Mood lifter

[A.K.]

Hi friends lets rally together today and find some good things to talk about and be thankful for. I am having a hard time with all our sad topics. I know they are vital but I am really needing to be grateful today or get severly depressed.

I am thankful that everything above the shoulders works pretty well still. Now my brain is questionable but it was that way before the CP problom so I am just thankful I have caring friends to help with the hard stuff.

I am grateful that I can see and hear and smell and taste. I think I have cheered myself to the point of inviting Chaka Khan over to join us here on the pain board. Join in is you feel like it............

Tell me something good
Tell me that you love me, yeah
Tell me something good
Tell me that you like it
Got no time is what you're known to say
(Got no time, no, got no time)
I'll make you wish there was 48 hours to each day
Your problem is you ain't been loved like you should
What I got to give will sho nuff do you good


NOW Chaka chill out girl this is a G rated board and we don't need anyone getting out hopes up! :D:p I am so bad!:eek: but I feel better. Try it you will see. A.K.

[Diandra]

Good post A.K.

I am thankful for the never ending patience of my husband through all the ups and downs of this life of CP. He puts up with my moods, one day have energy, the next day not being able to do a darn thing. Not easy living with folks like us but, he makes it look easy. Don't know how he does it but he never gives up on me.

Hope you are well today A.K.
All my best,
Diandra

[steph2323]

Good topic A.K. I am happy that I finally have a good pain managment doctor who tries to help me anyway that she can. I am also grateful for the support of my family and friends.
Stephanie

[Mary Diane]

My moods run the gamut from euphoria to dark despair, so I totally understand what you're saying. I take so many pills a day I have trouble keeping them straight. BUT, if I miss a few days, my pain gets way worse, so I plug along.

Because I have two wonderful daughters, and a whole slew of nieces and nephews, and a dozen of the most precious commodity on the face of the earth, kids from 2 months to 10 years who think that I am the greatest, most wonderfullest, person in the whole world! Of course, I tell them that they're wrong ;) . These little people come to see me, and give me hugs and kisses with sticky fingers and chocolaty faces, and it brings back the days when my own kids were small. (I don't have grandkids of my own yet, so I just borrow my brothers')

These little people all live near me, so I see them often. We are a close-knit family. My nieces are always calling on Aunt Di to answer questions for them, or to liason with fighting family members, LOL

Thanks for this thread, it's nice to remember that we do have good things to offset the bad, and that outweigh it.

Love and squeezes,

Mary Diane *cg06

[Kathi49]

I agree A.K.

Good post!

Like the other posters I am thankful and grateful of my husband, family...nieces and nephews included as well as very good friends. More recently and since I had this pool put in, my husband is traveling and I needed HELP in the worst way; mainly learning all about it and that includes EVERYTHING. I did go to the 1 hour session they have but trust me, they don't give you all the details. Anyway, I could go on and on. But bless the master electrician of all people. He knows this pool stuff inside and out and because he lives so close to me he has been popping by EVERY time I have a question or concern and is showing me things. And the manuals aren't real clear either LOL! I am used to reading more technical manuals and they seem to stop at a certain point. Soooo...of course I have 1000 questions LOL! I apologized yesterday because I think they think I am mental LOL! But not really, the electrician whose name is Doug, said there is a LOT to learn and not to feel bad. I am telling you what if it had not been for him, I would have been in tears. Anyway, just like meds in sense, don't tell me just to do this that or the other...I want to know the HOW's, WHY's and WHAT IF's when or if something isn't working right. :) I think I will catch on in time. Yesterday, we were both laughing like he@@ trying to put the automatic vaccum together. I managed to put it together first but then Doug and I were laughing because the nozzle doesn't want to fit right in the skimmer. You can imagine what he was saying about it. Oh, it works great but what a pain! Anyway, we were both so tired, fried and hot that all we could do was to stand there and laugh. Okay, enough of me...I am grateful for everyone once again and even though there is some pain it felt good to have a gut wrenching laugh yesterday.

Oops, forgot to add...when originally put in we had to use a cable the first day and plug it into an outlet before Doug could do his work. Thank goodness he came over that evening because the cord got hot and tripped the fuse! Anyway, leave it to my one pup Chewy. Right after we unplugged it we were talking and I looked down...Chewy was busy chewing a big hole in it! OMG! And he had not bothered it all day and I had had it up and out of the way because of the dogs. Geesh!! So, I had Doug to put up a temporary fence around the equipment outside to keep the dogs totally away from it all and so far they have. But that little Chewy IS Dennis the Menace...into everything! The other two don't bother much of anything...but that one...he is actually very smart and a big tease but I have to watch him all the time! LOL

[sleepy]

Last week my wallet and ID was stolen . I was pick-pocketed while riding only 2 stops on the bus! I found out today that the banks refunded the charges for the debit card transactions. I am thankful that it wasn't worse-I wasn't hurt;they didn't get jewelry or a lot of money. The MTA allows people to use debit cards in the metro-card machines without putting in a pin number!
I am thankful that I'm losing weight by going to WeightWatchers.
Hopefully this good mood will last! Judy

[Diandra]

Dear A.K,
My sister-in-law, who is also an animal lover, sent this rather incredible little video from youtube. If this is not a mood lifter, nothing is. Hope it brings a smile to everyones face. I thought it was one of the most touching things I have ever seen.
Fondly, Diandra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

[suede]

Diandra,
Thanks for that link, my first real smile in some time !!!!
Linda

[Mark N]

AK, thanks for starting this thread. Sorry I missed it when you first posted.

I am thankful for: my family and the love we have every day.
being able to get out once in a while to enjoy a glorious day.
this country and the freedoms we have
finishing up the remodeling of our home
the friends here at BT
so many other things in my life that I can't count them all.

AK I hope that this thread takes off again as more people see it.

[Mary Diane]

my future SIL is heading home very shortly from Iraq!!! We're very excited, and relieved. However, my nest will soon be empty. I never thought that I would feel this way, but now that the time is approaching, bam!! It whopped me right on the head, and then I realized that this was what my dh sat back and watched, what I had worked so hard for. I tried hard to teach our girls to be unique and individual people, not lemmings. I wanted them to march to the beat of their own drummer, even if that put them out of step with their friends. And they were okay with that, they thought it was cool that we discussed things. Their friends used to like to join in on our disscussions too.

Both of my babies are grown up now, and are starting families of their own. They are going to voice their opinions by voting in every election, and going to most local council meetings. They will get involved in their local schools, Scouts, nursing homes, cemetarys, Right to Life, Planned Parenthood, (yeah, I know), and whatever organization takes their fancy, all child abuse orgs. etc. I am so proud of them, they didn't have to turn out so well, LOL. My youngest is bipolar, and my oldest suffered from cp starting at age 13 until she had a hysterectomy 3 days after her 21st birthday. She graduated high school with honors, and went to college in the honors program during those years. I aged a lot, all my wrinkles and grey hair are EARNED. LOL

What was the name of this thread again? Oh, yeah, LMAO, Mood Lifter, LOL, sorry. I was having a bad day, but am feeling better now. Both hands are messed up now, so have to give kissy cheeks,instead of one-armed hugs,
life really sucks sometimes,
but others blows bubbles
My greatest accomplishment
is my 2 girls *cg09
Love and kissy cheeks,
Mary Diane *cg06