Recent content by smilingmore

I want to thank everyone for their replies and concerns about me. It's been several months since moving in with my daughter's family and things are good here. I do have access to the kitchen. But family life is so different from what it was when I was raising my children. I think it is the...

The break in was at my old home, that is why I moved. I was scared and running from my kids. I am now safe with other adult children.

Thank you.

I wonder why that is. I guess no one uses them any more.

Yes, calendars a helpful, and they are cheap.

Thank you. I didn't know I could buy a directory.

Yes, I know. That's why there aren't any of those things in the house. It will also have a map and everything else that I need.

Since moving in with family members I feel like an alien on a foreign planet. I lived in my own home for 30 yeas and had a clock in every room, a calendar in the kitchen and a directory next to the landline phone. Suddenly I have no clocks, no calendars or directory to find a business or...

Thank you for responding. I am still trying to adjust and often break down in tears just thinking about the past, which concerns the family. I'm sure I will adjust in time.

I was so happy living alone. I got it right at last. Then I came home from shopping to discover my house had been broken into and personal items stolen. My son picks locks. I was so scared to leave the house after that. I kept thinking about another break in. I have TSD since my husband's...

I have moved from AZ to OK

I am in a similar situation. My house is sold and I am looking for another but the prices are so high that I can't afford to buy one large enough to hold all my furniture and accumulations. If I save the money from the sale of my house I can only afford to rent for 7 years before the money...

Thank you for your concern. I have five other children and many grandchildren awaiting my arrival in Oklahoma.

To remind me of who I was. What a wonderful thought. I thought I was downsizing to have a new life and to forget the past, but you make me realize that I was someone worth remembering.