hey, there is no need for you to apologize to me sweetie. like i said, we are all human and we are just all offering what we can. so many times i feel so inept in all this that i have no experience or professional training (in counseling), to be able to say anything to anyone. but what i do have is life and God and also part of my own growth like yours is trying to help others. sometimes i think we all need to sign some sort of agreement before we post here that we are all human and that the purpose behind the forums is to support each other. i'm sure every one does know that but needs to be reminded occassionally (some more than others).
i feel (again, JMO) that mt3b is being defensive because she knows deep down that a lot of what is being said, suggested, advised to her is true and what needs to be done but it's DIFFICULT. life is a bed of roses because it's filled w/thorns. we can never truly feel what someone is going through unless we walk in their shoes but if that's the way it was meant to be then we wouldn't all be here. does that make sense?
anyway, we all want help and/or to help others and through much introspection we all (including myself) need to take a few minutes before we reply to a post but we're humans and we're going to do what we're going to do. maybe we should start a new post for mt3b that simply says "support for mom." but at the same time she will need to realize 2x4's may still come her way but it is done out of love. prayers to all of you.
