Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Update, 5/1/18

by Charity

First, a home-buying update. We are officially "in contract." This means that the contract has now been signed by both parties. Our next step is to be vetted by the co-op board. Before this we have to submit all sorts of documents and allow 30 days for them to review everything. Then they interview us.

On a personal/internal/system front....Saturday wasn't good; Sunday wasn't much better, and yesterday was terrible. We continue to have hormonal fluctuations even though the body is more than three years past menopause. Our emotional fluctuations during these cycles, both during and after menopause, have been awful. I mean really awful.

On top of all of this, there are issues with Drew, one of our adults, who is the one most steadfastly maintaining isolation and refusing to interact with any of the rest of this. We cannot heal as a system unless everyone participates.

Up until now we have had no read on Drew's thoughts or feelings; we have only been able to visualize her sitting alone in the woods, away from everyone else. Now we know that she is extremely angry, most notably about gender issues, although there may be other reasons as well. The resulting emotional flashbacks have only added to the feelings of fear and powerlessness that we already have.

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