Ha! Largo, I nearly lived on peanut butter early in the S due to $ probs. Thank God for PB and bananas. I remember saving the "meal food" for when S5 visited.
Sorry about the earlier down posts, guys. Feeling better today!
I did go over the scrapbooks, just to check with reality, and noted how we had a good amount of fun, positive times. Definitely our share of in-school, financial, and 1st baby struggles too, but it was not as she's depicting.
Yet I could see in my face in the pics evidence of not doing a great job of caring for myself. I remember lots of caretaking of her/attending to X, which is good and proper, but I was neglecting myself.
One of the greatest positives out of this awful S/D has been to discover that I can't allow that anymore. I must take care of my needs and not allow them to be prioritized so low. B/c it affects all areas of my life and my Rs with others.
Going to do a better job of GAL work again to make sure that things don't slip down to allow for a lasting low mood.