Thank you for your kind messages

[Leah]

Just logged on today - it has been some months now since my last post.

Thank you to everyone who posted a message, I feel so overwhelmed by your thoughtfulness and kindness.

Bless you all,

Leah

[Lupita]

Welecome back!!!!!!!!!! We miss you.

[Overcomer]

Thank God!  I thought your neighbor killed you and had no way of finding you.  Where have you been?

[Gaining Strength]

So glad to see you posting. It's always wonderful to see someone reappear after an extended absence.  Please catch us up on how you are doing.  - your friend - Gaining Strength

[lighter]

Yes yes yes..... tell us where you've been.

[Overcomer]

Well, Leah..............you got our attention, now don't keep us waiting!!  And welcome Em (Nursie...)

[Overcomer]

My story is on the Members Stories link.....I was kellydckm for a long while but that was way too obvious so I think I changed it to Kelly but then I went incognito!!  Leah posted so much in the beginning of this year.  She caught up with my post totals in a few months and I have been a member since 04.............so I was perplexed when suddenly she stopped posting!!

[isittoolate]

This is one Hell of a waste of a return, getting our hopes up that all is perfectly well.........

......................or maybe it isn't but get with the Forum, babe!

Love
Izzy

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[Certain Hope]

Hi Leah,

I was away from the board while you were here, but just wanted to say Welcome Back    (if you are back, that is)

Carolyn

[Overcomer]

Earth to Leah!

[Leah]

((((((((((( Thank You Everyone ))))))))))))

Gosh, truly, I am overwhelmed by your kindness.  Been tucked up in bed with a dreadful cold.

The last few months have been tough, painful, as my neighbour spread words of false rumour, which bearing in mind that they are long established in this rural village only served to make life quite unbearable.

But, I must be an overcomer!  Because here I am standing (knees like jelly - but no-one can see!)

My Dad has been an absolute trial and test of patience and forbearance, but, amazingly, I have adhered to my set boundaries.  He did not/does not like me saying the "No" word - but "With respect" has been a tremendous helpful tool.

Sometimes I feel that I have forgotten that which I have learned through the investment of my time and resources; i.e. books and research etc., then 'Wham' it springs in ............... or if not, then I trundle back to my archive files, or heaving bookshelves!

Seemingly, it is a life-long ongoing process!  Maybe?


(((((((((((((( Overcomer, Certain Hope, Izzy, Em aka Nursie, Lighter, Gaining Strength, Besee, Lupita ))))))))))))))

please forgive me if I missed someone ((((( to all on board )))))


Soul Searching, Truth Seeking, Leah xx

[Leah]

Would add that the breakthrough came for me when a kind lady from a nearby village sent an email to me (my email address is widely known due to work related stuff) to share with me her harrowing experience with her neighbour!

Reading the contents of the email over and over was in a personal sense, sheer joy - it meant validation.

My health has improved (with the exception of current cold!) and I know that it is not me! 

Behaviour such as this is sadly all too commonplace in today's all too materialistic consumer driven communities in which we live.

Sad but true.

Leah xx

[Overcomer]

Well Leah-Considering you literally posted thousands of times I was quite concerned about you.  But there have been possibly three times that I left for awhile-usually when I was OK.  i always come running back when there is TRAUMA!  i am glad the neighbor trauma has gotten better for you!

[Leah]

Thank you Overcomer,

The best way I can describe how I felt and how I have coped / dealt with things during the last few months is that I quite literally simply withdrew from everything and everyone .... because I felt that I had had enough, and I must have needed to be still, be quiet, and wait.

I wrote an article on how it truly feels to be unheard, misunderstood and maligned.

After all, from childhood to present day, a lifetimes worth of experience dwells within me.

My neighbour is my neighbour, who has behavioural issues, the ownership of those behavioural issues belongs to my neighbour.  Not me.

Out of the situation has come a friendship with a lovely lady who has similar experiences and we occasionally email encouragement
one to another.

For me personally, Romans 8:28 is clear in the situation.

Feeling so unworthy at the time, I never for one moment thought that anyone would wonder about me.  How wrong was I.

Truly humbled and thankful.

Leah xx

[Overcomer]

Great.  We DID WONDER ABOUT YOU!  Glad to have you back.   You just missed some drama but I am sure we will get some more soon!