Date: 2/5/2004 10:21:00 AM
From Authorid: 16442
Beautiful post! Thank you so much for this much needed reminder.   |
Date: 2/5/2004 10:23:00 AM
From Authorid: 50864
Great post Dreamerpoet my boss and two of our residents have children or a grandchild with downs syndrome. One of my friends son is very ill they still don't know what is wrong with Jeremy. And my favorite singer Neil Young has 2 sons with CP one is so severe that he can't even talk much less walk. There but for the Grace Of God  |
Date: 2/5/2004 10:35:00 AM
From Authorid: 11341
I think I will always grumble, but I will always be grateful. My heart goes out to those kids.  |
Date: 2/5/2004 10:38:00 AM
From Authorid: 13546
True words of wisdom Dreamer. That is exactly the attitude that I have adopted for myself. Thank you for this hon!  |
Date: 2/5/2004 10:49:00 AM
From Authorid: 15157
So true!...we never realize how much we have and are Blessed with!  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 15677
Being a mother who was told before she could even hold her baby that she would die and having to go home wiht out her for a week I thank you for this post )  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:06:00 AM
From Authorid: 10754
Amen.  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:10:00 AM
From Authorid: 18527
AMEN!  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:11:00 AM
From Authorid: 49982
Great Post, it is so true most people take so many things for granted. If only we could appreciate what we have, what we do get to do, even the little things... Anyways.. again great post...Love-n-Hugs ~Shannon~ AKA  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:12:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 3688
Thank you all for replying.  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:20:00 AM
From Authorid: 26733
So very true babe. Its like when we get a virus or bad case of the flu. We start appreciating life so much more being that were not able to do certain because of being sick. Very good post, Matt aka  |
Date: 2/5/2004 11:48:00 AM
From Authorid: 12133
I agree, Dreamer. Its so easy to think about how bad you have it, without realizing that others would be happy to have what you have.  |
Date: 2/5/2004 12:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 56293
This is a great post Jo, and so very true. Instead of complaining about the things we don't have or want .. we need to be grateful for the things we do have.  |
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Date: 2/5/2004 12:14:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 3688
I know a little girl, who was talked about on this "radiothon" she's ten years old, and a brilliant beautiful little girl...by the time she was 7 MONTHS old she had undergone 13 major sugeries...Her mother was on, and talking about how people can talk about this, but they don't put faces and names with these statistics...it's heartbreaking...absolutely horrendous what these kids will have to face... |
Date: 2/5/2004 12:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 3648
Oh how true! So many things we take for granted each day...I know on a few times I've had a wake up call...  |
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Date: 2/5/2004 12:43:00 PM ( Admin-DNL )
This is very true, thanks for the post... |
Date: 2/5/2004 2:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 62367
As a teenager, I worked as a volunteer at a school for handicapped kids. One girl has always stayed in my mind. We were the same age. She had a form of cerebral palsy that made her so rigid that she had to be strapped to a backboard. She wore diapers and screeched. They believed that she was severely retareded too. Wrong. Several people worked with her. They discovered that she was normal or above intelligence and taught her to spell out words using a pointer attached to her forehead and a spelling board. She was 18. I try to imagine what it must have been like to be treated as an infant for 18 years and know whats going on around you but no one realizes it. No wonder she would get so upset. I wonder what has become of her.  |
Date: 2/5/2004 2:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 14780
This is a wonderful post...  |
Date: 2/5/2004 3:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 33925
I thank God every day for the things he has given me..I am grateful that I have the health of myself and my family. There are so many out there that dont even have the luxury of a warm bed at night..listening to the singing of a bird, seeing a sunrise or sunset. Things we take for granted, there are so many others that will never experience the wonders life has to offer.  |
Date: 2/5/2004 3:16:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 3688
So very true LL... |
Date: 2/5/2004 3:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 36704
nice post, I'm usually always grateful for what I can do and life in general since I know that I could have/had it a lot worse  |
Date: 2/5/2004 4:01:00 PM
From Authorid: 3642
yep I do feel we as people tend to take many things for granted we are all On a path of learning that is important to each individual soul ...  |
Date: 2/5/2004 5:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 12581
This is so true. I may whine & complain all the time, but everyday, I do look at my life & am greatful for the stupid, trivial problems I have to deal with. There was a time, when every year of my life was filled with heartbreak, the simple everyday problems of today are a great relief & I try to Thank God Everyday that I've been blessed with so many wonderful things...USM, my husband, wonderful friends, great pets, simply life it's self...ah the list could go on forever I'm a realist with optomistic tendencies Thanks so much for sharing this & Take Care!  |
Date: 2/5/2004 5:40:00 PM
From Authorid: 23101
So true Dreamer, so very true. I think that if I could help those people, see, or hear, I would. But unfortunatly I can't do anything, as far as I know. I think that we all need to tell the people we love we love them because something like this could happen to us, and we won't be able to talk, or hear the others say that they love us, or something like that you know? Wonderful Jo. *Kitty Kizzez*  |
Date: 2/5/2004 6:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 42945
this is so true Dreamer, I think we have all been guilty at one time or another of taking certain things for granted, this post is indeed a gentle reminder, thank you hun ....hugs  |
Date: 2/5/2004 6:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 998
I think we all need this kind of reminder, because there are times we take our blessings for granted. Of all the debilitating deseases that afflict people, and yet they keep struggling each new day. Then of course I will see the occasional story on 60 Minutes, or 20/20 about someone who has no arms, and they seem to enjoy life sometimes I think more than myself. I'll not complain, for I am blessed beyond belief !!!  |
Date: 2/5/2004 6:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 8278
i was listening to something like this on the radio this morning too. it was a fundraiser for a local hospital. if i had the money i would donate. my son has been (and will be) at that hospital so many times and they are wonderful! when he was up there for a week for his seizures, i spent alot of time with the other parents while our kids were sleeping and it made me realize that, even though my son may have some problems, there is always someone out there worse off than you are. some of the stories made me cry. this is an excellent post and i hope everyone gets a chance to read it  |
Date: 2/5/2004 9:46:00 PM
From Authorid: 4887
This is a wonderful post. We take such little things for granted, yet we're not thankful for what we have.  |
Date: 2/6/2004 8:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 17417
This is a Wonderfull Post Dreamer,with a Great Message...It brings to mind "I cried because I had No Shoes then I saw a man who had No Feet"...We Should ALL be Greatfull for what we have,the Heath of a Child is a Blessing but the rewards these "Special Children" bring to the lives of their Parents must be Priceless ...Much Love In Spirit,  |
