(((Kimmydawn)))

I think you're right about the twins! lol....

I think you're also right about the DID. It's your version of my "self-preservation" which, with me, is pretty much an extreme case of apathy. I feel nothing. I can turn it on and turn it off and also, sometimes it gets overwhelming and I can't do anything and my mind races. Sucks sometimes.

Oh yeah I bet the teen thing is too cool. I think the reason the kids' friends think I'm cool is because I never got to be a child until I had children,as strange as that sounds! Oh I love doing things with them. Giving the little ladies facials and getting hugs from the little man. I let them get wet with the waterhose in the summer when some people complain about wasting water. I let them run through puddles and play in the rain, because I have so much fun doing it too

I let my inner child surface and I guess that's why my children don't get as much discipline as some folks think they should I say they're kids, let them be kids! Oh and they're so happy they just laugh and they talk to me about the things that bother them and I think to myself how lucky I am to have them. Sometimes I write them letters and give to them to read privately and it's always special and personalized and I just tell them the things I love about them. That's something I never had and wished I would've had when I was a child.

Oh, man, don't get me started talking about my kids...LOL..I could do this ALL DAY! (Can you tell I am feeling better already?) They're the pride and joy in my life.

My mother is just like her only brother (manic depression) and only sister (schizophrenic), she is a habitual drug user and alcohol abuser. Oh it's so much fun being in this family. NOT. lol.It's so dysfunctional. It makes me so glad to have atleast in some small way broken the cycle.

My siblings are great. They all have issues, though and that can make it hard. One of my 3 brothers is schizophrenic and off his meds , another is in a constant state of paranoia and refuses to see a problem, and the 3rd one is in a perpetual state of childhood. He's 20. My sister has issues with our children, suffers from PTSD and depression. I'm not sure she doesn't have Borderline Personality Disorder but she has never been diagnosed.

Oh did I ever go into left field that time! I just wanted you to know that I do know what it's like watching your family go through so much...

Thanks so much for cheering me up and you're welcome for the compliments, they're well deserved!

Take Care and Hugs,
Kimberly.