Lisa
Great to read that the thing on your eye has gone down. whew, that must have been a relief. I love these physical spontaneous resolves
I am hoping the area beneath your knee heals soon.
Kathleen Thank you so much for the kind words. Yes, I indeed did choose to go. It seems easier to go there to see my mother when the sister in law is there as well. Even though she struggles a lot with various emotional conditions which means I am on my own re support. But at least she can help me to physically navigate. I am so sorry that you too know family toxic behaviors. And I hope the brother who had a stroke has recovered sufficiently. Mostly., I am sorry your mom has some narcissistic characteristics. It can be soul crushing to grow up with a Narcissistic mother. And yet you grew up to be such a kind hearted caring person. I hope you will let us know how the apt with the new surgeon goes. Hoping you are a good candidate for the Anterior Hip Replacement. AND I hope he can give you something to help the pain until surgery. Hoping also that surgery can be as soon as you want. Being in that much pain can be draining. So happy to read the good news about your family. Relationship with DH is better. Daughter is doing well in school, yay. And son is doing well too despite his not liking school. I give him a lot of credit for prevailing even though he is not someone who likes school Andddd.... Happy Anniversary !!!
Jumatarian I hope you are doing well
Holly I hope you are having a good night. Its 1:51 atm. so I guess you are home from work. Get ready for the next arctic blast. The thing that annoys me about these arctic blasts is that salt doesnt work on the roads when it is so cold. And the predicted wind. I just want the arctic to keep that polar vortex in tact where it belongs !!
I am having a difficult time losing weight. Dieting but not losing. Even though I usually am great at losing when I diet. this time the scale seems to be going in the opposite direction after the first 3 days of loss. I think I will slightly increase my supplement for brain and cortisol. But usually I do not need to. There have been times when the naturopath has muscle tested that I should. So I will do that. See what happens. Because I am eating low fat, low cal. and low carb.
I hope you all have a great Tuesday.
Has your body completely recovered from the fall?
lisaloveshearts , 01-27-2019 05:40 PM
IBelieveInMe2 , 01-27-2019 06:14 PM
I knew it would just take a little time. I am also happy to hear that you are negotiating for higher pay and other perks at your summer job. You go girl!
Let them know that you are in demand... because you are!!! 
No child should be treated that way... I don't care how old you are! My mother is also somewhat of a narcissist, but she has made a significant attempt to get closer to me in the past several years. I refused to be around my family (except for one sister and one brother; I am the youngest of 7) for a fairly long period of time because their presence was toxic to some healing I was working on at the time. I made a choice to come back to the family about 10 years ago after my older brother suffered a massive stroke and nearly died. Now, when they still behave in toxic ways, I focus on the fact that it is my choice whether or not to be around them. It helps a little. I hate that you have to even go see your mother under the circumstances. 
It is great to hear from you! 
to all of the new people who have posted this month! 
I really hope you get through the family reunion ok. It sounds as though the rest of your family at least know what she's like, if your cousin gets the same treatment. They won't have any hard feelings towards you if you sit in another room most of the time...
