Feeling sorry for myself-- lonely.
  Just need a good cry today I guess. Max loves me though.  |
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| Foster care? 4-H Leader? (or a similar program) some sort of mentor program - maybe through a school or county services? Just brainstorming.....  |
That makes me so sad. I'd let you have any of mine but I want you to fill happy after the experience ...not feel like you could kill yourself  Sounds like you need a little family get together, so you can see those three beautiful kids (not sure if you want their names posted) you always talk about ......or time to add on to the fur-family.  |
| I get that way sometimes, then I look at my calendar and realize I have filled it up with projects helping others.....charities, do-good stuff. |
Im sorry your feeling this way Lori  In some ways I can really relate. My husband just got back to work after a loooong layover, I no longer have employees, and all my "kids" (we raised a number of kids although we never "had" any of our own) have grown up and moved on. Because I live in a very rural area and work at home, I wind up feeling very isolated and lonely at times. Dawn's ideas are all good ones, especially since it sounds like you are craving the company of children(?)  As for myself, I am wishing for the company of other adults, especially other artists that I could bounce ideas off of and collaborate with...so I'm considering doing some teaching...offering workshops or apprenticeships  . |
ravenmoonart wrote: Im sorry your feeling this way Lori In some ways I can really relate. My husband just got back to work after a loooong layover, I no longer have employees, and all my "kids" (we raised a number of kids although we never "had" any of our own) have grown up and moved on. Because I live in a very rural area and work at home, I wind up feeling very isolated and lonely at times. Dawn's ideas are all good ones, especially since it sounds like you are craving the company of children(?) As for myself, I am wishing for the company of other adults, especially other artists that I could bounce ideas off of and collaborate with...so I'm considering doing some teaching...offering workshops or apprenticeships .congrats on hubby going back to work! |
| I'd join you in the chatroom but my iPhone doesn't do flash. Thanks Apple. It may be time for a group pity party! Should we schedule a chat? |
Ron wrote: I'd join you in the chatroom but my iPhone doesn't do flash. Thanks Apple. It may be time for a group pity party! Should we schedule a chat? Woohoo!  I'm always up for a good pity-party!Abby wants to join in too...I'm shaving her down today, and lemme tell you, the girl has got us ALL beat in the self-pity department!  |
| I think everyone has lonely days. Lori, I don't have kids, my niece and nephew live in different states, I live alone. Yes, sometimes I get lonely and have a pity party for one. I just mope around, watch tv and overeat. Then it passes, as your feeling lonely will pass. |
| So sorry you're sad and lonely. Call the nieces and nephews, if they are like mine, I have to keep up with them. They are just busy with living, but always happy to hear from me. I can say that my pity parties are in hiatus thanks to Charm.  Highly recommended.Hope you feel better soon |
| Bunch of hugs. I wonder if part of the lonely feeling isn't just that it's been a long winter and spring seems like it has barely gotten started? I know weather, and especially the amount or lack of sunshine play an enormous role in my mood. That said, I am lonely more often than I would like to admit. Mostly my life consists of getting up, going to work via an hour + commute each way, coming home, eating dinner, collapsing. Hubby and son handle most of the dog duties, thank heavens or else they'd be much more neglected. But still: hubby is often working at night and my son (recent college grad, home looking for a job) is great but at 25, how much time should he realistically spend with his mom? My daughter is living in the Twin cities, more than 2 hrs away and our work schedules don't mesh well. My oldest son lives about 6 hrs away and between his work/school life (and the fact that I am not thrilled with his current girlfriend) coupled with my crazy work schedule means that I haven't seen him since Christmas. I am gone half of every weekend meaning all my friendships, such as they were, have faded away. I have no one to go shopping with, no one to bounce decorating ideas off of, no one to go drag to see a movie or have lunch. I wish I had a better relationship wiht my sisters (who live > 500 miles away) but I don't and I have had to face the fact that this will not change. My dear friend also lives > 500 miles away.... Volunteering is a good way to get outside of yourself and your own small world. And then, there's us. |
| I get lonely too. I spent Christmas and New Year completely alone and it was really hard. Dawn has some great ideas there |
| Add Big Sisters to the list. Volunteer at the local schools. We have people of all ages volunteer. I want to do rocking chair reader - let kids read to me. With the school cutbacks, volunteers are needed and appreciated. We also have mentors for the kids. |
| Oh Lori--sometimes Sunday's are lonely days. All of the above ideas are good ones--maybe a new furbaby would be a good start too! |
| I can relate too, Lori. We've been trying for almost a decade to have kids. Volunteering helps sometimes but when it comes down to it the emptiness is always there. Thank God for our furbabies and friends! Like this group who let us dote on our pets without making us feel like oddballs! Hope you were able to find something fun to do today... We took the boys to the dogpark, killed a few hours anyway. Hugs! |
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