The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

candlelight_2013

Monna, I am so pleased for you. it takes a great deal of effort and courage to pick yourself up, but you are doing it.

There will be days now when you have something to get up for and that can only be good for you.

It sounds to me as though we will have the real Monna back soon. Go girl you can do it.

Much love

Candlelightx

Hard_Up_Hester

That's great news Monna, lots of things to get involved with.
I'll get my hat and leave quietly!

pollyanna_26

Mpnna So happy to read your post Onward and upwards .
polly

monnagran

Thank you all. I feel so stupid as I have always been so active and sociable. It was only just over a year ago when I was running the Homeless Project, and for years now have been catering for large numbers at lunch clubs, funeral wakes and various church events. Not to mention giving talks to goups, writing and editing magazines and generally being a busy little soul and a force to be reckoned with.
I had to screw my courage up to just approach someone to ask if they needed any volunteers. How feeble is that?

Anyway, that's enough about me. I've taken the first step and as Polly said," onwards and upwards." Or as we have discussed previously, "Chin up. Titus out."

x

nuatha

monnagran wrote: »

I had to screw my courage up to just approach someone to ask if they needed any volunteers. How feeble is that?

Not feeble in the slightest. Actually I think it incredibly brave of you. That first step is incredibly hard to make and having been told the library didn't need anyone, it would have been very easy to give up and go home.

Hester you are good for the tone of this place - leaving quietly indeed.
And since I didn't get round to posting the other day, hopefully by now the ex is in a situation that makes the Deep Heat a rather pleasant memory - stick to you guns and get what you deserve (failing that settle for what you actually want - I'm not sure the courts can order seizure of assets and hung drawn and quartered anymore).

ivyleaf

Monna That's brilliant news, and as nuatha says, very brave of you :T

Hester I hope you're joking about leaving the thread, we'd miss you a great deal! x

Softstuff

Hard_Up_Hester wrote: »

Softstuff, I thought you were referring to me there and that reminded me of when my ex used Deep Heat on his dangly bits thinking it would add to the thrill!!

Yowza. So there's no threatening him with that to get the money I guess.

Monnagran, good job on getting out there. There'll be a lot of folks glad of a volunteer like you, the lifeboats seem like a great cause.

I am almost recovered from the party. ...which should tell you how good a party it was! Dry February for me here.

camelot1001

nuatha wrote: »

Hester you are good for the tone of this place - leaving quietly indeed.
And since I didn't get round to posting the other day, hopefully by now the ex is in a situation that makes the Deep Heat a rather pleasant memory - stick to you guns and get what you deserve (failing that settle for what you actually want - I'm not sure the courts can order seizure of assets and hung drawn and quartered anymore).

I'm not sure anyone would want those assets if they have been bathed in Deep Heat!

Go monna! Anyone who has you as a volunteer will benefit from your knowledge, life skills and unending humour. I'm so glad you decided to go and grab life again.

Softstuff, you certainly seem to have had a good party. Sorry we are so late, the storms keep getting in the way. Henry is presently doing his best to scare the living daylights out of me, I'm off to bed in a minute to hide under the covers.

Stay safe everyone.

nursemaggie

Good for you Monna you need to get out, as you said you used to do so much.

Softstuff

camelot1001 wrote: »

Softstuff, you certainly seem to have had a good party. Sorry we are so late, the storms keep getting in the way. Henry is presently doing his best to scare the living daylights out of me, I'm off to bed in a minute to hide under the covers.

Stay safe everyone.

It's probably best you're not here yet, at 6.30 this morning apparent temperature was 33 degrees. It's predicted to get up to 38 at least today. I daren't go out to get the newspaper for fear of bursting into flames in the driveway.