{"id":13255,"date":"2016-03-25T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255"},"modified":"2016-03-25T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:04:29","slug":"starting-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255","title":{"rendered":"Starting over?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling so isolated again. \u00c2\u00a0The adoptive parents support group we&#8217;ve been attending is probably going to be disbanded due to lack of attendance. We (my husband and I) have been super faithful, but we are the only ones. I can&#8217;t go back. I can&#8217;t be alone again.<\/p>\n<p>My husband says we&#8217;ll start our own group\u00c2\u00a0and hopefully others will join us. \u00c2\u00a0But I&#8217;m afraid no one will join us. \u00c2\u00a0I am afraid of being alone again.<\/p>\n<p>I need a safe place where someone says &#8220;I get it.&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;ve been there&#8221; and there is no judging or agenda. \u00c2\u00a0 Why is this so hard to find?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D13255&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Starting%20over%3F\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255\" data-text=\"Starting over?\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Starting over?\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Starting%20over%3F&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D13255&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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