Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:59:34 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/gallery/redflower.gif http://dailystrength.org/people/233690 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1210466 4:08pm Comment27 Dresses Fan VideoSource: www.youtube.com27 Dresses Fan Video. By Anne Fletcher, with Katherine Heigl as Jane Nichols and James Marsden as Kevin Doyle.Now I lay me down to sleep,I pray for a man who's not a creep.One who's handsome, smart and strong,Who's not afraid to ad... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:16:37 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1207098 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:58:06 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1130941 The Abuser's Body LanguagePosted on 06/18/08, 12:05 pm Many abusers have a specific body language. It comprises an unequivocal series of subtle - but discernible - warning signs. Pay attention to the way your date comports himself - and save yourself a lot of trouble! Abusers are an elusive bree... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:28:46 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1129475 New Soul Lyrics - It is OK to make mistakes..Posted on 06/17/08, 12:28 pm I really love this song because it is really symbolic of how we must be more forgiving of the mistakes we make. It is OK to make mistakes. It is OK to faulter. It is OK to be who we are, and learn our lessons as God has planne... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:18:53 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1126904 "Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers." --by Veronica A. Shoffstall Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:59:27 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1126768 RubyMcC Thanks for posting the luminaries project! I hope to see some pictures of the luminaries you have made. I like the milk jug idea.. i usually have plent of those around. :D A monarch butterfly when it is a caterpiller gathers its substinance from eating toxic plants, which essensially make t... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:52:30 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1123776 About me:Dramatic in every way - always hope for a better day -- Love my family and friends - the best to me, God sends! To read and to write is great - teaching is first-rate. Forgiveness is what is true - letting go will ensue. I dream of my prince - but cannot convince. Just be the authentic me..... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:54:52 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1122114 Excerpt: 'Better Single Than Sorry'Reality TV watchers saw Jen Schefft break off one engagement and turn down two more proposals. She explains why she's waiting for Mr. Right updated 6:16 a.m. PT, Tues., Jan. 23, 2007 Jen Schefft was thrust into the national spotlight during the third se... Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:01:10 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1120880 egsanders Ruby- Thank you for once again asking us to go inside ourselves, really look at where we are and where we want to be. It is so crucial to attaining goals. Ok , as for me, RIGHT NOW: I am a 2, as I have faltered a bit recently. I am happy in the knowledge that I recognize not only the toxi... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:40:42 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1120619 From : RubyMcC | hug RubyMcC Sent : 6/13/08, 3:58 pm Subject: Have a nice weekend! RubyMcC's message to Physical and Verbal Abuse Survivors members:I hope that each and every one of you have a great weekend. I hope it also includes some time to nurture yourself as well as treat yourself to somet... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:18:28 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1120611 egsanders WOW..if that doesn't say it all. In reading your post, I realize that, though I have always craved peace and serenity, I didn't take the proper steps in my own mind and heart to create them. And when the chaos comes, boy do I bite, hook line and sinker. I am learning to let it all... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:13:32 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1120604 vonniedisley surviving on your own....Posted on 03/24/08, 09:44 am I got out after 16 years of a roller coaster of being treated badly...Name calling, having things smashed around me, being ignored, laughed at, made to feel worthless. getting choked, and the final straw..being stripped and flung al... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:08:49 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1120591 egsanders The ups and the downsPosted on 06/12/08, 09:27 pm THese last few days have been a little weird, and rough. Just a few days ago I felt my resove was so strong, now I feel like everything is spiralling out of control. It is kind of a general sense of dissatisfaction. I look around at the th... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:01:36 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1119754 RubyMcC Two questionsPosted on 06/13/08, 11:41 am 1) How do you rate yourself on a level of emotional happiness since leaving your toxic relationship? For me... that would be about a 6. I still feel the lack of self confidence at times, and yes I am still scared I will enter into a new toxic relati... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:32:39 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1118599 "The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved---loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." ~Victor Hugo" Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:47:53 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1118559 amanda28sw QuestionPosted on 06/11/08, 11:44 pm For those of you who have left an abusive relationship, have you moved on to find love again? If so, did you tell your new love about the abuse? If so, how did you approach it? I am not dating yet because it is way too soon. I'm curious though whe... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:31:15 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1118524 "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves... Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:17:00 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1118453 Developing DetachmentPosted by RubyMcC - 06/11/08, 01:06 pm Tools for Handling Control IssuesDeveloping DetachmentContent:What is detachment? What are the negative effects not detaching? How is detachment a control issue? What irrational thinking leads to an inability to detach? How to develop detac... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:49:36 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/233690/journal/1118422 RubyMcC "Why Doesn't She Just Leave?" Posted on 03/26/08, 12:05 pm I also used to distract myself with other things such as dreaming I was going to buy real estate or impulse buying out of depression.I found some information that you find interesting so I am posting this below....Do a... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:27:33 +0100