{"id":2658,"date":"2009-08-29T19:03:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-30T02:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2658"},"modified":"2009-08-29T19:03:38","modified_gmt":"2009-08-30T02:03:38","slug":"allowing-sadness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2658","title":{"rendered":"Allowing Sadness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today has been a long day.  A good day, but a long day. Today was the reunion of my youth group.  It was not well attended but I really enjoyed the folks who did show up.  We are hoping to maybe organize something bigger in 2011. I seem to be the only one saying that though &#8211; and I can&#8217;t\/won&#8217;t do it alone, so we&#8217;ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Other big news is that today our adoption papers arrived in the mail.  I just need to seal the envelope and drop it back in the mail on Monday.  Then it&#8217;s waiting for the judge to sign and send us the documentation that what has already happened in our hearts is legal on paperwork.  <\/p>\n<p>But on top of all this great stuff, I&#8217;m feeling sad.  I  know that it&#8217;s probably just a combination of weariness and well, sadness over some situations in our life we can&#8217;t change.  But it&#8217;s there.  Sometimes I think I deny the sadness of a situation and then it catches up with me when I feel weary.  And, boy, am I weary.  So, I guess I&#8217;m allowing myself to be sad.  <\/p>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t feel like you need to cheer me up.  By the time you read this I will have had a good night&#8217;s sleep and be back to my normal joy-seeking personality.  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