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Riding the Roller Coaster

A Ring I made
So one of the things that Rob did for part of my recovery is he bought me a whole lot of jewelry making supplies (enough to fill a large tackle box), and so I have been creating some jewelry.  Here is some of it.
Today was a hard day for me, I was 'riding a roller coaster' full of emotions.  I cried, laughed, was a little grumpy with my sweet hubby and was just plain frustrated.  I was making jewelry and ended up spilling a huge thing of beads in my carpet. Nothing was going right.  I finally took a Klonazepam, 'mouse balls' aka homeopathic remedies and did my breathing exercises, and things got better.  Yesterday my family got together as my brother Danny and his family were here visiting from Canada.  I can't believe how big his kids are.  His oldest who is 14 & 1/2 is already taller than me.  It was nice to see everybody, but for whatever reason family get togethers stress me out.  Probably because I feel like an outsider because I don't have kids.  It used to be that way before I got married, I felt like an outsider because I wasn't married, well now it's because I don't belong to the kid club. Yes it really does feel that way,whether intentionally or not, it's like if you don't have kids in my family you are low man on the totem pole.  Yes it hurts.  It hurts immensely.  I make myself sick EVERY time I go for family dinner.  Do they not think I dislike having empty arms and not being able to conceive?  It's not exactly a happy thing for me.  I am so blessed with a husband who loves me no matter what, and

I have been ridiculed for putting it 'all' out there.  Well what works for me may not work for you, and what helps me in my recovery, helps me in my recovery.....so too bad, so sad.  I have had several people contact me privately to thank me for sharing my journey, and I know it has helped people along my way, which makes me feel good.  I have to apologize for missing a few days blogging, I have a sinus infection that has knocked me on my a$$, so haven't been feeling up to much of anything the past few days.

Necklaces, bracelets and some
earrings

This is my 'recovery' bracelet
Earrings, a couple necklaces & a bracelet
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