What is.......life to you???

[Kassy]

Wayyyyyyy to go Mrs Gator~
Gosh I feel like we have been "kinda" thru the same thing.....
In High school, i was UNFORTUNATELY w/ what was known as the "In crowd:"...........
Was the cheerleader, but NOT STUCK UP.....fellow "friends" would ask me , why i talked to so and so..........
You have it pegged right hon............
If people feel that they are "too good" for others.....then FU** them.........they lose out.
For me...well, as i said,,,"beauty is only skin deep"........TIS THE SOUL, is what is important in my mind............
Many, may disagree, tis yer option.........but i am granted my option.........
[img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] where it belongs............ [img]cool.gif[/img]

[demon chloe]

Originally posted by Father Dave:
for me, it's important when i wake every morning and give thanks for that fact alone, to remind myself that although i have a muscular dystrophy-it does NOT have ME.

i have carried this message to literally thousands and i hope a grain of it sinks in.

i usta never wear shorts because of my braces...now it's an every hot day thing. because i became comfortable with the facts.

i didn't do anything to get this disease.
i couldn't have prevented it.
it's not going to get better.
it's going to get worse.
it's not going to kill me.
every day i can strap the braces on by myself and stand up i am as good as it gets.
i can teach others with empathy but refuse to wallow in pity, my own or anyone elses.
i can make it those extra steps...when IT is just around the corner...even if IT isn't.

i am glad for my life.
i can only control me.
one day at a time.
sometimes one hour at a time.

what does not kill me makes me stronger and wiser.

bring tomorrow on!
i can because i think i can.


dave

<font size="4" face="Tempus Sans ITC, Verdana, Arial">ahh if you all only knew....how appropriate reading this ....at this very moment..is in my life....

thank you Dave

[Father Dave]

you are welcome.

take what you need
leave what you can


pity is for those who are
piti-LESS , not pitiful-
if they are full
they need not
apply.

dave

[Kassy]

Have read more then i was "aware of here...", am humbled... and wish the best for my friends........
Life has so many twists and turns that I can't keep up.......Life to me, is meant to live...to whatever capacity possible.......
keep living, even when you feel defeated.
Don't need/want responses to this, am just talking/venting..
peace!*!*!*!*~~*
[img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[*Olivia*]

[img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] Kassy, Mrs. G, Amy

as my sig line says: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye"

and dave i am NOT sight-impaired, just a little short-sighted [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]

[img]graemlins/chat.gif[/img] he DOES have very hot thighs [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Blazey]

Somehow I missed this part of the thread..Im just amazed(as always) at the words i read here..You are all something unique and important dont ever forget that!

I cant seem to find any more words.. [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[Kassy]

~Group hugs~..............to those who know who they are.........!!!
I guess for once , I too am at a loss for words as chele said......
But with ALL that i have read here,..... [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[mRs.GaToR]

*HUGS* all around...cause everyone here is
special in one way or another!

FI.....i love your sig! it is so true.......

[demon chloe]

life to me....

is a cold diet coke..... seven grain wheatables with a chunk of string cheese....


ahhhhhhhhh

[Father Dave]

"i didn't do anything to get this disease.
i couldn't have prevented it.

i can make it those extra steps...when IT is just around the corner...even if IT isn't.

bring tomorrow on!
i can because i think i can."
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gee damn me- i just wanted to repeat these words.

i walk as others are in wheelchairs...why...why?

maybe it's because i'm hard headed.
or mebe it cause i just wanna walk.

i think we don't respect or appreciate many things when we feel that the are a "given"...like air- hell it's always gonna be there isn't it?...not to a person with a pulmonary lung problem...or someone drowning.

what's life to me?
it's walking
and laughter
and kids playing
and travel
and loved ones
and beaches
and mountains
and friends

and friends

and

friends.

odd as it may sound...my braces
are my friends but mebe it isn't so odd
because...
they support me,
they make me feel strong,
they never leave me,
they fit me almost
perfectly,
they give me time to
be alone when they are off,

see?

life to me is kinda simple...

it's tomorrow and
everything
tomorrow brings with
it.

good and bad.
happy and sad.

i am (excuse the pun) braced
for it.

dave

<font color="#dbdbda" size="1">[ July 06, 2005 12:13 AM: Message edited by: Father Dave ]</font>