Category: Family Obligations

• #Bloganuary – What’s my dream job?

  What’s your dream job? My whole life, I’ve wanted to be a Kindergarten Teacher. I love children and even when I was a little girl, I’d set my bedroom up as a classroom and teach younger children everything I knew, bless my heart. As a teen, I was always involved with kids clubs and after-school…

  janetdthomas77

  January 22, 2023

  bloganuary, Burnt out, depression, Family Obligations, fed up, Friends, hospital, Illness, Life, loss, love, Work, worth, Writer

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• Bloganuary – If you had a million US dollars, how would you spend it?

  I don’t remember if it was a MILLION or a BILLION dollars – and there’s obviously a HUGE difference there (ahahahahaa!) but for now, let’s go with the ‘smaller’ amount so I don’t have an anxiety attack. Haha. What I would do with a MILLION US DOLLARS – About 2 Million Aussie dollars – is…

  janetdthomas77

  January 15, 2023

  Author life, bloganuary, books, Family Obligations, Friends, gifts, goals, helptheHomeless, homelessness, identity, Illness, kindness, Life, love, manifesting, memoir, mental illness, Mindfulness, money

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• The best gift ever

  My friend Marquessa writes an awesome blog (I’ll find out how to link it below if you wanted to check it out) and on one of her latest posts, she asks “What’s the best gift you’ve ever received?” Such a great question! I’m so happy to be able to share mine with you. When I…

  janetdthomas77

  December 8, 2022

  Christmas, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, gifts, Holidays, worth

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• The heart of my Memoir

  I signed onto a free online class about Memoir writing today. It was difficult to concentrate solely on the class and not look around the room or let my mind drift off to other things. Something I picked up on was finding the heart of my Memoir. The Lecturer said her Memoir started out as…

  janetdthomas77

  October 29, 2022

  addiction, anxiety, Author life, books, Christian life, communication, dating, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, Fears, Friends, goals, happy memories, hospital, Humour, identity, Illness, Jealousy, Life, loss, love, marriage, memoir, mental illness, obsessed, Relationships, sexlife, siblings, suicide, worth, Writer, writing

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• A bitter pill to swallow

  Ironically the medication I take is literally bitter pills. I have the unfortunate moment of tasting them on my tongue before I wash them down with the tiny paper cup of water the Nurse gives me after watching to make sure I swallow my tablets. Anyway. Blogging is all good and well when I’m the…

  janetdthomas77

  October 20, 2022

  anxiety, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, Fears, identity, Illness, Jealousy, Life, Relationships, siblings, worth

  brothers, family, Favouritism, Jealousy, Life, mental illness, Relationships, resentment

• The 1st Chapter of my Memoir

  You’re in for a treat tonight, guys – I wanted to share my updated 1st Chapter of my Memoir with you and ask your thoughts on it. Here it is: Chapter 1: The Mountain I carry Afternoons were always humid in Nhulunbuy, so sweat beaded on our foreheads and made its way in rivers down…

  janetdthomas77

  October 12, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Family Obligations, Favouritism, Fears, Friends, gardening, identity, Jealousy, Life, loss, love, memoir, Relationships, siblings, worth

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• 4 Policemen, 2 Ambulance officers, flashing lights…and a tearful husband.

  I’m struggling, guys. I’m really struggling. I don’t feel anything apart from grief, loss, rage, confusion and a profound hurt that has sunk into the marrow of my bones and physically makes my body ache. Alun won’t believe me and if I talked to a friend about how I’m feeling, I’m so scared I’ll burden…

  janetdthomas77

  September 21, 2022

  anxiety, Burnt out, depression, Family Obligations, Fears, fed up, Grieving, hospital, Illness, loss, marriage, siblings, Welfarecheck

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• I find it hard to forgive

  That’s a toxic trait of mine…if an apology isn’t offered, then you better bet I’ll hold that grudge until I die. Alun is the opposite. He wears his heart on his sleeve and forgives easily and moves on from a fight/disagreement pretty much right away, bless his heart. This is what I have to keep…

  janetdthomas77

  September 19, 2022

  Family Obligations, Life, marriage, Mindfulness, relationship advice, Relationships, remarriage

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• There’s no substitute for compassion

  The latest thing out there right now is all about “manifesting” goodness, wealth, health, happiness etc into your own life. “If you believe it…you will achieve it“ Sorry, (not really) but that’s utter bullsh*t. Believing and – for the love of God – manifesting *shudder* good things can only get you so far. I think…

  janetdthomas77

  June 17, 2022

  Burnt out, Family Obligations, fed up, manifesting

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• Surviving parent guilt

  Since my Dad died, I’ve come across new things. Like crippling grief. Grief that looks and feels like 80 feet waves pummelling me, tumbling me, confusing and frightening me. Grief like that. Grief that – like waves – doesn’t let you come up for air. It doesn’t stop for a second so you can’t stop.…

  janetdthomas77

  June 10, 2022

  anxiety, death, family, Family Obligations, grief, Grieving, loss, money, Relationships, Work

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