posted May 05, 2007 05:32 PM         

Ya'all, there is SO much out there besides YOU!!!

Please prayers and blessings for Chris and especially Frances---

He is 32 years of earthly life and she his wife and she cares for their two children...he lays brain dead now from an elective surgery...

My patient and his wife...

THERE IS SO MUCH OUT THERE BESIDES YOU!!!!

Consider this.....

Blessings

posted May 05, 2007 05:41 PM         

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Sun in Libra
Moon in Cancer
Jupiter in Cancer
Venus in Virgo
Mars in Cancer
Ascendant in Cancer

posted May 05, 2007 05:56 PM         

If you are only talking about a few, then using an absolute like "you all" is not going to be perceived positively.

posted May 05, 2007 09:04 PM         

First you condescendly put everyone here down as though you were somehow above us all then ask for our prayers.

Totally bizarre.

However, since I DO know there are more things out there than me and that even if I was self-centered as you seem to think everyone but yourself is ( odd but you saying that sounds self-centered and self-serving to me ) that God would still hear and answer my prayers, I send prayers and blessings to Chris and Frances as well their family and friends.

posted May 05, 2007 10:46 PM         

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You all and your silly, ridiculous, co-dependent internet spats---co-dependent internet re-lations....

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posted May 05, 2007 11:44 PM         

Mirandee,

I agree.... and Hippy, regardless of your holier than thou attitude, I do send prayers for your friends.

Pidaua

posted May 06, 2007 12:58 AM         

I am recovering from another stroke and other things are going on and have happened, to me and around me and mine.
My Mother-in-law is back in for her second heart surgery in one week....
Someone shot out our windsheild....
I could go on....there is alot more.
My issues are not silly nor trivial.
Neither are Pidaua's worries and Mirandees, and Dulce probably has things she is concerned about too.
Just like you have had and clearly talked about.
How would you feel if we told you that your woes were meaningless?
I do however wish the best for those folks you speak of.

posted May 06, 2007 02:44 AM         

I know what you are refering to
all the ego centered "co-dependent internet spats"

and how truly childish they are
compared to the real world where people are dealing with life altering issues.

Like Chris and Frances
And Pid and Bear.

posted May 06, 2007 12:14 PM         

Thats very true,

but to start out your topic as you did... well Im sorry,

but I dont think Ive ever seen anything on this website so insulting.

co-dependant internet relations? Did it ever cross your mind that some people arent as lucky as you?

Maybe, some people, like me are disabled, and are barely able to leave their homes.
So how dare you trivialize my problems, and my ability to connect with people who share some of the same beliefs as me.

I think its a beautiful thing that people are able to reach out to each other with their problems. No matter how BIG or SMALL.

Not to mention, that things that seem trivial to YOU may not be to the person experiencing them.
Someone I went to school with killed himself because his girlfriend broke up with him and he was
failing out of school.

Now bad grades, or breaking up may seem trivial to you, but apparently wasnt to him.

I just think maybe you should have thought it out more, before you put such obviously hurtful things in your post.

posted May 06, 2007 12:37 PM         

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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~

posted May 06, 2007 01:09 PM         

And by writing that, it only proves to me that you're aren't sure of that statement yourself; Quite the opposite actually. I am thinking you're trying to prove the truthfulness of that statement to yourself; otherwise you would have just labled us all off as brats and wouldn't even bothered writing up this post.

posted May 06, 2007 01:10 PM         

That being the case, and since it is impossible to get along with everyone all the time no matter how hard you may try, why would the internet be any different than offline life?

Besides that , Pid and I have collided and had some real cat fights, hee hee , yet I truly love Pid for the woman she is, I respect and admire her and even from our spats we have managed to be friends. I think because we understand the passion and fire we both possess and neither of us hold grudges. But beyond that, we look at people as a whole, not one or two moments in their lives which we forever label them on and hold them to.

You might try that because I think that there is a lot of phoniness on the internet by those who do not show other sides of their personality because they have an image they are trying to project to others. Instead of being openly honest I think those types of people often prefer to talk in emails etc. about other people behind their backs so as to maintain their online images of being superior and above it all.

We may be annoying at times to people but at least Pidaua and I and many others on the threads at LL are being REAL. Flaws and all.

Lala, I love you I know that you mostly don't get involved in the spats here and avoid those threads, but you and AG cross paths at times too with your spats. It's unavoidable and people will collide at times.

posted May 06, 2007 01:53 PM         

I admire you so much for the profession you have chosen….. how difficult and challenging it must be to deal with “life and death” issues every day
I'm not "built" that way, so I have tremendous respect for human spirits who are.....

I think I understand where your irritation is coming from, when daily you see people cut down in the prime of life, their loved ones left to assume an unfair proportion of life’s responsibilities – and then here at LL there are people involved in “silly spats” about what you might consider “trivialities”…..

But all of those people engaged in “silly spats” will one day deal with health and life/death issues in their own lives and families and friends – please don’t begrudge us the indulgence in verbal sparring, and think that being involved in “silly spats” is ALL there is for us in Life – it’s just all that you see *here* at LL…..

