That's a good idea to stay with one thread per challenge. Upon thinking about it, it was a good idea at the start of having weekly challenges. But, as time went on it seemed that it was almost sort of difficult to decide which thread to post something in. Such as if something was a direct response to to something in the introduction to that week's challenge, yet it was later in the week, so it was "supposed" to be posted in the Wednesday check in thread instead :noway:

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I can think of a few people I need to reconnect with as well it is quit interesting how in our world with the ability to find it so much easier to stay in touch it seems we are even more disconnected from each other.

themedalist wrote: »

I’m glad you see the value in this challenge. Though I scheduled this challenge before it happened, my husband’s good friend died suddenly and unexpectedly several weeks ago. He was 54 years old and had a young granddaughter. We never got to say goodbye to him and his family is feeling his loss profoundly.

Let’s not assume that the people who are important to us know how we feel and will always be there. Let’s reach out to them.

So many people dying so young nowadays, so sad

This year has been tough for me. I've had to made the hard decision of letting go. Toxic relationships. Will revisit my list of friends and family and make sure I am showing those people in my life how important they are.

Well, this challenge will be difficult. Like @prgirl39mfp , I've had to let go of some toxic relationships and don't want to revisit them. However, there is a friend that I used to work with who I only see on Facebook, maybe we can reconnect. I'll see how that goes.

@mxchana, that is pretty tough to find out your friend has passed away. So sorry.

This is really is a great challenge, especially in light of so many recent tragedies and natural disasters. It does make me think about how fragile life really is. I had in-law family members that were very close to the recent California fires. Very scary. This is not the first time either, as there is family scattered around California where there were fires in past years also.

This week cannot be the actual week for me to reconnect with several friends who I actually have had in mind that I need to visit, or to call. The first woman I especially need to visit locally I had reconnected with her by phone several weeks ago, and need to make plans to actually visit her. And my 'to call' or or maybe 'to write a newsy card to first' person is an old girl friend who was an awesome surprise "blast from the past" who got in touch with me by snail mail a while back. We've texted back and forth a few times but we need to find a good time to have a nice long chat. So both of those will happen hopefully next month.

I also need to catch back up with are extended family and old "Christmas Card friends" on my much neglected Christmas card list. While taking care of brother I really couldn't keep up with everything that I enjoy doing at the holidays, so it has been several years since I have sent cards out. Last year everything was too busy with some overwhelming weeks not related to brother as he is back in his own place now, so I only managed a number of cards with letters on my husband's side of the families. That was as far as I got.

So what I will do for this week's challenge is to find and dig out the cards and the old address lists etc and put them where I again know where they are at. And can see them.

They were moved to a "safe" box when I decluttered my little room back during the declutter challenge several months ago. Now that is buried somewhere when I had to move more things round when I was decluttering the next room when I was having extra company, and then the little kids were coming for a longer stay. These two rooms were the ones that were really affected when we moved my brother into the larger room and I had to move so much around or out, and I ended up doing a huge dash and stash to make room for his bed and wheel chair and other medical and mobility equipment that suddenly we had to have a space for.

I have not yet figured out what to do with some things that had been removed from that room because I also want to continue the thoughtful, but extensive declutter that I had started. But not now.

So...... I need to get int a small "deep tidy/ declutter" mood again so I can find the box without creating chaos because I really want to "Christmas Card connect" this year, but without it causing stress. If that makes sense. It looks like Wednesday and / or Thursday will be the best days for this if I'm to make any headway this week. But I also don't want to make it into a huge declutter/ rearrange project either. Not yet. But if I don't do it this week then next week is November and, well I know how time flies during Thanksgiving/ Christmas time.

Thank you for the great resources and info graphics! And there has been some VERY insightful posts and responses that have really touched my heart.

Hugs,

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prgirl39mfp wrote: »

I called a friend whom I had not talked or seen in a while. She was in the process of moving so I was giving her some space, when she finally called me to plan a meeting I was sick ( cold) so we have not spoken since. Yesterday I send her a text to plan to meet; she has breast cancer. So glad I was in this group with this challenge this week. Life's turns are unbelievable.

@texasgardnr I love the Christmas Card idea. My mom was big with reaching out to people by cards. I have been doing it every year since I can remember and most people are so appreciative of it.

Hope your friend is ok, 2.5 years ago I was diagnosed with it, I have been so lucky and my heart goes out to her

@prgirl39mfp - what great timing that was; now you will be able to be a source of support for your friend. May she experience complete healing and renewal.

Thank you everyone. She is strong, positive person. Of course she told me she does not want to think too much. We all have our weaknesses. I am feeling a bit good because I know she is resilient. She will get through this. Once I am out of this cold I will meet with her. Can't wait to give her a big hug.