Question of the Day

[ayoub]

When do you feel you've had to be the strongest?

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When I chose to be me... :D

Comments

[beatzz.livejournal.com]

When family needed me to be some time in 1st yr. high school...

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

With my Dad's illness.

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

In any battle of wills with a 5 year old daughter.

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

When at even vague risk of losing what I hold most dear - whilst knowing they have no comprehension of how it feels.

[neke.livejournal.com]

Great answer. :D

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

Just getting out of bed every damned day.

[cerebralpig.livejournal.com]

All the time.

[corporatebeach.livejournal.com]

When I walked out of my marriage and started over.

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Whenever I have to stand up for my beliefs and what's right for me: through marriage at an early age & the divorce that followed, raising a child on my own, helping my parents with my father, taking care of myself at work, and learning that sometimes I deserve things, too (like alone time, or a new toy, or dinner out with adults).

I guess when I choose to be me. ;)

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

That's easy! When I've had to convince those I care about to do the right thing when we both knew it was difficult and contrary to our nature. Examples include convincing a friend of mine that he needed to see a shrink and to go on meds and affirming mom's and my sister's decision to end life support for my dad when he started to go into renal failure.

It's times like those when you truly come to know your worth. It's probably no small contribution to my arrogance, but I have no regrets.

[milagro75.livejournal.com]

In learning to have more faith/confidence in myself, and to realize and accept that Im worthy of good things.

[gillian16.livejournal.com]

Right now.

[jovi-diva.livejournal.com]

I always feel I have to be the strongest in every situation. I AM the strongest...So, I guess my answer it pretty much the same as yours!!

[seegwa.livejournal.com]

Selling everything,leaving everyone I know and love (boyfriend and cats included) behind, and coming to a foreign country where I don't speak the language or know anyone to pursue a life long dream.

Leaving the cats was the worst part of that.

[donor4him.livejournal.com]

3 weeks after my husband's transplant and he was faced with rejection.

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Three times in my life I found I had more strength than I ever knew I had in me: my divorce, getting out of abuse, and grad school. Not sure which one required the most strength because the experiences were all so different. Grad school was the longest and the one I felt the most alone through though. And it required me to bend the space/time continuum a few times. ;D

[dolorinterno.livejournal.com]

everyday

[cherrystonelane.livejournal.com]

Honestly when I have wanted to hurt myself... when my level of hopelessness grew so strong that I wished to no longer be here. Every now and again I get those old feelings and I know that I have to be strong and fight them.

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

When my father lost his legs. I lost a marriage over that in the end.

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

Every time I've decided to go against the grain and "popular" opinion.

[bia22.livejournal.com]

You just made me realise how lucky I am, as nothing immediately sprung to mind - Which means my life has been reasonably drama free thus far.

I probably need to be strongest at work, where I often have to manage the business and multitask like mad.

[honuhoney.livejournal.com]

externally, it seems whenever there is death in my family. first my dad, then my g'ma. internally, sometimes on a daily basis.

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

In my life to date: From January 2002 until May 2006.

'Nuff said.

[innerly.livejournal.com]

when i had my halth issues... when i had to fight for my life and my baby's life...

[kdawg.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, this is an easy one.... it was when my father passed away. I had to be strong for my mother, sister, niece and nephew! It was the toughest time in my life but also an eye opener as well.

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

Pretty much my entire life. I've always had to hold up the people around me...Jeff is the first person in my life that has been there for me 100%.

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

...when, at an early age, I came to the realization that I have to depend upon myself for my happiness and well-being.

[castlelady.livejournal.com]

My entire life. There is only one person I can rely on when push comes to shove, and that's myself.

[nowsheshines.livejournal.com]

Jeez, so many times. The most recent would have been going through my daughter having open heart surgery in 2007.

[dishapeaches.livejournal.com]

During my 2-year period of living hell when I was getting a divorce.

[smwright.livejournal.com]

Before September, I would have said when my dad passed away. Since September, I realize the answer is more challenging than that. Everyday of the past twelve and a half years have been their own brand of hell, but these past seven+ months have been terrorizing. So, pretty much right now.

[soothethemuse.livejournal.com]

When I left my son with his father at age 4 when we split because I knew I didn't have it in me to be a single mom, mentally or financially.

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

With my mum. I can't show her any form of weakness, I don't want her comforting me when she's the one who has to cope with illnesses.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

That's got to be tough...

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

It can be when we're talking about her problems and possible future operations and things that involve her illness. I try not to get upset or worry when I'm around her. I love making her laugh, we have such a girlie time that I don't want her thinking about the bad things.