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Nov 08, 2019, 07:37 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2019
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((((safe hugs)))) LiteraryLark
I'm so sorry to hear about your family, and the stress that you feel to be strong. That's an incredible amount of pressure!
I'm also sorry to hear about you losing your house and now facing the possibility of losing your grandparent's home. Those are incredible losses, and you have every right to feel fear. Feeling fear, expressing emotion - those things don't make you any less strong. Sometimes the perseverance of strength comes from a place of communicating our fears and emotions with others. It all depends on the dynamics of those you're involved with, but sometimes communicating our feelings brings us all closer together and makes us stronger.
In another thread somewhere, there were a few posts by others and myself regarding strength being afraid but doing something anyway. Thus, strength is *not* the absence of fear, but the moving forward despite feeling afraid. It takes real courage and strength to be afraid, admit fear, and yet move forward. I see your strength in all this, and your post here. (((safe hugs)))
I will pray for you and your family. I hope and pray that your grandparent's home is spared and safe from wildfires.
My daughter and her adoptive mom lost their home and some of their belongings in a wildfire. It was really hard on them, and me, as the "bio mom," who has no contact with them other than through text about once a year (more in cases like these). I worried about their safety, their mental health, their happiness, etc. And I felt helpless with me being so far away and unable to visit them or help them in person, since I am respecting the adoptive mom's wishes for me to remain distal until both adoptive mom feels comfortable in me visiting. All I can do is hope and pray.
Hang in there! I'll read the rest of your thread to see any updates. I thought I'd read your initial post in this thread first, though. 
(((safe hugs)))  
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