Tag: living
group name: survivorsforum
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April 01, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
All I wish is just one day pain-free
When buttons, zippers and shoes don't bring a tear to me
I'm tired of giving up cooking so I can wash my hair
Gone is the day for both bathroom . . . more
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April 02, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
Bet you thought "Oh Goody,Smut!" Sorry to disappoint you this is just my way of drawing you in--my "hook" as you will.
When I first joined Gather it was an attempt to put myself out . . . more
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October 17, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
Our money had run out over a year before, I found work but Rich hadn't. He looked for over a year, I typed resumes and we'd pack him off to job interviews and every . . . more
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January 20, 2008 07:49 PM EST --
Her essence still surprises me as a gentle shower of life drops, twenty-one years after her passing. My mother's quietly spoken sayings hold true no matter how far I deviate from common sense disguised . . . more
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April 05, 2006 05:12 PM EDT --
From a man who cannot see
A screwdriver or a key
A hammer or a saw
a wrench or pliers,
He would have to be a liar
If he should say he safely could light the . . . more
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January 01, 2008 03:54 PM EST --
How about a motto or a theme instead of a resolution? The Gather poll showed 39% of us don't make resolutions... that includes me too. Although my mother always told me 'Don't Wish Your . . . more
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April 29, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
In March of 2003 my husband Bill started complaining of a stomach ache. Several doctors' visits yielded nothing. He was losing weight very quickly, was not going to the bathroom properly and the pain . . . more
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July 29, 2006 04:49 PM EDT --
Forty-Eight years ago today,
Dr. Reeves sent me on my way
To St. Vincents Infirmary in Little Rock,
Where they put me in a hospital frock.
We'd had our Christmas the night before,
Anticipating . . . more
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August 29, 2006 04:56 PM EDT --
sometimes,
in passages of
dense fog
excruciating pain
. . . more
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June 04, 2006 07:29 PM EDT --
My divorce had only been final for about a month when I received a phone call from my ex-husband. I knew this was not going to be pleasant. We rarely agreed on anything and he still wanted . . . more
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September 29, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It is a rainy fall morning here in the beautiful state of New Hampshire and the weather is fitting my mood. It has been the end of a long work week and I am looking forward to the weekend. . . . more
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May 08, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
i have been told that i don't look sick. in the disability community, sometimes that is termed "passing" - as in trying to pass as an able bodied person. it isn't my fault, per se. i . . . more
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May 11, 2006 01:01 AM EDT --
26. The first depressive episode I remember was after I returned from a trip to West Africa in the summer of 1972.
27. I traveled to Ghana with a small group arranged by the Experiment . . . more
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January 01, 2007 02:57 AM EST --
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
Abraham Lincoln
Tonight I spent my New Year’s Eve watching the new Will Smith . . . more
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April 02, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
I found this story a few months ago and it has helped me explain what my life is now like to those who tell me: "But you don't look sick". Please note that I didn't write the story . . . more
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May 24, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --
Check yourself, Honey
I may be fat
But you,
Ain't all that
Check yourself, Darlin'
Got a jiggle in my wiggle
But you,
Got a nasty little giggle . . . more
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May 14, 2006 01:08 AM EDT --
One of my favorite AA meetings met every Thursday evening in my church's library. One such Thursday evening, my first guide dog, Kanga, and I both got a little disoriented while we were trying . . . more
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August 24, 2006 11:07 AM EDT --
Have you ever thought ahead about those Golden Years people talk about? I believe most people consider the years once you hit age 60 to be the start of those Golden Years. I ways figured that when I reached . . . more
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February 08, 2007 06:44 PM EST --
If you could smile once
Show me you care
If you could speak once
Show me you’re here
If you could love once
Show me you’re proud
I feel left out
Hanging out of the frame
Looking . . . more
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February 05, 2007 01:39 AM EST --
Could you also please pray for a little girl named Candice Burnham. She is only 6 years old and has a pacemaker. The pacemaker has stopped working and she is turning blue and passing out. Her oxygen levels . . . more
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