Amy's Journal: Comments Welcome!

Hi Amy,

Thank you for your support. You are the best. You are right, a loss is a loss.

I hope you had a wonderful time with your family this weekend. How were sil's enchiladas?;) I've been struggling with my choices as well. Just take it a day at a time, sweetie.

You have accomplished a ton of stuff lately. Please, don't sell yourself short.

:hug:
Beth
 
Hi everyone, sorry I haven't posted or kept up with you since last week. It got extremely busy when my family was here. We cleaned out my mom's clothes, very hard two days. Taking her beautiful things to Good Will was really not fun. Unofortunately she was a 6-8 petite and even if I lose weight, I could never be a petite at my height. So somebody is going to get some really nice things which is a good thing.

I have been struggling with food, being depressed, family issues and just life in general. I have been trying to sort through my mom's things, I have boxes and boxes of keepsakes, knick knacks and pictures in my basement. I packed up her various sets of china yesterday that will someday go to grandkids. All this walking down memory lane has just made my mood worsen. So I had dh take the stuff to the basement, I just don't have the energy or capacity to look through it anymore for awhile.

Thanks for keeping up with me, didn't go to WW today, just couldn't be bothered. Now I am off to buy a dryer, mine went out which is just what I didnt' need. Now we have no clean clothes on top of everything else!

I am hoping for a new start (again) tomorrow. Its all I can do. Today has been okay with food but no exercise. I just cannot seem to get back on track! I will not give up however, something has to give soon right?

Thanks everyone, I'll try to get caught up on journals this evening or tomorrow.
 
:hug: Amy,

Please don't pressure yourself to do too much too soon. You need some time to heal and sometimes, it takes baby steps to get there. Just take each day as it comes and do the best you can. Maybe make one small healthy living goal per day. For example... today, I will drink 64 ounces of water or today, I will walk around the block once. The greatest gift that you can give yourself and your family right now is to allow yourself the time you need to heal. It's okay to just "be" right now. You've been through a lot in the past few years, Amy. It's okay to take this time just for you. :grouphug:

I wish I lived closer to you, Amy so I could help you and so I could give you a gentle :hug: when you need one. Please know that I'm thinking about you and praying for you as well.:grouphug:

Take extra special, good care of you! Sending our love and prayers...:grouphug:
 
:hug: Amy,

I agreee with everything Tracy said. Shhhh...Don't tell her.:lmao:

There are days, and sometimes even weeks, when it is all you can do to get through the day. That is a normal part of the grief process. Being a wife and mother allows you very little time and energy to focus on yourself. I think having your DH store your Mom's things was wise. It will be there in the future, when you are ready to deal with it. You can set your own schedule, it doesn't have to be done today.

The important thing is that you are getting out of bed, and you are starting fresh. Even if it is the 100th time of starting over, you are continuing to try and do. You wioll reach your goals, sweetie.

:hug:
Beth
 

Hi Amy
One day at time, and things WILL get better for you...promise :hug:
And i agree with Tracy too!

Sending lots & lots of :hug: across the pond
 
Hi everyone and thank you so much for your support, hugs and good thoughts. It really helps.

I have really spent this week trying to change my attitude. I realize so much now that given the fact my mom was sick for so long, I had this thought process that when she passed, I would be prepared for it. I now realize nothing can prepare you to lose a loved one and that I at times have been expecting too much from myself. She was my mother, my best friend and we were extremely close. I need to allow myself time to grieve and not feel the pressure of doing too many things when my mind is obviously elsewhere.

I did manage to get a walk in on Thursday which was really nice. I have not looked through anymore of her things in a few days, I may do some more sorting sometime this week or not. My brother has some things he is wanting me to ship so I'll get to that when I can.

As for food, I have been trying to be as good as I can. Really pushing the water and trying to make the best choices possible. Last night wasn't too good, we had dinner with friends and my friend admitted she was pms'ing and went to the store hungry so there was a lot of junk to enjoy! And I did.:rolleyes: But I also drank two large glasses of water and just chilled with my friends so that was good.

Tonight we are taking the kids and thier friends to a movie and dinner. Looks like pizza but I intend to get thin crust and just cheese and veggies on my pizza and a salad. I had lunch with a friend on Thursday, we went to Chilis and I got a salad with dressing on the side, a soup and watched her enjoy a chocolate lava cake with ice cream and hot fudge! I had two bites and just enjoyed watching my skinny friend pig out! There is no justice sometimes but I survived that meal out so hopefully I can find that same discipline tonight. I need to get caught up with all of you, I got on Beth's journal yesterday but then lost my connection. For that matter, I may lose this whole post given my freaky computer problems right now!

Thanks for caring, I feel better about things and am doing what you all say, just taking my time and taking things one day at a time.

Love you all!

