Gratitude - Page 10

Gemme · 02-15-2010, 06:11 PM

I'm grateful for friends, upcoming time off and the hope for a new start.

violaine · 02-15-2010, 06:46 PM

[QUOTE=Spirit Dancer;49019]For a place to regroup
For Nurses, Bless them
Clinical Trials

you -

ox

Andrew, Jr. · 02-19-2010, 12:32 PM

After seeing the last couple of weeks from Haiti, it makes me realize just how blessed I am.

Lady Jewel · 02-19-2010, 02:01 PM

Im grateful for the memories of yesterday, the gift of today, and the promise of tomorrow.

Jewel (Oh and the Village People Smiley, I LOVVEEE it)

Ms. Meander · 02-19-2010, 04:14 PM

I am grateful for all the kindness, generosity, and warmth I've encountered over the last few weeks. During a difficult time that really could have brought me down, I instead feel secure and supported. Truly wonderful!

Lady Pamela · 03-16-2010, 02:24 PM

I hold gratitude in knowing all energy is connected. And that within that, all is as it should be.

My challenge for you:

http://www.gogratitude.com/

Soft*Silver · 03-16-2010, 04:08 PM

Finally after a couple dozen doctors, several MRI, many xrays, bottle after bottle of meds, I have true diagnosis about my back...

ankylosing spondolitis (AS) aka Bamboo Back. Its a painful progressive chronically inflammatory disease that is genetic based. Yes, I have the slipped discs from the accident..which is what progressed the flare up of the AS. I wont get better...but we can slow the progression and treat the symptoms.

I am so relieved..its not in my head. No one is going to call me a hypochondriac again. My sister and her children and my daughter all have to go in to see if they test positive for the antigen.

Now that we know what it is, we can stop trying to treat the wrong thing. Want to know why land PT wasnt working for me and sometimes made it worse? Its conta indicated for this disease! Water therapy tho is best for it...

I have new meds..and have an appt with water therapy next week...

I am so grateful!!!!

Gemme · 03-16-2010, 04:31 PM

I am grateful that I have the vision to see how fortunate I am. Some are not so lucky.

JustLovelyJenn · 03-16-2010, 07:10 PM

Today I am very grateful for a life of love and relative understanding that I grew up with.

Every day I see examples in my students of how life could have been, of how it is for so many.

Yesterday one of my students mothers came to school and withdrew them from our school, without any prior notice. It turns out that this students step-father has been beating the mother. The student already deals with a number of physical and mental issues causing delays in their education and difficulty in their life. How terrible to also have to deal with the emotional effects of an abusive parent.

Today I gained a new student on a temporary basis, while his usual teacher is out with pneumonia, he refuses to work with the substitute that is in the classroom. I was briefed on the child and it made me so sad. He has physical problems which make it hard for him to write for long periods of time and so qualifies for special education even though he is academically on par with other students. What is so hard for this student is that he lives with his grandparents because his mother is a drug addict and his father is in and out of prison. Dad comes around often enough to be a bad influence, but little more.

That said, I am grateful for my Mormon, overbearing, protective, smothered upbringing. My parents love me, maybe not unconditionally but they truly love me. They always provided for me and encouraged my emotional and educational development. To many children don't get that.

violaine · 03-16-2010, 07:42 PM

a cetain friend ---

Lady Pamela · 03-16-2010, 07:47 PM

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Corkey · 03-16-2010, 09:04 PM

I am grateful for the gift that was today, for the love of my life, and that our cat is doing fine.

Random · 03-16-2010, 09:57 PM

I'm grateful for my love...

She is always there when I need her.. She holds me together when I am fraying apart.. She gives me room when I need to be strong... She waits until I *schedule* my break down.. understanding my need for control.. says.. *Your plummings leaking again..* when I leak tears, because I don't want to give into them...

Then in the night.. she wraps that big strong arm around me, pulls me into her tight, and I let everything that I'm been holding at bay out.... All the pain, all the fear, all the sorrow.. It's all poured out on to her shoulder...

She is my rock, my foundation, my strong right arm...

I am enternally grateful that she allowed me to peel her like an onion.. finding her layers.. letting me learn her... trust her, love her beyond compare...

Ryobi · 03-16-2010, 10:35 PM

I'm grateful for the ability to read. Even with all the quirks and difficulties I have with reading, it opens so many things. I met a man today that can't read and it made me realize I have taken that ability for granted for too long.

Thanks teachers!

Soft*Silver · 03-17-2010, 11:10 AM

Today my gratitude lies in the sunshine...lord it feels so good to feel spring coming on. It heats my bones up and clears my head and brightens my spirits. Today is a wonderful day for movement. Even if it hurts!

