Comments on: Women Who Run With The Wolves – Chapter 2 (Part 2)

By: KWiz

KWiz — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:55:31 +0000

Hi phaenix_ash!
Thank you for sharing this. What you describe that lies behind the door is exactly what is behind mine…I just couldn’t find the words for what I was trying to articulate – and it’s right there. The difference is that I would have short periods of hopelessness instead of long periods. I am fortunate that I am married to a wonderful man who understands emotional healing, so as messy as it has been for me that past few years, he has graciously been there for me and with me.

What was incredible to me is to read this: “The truth is that I NEVER expected to live as long as I did let alone bring a child into this world.” I don’t know what you’ve experienced in your lifetime, but this much I do know – the very fact that you are here and brought a child in the world is truly a blessing from God. I don’t know where you are spiritually, but for me, that means you have incredible purpose here in this world, and raising your daughter to help her be all that God has called her to be is one of those purposes. I would say your foundation isn’t necessarily shaky; but it just is, and you’re rebuilding now. We can always regret our mistakes, but we can’t take them back. We can only move forward, and you’re definitely providing a good model for your daughter in doing so.

Thank you so much for sharing and for helping me to see more of what I need to reclaim.

By: phaenix_ash

phaenix_ash — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:39:19 +0000

This, I think, is where the really hard work begins. It’s so much easier to pretend the door and all that lays behind it does not exist, isn’t it?

For me, it is my innocence and joy that lays grievously wounded, my sense of fun and intimacy, my ability to laugh and play, to be authentically happy. A series of bad choices, unfortunate circumstances, and a sense of hopelessness about the future brought me here and while some of my life may be healed in time, I find myself in a less than ideal situation to do that healing. The truth is that I NEVER expected to live as long as I did let alone bring a child into this world. I find myself trying to build a future for her on a rather shakey foundation full of past mistakes. It’s in emotional, spiritual work like this that I can at least attempt to shore up the ramparts and give her a better chance and role model than I had.

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By: KWiz

KWiz — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:56:17 +0000

Hi Paula!

Interesting that we can interpret things differently.

I prayed about my door last night. As I laid in bed knowing that my alarm was going to go off 4 hours later, God spoke to my heart and revealed some of what was behind the door. I wanted to sleep so badly, but it was like the Spirit said, “You asked for it. I’ve giving it to you NOW!” I had to get up, grab my journal, and begin writing. Great revelation! I’m still meditating on it – I haven’t gotten to it fully, but I’m on my way!

By: Paula Mooney

Paula Mooney — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:10:15 +0000

The whole time I read your post I was likening the husband forbidding his wife to open that last door to God forbidding Adam and Even from eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Then when the tempation was seemingly to great to resist, the woman (just like Adam and Eve) opened the door to death — or, the fall of man.

Funny, heh?

How we can all interpret the same thing different ways.

Hmm…now what’s behind my door and what does it mean?

I must meditate on this…