Oh... oh... censored.
I'll never get to meet him. (more censored)
Crazy(I'll try to balance the self-centeredness by thinking kind thoughts for Elise the rest of the week, and longer...)Soph
(adding to Xopher's comment) Terry Karney's Live Journal weblog is a worthy read (and he's linked it with his name, so getting there is easy). Just in case anyone needs some more background.
I went into hyperbole-mode regarding how highly this pleasure-luvvin' liberal thinks of Terry, but fortunately for you guys, there's the delete key.
My first conscious impressions of the military were formed by the antics of National Guardsmen on university campuses, filtered through the interpretations of the adults around me (yes, this dates me), and Terry's done a great deal to counter those deeply-seated attitudes, at least with regard to his own being as a soldier.
Crazy(and, uhm, *small voice* seriously off topic, eep!)Soph
I especially like the third one, with the red tail light peeping out in a sea of monochrome greys and whites.
Crazy(and grateful to just be looking at it, not living it, here in Belgium)Soph
Another semi-lurker, adding sympathy re the unremitting pile of crud on the medical front. I'd like to ask the Universe to let Teresa catch a break, a good one, sometime soon. Like, now.
Apart from that, this thread seems to have turned into a teach-in on AD(H)D, and with all those people reading this thread, I'd like to ask a question.
Directed primarily at the people offering their testimonies, I'd like to ask - would you say that there was some non-drug coping strategy, which when employed convinced you that ADD/ADHD was, in fact, the problem? Something by analogy with the perceptable inprovement after the application of Ritalin?
I realize it's a bit tricky, given how difficult all but the most extreme cases are to properly diagnose, but... I figure I'll get a higher quality of information from personal interaction here, than setting out willy-nilly on the nets. (At least at first. Too many of the self-help sites set off my "crank-alert" alarms, and I'm not sure to what level to reset them.)
Many thanks, also for continuing to be a resource for the larger issue, especially in the midst of these crises.
Crazy(which sometimes just seems plain sane)Soph
Lizzy and Daniel and Vicki, OG, Marilee, and whoever else commented on exercise -
Thank you for the public service of debating this particular advice. I've encountered and struggled with the same advice, in connection with depression. Being that I'm not overweight (or, am so, but only in the minds of marketers, *g*), "care"-givers seemed too ready to berate me for my resistance to exercise. (A great accusation to have to dodge when already laid low by my own internal weather, but I digress.)
Having found my stride (finally!), I can count my blessings, particularly those circumstances which have been gifts and not products of my own efforts - among them I will count my healthy body; there's still too much blame placed on people who are simply handed a bad deal at the start.
I could try to take some credit for educating myself or encouraging myself to do those positively helpful things but... I'd rather try to figure out how to be helpful to others, rather than laying burdens on them for their situations which often aren't even tangental to my own experiences. I'll keep learning by reading you guys.
Speaking of tangental, this comment started out as a thank you to the community here, and ended... *wan grin*, well, I'll just end it now.
Crazy(and resisting the temptation to shout her fav exercise from the rooftops - that's what LJ is for, girlie-o!)Soph
From a regular reader, otherwise unknown to our hosts -
What a terrible shock. I'm not surprised that you've reacted the way you have. For what it's worth, I think you also conveyed wise things to the neighbors, about how his life ended. I hope he does rest in peace, and that you and your other neighbors can recover, in comfort and being good to one another.
On the topic of non-dairy cocoa, I've had some good luck using a finely ground corn meal as a way to give a cocoa-water-sweetener mix a bit of presence. If you can do corn, that is - if you can, just a tablespoon per mug would do for thickening and making sturdy.
If I knew you better, I'd offer a hug. Well, I still do, but will understand if it's not accepted, on the basis that one doesn't need the extra stress of close interations with unknown people after an event like this.
Crazy(and grateful to your web presence, for many things, including - is this odd of me? this as well)Soph
delurking to thank Susan for her comment here, for a couple things.
And I also need to remember -- and this is very unfashionable right now, because it sounds too much like W talking about silver linings etc. -- to faithfully and stubbornly believe in, and look for signs of, resurrection.
Unpacked for me, that would work as holding fast to hope. (No long spiritual autobiography from me here, not the place. Just enough of one to say I cannot forgive certain folks for poisoning the well of hope that resurrection should be...)
Which, you know, is the kind of thing that makes non-Christians roll their eyes (and I totally get that, having been non-Christian myself for most of my life). But whenever I remember to do it, I find signs of hope, somehow or other. Go figure!
I suspect I know from where the eye-rolling comes from: a near-constant disconnect between The Message and the actions of some nominal Christians. But, even the disappointed still need their hope...
Thanks also for sharing your first comment about the cultural lenses through which the Good Samaritan tale is viewed.
Crazy(and holding tight in her personal storm)Soph
PS can readers here help me with the following? I thought for sure I'd run across the acryonym CHINO for "Christian in name only" here on this weblog. But I can't seem to get a result from the search engine... Someone with a better memory for context might recognize the post and point me to it... (An e-mail will be okay; don't forget to remove the spam thing...) Thanks in advance.
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