Brave Enough To Be Bliss

that time but thank you for letting me borrow it so it was here right when I needed it. You’re so much like my angel on earth . Thank you again!

I did the homework we discussed, a brave thing, by reaching out to Scott last week. I didn’t even think bad thoughts about myself when he didn’t respond for a day or two. I knew I had done the right thing for me by reaching out, so the response didn’t mat ter as much as me sending the message. No specific date yet, but we are going to get together sometime. You are a gifted, amazingly generous, resilient, and intelligent lady who I am honored to know. Tears of joy fill my eyes when I think of how deeply and miraculously you have touched my life. No one else could have done what you did to reach me. You not only helped me find my soul, but you’ve also touch ed my soul. #forevergrateful On June 22, 2021, at 8:15 AM, Ginger Rothhaas wrote: Oh Ginger, I love this message so much. I had forgotten about that book and am so glad you had it when the time was right!! That is so cool! You don’t need to get me a copy, I feel like giving it to you was the right thing at the right time. That is anot her miraculous story to be included in your book! I am so happy you reached out to Scott. What a great thing that he knows the truth of the situation. Meeting him literally led to healing. Which may be why God put a good man named Scott into your path. So that you could recognize what needed to be brought into the light and get the unspoken spoken. What a gift. And it your paths cross, the story continues. If they d on’t, we will forever be grateful that you met a nice man named Scott for such a time as it was. On June 22, 2021, at 3:42 PM, Ginger Bliss wrote: Well, I’m so glad you haven’t been missing it and cussing me under your breath all these years! A book thief I did not mean to be! Made me reflect on that oh so painful time and realize how far we have come. That was just sheer panic I was living through and now I can see how amazing it was I could even function through it all. It was so complex and ugly and painful and isolating and utterly heartbreaking. And yet I survived. With lots of your help! ❤️ I agree completely! And regardless of whether I ever see him again after this, I just want to be able to tell him in person how much his understanding and kindness meant to me. And that I do believe God brought him into my life because it’s just too ironic everything about him, how we met, the things he said, the way I felt, and then his name and my brain, and his responses to me…all the words were so much the exact ones I needed to hear for so many different reasons. He was truly a blessing that I w ill forever be grateful for even if I never see him again. I did see Scott one more time. We went to dinner and then went to a great place to listen to music. It was easy and fun, and I felt fully like myself. I was not scared of him in any way. I was not scared of what the future held. I simply had an enjoyable evening with a man named Scott.

“True strength is the courage to admit our weaknesses.” Simon Sinek

From: Ginger Bliss To: Scott Sun, July 11, 2021 at 3:15 PM Thank you very much for the great food, drinks, and fun. I had a great time last night.

I cannot thank you enough for being the exact person I needed to lead me to the freedom I have found. Meeting you has been a gift to me in ways you may never fully understand. Just know this, I am very grateful for you Scott.

Given what you shared about your former girlfriend, I was thinking about what helped me through things myself a couple years ago. It may or may not resonate with you, but I always think it’s worth sharing on the off chance we could help someone else learn something that may add joy to their lives. We don’t know what we don’t know until we kn ow it. A few years after I got divorced there was a guy I was great friends with, we worked together and we had great chemistry, but we didn’t officially date. It was an unhealthy relationship for five years where I ended up feeling used and alone even though we loved each other the best we were capable of at that time.

I have worked very hard on myself and am now at a point where I can see all of that dysfunction so clearly, even though at the time I just so desperately wanted to feel loved.

From what you’ve said, your mother wasn’t able to provide the love and nurturing every child needs so much. No matter how muc h we want to think we don’t need that or can be over it, until we actually accept it, work through the pain of it and learn to give ourselves what was missing, instead of searching for someone else to do that for us, we seek the same dysfunctional relationships we have already been in.

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