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Mood: Sad
Date: Jun. 26, 2008
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Talk about rollercoaster emotions, I just went from happy, content, and feeling good about my life these days to sad, depressed, and hurt.  Is this really what I have to look forward too?  ok I know its not but, I'm hurt and I don't deal well with all these feelings sh*t.  I was doing good, just had a good call from a friend who is also getting clean and into the same program I recently got into too. I went to a meeting tonight with my sponsor, the kids are being good, and I've got a wonderful day planned tomoro for the kids, and myself. We are all going to the beach with my sponsor and her son.  So why then am I miserable?  Well, the beach we are going to is right near my Dads house, and I got to thinking how nice it would be to message my dads wife and see if she can come with the kids and see her step daughter(me), her grandkids, and so I can see my 2 little sisters and my baby brother who is going to be 1 year old tomoro. Its my dads wife, Kathy, birthday tomoro too.  When I first moved here to augusta that first summer, I saw them all the time, they'd come up or we'd meet at the beach or i would get invited down.  So, I asked, and was pretty much blown off, sometime this summer. Then I went and read some of her blogs, and postings, and felt even worse.  It's like I don't even exist as part of the family, I'm not included in anything, nor my children, like my father only has the kids he has with her and not a grandfather in addition to being a father to her kids.  I'm hurt. I'm pissed, and all sorts of other things i can't even put a name too.  I didn't get to have my father around when i was growing up.  He was in and out of my life, and never for long when he was there.  I suffered abuse, and then some, always hoping my dad would come back for me.  No, instead i became a screw up.  then later on in life, my dad and i had a relationship and it was pretty good.  But then the new wife, who was only 18 at the time they got together.  I have always been supportive of anything my dad did, and love my little sisters, and my brother who i've only seen once.(mostly my fault on that one).  I'm 37 and my dads wife is 31.  He has always wanted a boy, and now he finally has a son, and i'm happy for him, i really am, i just don't want to be forgotten.  I don't think they ever stop and realize that at times it just may be hard for me to watch my 2 little sisters to have what i always wanted, what i was desparate for, my dad to be there for me, to take care of me.  They get him every day of theirs lives, have never known one damn day without him, they live with him, get his attention whenever they want, and I never got to have that, I never got what I watch them have.  I am not saying that I don't want them to have that, cuz, oh i do, i would hate to have them feel the way i felt, not for even a second would i want that.  i just don't want to be forgotten, I want to be a part, and I am not.  I known i am a grown up, i have kids of my own, and i should be over this, shouldn't be such a baby, i feel sort of foolish, but.....thats me.  I dont understand why it can't be all of us.  I was his first born.  I never had the love they have from him.  And now he has his true desire, a son.  There is no place for me now.  Things were good for a while, until i went and screwed up again.  but, no, its not all on me.  when my mom died last year, my dad wasn't ther for me, he didn't come see me, see if i was ok, and i wasn't okay, i couldn't handle losing my mom, but where the hell was he?  I called him, I needed him.  Is it so wrong to want him to be there for me, to go out of his way for me just once?  Is it wrong for me to want to be acknowledged as part of his world, therefor part of their family too? I am not mentioned to their friends, I hardly know anyone on that side of my family, am i that shameful, that i'm not worth including>  I feel i am defined by my few years of total chaos, and none of who i am and who ive been or who i am now.  No mention of me, the one who took custody of my lil sis punki when she was a little girl because my dad wouldn't step up and do it (his daughter from another woman, she passed away 12/02/06 at age 18).  I was the one who took care of her, who fed her, loved her, and was there when my dad had the chance to be there for her but passed it on to me.  I know some of this falls on me I have my part in it, and i am willing to face that and try to make it better, but the last time i tried to tell my dad how i felt, it was a disaster.  I reached out to him to tell him how i was feeling, that i wanted to spend some time with him one on one, i wanted to feel like i was his daughter, and just as important as the others, i praised him for sticking it out and being there and keeping this new family of his together.  I told him how happy i was that my sisters had that.  I only told him that i wanted to feel like i mattered, and for time for just us, father, and daughter, to talk, spend time, whatever, i wanted to be acknowledged and validated.  not one unkind word was said;  but his wife read his letter, and sh*t hit the fan, she was offended, and refused to come up for christmas, and acted like i had committed the worst crime in the world by wanting some alone time with my own father.  She read my confidential letter to MY father, and boycotted me for the longest time.  and now its all about her family her husband her kids...Maybe i'm not meant to exist in a family, and maybe ive just screwed up so much, and maybe i'm just a bad reminder of all my dads screw ups that i'm not important enough, not worth the effort.  and can i really risk upsetting "the real family"  by trying to reach out to my dad again.....  I'm crazy i know, i am lost in my own self seeking, self pity......but it hurts so much to see all he does for them when he was never there for me.  Oh well there is so much more to the story, so much but i'm tired and my eyes burn form the tears and makeup running into my eyes from those tears, so im gonna end this whine session, and call it a night.  I am clean today, one day at a time.  I will talk to my sponsor tomorrow about how crazy i am.  Tonight I will pray...God please help free me from my own thoughts......to do the next right thing.... for those who read this, I am sorry for the little pity party....






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From: AMR
June 28, 2008, 2:31 pm

its good to talking about your self with this kind of truth .

I think you can let your father live his life and you too and you can asking about him every week or month., and is good to see your new brother and your sisters too.

I wish you good and keep contact me.

 



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From: eagle
June 26, 2008, 10:17 pm
no problem that is why we are here. it was nice how you said it   sid

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