. Mar, I can't imagine what's it like to have a son or daughter move out state.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to this week's winners. And Mary, you are so right about how not seeking help is a problem. Happy Birthday to your son, and I'm glad your oldest son is on the road to recovery. I too was sad to hear about Donna Summer. I remember singing along to her music as I played her record albums on my "Disco" record player. :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to the winners!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good think to seek help. It use to have such a stigma but I think that is disappearing. My daughter had a very short marriage and things went terribly wrong and she was smart enough to go to counseling and says it's helping her very much!
Ha! Of course he would still want to play, what a guy thing huh.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a strong person to admit they need help.
Congrats winners!
Happy Birthday to your son!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all the winners. I'm happy that your son is doing better, and can't believe that he still wants to play Softball after what happened to him.
ReplyDeleteHappy 27th Birthday to your youngest son. Happy that you're taking care of yourself.
Please don't enter me into the contest, as I don't read contemporary romance novels. I just wanted to stop by and support you.