Rhonda, good response to your Mom. I think this shows some growth in the
Lord on your part and His.
earlier, Rhonda Partain, wrote:
>I visited my family, and I noticed a major difference between my Mom and me.
>She tends to notice and concentrate on the negative, what is going wrong,
>what a person is doing wrong, what has went wrong, and so on. It is very
>depressing to try and talk with her because she is so full of all of these
>negative thoughts. I was home for a week, but stayed with a friend because
>my Mom really doesn't like dogs much and I had Bowers my guide dog and buddy
>my little dog with me. Jena my oldest daughter is living with my
>parentsfinishing her senior year of high school, she kept Buddy with her at
>my parents house. So, all I heard about was how buddy is, that he had
>anaccident in the house, and just "how long are you going to be in Georgia
>anyway,?" usually this would have made me feel sad, and feelings of not
>being wanted and loved would have surfaced, but I did not think of that,
>instead I chose to have a good time, it is my mother's choice to focus on
>the negative, it is mine whether I choose to listen or not.
>I guess my Mom is just so negative that she can't see any good, and that is
>sad, there is always two sides to everything, and it makes a person tired
>just concentrating on negativity all the time.
>It's as though the house has an atmosphere over it, a heavy oppressive
>covering!
>
>But, now I am back in Pa, seems Missed a lot of snow!
>it's piled all around the sidewalks.
>
>Rhonda
John
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