A reply to a friend

[surrenderwithin]

The following is a response I sent to a friend who sent me a note commenting on how much he loved to read what I write

Comments

[feyrieprincess]

OMG he took your journal away ?!?!?!?!?!

[feyrieprincess]

Yes, for over a year. It perpetuated negativity...I have said it a million times, if I have said it once; I was not entitled to any " negative" emotions. Unless of course he chose them for me and I was to stop feeling them and be happy again as soon as he decided I had felt enough sadness or pain.

[surrenderwithin]

Yes, he did. That was probably the first move he made that made me begin to doubt him and my position in that relationship.

[servicesoul]

That is actually how I was raised in my FOO. My dad found it inconceivable that any of us kids deserved to have a negative emotion. That is one thing as a parent that was incredibly important to me. I have always worked hard to teach my children to identify how they feel and find ways to properly express their emotion and how to deal with it.

~Allison