Repair some old friendships.

Getting past “the past” and “being the best I can be” is challenging, but worth doing. Forgiveness – gratitude – etc. Listing the things that I like about my sister. I can acknowledge her behavior and that can hurt, but I need to focus on my behavior!

I wrote a note and sent a picture of my dog who passed away and a picture of the squirrel and red bird on the porch. I also acknowledged the flowers sent to Mama. I also followed the suggestions – cutting the stems off the roses under water – 1 inch and putting them in a vase that “worked” with the roses – pink, yellow, lavendar. I will also take a good picture of the flowers to send to my sister (& husband). Mama will write a nice Thank You note, too. ONWARD!

Had lunch twice with my niece, Sherry, again. Good time together and we’re talking more “by cell”. It’s nice to be in contact again. So, I definitely think this belongs here as “renewing” old friendships. Indeed!

I’ve lost contact with former friends and even close relatives. I’ve chosen again and again to not keep a friendship going. I didn’t have the ability to know how to communicate clearly and I certainly didn’t know about boundaries. Now I know that a lot of my relationships were about appeasing others (people pleasing) and about treating myself without dignity and respect. Now I decide whether to be with “energy-givers” or “energy-takers”.
Each day is a new opportunity to make new friends. This is a good place to begin. Onward!