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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 16:41:53 GMT -5
 When the going gets tough... the tough run back to their friends at SS. I just wanted to say hello and see how everyone is doing? I am so happy to see the group is alive and stronger than ever. And I hope to find some of the original Squalorees and meet some new ones, too! Been a long while, but I am hooked up with internet and I hope to stick around this time.  Kimmy
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Post by messymimi on Oct 27, 2014 17:32:33 GMT -5
It's great to see you!!!
messymimi
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Oct 27, 2014 17:36:56 GMT -5
Kimmy!
So happy to see you.
Part of me wants to tell you I owe you my life, because I do.
But I also realize you don't want to be put onto a pedestal, because you are human like the rest of us,
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and, like the rest of us, you have discovered that sometimes housekeeping is difficult.
So I'll say:
Hugs sister! Grab a pile, and a cup of tea, and jump in to work alongside us!
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Post by seashell on Oct 27, 2014 17:37:36 GMT -5
How wonderful to see you, Kimmy!  |
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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 17:42:53 GMT -5
Hey hey heyyyyyy!!!! Wow, how wonderful to see some of the originals still here and new Squalorees popping up everywhere from beneath the depths of our secret squalors ha ha ha. Messymimi, how looooong has it been?!!!! Too Long!!! And I remember the Lion ofcourse!!! This is BETTER than a School Reunion!!! Hello Seashell, great to be in touch! I have been having a look at the photos and posts and it feels like I am HOME!!!!
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Oct 27, 2014 17:44:34 GMT -5
For anyone reading who doesn't know Kimmy ... Like I said above, Kimmy probably wants to roll up her sleeves and work beside us. If you are curious and want to read her original introduction from 13 years ago ... I will link to it. Her story is here: takeonestepatatime.proboards.com/thread/25033/ |
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Post by angela on Oct 27, 2014 17:57:59 GMT -5
What Lion said.
I have read your story several times now over the years. And I think of the pictures, before and after, and think of you and those other brave souls who dared step out of the shadows of shame to band together in community and HELP one another.
So powerful...glad you're back. Hope you'll post and work here too. This process will be lifelong for me, maybe for you too? Always vigilant, always learning.
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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 17:59:25 GMT -5
You're right Lion...I see the photos and posts and the skills I have now (thanks to people like you) mean I see the messies and get all excited and desperately KNOW I CAN REORGANISE these homes in just one day!!!! No kidding! I feel like I can tackle anything now...except my own little dark corners that linger ofcourse  |
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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 18:04:12 GMT -5
Yeah Angela, so true...lifelong thing. I believe honouring each and every object is the key! Our dirty, worn out over stretched smelly old flat shoes deserve a wonderful place - THE BIN!!! And not the BIN in the home, the one out on the kerb that the garbage man empties for us!!! Simple things like that. I recently kept a pair of flats forever!!! Sudddenly I saw the light!!! OMG!!! I HONOURED them with a swift burial straight OUT the door!!! What was I thinking???!!!! I then straightened up my other shoes and took pride in that display for each and every one of them.
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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 18:06:15 GMT -5
Photographing my messy squalor and showing the world did cost me. But I don't give a ***! What matters is those who it helped, not those who ridiculed me.
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Post by Celeste on Oct 27, 2014 18:07:35 GMT -5
Hello, darlin'! It is good to have you back.  |
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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 18:13:50 GMT -5
Ohhhh CELESTE, you were there from the very start for me, always those soothing posts and such kindness you showed me at the height of my squalor!!!!
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Post by Warrior Kimmy on Oct 27, 2014 18:15:05 GMT -5
I would be DEAD in my squalor if it weren't for everyone here.
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Post by phoenixcat on Oct 27, 2014 18:29:38 GMT -5
I, like many others, read your story on the way to finding and joining SooS. SooS has truly been life changing for me. Welcome back home!!!! PC |
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Post by MissABCD on Oct 27, 2014 18:47:06 GMT -5
Kimmy, it is so good to have you back. I had jut been thinking of you recently. MissABCD
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