Thankful

Made another one!

Lots of love to all the people on this board

We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in our country. But I am also very grateful to people on this board. They helped me greatly during the darkest days of my life.

Thank you, stay strong and positive!

very thankful for this forum. I don't keep from going insane all by myself. A few of the regular whack-jobs here help keep my feet planted. Especially when I've been challenged. Karma is a powerful "whatever" it is. Anyone who has recieved any kind of comfort from this forum is proof enough for me that it exists. Thank You all. Especially you old timers who showed me the way when I was just a rookie. ( I guess it just seems like I've been here forever)

CONNECTED by this disease, yet bonded by our loving care and humor!

Hugs, Jan

to all on the board.  Hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend.  And didn't feel the urge to go shopping with some crazy people.  When those of us on the board are frequently fighting to live a longer life, it is absolutely amazing to me that people will shoot others, get into fist fights, step on people and create mayhem in the store just to get some electronic gadget that will be obsolete in a couple of years.  Go Figure!!

I sat next to my D-i-laws dad at Turkey dinner, and we compared dates-10+ for me and he'll be 10 years in April for Prostate cancer.  The son's girls (12 & 10) made up some fun games we all played, they had us draw names for Secret Santa gifts, and then showed the latest Zumba routines that the oldest is learning in the alternative PE class.

More relaxing, and on Saturday, my husband went to our daughter's and 3 of them went to the 4A state Championship football game, which our team from North Bend won. (My husband and our kids went to NB)  I sat at home, stayed warm, read a book during time outs, and watched our university alma mater, Oregon State Beavers beat the Uof Oregon Ducks.  The Ducks won the Rose Bowl 2 years ago and finished in the bottom 3 of the Pac 12 this year. And now the UO coach has to wait a few more days to see if he even has a job.  And gee, if they buy our his contract, he still gets $1.8 million dollars.

On that note, I better close.  The December holidays will arrive whether we are ready or not.  I've learned to prune out the stuff I didn't enjoy and stay focussed on family.  Take time to relax, have coffee and cookies with friends, get a Charlie Brown tree and call it good.

love & hugs,

donna_lee

I also thank all of you who have contributed to my sanity and alleviating my fears by reading your comments and understanding your experiences. Love and prayers to all...

Well, I'm thankful to have survived another Thanksgiving, both in the massive bake-make-take groaning board experience sense of survival as well as it's-another-year-and-I'm-still-here-go-figure sense of survival. 

You all have kept me occupied, educated, entertained, challenged, uplifted, connected, and as sane as I reckon I'm ever going to be -- for which I am ever-so-grateful.  When I count my blessings -- you're on the list. 

Just think, if it weren't for the internet and the ACA's CSN forums, we'd probably be stuck spending the holidays listening to our elderly friends tell us horror stories about childbirth, the neighbor tell us about their cow that had bloat, and our relatives run through every little detail of their gall bladder surgeries. Oh, wait. We're probably all sitting through that, too.  I mean, that's ALL we'd be hearing.  Bummer. 

Thanks for making life special. 

Hugs all around, love to you all --

Jerzy

I am always humbled by the warmth and caring of everyone here....thankful for each and everyone of you!

Big hugs

Jojo