Five Minute Friday - MIDDLE

It is time to link up with Kate Motaung again; and here I am, ready to write again!

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The word for this week is:  Middle


Have you ever found yourself in the middle of something?

There have been many times when I was in the middle of a war...

Well, not really a war; but a battle...

Perhaps a battle of wills; but still a battle!

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I found myself in the middle of my children and their step father - my husband.

And later, when she was living with us, I found myself  in the middle of my mother and my husband.

There were times I just didn't know what to do!  Whose side was I to take in these situations?  I didn't really know the answer; perhaps I still don't know... 

So, what did I do?  Back then, I kept busy!  I stayed out of it as much as I possibly could.  After all, it was their relationships, not mine...Nobody was being hurt, were they?

Were they?

Well, I'm not really sure of that answer.  I don't know if what I did was right or wrong.  Looking back, I can only know for sure that I did not like being in the middle!

What I do know is that my children have "issues" associated to how things were for them when they were growing up with their step-father.  Perhaps I didn't do the right thing then; I can only go forward and try to do the right things now!

The Webster's Student Dictionary defines "Middle" as "in the center; halfway between two things."

That's where I was..."Halfway between two things."  I could see each side; yet, I didn't want to choose between them.  And, I felt I did have to choose.

Now, I find myself in another "middle"; in the middle of a disease that is slowly taking away the life that we had, whether it was a good life or a so-so one; that life together is changing into a very different one.

And, my life as a very independent person is also changing, very rapidly.

I don't like the changes; and I still do not like being in the middle!  But, I am still there!

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In this middle that I find myself in, I am trying my best to figure out the situations and the issues that seem to set off my husband's anger or frustrations.  It isn't easy; but all I can do is try.

And, continue to be in the middle for as long as is necessary!  Perhaps in the middle of this "nowhere", I will find myself!


{My time is up!  I am really digging deep with this Five Minute Friday post.  This word, though it would seem to be a simple one, really touches on a sensitive subject for me.  And here I am, opening up...sharing with the FMF community that I feel so connected to - which was last week's word!}