Amy
 
I have really spent this week trying to change my attitude. I realize so much now that given the fact my mom was sick for so long, I had this thought process that when she passed, I would be prepared for it. I now realize nothing can prepare you to lose a loved one and that I at times have been expecting too much from myself. She was my mother, my best friend and we were extremely close. I need to allow myself time to grieve and not feel the pressure of doing too many things when my mind is obviously elsewhere.
Amy

Amy i'm so glad your starting to understand your grief, Thats the first step to getting over the grief :)
That doesnt mean your getting over losing your mom, just that you can start to cope with your loss & be able to think of her and smile :hug:

I'm glad you had some nice relaxing time with your friends, your food choices are loads better than mine & i havnt gone through what your going through so i would say your doing a great job :)

Enjoy dinner & the movie :goodvibes
 
Hi Amy,

You are going to have good days and bad days as you grieve for your mother. Allow yourself the days of grief and the days when you remember a memory that puts a smile on your face, both days are part of the healing process. If right now isn't the right time for you to go through your mom's possessions, then your brother can wait a bit to get the items he is wanting. Only you will know when it is right for you.

Walking on Thursday is better than not walking on Thursday, even if you didn't walk other days, you did on Thursday so be proud for that. You will get back to exercise as well in your own time. You did great at Chili's! I would have ordered a dessert just for me, so to only have a few bites is a win!
 
Thank you Diane and Tracey, I really do feel like maybe I am at least beginning to grieve in a manner that is healing. The first few weeks between the shock and making all the arrangements, it was just plain hard to know how to feel. Thanks for your kind words!

So I woke up feeling a bit blue today. We had a nice weekend, I survived the pizza place, but skipped the movie. I had a splitting headache and realized I wasn't in the mood for a kids movie. So I had Dan drop me off at home and thought I would watch an adult movie, ALONE!!! Great idea, put in Mystic River. Bad idea, very depressing movie. I found it in my mom's things and knew aboslutely nothing about it, she had never opened it, no idea who gave it to her or when she bought it. I am glad she didn't watch it, it was very well done but again very depressing! Should have gone to the Spiderwyck Chronicles! I also ate two pieces of leftover pizza, I had only had one and a salad at the restaurant. So my food was pretty lousy (these were large pieces of pizza).

Fast forward to today and I just woke up feeling blah. Dan and I got to talking and somehow the subject of taking a trip to DL in April over the kids long weekend came up. This somehow evolved into "lets do WDW instead" for a longer trip (six nights). We have AP's, we had ff miles we have been trying to use to no avail and today was the the day because Frontier let us finally use them. The remaining two tickets came to just a tad over $400 and six nights at All Star Sports came to $572. So its a good price but when I think about how we are going for two weeks in late May into early June I have to laugh at myself! Oh well, there goes my tax return. ;) l

I figure given what I have been through lately, what the heck? Life is short, dh has 4 weeks a year of vacation and we might as well use it because if we don't he loses it. So we now somehow have three trips to WDW planned for the next 8 months. I feel very happy about this and can't wait for all my friends to give me a hard time! Oh well, once ds starts high school in a year and half, we'll be lucky to get in one summertime trip. And the plan is to surprise the kids with this trip. I have always wanted to do that and never have. We'll see if I can keep this under wraps!

Food today was lousy! I didn't eat much all day due to my headache (have I mentioned I have had a migraine since Tuesday?) then boom, I "had" to have Taco Bell. Had three things, stayed within points but not a good choice. Oh well, it tasted good. I have done way better on veggies the last few days until today. Other than the scant amount of tomatoes and green onion on my nachos, I ate no veggies. And drank a sum total of 12 oz. of water. Not a good day, oh well, its over.

My plan tomorrow is to go to Curves at long last. Then stepdad and I are going to see his lawyer. Basically I have told him to nuke me out of his will and give everything to his sons. He wants me to go with him. Only in my family am I expected to accompany someone to cut me out of their will! All kidding aside, its only fair, his estate is very small, let the two jerks have their dad's assets, I got what I wanted from my mom which was mostly photos and knick knacks. Way more valueable than anything else. I sort of dread the process however since the last time I saw this attorney was to set up P.O.A. for my mom. Now she's gone and I dont' really relish going back there. Oh well, since stepdad is about deaf, somebody has to go and make sure he hears things properly.

So the weekend is over, I have managed to book a last minute trip I shouldn't be taking, eat pizza and Taco Bell and not exercise one minute. I am hopeful to be a bit more on point with my food and exercise this week!
 
:grouphug: Amy,

It sounds like the weekend was a bit rough, but you have another WDW trip planned out of it!:goodvibes It will be fun to plan a surprise trip. There are so many different and fun ways that you can reveal the surprise to your kids.:cheer2:

I hope the visit with the lawyer goes well for you today.:hug: I think it is really nice of you to go with your stepdad.:goodvibes

Please be sure and take good care of you.:hug: Remember....baby steps and take each day as it comes. :hug:
 
:grouphug: Amy!

Sounds like you are beginning to heal, but it's not an overnight process!!

pixiedust: for the Lawyer visit. I can relate!!

Good for you planning another WDW trip!! I'm SO JEALOUS!!!!!

Hope today is better for you & the rest of the week goes well. Will pop in again later.
 
