A Suggestion in the hindsight of yesterday.

[Guest guest]

Shell, that's is a wonderful idea. It was very scary yesterday. Everyone

has to have someone they can relate to and feel comfortable with and be able to

vent to if they don't feel comfortable speaking out to the whole group. I

hope everyone reads your e-mail and considers your suggestion. We're all here

in

the same circumstances and have gone through the same things one way or

another. It was a great feeling how a group of people came together top help

one

special person. There is so much love in our family on line even if we have

never meet. ................Flora Brand from Florida

[Guest guest]

Yesterday hit home for many people. We all feared what a one line sentence

meant and struggled to figure out what we could do about it. The thought of

anyone giving up scares all of us. We live in a war zone. A war with our own

bodies we fight back its aggressive attacks that bring pain, fatigue and

barriers to be overcome. Our morale drastically effected by the winning or

the losing of our latest battle. Just as any soldier pushed to the

boundaries of their limits it is not possible to confine the depression. A

more exact definition would be clinical depression.

When a person is looking through tear stained eyes it is difficult to see

the brighter side of life. It takes family,friends and support to dry away

those tears and let in the light of a brighter possibiliites. Yesterday we

scrambled to figure out what we could do to reach a friend who had

disappeared from the bandwidth. A few bits and piece from individuals in the

community we learned our friend has a published number. After several hours

we were able to reach him and learn that he was alright and needs some help

with a SSDI claim. Wow what a relief!

Both and Sue Me felt it would have been a good idea to have a buddy

system in place. Where friends on the lists could partner up with several

individuals so that if one could not be reached another person could. The

idea being an information exchange so that if any of us ever became

overwhelmed there would be a person there to help move us through it. As we

saw yesterday we are all connected to one another and need tobe there for

one another. We need to know that others just like us are alright so that we

can look at our lives and feel that we too are alright.

If you would like to participate in a buddy system then all we need to do is

to send a private email to those we would like to be our contact person.

Just provide a phone number and address in the email to a person from the

list you feel confortable with. Think it over and send a private email to a

buddy and your done.

Shell Fisch

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