Returning

Ah, after all tis time, I have returned. So much has changed, that's for certain.

We have a new president, hopefully he will prove himself to be worthy of the vote. (especially since I voted for him) Since the last president left a horrible mess...which unless you've been living under a rock, you'd know what that mess has been. But, just in case: War under false pretenses, lost rights for citizens, a trashed economy due to relaxing regulations allowing greed to take over and ruin the lives of the working force. The environment has been severely (and perhaps irrevocably) ruined. It will be a huge undertaking. We as citizens need to get off our complacent butts and get involved, including writing to our political leaders (who are supposed to be working for us, not the other way around) and make some noise, for pete's sake! We complain, but never work together for change.

I have graduated from DBT for BPD...YAY! It doesn't mean that I have been cured. Not by a long shot. What is does mean is that I now have the tools and skills to deal with life, without the self-destructive behaviors, or alienating the loved ones around me. I'm happily able to keep my emotions in better check as well.

As I was writing this, I saw a news article about a TRUE hero, one from WWII that had died of cancer at the age of 86. He was known as "Shifty"...yes the very one they used for the series "Band of Brothers". He deserved more of a farewell than Michael Jackson had, yet, he slipped by almost unnoticed. Where have our priorities gone? Isn't it sad that we place celebrities above the true heroes? Amazing, isn't it?

My daughter is growing so well! Learning to write, and so much! She loved her first year of preschool, and is excited to start her second. I'm excited for her. I'm also hoping to start college in the upcoming winter semester. My desired course of study? Radiology. I'm hoping that after some years of radiology, I can eventually move on to nuclear medicine. I haven't been in school since......well, a long while. I'll have to defeat my self-doubt and realize I CAN do this.

I have a friend that I am hoping to form a support group for people with BPD. It takes a while to form a group. We aren't going to give up though. He and I are two of the few who stick to the program successfully. We are hoping to show others that they can make it as well.

As I normally do, I am rambling, and yes, I am back to my old habits of random posts, and meandering writing styles. I am, however, going to perhaps begin posting poetry and stories. (those are when I truly show my true writing talent, where I don't meander.

Good to be back, and I hope I can reconnect with some old friends I used to see on here.