Lost My Job and Doubting Myself

[BonesMS]

Dear Bones
 I see so many interesting e bay businesses. It seems you have to have a niche you can fill, a specialty in some field.I don't have it but wish I did.
                                                                             Ami

Thanks, Ami.

I'm not really interested in retail sales.  That has never been my "niche".  I'm looking into becoming a genealogical document look-up provider as I do LOVE to search in repositories and solve mysteries!!!!!

Bones

[Ami]

When people can do what they love, it is a joy to them and others.I can hear your passion for geneology. Keep us posted with any more  'bad" ancestors.         Ami

[BonesMS]

When people can do what they love, it is a joy to them and others.I can hear your passion for geneology. Keep us posted with any more  'bad" ancestors.         Ami

I'm sure we all have some "skeletons" rattling around in various closets!!!!  

When I was talking with one of my cousins, she was describing the behaviors of her great-grandfather.  The more I learned about his behaviors, the more he sounded like a HUGE, FLAMING N!!!!!!!  He was OBNOXIOUS!!!!!!  WHEW!!!!!  I  might have mentioned his behaviors in another thread.

Bones

[BonesMS]

When I first started on the genealogy, I hadn't realized that my family roots went back as far as the Colonial period.  I'm still stuck trying to knock down the "brick wall" as to which European country my ancestor sailed from to the New World.  It appears that consistent record-keeping wasn't very standard back in the Colonial days!

Bones

[Ami]

Can you find out which country they came from , Bones?                         Ami

[Bettyanne]

HI Bones,
Let's hope like the saying goes, when one door closes another one opens........
All my best in finding that next open door.
Also I am so happy to see you here, thanks for all your support from other forum too.
Hugs,
Bettyanne

[newfoundchildhood]

Bones, you are NOT weak. Your family of origin is not NOW or has NEVER BEEN "right" about you. You are a strong woman, look how far you've come in life DESPITE all the things you've been through.  Losing your job is huge. It makes our already fragile self esteem seem more fragile, doesn't it? But I promise you, things are going to feel better than they do right now. I always tell myself, sometimes when a door shuts, a new and better one opens and you know what? It is true! Baby yourself a little right now. Be the mother we WISH we had. Be extra kind and gentle with yourself. Don't give your family the satisfaction of giving up. YOU ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY GIVE YOU CREDIT. This will pass and you will be even stronger! 

[BonesMS]

Can you find out which country they came from , Bones?                         Ami

I know that part of NWomb-Donor's line came from Germany.  (I see ALOT of implications with THAT regarding behaviors, e.g. World War II-style behaviors, dictatorship, and so forth!)  On my father's side, I was able to trace his paternal line to a slavery plantation shortly after the Revolutionary War.  (My paternal great-great grandmother was a former slave.)  On my father's maternal line, the "brick wall" is encountered before an ancestor arrived in the British colonies during the 1600's.  (Keep in mind that some European records were lost during the World War II bombings.)  That's where I'm at, for now, at this juncture.

Bones

[Ami]

You sure have a diverse family, Bones                   Ami

[BonesMS]

HI Bones,
Let's hope like the saying goes, when one door closes another one opens........
All my best in finding that next open door.
Also I am so happy to see you here, thanks for all your support from other forum too.
Hugs,
Bettyanne

Hi, (((((((((((((((((((Bettyanne))))))))))))))))))))))))))))!!!!!!!

Glad to see you here!!!!!!!  

Bones

[BonesMS]

Bones, you are NOT weak. Your family of origin is not NOW or has NEVER BEEN "right" about you. You are a strong woman, look how far you've come in life DESPITE all the things you've been through.  Losing your job is huge. It makes our already fragile self esteem seem more fragile, doesn't it? But I promise you, things are going to feel better than they do right now. I always tell myself, sometimes when a door shuts, a new and better one opens and you know what? It is true! Baby yourself a little right now. Be the mother we WISH we had. Be extra kind and gentle with yourself. Don't give your family the satisfaction of giving up. YOU ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE THAN THEY GIVE YOU CREDIT. This will pass and you will be even stronger! 

Thanks!  ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((NewFoundChildhood))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Glad to see you here!!!!!!   

Bones

[BonesMS]

You sure have a diverse family, Bones                   Ami

Sure do!!!!  English, Irish, Scottish, German, and African!!  (As soon as I get enough moolah, I plan to get a DNA test to see if I can find out WHICH part of Africa my ancestors came from!  Who knows?  I may be a descendant of a chieftain or a queen!   )

Bones

[Ami]

Which do you feel the most affinity for, Bones?              Ami

[BonesMS]

Which do you feel the most affinity for, Bones?              Ami

I dunno!  I'm still mixed up!   

Bones

[Ami]

Yeah,a wild little mix of this little mix of that                        Ami