<BR>For all you tuned in to the soap opera "AS Maya Cracks Up" ..... the counselor's appt. has been moved up to NEXT Monday.<P>I will remove all the sharp objects from my house this weekend.

<P>Don't expect miracles the first day, Maya...<P> <P>------------------<BR>Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die

You're such a prophet, Whodat.<P>

Who? Me??? <P>I just know you, little miss firstborn... <P>I don’t want to see you walk out of there and directly to the lawyer’s office. Give counseling (and the hopefully pending anti-deps) a chance first. <BR><P>------------------<BR>Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die

Ah, skip the whole thing and go to Barbados!!! <P>Like they can't find a place to squeeze you in at the counselor's office??? Kinda like, I called the suicide line and they put me on hold!<P>------------------<BR>~Sheryl<P>Marriage: the most important contract you'll ever enter into, and the most sacred.<P>

Stay calm, it will be fine.<P>MONDO HUG!!!!!!!<P>------------------<BR>God Bless,<BR>Rob<P><BR>

I would shy away from running with scissors too. <P>Hope it goes well. <P>SHA<P>

Maya,<P>I just posted a support letter to you on the other thread, so please read.<P>Can't fool any of us We've all worn the Quasimodo Halloween costume at one time or another, Maya. That's why so many people responded to you! We all recognized ourselves in some part of your posts!!!<P>Luv Ya!!!!<P>Roll Me Away

WOOHOO!<P>You go girl!<P>------------------<BR>Prayers & God Bless!<BR>Chris<BR>For relationship info check out <A HREF="http://www.pcisys.net/~chriscal1/resources.html" TARGET=_blank>www.pcisys.net/~chriscal1/resources.html</A>

Dear Maya,<P>How is that new church going. It was Wed. night last night, did you go? You need to go. Call the pastor. You would be so surprised how strong you feel when they round up a bunch of prayer warriors to hound the throne of God on your behalf.<P>Remember that little God box? You need to write down all your feelings of anger and hate and put them right back in the box. Make carbon copies, and do it every day. Even if you and your husband do not work things out, you must get rid of all those feelings.<P>Why isn't this guy coming home? What is keeping him away? Is this guy clueless? Gotta pray for him, even though you don't want to.... You are a Christian, Maya - which calls you to a different level of accountability to God, ya know? It's some of the prices we pay for being Christians in a worldly world...<P>I know the worldly advice is to get out if it doesn't feel good, but God called you to something different.... And that just plain isn't fair! Well life isn't fair but God is. He sees your husband in a different set of eyes. I pray you can begin to see your husband as God sees him. Not through Maya's eyes, but through God's eyes.<P>In the book we are reading, the Power of a praying wife - the woman author talks about how she felt about her husband, and her conflict with being a Christian. Just like you, Maya. She said she just cried and cried and cried because she realized (perhaps through a vision) of what her life would be like without working through the problems in her marriage. God showed her what her life would be like - and it was not pretty. She had to hit the bottom before God could start to use her for her husband.<P>Maybe this is where you are at? I think so. <P>Her husband said that there was a joke around their house, that the last 25 years have been the best for him, and the most miserable for her. She says God gave her a different love for her husband.<P>God is no respector of persons, if he did that for Stormie, he can do that for you. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He loves you sooooo much, He would do that for you. I know that isn't what you want, but I think you know, this is what God wants.<P>Maya, I'm praying for you.<BR>Connie

TNT - Wow, well said. Is there a Power of a Praying Husband book?<P>SHA

Hey Maya!<P>Sheryl and I were thinkin' the same thing, I guess. How 'bout this for therapy?<P>Picture this Maya: you get in your car, all by your lil' lonesome, turn south, and don't stop til you hit that white sand beach!!! Don't pack anything but your toothbrush--you can buy new there. Get a room overlooking the gulf. Walk out to the water, letting the sugar sand squish between your toes. Get a lounge chair, a good book, some fresh pineapple slices, and a big icy drink--virgin if you like, but I'd opt for something with a little rum. Stay there for a week. Don't call home.<P>OK, so maybe you'd still be miserable. But what a GREAT way to be miserable, eh? <P>"So... bring... me...<BR>Two Pina Coladas<BR>One for each hand<BR>Let's set sail with Captain Morgan<BR>And never leave dry land..."<P>(with apologies to His Garthness) <p>[This message has been edited by Doug (edited November 19, 1999).]

Dear Maya -<P>How are you today? Check in with us, okay?<P>TNT

Sheryl - LOL on the suicide hotline! (Did this actually happen?)<P>Maya - I feel the way you do about counseling. W and I have been going for the past 1-1/2 years (and a year before that with different counselors). Now we're stopped, and I feel pretty "counseled out." I'm refusing to go to some friends' party in a couple of weeks because our couples counselor is going to be there and I might be unable to restrain myself after a couple of shots. And I have better things to do than jail time. R & B,<P>--Wex