From Chippy

[Guest guest]

it is 81 degrees over here...we really did not have much of a winter thelast two years. My azelas (or however you spell it) are blooming nowand I planted zinnas for my butterflies. I hope I did not upset anyone with my opinion...I am a cajun and we arevery opinionated down here. I am very funny about my freedom ofspeech...my daughter came within two feet of dying on the USS Cole...she made me realize that they put their lives on the line for useveryday...and some give the ultimate, their lives so that we can haveour right to an opinion... As a mom, it kinda hits home when you get aphone call that tells of the news...and then you turn on CNN and seethis big hole in the ship and you do not know if you kid is alive ordead for eleven and one half hours...it makes you realize how much theygive up and how much they sacrifice for our freedoms...and it does notend when your kid comes home....there are always things that make yourealize you are indeed lucky. I believe there is a reason foreverything that happens and that there are always those worse off thanyou...this is what keeps me going...this is what helps me deal withlupus and TBM...this is what makes me realize I am trulyblessed...especially when I talk to some of the seventeen parents thatlost their kids on October 12, 2000 in that blast...we are all of onefamily...I did not mean any harm...and if i did upset anyone, I am trulysorry...I am not as sick as some of the others in the lupies group...butI do realize what stress can do...I am sure what I wrote was stressfulto some ...I was also a journalism major and a freelance journalists atone time in my life...and I guess that, having kids serving in themilitary and being an outspoken cajun, is hard for others to takesometimes...but at least one knows where one stands with me...I left the lupies group yesterday cause I did not see eye to eye on thepolicy regarding somethings that cannot be discussed...Really religionwas never discussed in any of the posts where I can see...it wasstrictly an observation on the author's part about the movie...I do findit funny though that religion, the movie, etc. cannot be discussed butthe group and its posters freely mention God and ask for prayers forothers...and there is always that Lupies prayer that was attached tosome emails...if religion cannot be discussed, in my opinion, thoseothers should not be discussed either..Religion is a violatile subject, as well as, politics and abortion...itis a matter of opinion for all of these subjects...I can understand howit can get bad cause I have seen it in the chatrooms I go into...But thesimple mention of a movie, in my opinion, is not a debate aboutreligion.Okay I am done with that...had to get it out...as I have once againsubscribed to the Lupies support group...but have not received an answerif I was accepted or not again. I am sure it is a hard decision givingwhat I have posted...but there are always reasons behind what Ido...Sometimes I do not realize the affect my reasonings may have onothers.If I see something that may get me upset..I simply delete or push thepower button...This is just a machine...it can be controlled soeasy...much easier than the affects of the words that come out of it.Sometimes people take these machines and what is said, tooseriously...they let it run their lives...I try not to do that...Oh and there have been things that I have posted that have not beenreceived well in the Lupies group too....and I simply shake it off andtry again...I try not to dwell on my illness too much...i have postedabout it yes...but I try to dwell on the things I can still do, insteadof what I cannot.Have a nice day sandra...and thanks for emailing me....I get kindalonely here alone most of the time...a weenie dog, a big dal and fourcats can only lick you every now and then and do not have interestingenough conversation to encompass my time. chippyAlso...if you would like to forward this to anyone else, feel free...Ido have a hard time getting my point across...I am dyslexic...what Iwant to say is fine in my brain...but it is the road map to get it outthat sometimes gets lost...lol...hehe...chippy