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HALLOWEEN !

Hola ma amigos !

I was awoke early this morning , with a big kiss and two little fingers prizing my eyes open !! "HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN mammy " !!!! . We have had a very eventful and fun morning painting and making decorations and costumes for this evening

I asked Chantel what she would like to dress up as for this evening and she stood back and look at me in disbelief !!...... mammy , a BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS WITCH of course !!!!!!!!!............. her words made me smile .

Being in the festive Halloween atmosphere , got me thinking about masks and painted faces and how condition loved to mask me with so many different faces , the mask of some many disguises , hiding and smothering the real me .
Through recovery I discovered me again , and with time patience and trusting and having hope , i began to enjoy simply being me , and when i enjoyed being me life seemed somwhat different . When we accept ourselves and truly love ourselves we are showing ourselves true respect , and i do believe that if we want to show respect and love to others it must first start with ourselves .

It a wonderful feeling now being free of all masks , i can truly breathe , i no longer feel smothered ..... i love just being me !

I hope you all have a fun filled , halloween , plenty of trick a treating !! theres no need to wear a mask , just simply being who we are is beautiful and so much more fun ! so tonight i simply being the beautiful mammy (witch!!)

chat soon
love yvonne xxxxx

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hi Yvonne, thats just

Submitted on November 1st, 2009

hi Yvonne, thats just beautiful, i hope she got lot of sweets and compliments!!! I wear a lot of masks and they seem to change with every person that i meet, its exhausting really as i think behaviours can be the result of wanting a retreat from the mask, its like i just want a break from pretending. I am seeing changes with these masks tho and slowly but surely im not taking them on as much.

I struggled last night with staying in thinking i should be out, everyone else is having fun, im boring, condition blah blah blah. But really i have a horrible cold/flu, have a training course all wkd so this morning altho little voice in head saying u missed out, the bigger voice is so glad i stayed in wrapped up and watched x factor, had i gone out i would have ben wearing a mask, i would def not have been respecting myself. I loved what u said that we need to respect ourselves before we can respect others,

Happy halloween, late one!!
cara xx