I Found Out How My Dad Really Feels About Me

I Found Out How My Dad Really Feels About Me I made "The Box" layout

#31 Ro

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:24 PM

You know what? Maybe it will help to know that some of my immediate family members and my husband family's members consider Scrap Girls to be some "little hobby site" I have. They have no concept that I am running a real business and won't even bother to come out here and see for themselves what it is. They roll their eyes if anyone even mentions it. (I'm sure they think I need to get a 'real' job.)

So it happens... I think it is often hardest for the people who are closest to us to open their eyes and see who we are.

You keep trying and believing.

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#32 sschofi404

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:33 PM

Ro, on Mar 3 2008, 08:02 PM, said:

Wow, thanks Ro. My mom thinks any money I spend on scrapbooking, genealogy, quilting, knitting, i.e. anything I think is fun, is unnecessary. She does always say I'm talented at it, at least once a day. I told my mom about my job and she didn't say much, she thinks I can't make any money off of it. But I think I can. And that's what counts. It's like if we have a job that's fun we aren't taken seriously. Go figure. I like the idea with putting negative stuff in the box. I was just having fun being sarcastic making myself feel better and it turned into a really great idea.

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:46 PM

Ro is a very wise woman.

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 11:58 PM

My suggestion to put the hurt feelings in the box comes from reading I did about adoption. Adopted grieve the loss of their birth parents, and may never have answers. One technique is to put things in a box that represent their feelings or questions that they have. For example, one could put in birthday candles if one wonders if the parents think about them on their birthday.