winoftheday

#winoftheday

1. Updated resume
2. Encouraged a friend
3. Wrote in my journal and poetry
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#winoftheday I received a message from the child I sponsor. There was drawing of her little hand. It lifted my heart so much.

Only allowed myself to do a small measured out portion of work on my first day off (Christmas break) & then allowed myself the luxury of reading. #Selfcare

Today I went to a meeting, even though for the first time in a while I could have stayed in my room and slept. No one but me would have known but for the first time I not only remembered my recovery needs to come first but actually followed through with it. #winoftheday

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Complex-PTSD:
- images of the past disconnect me
from what is my current reality.

  emotions overwhelm, a tsunami
  that permeates, as well as, surrounds me.

  in spite of the trauma and the drama,
  a glimmer of Hope--"it's what happened, not

  who you are. Emotions are meant to be
  felt, not followed. The past has passed. Now breathe...
#winoftheday #MightyPoets #PTSDSupportAndRecovery #CheckInWithMe

I baked Christmas cookies with my husband without getting into an argument. The cookies are all ready to be decorated when my kids come back from college tomorrow.
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