I wish for additional strength and courage for Frances, and for all your patients, and for all who deal with the incapacitation and passing of our loved ones…..

posted May 06, 2007 02:49 PM         

But everyone has offline troubles in their lives and most of them are truly not trivial at all. I send love right now to anyone that is going through something that troubles them and makes them sad.

I'm going through a divorce now, dealing with a stalker, and was in the hospital emergency room last week for an anxiety attack.

I know that compared to starving children my problems are completely trivial but they are big in my life right now. I agree, though, that sometimes it's good to step back and realize that there are worse things that could be going on. However, that doesn't mean people should just bottle emotions and opinions up unless there is a life and death situation.

posted May 06, 2007 02:54 PM         

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Dulce... I almost spit out my mountain dew when I read what you posted LOL...

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LOL Pid, but seriously, it isn't like the starter of this thread hasn't unloaded her own personal baggage onto this site (this I know for a fact) so I don't know where this self-righteousness is coming from or why she feels entitled to be preacher today.

posted May 06, 2007 08:41 PM         

I believe she was refering "spats" here on the internet.
Petty squabbles between knowflakes, and how they get so magnified and out of context.

Yes Mirandee like me and accoustic. (thanks for the love, sending some homegrown love back to you )

Zala put it more eloquently than I ever could

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admire you so much for the profession you have chosen….. how difficult and challenging it must be to deal with “life and death” issues every day
I'm not "built" that way, so I have tremendous respect for human spirits who are

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I'm not built like that either, and more power to the people who are

I say we give terri a break, as a family, surely we can look beneath the surface and see how upsetting the whole ordeal was for her.
How as a caregiver it was up to her to be strong, professional and above the personal aspect of the whole thing.
That COULD NOT have been easy.

Personally, it would be impossible for me to not be affected by what has happened to that family. I am so aware of "extreme actions" and how they can happen to anyone at any time.

Ever hear of a "bad hair day"?
well, this was a bad rant day.

posted May 06, 2007 09:28 PM         

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Maybe, some people, like me are disabled, and are barely able to leave their homes.
So how dare you trivialize my problems, and my ability to connect with people who share some of the same beliefs as me.

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posted May 07, 2007 01:26 AM         

My daughter in law is attending nursing school now. She discovered it was her calling when her second child was born with neuroblastoma ( a cancerous tumor) and was not expected to live. Caring for Madeline for months in the hospital she learned a lot about nursing and realized it was her calling in life. I salute the men and women in the medical profession and have a high regard for doctors and nurses. I know it is hard to see the things they see on a daily basis and I know they get attached to their patients. Bless them because we would be in sad shape without them.

MoonWitch, I liked all that you said here and it is very true.

My heart goes out to you, MoonWitch, from my daughters separation and divorce over the past couple of years and all that she went through I know how very hard that is emotionally. It is like being on an emotional roller coaster. The anxiety attacks seem to go with a divorce as both my daughter and my sister in law had those attacks when they were going through the ordeal of divorce. Especially when the other things you mentioned are happening in your life as well.

Sometimes it seems like life is just throwing everything at us at once. I know we have all been through that and many here are going through it now. I know that both Fayte and Pidaua are.

Nothing in life is trivial really. Not even spats because we learn and grow as persons through those as much as we do through what we suffer in life. I thank God for each day because none of us know with certainty that each day we get up out of bed might be our last day of life. No matter how good our health might be or how old we are.

posted May 07, 2007 01:49 AM         

How Touching is This!!!

Hippichick you must be going thought this in your life right now, to attach so strongly & I think this maybe more of a connecting lesson just for you!!!

Mirror affect baby!!!!

posted May 07, 2007 03:58 AM         

Your words mean so much to me. Thank you for all of your prayers and your well wishes. I feel the impact of all the positive energy that comes my way. Helping others, reaching out, here and on the Army wives site, keeps me grounded. I know that there are so many people that need an encouraging word, a shout out or a prayer. It makes all the difference.

When Bear first was deployed, I didn't know if reaching out would help, but I did it because I feel such a bond with LL. I never knew that so many would come out with support and so much love. It has really touched me.

We have all been through so much here at LL. Individually and as a group. We lost someone that was and is so dear to us. Rainbow taught me alot. She was gifted, a fighter and her passion was not lost on me. I feel the same way towards you Mirandee. You are right in that we have had our spats, but even in the midst of a heated exchanged I have admired you for your convictions.

You are truly a strong person. I believe there is nothing you can't handle. I have seen it first hand and I admire your compassion.

Fayte,

Mirandee is right about your strength and determination. I am happy that you stayed here, even when others tried to push you away. You endured and you stayed positive.

LL has brought together an amazing community of people that care intensely about each other. We may not always agree, sometimes we down right can't stand each other. The key is to never hold a grudge because life is TOO short.

I have been here for 5 years now. I have seen people come and go, but what I have realized is that there is a core group of amazing people that give, even when they have nothing, they love even when they are feeling unloved and they forgive even when they feel they have been wronged.

I love LL and I love what I have experienced here. We have something special.. I think we can all agree on that.

Hippychick, thank you for the wake up call. Because as I have thought about your initial post, I realize that you were calling on us to get past the superficial and remember LIFE IS PRECIOUS.

Love to all....

pidaua

BTW,

Bear and I thank EVERYONE for all of your prayers and support. He is doing well and is in good spirits. His strength always blows me away.