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My Ever-Evolving Mountain Life
Trying to Stay Sane While Losing My Mind
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Created on 2011-10-17 05:51:29 (#1098452), last updated 2019-08-06 (336 weeks ago)
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| Name: | quilterbear |
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| Birthdate: | Feb 23 |
| Location: | Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, United States |
I am an avid reader, prolific writer, quilter, painter, counted cross-stitcher, retired grief and trauma recovery therapist and pastoral counselor. I am an INFJ. I am a retired ordained minister. I'm rather "outside the box". I am a follower of Christ who believes in gay rights, human rights, equality, and love above all things. My husband and I are not your typical Christian, and our friends are quite diverse.
I have adapted very well to my new Appalachian mountain small town,and the mountains are in my blood. It is economically depressed here beyond words, but generation after generation have lived here, not bearing to leave. I love living in this rural setting, the people, and the accent.
I hate drama on my journal, and if it starts up, I will immediately block the person who "stirs the pot." My friends expect a safe place, and so do I.
I am predominately friends only. If you would like me to consider adding you to my friends list please leave a comment to introduce yourself. I may or may not add you, but I WILL go to your journal and look at your profile page to see if could possibly get along. If I don't add you, it probably only means that I need to keep my friends list (known as Flist here in my journal) to a manageable size. I often do add people if they've added me, though. I don't add anyone who doesn't leave a comment to introduce themselves first.
I also think that occasional (or more often!) comments are important, as friendship is a joint venture. I understand if there are times when one can't journal - but I hope my friends will make an effort.
Also have a book blog at
http://quilterbear.blogspot.com but I'm terrible at keeping up at it. I'm gonna try harder though, really I am.
I have experienced many forms of grief first hand, including losing a 30 day old baby, having 7 miscarriages, losing both parents (I was age 20/23)and others. I have watched some of my loved ones descend into mental illness with no way to stop it. I am disabled and have multiple physical difficulties (including brain atrophy/memory loss/"pre-Alzheimer's"). Through it all, I have learned compassion. I have a strong faith, though it is inclusive and based on love above all things. I love all people, and that includes people of different faith or NO faith.
"...we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perserverance, perserverance, character; and character hope."
Romans 5:3-4
I am a mother of three adult children, one of them was a baby born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome that we adopted (and weren't informed of that little fact), and have a very loving British husband and one tuxedo cat named Sylvester aka Sylvie and two rescued dogs: a Pekingese named Mimi Mimsy Moo and a Patterdale Terrier named Isabelle "Bella" Boo. All are spoiled rotten. Yes, even the Englishman :) That's okay because he has spoiled ME rotten for years!
I have adapted very well to my new Appalachian mountain small town,and the mountains are in my blood. It is economically depressed here beyond words, but generation after generation have lived here, not bearing to leave. I love living in this rural setting, the people, and the accent.
I hate drama on my journal, and if it starts up, I will immediately block the person who "stirs the pot." My friends expect a safe place, and so do I.
I am predominately friends only. If you would like me to consider adding you to my friends list please leave a comment to introduce yourself. I may or may not add you, but I WILL go to your journal and look at your profile page to see if could possibly get along. If I don't add you, it probably only means that I need to keep my friends list (known as Flist here in my journal) to a manageable size. I often do add people if they've added me, though. I don't add anyone who doesn't leave a comment to introduce themselves first.
I also think that occasional (or more often!) comments are important, as friendship is a joint venture. I understand if there are times when one can't journal - but I hope my friends will make an effort.
Also have a book blog at
http://quilterbear.blogspot.com but I'm terrible at keeping up at it. I'm gonna try harder though, really I am.
I have experienced many forms of grief first hand, including losing a 30 day old baby, having 7 miscarriages, losing both parents (I was age 20/23)and others. I have watched some of my loved ones descend into mental illness with no way to stop it. I am disabled and have multiple physical difficulties (including brain atrophy/memory loss/"pre-Alzheimer's"). Through it all, I have learned compassion. I have a strong faith, though it is inclusive and based on love above all things. I love all people, and that includes people of different faith or NO faith.
"...we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perserverance, perserverance, character; and character hope."
Romans 5:3-4
I am a mother of three adult children, one of them was a baby born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome that we adopted (and weren't informed of that little fact), and have a very loving British husband and one tuxedo cat named Sylvester aka Sylvie and two rescued dogs: a Pekingese named Mimi Mimsy Moo and a Patterdale Terrier named Isabelle "Bella" Boo. All are spoiled rotten. Yes, even the Englishman :) That's okay because he has spoiled ME rotten for years!
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