Tuesday, January 24, 2012

New Blog

Have started a new blog today--Waterlily Story III--to summarize the main points in the first two blogs.--They're so long, they're hard for some people to understand and I appreciate it! Hopefully, this will help.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

This Blog--II

To be clear, the only time in high school that I had suicidal thoughts was in the 10th grade in the 1972/73 school year. At the time, I concluded that my main reason for thinking of suicide was to get attention; and if I succeeded in the task, I'd get attention but wouldn't be around to appreciate it any longer! So, I finally put it out of my mind.--I decided it wasn't worthwhile. I came to the conclusion on my own because I hadn't been able to speak to my parents for different reasons, and I didn't speak to my teachers. [It didn't occur to me to speak to friends--the few I had at the time--because I didn't think they'd understand. But it's always good to get help from wherever possible.]

This Blog

According to my account information, people haven't been paying much attention to this Waterlily Story II blog for a while. Some feedback I got earlier indicated they thought the pictures were nice enough but they didn't agree with the issues, or they didn't believe my stories!

Was I trying to post a lot of pretty pictures to make myself look good? Well, considering the things I've been accused of I wanted to put my best foot foward, for sure. Did I mean to make it seem as if I was perfect? No, not at all. In fact, I've been writing recently to my contacts that I was a little depressed in high school, at times, and I even battled with suicidal thoughts for a while. My parents marital separation just before I started high school, and some childhood teasing and bullying were some underlying factors which took a long time for me to deal with! Have lately been thinking that I'd like to do something to help others, especially those who were bullied or abused as children or youths. One of the first things we can do is to speak out about our own lives, I suppose. Have been thankful for a lot of professional counselling I've received over the years. And my family has tried to support me, the best they knew how.

Winter--III


This is another photo from Sturgeon Falls, about 15 years ago.

Winter--II

















These photos were also taken at Sturgeon Falls. The view was behind the cottage where I lived.

Winter














About 15 years ago, I lived along the river near Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. These photos were taken from there.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Change of Season










Here are a few Christmas photos until I have time to post some winter scenes.


Happy New Year, 2012 !