:hug: Amy,

I am sorry that the weekend was so rough. You are right, it is behind you. I am also happy to hear that you are giving yourself time to heal. It was too much for you to expect to move on that quickly. You are right,Mystic Rivier is a very depressing movie.

I hope the lawyer visit is painless. You are such a good daughter. Many people would have abandoned their stepfather after their mother's death. You mom is very proud of you.

COngrats on the trip to WDW. You DO deserve it.

:hug: Take care,
Beth
 
Cool deal on the WDW trip!!!! The "surprise" is the best part, be sure to videotape it! Depending on the timing, maybe the Easter bunny can deliver the good news??

Your stepdad is very lucky to have a stepdaughter like you. I hope that visit goes well.

And I hope you get rid of that pesky headache soon! pixiedust:
 
Amy. SO sorry you had a rough weekend. I LOVE Pizza. One of my weaknesses!

How exciting about another WDW Trip! Folks were making fun of me too. We did those two long-weekends to WDW less than a month apart! It will be so cool to suprise the kids!

I hope the lawyer visit goes ok. pixiedust:

:grouphug: ,
Stacie
 
Thanks so much everyone. I didn't go to the lawyer. Long story short, I just didn't feel like going. I have very mixed feelings about this whole thing. I suggested my brother, sister and I be omitted from his will, including the condo my mom's savings put the down payment on, but I really didn't want to go in and be a part of that process. Frankly, I have spent enough time doing crap like that for six and half years. So I fibbed and said I had a meeting at school. He seemed fine with that. I told him what furniture items to list as being left to us, my mother's children. I really don't feel bad about that, the dining room set she and my dad bought in 1967 should come to her kids/grandkids and he agrees. Its a shame things like that have to be written out but that's the way it is. Everyone is telling me I need to back away from being in the position of being any sort of caretaker or advisor to stepdad and today was a step in that direction. I probably should have just been honest, he would have been fine with this I am sure but I also didn't feel like having that sort of conversation. My mom used to say sometimes a white lie is fine and so I went with that concept! By staying out of the lawyer's office, I had time to clean the house, walk the dog, talk to a friend and my brother, and it lowered my stress level. I am really trying to take myself out of situations that upset me.

I did very well with food today! I had a large salad for dinner which felt and tasted very good. I sent Dan and the kids out to the salad buffet place again. I need to get cooking again, I plan to set some menus tomorrow and grocery shop. Then I am going to a place called Dream Dinners on Friday, you go and assemble your own meals at their kitchen, you don't have to chop or prep or shop. I picked out six meals, all lowfat and healthy. I am going with a friend, it should be fun. Tomorrow night another friend invited me to a movie so I am looking forward to that. And for the first time in five years, dh and I will have a weekend to ourselves this weekend! Ds is going on a retreat with a friend, and dd has been invited to her friend's house (her mom is my friend and says Dan and I need some alone time). So I am really looking forward to that.

I have no idea what the scale will tell me on Wednesday. I plan to go no matter what. I also plan to go to Curves tomorrow and Thursday. For now, the walking is what I enjoy, so I intend to do that three days a week and Curves twice. I only got in a short walk today, it was freezing and very windy outside and started snowing. Then of course 30 minutes later the sun was out and it was much nicer, just in time for me to go pick up the kids. I was going to treadmill tonight but my knees are really sore. My neighborhood is very hilly, I think my long period of no exercise is causing me to need to start a bit slower. I am trying to be smart this time and not overkill in the beginning and burn myself out. My goal is to move up to one hour of exercise five times a week.

Thanks for all your support!

Thankful for:
My friends who are supporting me (including WISH sisters!)
I feel better today than I did a week ago, way better. Time is starting to heal a bit I think.
 
:hug: Amy,

I am so proud of you for thinking of you and doing what is best for you.:hug:

Great job on your food yesterday! We have a place near our house that is called DIY Dinners that sounds similar to the place you are going with your friend. I haven't had a chance to try it out yet so I'll be interested to hear how it works out for you.:goodvibes

It sounds like you have a great weekend ahead....Any special plans with Dan?

Hope you have a great day, WISH sis!:hug:
 
Hi--I just caught up on the last few months and I just have to say how much I admire your strength, courage, and honestly. I think you're handling the situation very well.

You made a good choice yesterday. It's OK to protect yourself and keep your self away from extra involvement. I'm glad you feel like you're starting to heal.

Have fun at Dream Dinners--it sounds like a good time!
 
:thumbsup2 I'm glad you did what felt right for you!

Dream dinners sounds GREAT!! We have a couple of places like that here, & I've been thinking about going (but much more fun when not alone). Can't wait to hear the scuttlebutt!

Hope today keeps going well for you!
 
So the weekend is over, I have managed to book a last minute trip I shouldn't be taking, eat pizza and Taco Bell and not exercise one minute!

Sounds like a great weekend to me Amy :lmao:

Dream Dinners sound great - why cant we have a place like that here??
sounds like you did the right thing with the lawyer situation!
I'm glad you have good friends taking you out and looking after you :hug:
 














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