Gemme · 03-17-2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by softness

Today my gratitude lies in the sunshine...lord it feels so good to feel spring coming on. It heats my bones up and clears my head and brightens my spirits. Today is a wonderful day for movement. Even if it hurts!

The sun is beautiful here too! It's almost 60 degrees too!

AtLast · 03-18-2010, 09:44 PM

Although there are some severe and perhaps long-term side effects, I am grateful that there exists medications that help me continue to work, play and simply live! i am also grateful that I am not the kind of person that believes every single prescription drug is bad- of course, this thinking usually comes from someone that has no illnesses or disabilities to deal with... Guess I am grateful for recognizing that it isn't easy to have to make these decisions and weigh the good against the bad.

IttyBittyFem · 03-19-2010, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by AtLastHome

Although there are some severe and perhaps long-term side effects, I am grateful that there exists medications that help me continue to work, play and simply live! i am also grateful that I am not the kind of person that believes every single prescription drug is bad- of course, this thinking usually comes from someone that has no illnesses or disabilities to deal with... Guess I am grateful for recognizing that it isn't easy to have to make these decisions and weigh the good against the bad.

Your expertise and educational knowledge are quite insightful 'Doc'. I just adore smart peeps!

JustLovelyJenn · 03-19-2010, 05:42 PM

Today I am really grateful for the acknowledgment and praise that those above me have been giving me at work. It is so good to know that something I enjoy so much is noticed and appreciated, and that I am indeed making a difference.

Ms. Meander · 03-22-2010, 11:57 PM

I am so grateful to have a Femme Posse again. Again? Wait....For the first time EVER, come to think of it! It's such a good thing. I feel so loved, accepted, and understood!
Hoorah! - Femme Power!

02-15-2010, 06:11 PM	#181
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02-15-2010, 06:46 PM	#182
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	grateful for [QUOTE=Spirit Dancer;49019]For a place to regroup For Nurses, Bless them Clinical Trials you - ox

03-16-2010, 02:24 PM	#186
Lady Pamela Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A Lady..Femme..Free Spirit with a touch of survivalist woman in me. Preferred Pronoun?: Spiritual Warrior..She Ra..Baby Doll, or anything close..ha! Relationship Status: In perfect love and perfect trust I believe that will be directed..for now Just friends in my life. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Live in Utah but take trips to Arkansas. Plan to move there eventually. Posts: 2,579 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,073 Thanked 5,940 Times in 1,609 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Gratitude *I hold gratitude in knowing all energy is connected. And that within that, all is as it should be.* My challenge for you: http://www.gogratitude.com/

03-16-2010, 04:08 PM	#187
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,907 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	I have a diagnosis! Finally after a couple dozen doctors, several MRI, many xrays, bottle after bottle of meds, I have true diagnosis about my back... ankylosing spondolitis (AS) aka Bamboo Back. Its a painful progressive chronically inflammatory disease that is genetic based. Yes, I have the slipped discs from the accident..which is what progressed the flare up of the AS. I wont get better...but we can slow the progression and treat the symptoms. I am so relieved..its not in my head. No one is going to call me a hypochondriac again. My sister and her children and my daughter all have to go in to see if they test positive for the antigen. Now that we know what it is, we can stop trying to treat the wrong thing. Want to know why land PT wasnt working for me and sometimes made it worse? Its conta indicated for this disease! Water therapy tho is best for it... I have new meds..and have an appt with water therapy next week... I am so grateful!!!! __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

03-16-2010, 04:31 PM	#188
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,631 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,498 Thanked 107,956 Times in 25,668 Posts Rep Power: 21474888	I am grateful that I have the vision to see how fortunate I am. Some are not so lucky. __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.

02-19-2010, 12:32 PM	#183
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	After seeing the last couple of weeks from Haiti, it makes me realize just how blessed I am.

02-19-2010, 02:01 PM	#184
Lady Jewel Member How Do You Identify?: * Preferred Pronoun?: * Relationship Status: * Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: * Posts: 298 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 120 Thanked 322 Times in 124 Posts Rep Power: 791	Im grateful for the memories of yesterday, the gift of today, and the promise of tomorrow. Jewel (Oh and the Village People Smiley, I LOVVEEE it)

02-19-2010, 04:14 PM	#185
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I am grateful for all the kindness, generosity, and warmth I've encountered over the last few weeks. During a difficult time that really could have brought me down, I instead feel secure and supported. Truly wonderful!

