KeepOnSinging wrote:

Good evening, or should it be good night, dear sisters of this traveling message board.  I have just returned from a brief trip with my son, the singer, to see my husband who has battled bi-polar illness since 1977.  There is a very, very long story here because beginning with Feb. of 2015, for the first time since the spring of 1977, my husband has been free of delusions. The most difficult years of this entire journey have been the past ten years, with an emphasis on the past four years, two of which I have spent with you all on this board.   My younger son, the singer, has never known his dad when his dad was well.  So I was glad that he was with me because even though his dad is not in good physical shape at all, he is back to being himself, the man that I fell in love with and married in 1964.  He turned to our son and said, "Our family has been shattered.  I am so sorry.  I want to see healing."  And then, for the first time in 26 years he looked at our son, and said, "I want to pray for you, for us as a family. I am so sorry for the things that I have done to hurt the people I most love."

This beautiful song I am posting is for everyone, but it is especially for you and our niece, Annie,   As a teen I loved this song and this recording, so it is dated.  My mom always put music on in the morning as an alarm for her five children.  No jarring alarms.  And this was often the song.   I was happy to find it on You Tube.[color=#ffffff !important]3:40[/color]Dick Anthony's 16 Singing Men - "He Giveth More Grace"Norman Borge  

  ​That's such a touching story.   I am glad that he makes amends now.  My father who passed away last year had bipolar disorder too.  He was diagnosed in the early 80s after my brother and I had moved out at ages 16 and 18 respectively.  The signs were there all throughout my childhood, i.e. there were years of him not talking to me during childhood.  We lived in a small country town then.  Unfortunately there was such a stigma attached to mental illness and divorce that our mother's aim was to hold it all together and pretend all was well.  To this day, I am convinced that living her life like that make her sick and ultimately lead to her untimely death.   It never came to your kind of happy ending.  My Father had a stroke some years ago and was unable to talk thereafter.  He had lived in the same place for half a century, but the people who came to his funeral could have been seated around my kitchen table.  Sad story....  So glad for your son to be able to make sense of it all.       
 

KeepOnSinging wrote:

Good evening, or should it be good night, dear sisters of this traveling message board.  I have just returned from a brief trip with my son, the singer, to see my husband who has battled bi-polar illness since 1977.  There is a very, very long story here because beginning with Feb. of 2015, for the first time since the spring of 1977, my husband has been free of delusions. The most difficult years of this entire journey have been the past ten years, with an emphasis on the past four years, two of which I have spent with you all on this board.   My younger son, the singer, has never known his dad when his dad was well.  So I was glad that he was with me because even though his dad is not in good physical shape at all, he is back to being himself, the man that I fell in love with and married in 1964.  He turned to our son and said, "Our family has been shattered.  I am so sorry.  I want to see healing."  And then, for the first time in 26 years he looked at our son, and said, "I want to pray for you, for us as a family. I am so sorry for the things that I have done to hurt the people I most love."

This beautiful song I am posting is for everyone, but it is especially for you and our niece, Annie,   As a teen I loved this song and this recording, so it is dated.  My mom always put music on in the morning as an alarm for her five children.  No jarring alarms.  And this was often the song.   I was happy to find it on You Tube.[color=#ffffff !important]3:40[/color]Dick Anthony's 16 Singing Men - "He Giveth More Grace"Norman Borge  

KOS  I am sorry to hear of your journey with Bi-polar...my brother-in-law my husbands older brother has been living with this for over the past 20+ years.  It has been a very tough road to travel for the whole family.  My daughters husbands brother, he is only 21 was diagnosed about a year ago with the same thing and it has been the same road to travel.  My mother also dealt with severe depression for my whole life, but I only really knew what it was after I was married and really didn't know just how bad it was till after she had passed away and I started to look back on her life.  

So I am sending you a big HUG....

