We're still thinking through the Dear Heart situation. Part of the reason we're writing is that it helps us organize our brain. The other reason is that we're thinking that Dear Heart can maybe do enough on the computer to read our words. We're not sure.
Computers and us have gone back a long way, although we haven't seemed able to catch up with all skills by the standards of someone in their 20's. We figure if we really need to know something, we can ask one of the three boys. They all are into serious gaming, programming, and they use computers extensively at work/college. We get around ok. Hmm, almost 20 years? We learned to type quickly in 1973, started college in '77, and took a need to parent break in '80.
Hmm, a mind puzzle. Let's see ... Our first personal computer in '82 was a little Commodore for $300. By '84 we had gotten an Apple IIe. It was used primarily for business. In '85 we started therapy with Dr. C. and became aware of age regressions and having an abuse history. In '87 we wrote a thick book of questions asked of the I Ching. In '88 we got an IBM PS2. Most of those years the computer was used to learn outside work. We were diagnosed with MP in '90 by Dr. W. For the first two years of psychotherapy we wouldn't talk to him directly. He sat next to us at the computer while we typed/communicated our thoughts. In '94 we had an IBM with OS/2 Warp and Microsoft 3.11. We were also one of the first million AOL users. We lead a chat room for Abuse Survivors. We went back to college to finish the psych degree '97-99. We were journaling, emailing, and IMing with the boys and Forest Path. In '99, we bought a Compaq laptop and started seeing Dr. M. Lastly, in '01 Tanner bought this Dell Laptop with XP for us.
The point here ... maybe Dear Heart has been keeping up with her life of having parts through our writing on the computer?
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