Sometimes, family members aren't the easiest or the nicest beings to get along with. Many families are dysfunctional to one extent or the other. The pain of coping with this situation can't be imagined. You want that connection so badly because family members are supposed to be pals. Right? But then for an unexplainable or even seemingly stupid reason, the relationship isn't working. You are either fighting constantly or your relationship seem frosted by an emotional glacier.
The pain doesn't heal. So at times, family members withdraw into an emotional shell or even cut off all contacts in order to maintain a little sanity.
Posted 1 Year Ago
1 Year Ago
Very insightful review my friend, not an easy matter to embrace…
Warmly, B
“The thick skin of remoteness”
I don’t know why I love that line so…. Perhaps it’s because I’m guilty of it at times.
You describe the desire to mend this relationship so well.
I wish I had some nails to give you to help fix that fence.
Posted 1 Year Ago
1 Year Ago
so sorry for the delayed response, but i've been out of the country for a month. Thank you fir an in.. read moreso sorry for the delayed response, but i've been out of the country for a month. Thank you fir an insightful review
Warmly, B
This is so sad. Incredibly so. I can empathise because I no longer see or talk to my sister. But as they say I don't think I could verbalise the pain as well.
Posted 1 Year Ago
1 Year Ago
Thank you amen for your empathetic review
Much appreciated!
Warmly,
B,
.. this reads like a carbon copy of one of my own close relationships and I suspect the sting will never dull .. a very sad but utterly compelling post Betty and likewise sadly enjoyed .. All Good Things, Neville
No broken fence here Betty
just a partner suffering from (what ever)
Change of moods before you could drop a hat
The morning cup of tea is two seconds late > the sun has stopped shining
Posted 1 Year Ago
1 Year Ago
Thank you for your kind review!
Warmly, B
1 Year Ago
After 60 years
We are still the same pepole > but some days
She said only yesterday .. read moreAfter 60 years
We are still the same pepole > but some days
She said only yesterday 'Where has Pete gone?'
When reading this I could not help but think of my brother. He was an enigma to me. Remote, distant, lacking all ability to understand the sister who was his polar opposite. Four years older and worlds away in spirit, so often I felt like an only child. He died suddenly in 2018, and it felt like he was never there. I rarely thought of him, and he rarely thought of me. I am still struck by the strangeness of it all. How could we have inhabited the same house, the same world, and still be total strangers? Never stop trying to mend that fence. Or, if mending is not possible, learn a lesson from it.
Posted 1 Year Ago
1 Year Ago
Thank you for that very personal and honest review.
Warmly, B
Dear Betty I had to delete my messages due to upset yesterday about my health. I am doing good now, took one more, in office. How about you, I could massage you.
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!!!
My love of poetry results from my love of art. As a painter I am able to express myself on a canvas. As a poet my words come from my heart, my moods, sometimes sad, mostly upbeat. I like to use vivid .. more..