Let's Untwist Our Panties for Just One Day!
You are absolutely correct Karen!! Great post!! We do get so caught up inthe negative we forget to think about the positive around us. Nice to see your smile
& great words here. Please stick around & post when you can. Congrats on you 2 1/2 years of being sober. It sure does not seem that long since you posted on your stuggles
with that addiction. WOW time does fly away doesn't it!!
I will have a glass of ice tea with you, today!!
Marilyn C (Bearlady)
Thank you so much for this post. I don't even know where to begin or where to end with the list fo things I'm grateful for. I know ya'll don't want to hear the whole list so I'll keep it to the top 90 or so. No really...
My father got a brand new kidney a week ago. OK, not brand new, but new to him. I am so incredibly grateful that through all of their pain and grief, a wonderful and caring family had the generosity and presence of mind to share the organs of their loved one. Please, please consider being organ donors. My father will now get to watch all of his grandchildren grow up and they will have the joy of building memories with their grandfather.
The Man in my life loves me enough to yell at me when I am overdoing it and takes care of me as much as I will let him. He makes me laugh and mst of all, makes me laugh at myself.
My son makes me so proud that I can't stand myself. It was a VERY rough road and a brutal couple of years. I thought time and time again that I would lose him, but we all pulled through. Lose him? Hell, I thought I'd kill him. At 22 he bought his own home. At 24, he bought his own business and the kid I couldn't get up to go to school now works his butt off.
Last but not least, I'm grateful for my pain. I'm grateful that I have pain that I can work through. Pain that can be managed. Pain that can be medicated. How many people are absolutely beyond being helped? There are so many people who are suffering with advanced cancer that is beyond pain management. Ho many people live in third world countries or even our own country and don't have insurance to help with their insufferable pain? Would I like for the pain to be gone tomorrow? Absolutely. Do I wi**** were less? You betcha. Am I grateful that I don't suffer as much as others and consider myself lucky? Beyond a shadow of a doubt. It can always be worse.
I'm grateful for a board like this that puts up with my endless ranting and raving. I'm grateful that you've all hung in here for almost 6 years and you all make me feel that you understand me whether my blathering is weight loss related or not.
Many, many hugs for your fabulous post, Karen
Conne
My father got a brand new kidney a week ago. OK, not brand new, but new to him. I am so incredibly grateful that through all of their pain and grief, a wonderful and caring family had the generosity and presence of mind to share the organs of their loved one. Please, please consider being organ donors. My father will now get to watch all of his grandchildren grow up and they will have the joy of building memories with their grandfather.
The Man in my life loves me enough to yell at me when I am overdoing it and takes care of me as much as I will let him. He makes me laugh and mst of all, makes me laugh at myself.
My son makes me so proud that I can't stand myself. It was a VERY rough road and a brutal couple of years. I thought time and time again that I would lose him, but we all pulled through. Lose him? Hell, I thought I'd kill him. At 22 he bought his own home. At 24, he bought his own business and the kid I couldn't get up to go to school now works his butt off.
Last but not least, I'm grateful for my pain. I'm grateful that I have pain that I can work through. Pain that can be managed. Pain that can be medicated. How many people are absolutely beyond being helped? There are so many people who are suffering with advanced cancer that is beyond pain management. Ho many people live in third world countries or even our own country and don't have insurance to help with their insufferable pain? Would I like for the pain to be gone tomorrow? Absolutely. Do I wi**** were less? You betcha. Am I grateful that I don't suffer as much as others and consider myself lucky? Beyond a shadow of a doubt. It can always be worse.
I'm grateful for a board like this that puts up with my endless ranting and raving. I'm grateful that you've all hung in here for almost 6 years and you all make me feel that you understand me whether my blathering is weight loss related or not.
Many, many hugs for your fabulous post, Karen
Conne
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