The song was lovely....

gabriele wrote:

KeepOnSinging wrote:

Good evening, or should it be good night, dear sisters of this traveling message board.  I have just returned from a brief trip with my son, the singer, to see my husband who has battled bi-polar illness since 1977.  There is a very, very long story here because beginning with Feb. of 2015, for the first time since the spring of 1977, my husband has been free of delusions. The most difficult years of this entire journey have been the past ten years, with an emphasis on the past four years, two of which I have spent with you all on this board.   My younger son, the singer, has never known his dad when his dad was well.  So I was glad that he was with me because even though his dad is not in good physical shape at all, he is back to being himself, the man that I fell in love with and married in 1964.  He turned to our son and said, "Our family has been shattered.  I am so sorry.  I want to see healing."  And then, for the first time in 26 years he looked at our son, and said, "I want to pray for you, for us as a family. I am so sorry for the things that I have done to hurt the people I most love."

This beautiful song I am posting is for everyone, but it is especially for you and our niece, Annie,   As a teen I loved this song and this recording, so it is dated.  My mom always put music on in the morning as an alarm for her five children.  No jarring alarms.  And this was often the song.   I was happy to find it on You Tube.[color=#ffffff !important]3:40[/color]Dick Anthony's 16 Singing Men - "He Giveth More Grace"Norman Borge  

  ​That's such a touching story.   I am glad that he makes amends now.  My father who passed away last year had bipolar disorder too.  He was diagnosed in the early 80s after my brother and I had moved out at ages 16 and 18 respectively.  The signs were there all throughout my childhood, i.e. there were years of him not talking to me during childhood.  We lived in a small country town then.  Unfortunately there was such a stigma attached to mental illness and divorce that our mother's aim was to hold it all together and pretend all was well.  To this day, I am convinced that living her life like that make her sick and ultimately lead to her untimely death.   It never came to your kind of happy ending.  My Father had a stroke some years ago and was unable to talk thereafter.  He had lived in the same place for half a century, but the people who came to his funeral could have been seated around my kitchen table.  Sad story....  So glad for your son to be able to make sense of it all.       
 

HUG to you too Gabriele...
It is amazing how we are all connected and touched by the same things within our lives.  That is what makes us so special!!!!

Good Morning to you all...
It is 70 again here today so I am trying get so many things done that I don't know what to do!!!!

I just love to open the window and feel the breeze ... Spring and Fall are my two favorite times of the year.  

More Dancing With The Stars Season 22 Interviews With People

Just a couple of more People. Kim Fields says she feels so blessed to be doing Dancing With The Stars/ What’s more, she says one of best part of the gig is having Sasha Farber as a partner. Awww, I have never followed her career. The more I hear from her, the more I like her.

“No, I’m excited about that as well. I’ve been doing this for so long, I’m very blessed and just really excited about another new component to my career – and this is definitely that.”Fields is partnered with Sasha Farber, who last appeared as a contestant on the show with Nicole “Snooki” LaValle in season 17. Fields said Farber is one of the best parts of the gig.“[I’m] learning something new that I can also take with me for the rest of my life, tapping into some of the history in my life and my culture, from Harlem to my maternal grandmother, who was a dancer,” she said. “So I’m excited about those things. I think more importantly, just working with Sasha.”



People also has more posted on Witney Carson and Von Miller. Witney says devotion and working hard is important. I have a feeling that won’t be an issue with Von…

“That’s what people fall in love with – the partnership you have,” she says. “We’re really going to work on that so we can make it to the top.”And while he’s still working on his salsa, Carson says Miller’s devotion to his sport shows through in his dancing.“He’s super hard worker,” she says. “He knows how to put in the hours.”“You have to be dedicated and have to put in the time, because we don’t have a lot of time, and he gets that.”That’s key for Miller’s DWTS success mindset. He’s also taking his cues from his Broncos coach, Gary Kubiak. After Miller asked him how they were going to win the Super Bowl, Kubiak told him “It’s on you.”Carson says that work hard, do well attitude is what is driving Miller this season.“He’s very confident that he puts in the time, if he dedicates himself to the craft, he’ll be successful.”


More at People.
 

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