TRYSTEN - I hope you read this

Hey Sweetie,

You know I love you and am praying for you. But I must say, based upon this one post of yours here, that you truly did need to hear ALL these posts to you, NOT justs the "love and light" ones!

Sweetie, you know you have problems...as do we all. (I know I most certainly do, and I'm just as good as anyone else in trying to blame someone else, including God, but that gets me NOwhere).

Support Forums must include "tough love", too. Please recognize that.

I can give one example on the "religious" front. As a follower of Christ (well, I try, anyway, and fail a LOT!), I have gone to those "hell-fire and brimstone" churches as they are a part of my husband's family's way. I can't stand them...they are NOT for ME.

HOWEVER, there are some incredibly sweet, kind, and loving people who tend to "need" that kind of leadership. Each person knows what will help them.

Honey and praise will go so far.

But we all need a "spanking" once in a while to get the full message. Some need "spankings" more often than others - some do not. Many paths are available, and I hope you find the path that will work best for you, and I hope that path includes God because HE did not give you the celiac problem - mankind did; mankind and our self-willed need for greed.

You know I love you, and I wish you well.

Karen Tweet