Healing Journey

For the first five decades of her life, Dollywore her inferiority complex like a secondskin. It was so much a part of her that shedidnt even know it was there. Possibly nobodyelse did either. At the age of four she was told, by her birthMother, big girls dont cry. So from that timeon she didnt!! Except when she absolutelycouldnt help it and then she would go awayon her own so that she wouldnt be a nuisanceor make anyone cross with her. It was the agewhen children were seen but not heard. Just before her eighth birthday her Father left without saying Goodbye andthis resulted in her Mother having to put Dolly and her little sister into fostercare. There were three homes, the first was only temporary whilst a permanentone was found. The second was not a happy experience for Dolly but the thirdwas just magic. She felt so lucky to be a part of Mums family. In decade number six there were many changes in Dollys life, she walked awayfrom a thirty year marriage and set up home on her own, not an easy thingto do. Many new friends came into her life and between them they managedto teach her how to value herself. It took a lot of patience and persistence butgradually the healing took hold and is still continuing today. By helping othersshe found that she was helping herself too, magic.