Ceelllllll-e-brate good times! A place to celebrate ourselves and eachother :)

[NikNik]

For my final celebration of 2016, I wanted to thank ALL of you - whether you have posted once or thousands (yes, thousands) of times, each of you have helped this community thrive. 

I know I can speak on behalf of mods when I say that we feel quite privlidged to read your stories and your experiences each day. 

Because of each of you, someone else doesn't have to feel alone and isolated going through their challenges.

Thank you!

[Shaz51]

awww thank you and you are AWESOME too @NikNik 

[utopia]

Thank you @NikNik & all moderators

[Decadian]

I wanna celebrate getting through 2016 as well as I did -

I began last year with a heap of repressed memories that came from the past and joined in the emotions at my mother's funeral - and I thought it was too hard to deal with and felt lost and alone but

There are a lot of things that happened in the time since then but I must say that among the most important was finding this Forum Family at Sane.org - and I am so glad I did

People here care so much - people are around pretty much 24/7 - and we can chat about just about anything - and the road - ah the road - that pebble in the shoe is so much harder than the mountain ahead

But this year has been a year of growth and better understanding - proving it is never to late to find life can be better -

It is

Thanks to everyone here

Decadian

[Former-Member]

I want to celebrate the lamb roast that was just delivered to my door as a Christmas gift. Which is great as I left myself short this pay and my son visiting doesn't like chicken. Yay! Now it feels like Christmas. Not only that - I got someone to tell here 🙂 Let's celebrate!

[Former-Member]

So lovely to hear that this year was about growth and understanding for you @Decadian, what a nice thing to reflect on

How amazing @Former-Member what lovely person gave you that, sounds like it was meant to be if your son doesn't eat chicken

Lunar

[Bimby2]

Decadian I like your comments about this compassionate Sane Forum. May you enjoy a blessed Xmas Season. Hugs and cheers from Bimby2.

[Decadian]

Thanks @Former-Member and @Bimby2

My Christmas gift to others would be this

When the possibilty of life lasting a long time from today gets less - other things grow in importance

The things that bother us when we are younger grow less important - and this is not what people might imagine - not something I ever thought of

But it's true - I have more peace in my heart - this Christmas feels more peaceful than any I have had had before - I have had things under better control - kept away from the crowds - know I will have a fit when I look at my bank statement and count what it has cost me - but that is no big deal

Seeing all my SIL's grandchildren - my great-grandchildren - growing each year - it started small and it's getting bigger - and this is my family - and they are what will be behind me when I leave - not yet of course - and my own grand-daughter moving out of home after Christmas to start her own life

This is really something - and very precious

Peace on Earth and goodwill to all of you

Decadian

[utopia]

Beautifully worded @Decadian.
What we consider important does change over time.
Friends and family - the family you make or choose to be around - the friends who love the real you (warts and all) - these are who we need in our lives for 2017.
Merry Christmas @Decadian & thank you for your support, wisdom and friendship this year.

[Decadian]

Thanks @utopia

My dd is in her 40s and yes - I detect a change in her attitude toward me - whatever has been happening in her life has been something I know nothing about - or maybe I can guess - but dd is maturing

Carl Jung writes that the first part of people's lives are about acquistion - and yes - growing up and getting independence - starting a home, a family - the house and whatever goes into it - etc - and somewhere along the line depending on a person's independence people being the process of inquistion - a much more interesting stage of life

So things between us are so much better than they were a couple of years ago - even a year ago - and maybe whatever has been happening has changed her and she is maturing and tolerates warts better

So - seeing the photo of the family taken on Friday I could see how badly I was standing - talk about bad posture - and comfortably I asked her if I always stood that way and  comfortably she replied - most of the time - yes. No trouble or awkwardness between us,

Wow- I knew my spine was bad - it hurts most of the time - but the photo shocked me rather. However the good part - there has to be a good part somehwere - was the exchange of information about my spine was natural -

Things were tense for a time - but that is in the past and that is a great Christmas gift I doubt dd knows she has given me

Dec