03-16-2010, 07:10 PM	#189
JustLovelyJenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: That's Need to Know Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 4,478 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,464 Thanked 13,992 Times in 3,684 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Today I am very grateful for a life of love and relative understanding that I grew up with. Every day I see examples in my students of how life could have been, of how it is for so many. Yesterday one of my students mothers came to school and withdrew them from our school, without any prior notice. It turns out that this students step-father has been beating the mother. The student already deals with a number of physical and mental issues causing delays in their education and difficulty in their life. How terrible to also have to deal with the emotional effects of an abusive parent. Today I gained a new student on a temporary basis, while his usual teacher is out with pneumonia, he refuses to work with the substitute that is in the classroom. I was briefed on the child and it made me so sad. He has physical problems which make it hard for him to write for long periods of time and so qualifies for special education even though he is academically on par with other students. What is so hard for this student is that he lives with his grandparents because his mother is a drug addict and his father is in and out of prison. Dad comes around often enough to be a bad influence, but little more. That said, I am grateful for my Mormon, overbearing, protective, smothered upbringing. My parents love me, maybe not unconditionally but they truly love me. They always provided for me and encouraged my emotional and educational development. To many children don't get that. __________________ --Jenn

03-16-2010, 07:42 PM	#190
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	a cetain friend ---

03-16-2010, 07:47 PM	#191
Lady Pamela Senior Member How Do You Identify?: A Lady..Femme..Free Spirit with a touch of survivalist woman in me. Preferred Pronoun?: Spiritual Warrior..She Ra..Baby Doll, or anything close..ha! Relationship Status: In perfect love and perfect trust I believe that will be directed..for now Just friends in my life. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Live in Utah but take trips to Arkansas. Plan to move there eventually. Posts: 2,579 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,073 Thanked 5,940 Times in 1,609 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Copied from another post:

03-16-2010, 09:04 PM	#192
Corkey Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Human Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Very Married Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Where I want to be Posts: 8,155 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 47,491 Thanked 29,269 Times in 6,637 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I am grateful for the gift that was today, for the love of my life, and that our cat is doing fine. __________________ "Many proposals have been made to us to adopt your laws, your religion, your manners and your customs. We would be better pleased with beholding the good effects of these doctrines in your own practices, than with hearing you talk about them". ~Old Tassel, Chief of the Tsalagi (Cherokee)

03-16-2010, 09:57 PM	#193
Random Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: back in the land of trees and snow Posts: 2,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,017 Thanked 5,327 Times in 1,378 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I'm grateful for my love... She is always there when I need her.. She holds me together when I am fraying apart.. She gives me room when I need to be strong... She waits until I schedule my break down.. understanding my need for control.. says.. Your plummings leaking again.. when I leak tears, because I don't want to give into them... Then in the night.. she wraps that big strong arm around me, pulls me into her tight, and I let everything that I'm been holding at bay out.... All the pain, all the fear, all the sorrow.. It's all poured out on to her shoulder... She is my rock, my foundation, my strong right arm... I am enternally grateful that she allowed me to peel her like an onion.. finding her layers.. letting me learn her... trust her, love her beyond compare... __________________ ~Volunteer~ "It gets in your blood"

03-16-2010, 10:35 PM	#194
Ryobi Member How Do You Identify?: TG Stone Butch. Over all, I identify by living my life. Preferred Pronoun?: He/His Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Upper Midwest Posts: 633 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 683 Thanked 1,238 Times in 357 Posts Rep Power: 12468328	I'm grateful for the ability to read. Even with all the quirks and difficulties I have with reading, it opens so many things. I met a man today that can't read and it made me realize I have taken that ability for granted for too long. Thanks teachers! __________________ "If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way" Napoleon Hill. "To choose a word is to choose a world" Anonymous

03-17-2010, 11:10 AM	#195
SoftSilver Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: rose cottage Posts: 5,592 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 15,907 Times in 4,062 Posts Rep Power*: 21474857	Today my gratitude lies in the sunshine...lord it feels so good to feel spring coming on. It heats my bones up and clears my head and brightens my spirits. Today is a wonderful day for movement. Even if it hurts! __________________ Pole bachit, a lis chuye. The field sees, the forest hears

03-18-2010, 09:44 PM	#197
AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,828 Times in 3,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Although there are some severe and perhaps long-term side effects, I am grateful that there exists medications that help me continue to work, play and simply live! i am also grateful that I am not the kind of person that believes every single prescription drug is bad- of course, this thinking usually comes from someone that has no illnesses or disabilities to deal with... Guess I am grateful for recognizing that it isn't easy to have to make these decisions and weigh the good against the bad.

03-19-2010, 05:42 PM	#199
JustLovelyJenn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Relationship Status: That's Need to Know Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Aberdeen, WA Posts: 4,478 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 12,464 Thanked 13,992 Times in 3,684 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Today I am really grateful for the acknowledgment and praise that those above me have been giving me at work. It is so good to know that something I enjoy so much is noticed and appreciated, and that I am indeed making a difference. __________________ --Jenn

03-22-2010, 11:57 PM	#200
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I am so grateful to have a Femme Posse again. Again? Wait....For the first time EVER, come to think of it! It's such a good thing. I feel so loved, accepted, and understood! Hoorah! - Femme Power!