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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on February 6, 2013 at 11:54pm Thanks for sharing about your mother, Patricia.
I'm happy that you were comfortable sharing with us, Patricia. That's the kind of support I hoped we'd achieve when I started the group.
I was supremely lucky to have great parents, hardly any dysfunction when I lived at home. Later, after I'd left for college, Mom started comparing my younger sister unfavorably to me. That was the most dysfunctional behavior pattern I noticed. I tried to tell her that made me uncomfortable and wasn't fair to my sister, but she didn't seem to "hear". Overall, I was pretty lucky.
And thanks all for the great pictures and the puppy treadmill video. It's been great catching up after being too busy for a couple of days.
Comment by Ian Mason on February 6, 2013 at 1:22pm I think I'm going to smile for the next few hours. Thanks for the cheerful pics all of you :-)
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Comment by booklover on February 6, 2013 at 8:09am Love the treadmill and puppy video, and the cat with a view, and the sick doggie pictures. See? Animals can always cheer us up! Good Morning Everyone! :)
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