tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34037941.post1433569971005586985..comments2023-12-16T00:29:00.782-05:00Comments on Dark Parables - Reviews from a Christian Sister: But Will God Restore?Carole McDonnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15443401088634718848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34037941.post-73081315212953290172009-02-15T08:30:00.000-05:002009-02-15T08:30:00.000-05:00Ah, Amanda! You're a woman after my own heart! I r...Ah, Amanda! You're a woman after my own heart! I really really like you!!! Isn't the internet a weird place? The folks it brings together! Something in the ether draws like-minds. <BR/><BR/>I know it's strange to say but I'm so glad you understand the way life can disappoint and hint at only disappointment for the future.<BR/><BR/>Sleeping pills don't really work though. They take the edge off but then one gets addicted to them. If I stick to a very very very precise regimen I manage to get some sleep. No wheat, no corn, no red meat, nothing processed or in cans or packaged. No excitotoxins like msg or aspartame. The trouble is I went off it. Had some chinese food and some spaghetti...And bingo. Getting back on is so dang hard sometimes, but the lord is helpful. The body for the Lord and the Lord for the body.<BR/><BR/>Am glad you like this blog. You might like my other one better though. www.carolemcdonnell.blogspot.com The other one is a bit more spiritual...am doing a series on the psalms all year.Carole McDonnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443401088634718848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34037941.post-20515849568909683462009-02-14T19:44:00.000-05:002009-02-14T19:44:00.000-05:00Carole, I send my prayers, and my hugs your way. ...Carole, I send my prayers, and my hugs your way. <BR/><BR/>I know it is easy to say "I know how you feel" and most people really don't have any idea. But I DO relate to your post. It captured very real attitudes issues in the Body.<BR/><BR/>I maynot have a sleep problem of any major degree, and I don't have an autistic child. But, we have gone through the ringer ourselves, in our marriage, and before we ever met. I have often thought that my life was purposed for disappointment after disappointment. I gave up dreaming a long time ago (well, about 5 years ago). I truly have. I have even learnt to be content without dreams, but then I often think I am deadened, not content. <BR/><BR/>I so relate to you, and I understand all you have said. It is with tears in my eyes, that I say to you: "You are a diamond in a dark place. Diamond's are formed in the dark and hard places of the earth. No one really sees the life of a diamond until it is discovered and unveiled." That is you, my friend, that is you!<BR/><BR/>I would rather keep company with one who knows the knocks of life, than one who has never gotten their spiritual finger-nails dirty, and has had life handed to them on a silver-spoon. I can't stand these superior types who think they know it all. They are the salt in my wounds. <BR/><BR/>Chin up, and take a sleeping pill if you have any, lol. Can the doctor give you anything to help sleep? Even the chemists have natural sleeping tablets, even if the remedy is of 'Egyptian' origins. 8 days? I would be a zombie rocking in the corner I that was me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com