Jeanniebean

Life a bowl of cherries, most people say they got stuck with the pits. But you got the sweet cherries. Miracles! :cloud9: Kudos to you and Dick. remembertolaugh, Jeanniebean

Butch, I don't know you but I also went back and read your previous blogs. I agree with every ones comments. Turn to your spiritual guidance,

is a suggestion. You are blogging about is a crying out for love. I am speaking out of experience. I have been stroked twice, and my caregiver (bless his soul, husband) had to resort to picking a fight with me to enable him to justfy to himself to go and leave me at home alone. I would cry for about 5 minutes then ask my Holy Spirit to help me understand what just went on.

After meditating on that question the answer came to me while I was watching a TV program. Answers come to you in many different forms. Mine came in the TV, I was meant to be watching and heard until you walk in my shoes you won't know how the burden hangs on you.

Now I am the caregiver, two years after my last stroke and he is the stroke victim. Now we both have deficiency, I want to run away at times but can't drive by myself. As I said I've read your past post and you thanked God. You may think you are not 'religious' but guess what? Yep, you may not be a 'formal religious person' this is just a guess in my amind I getting you look at life methaphysically , Sgmund_Freud says it in Wikipedia The Life and Death Drives.

Please keep blogging, remembertolaugh, your therapy is our therapy. Jeanniebean

P.S. PM me anytime.

[bMaria, 'bless you child where theirs a will theirs a way and you mustard up and preformed beautifully. Now go to your son's banquet and knock the dead with those gorgeous painted toes,and great smile :friends:

remembertolaugjh, jeanniebean! [/b,

Karen,

Crying is not a bad thing. When I was stroked I cried for no reason at all, just bust out crying. I ask Holy Spirit why am I doing this and the answer: this is you laughing turned inside out and is healing you. When I went to my Neurologist his answer was I was depressed and needed pills. I chose to believe the Holy Spirits answer. Change your mind every time you start to cry and put the thought of laughter, for laughter is healing. :congrats: for being around to see another Generation.

Cindy welcome to our blog world. We are all hear to support you in you ups and downs. Mom is only being a mom and since you are a mom you know it is only your mom showing how much she loves and cares for you. You wanted advise: have a real heart to heart talk with mom when the time is appropriate. Let her tell you how she is feeling and you tell her how you are feeling. Then give each other a big hug, you both deserve it. remembertolaugh, jeanniebean :whack:

Keep those thoughts positive, for the mind is a very powerful. You proved it to yourself by you legs, so

you can do the same for your hand and arm. You can do anything when you put your mind to it. We all are cheering for you. :cheer: :Cheers:

Sue you sent out a call for love and it was answered. Great.

We ask some times too little, friends that are not in the position you are tends to think they are imposing on you. Bless you child for extending your hand.

Thanks Sue, It is all an illusion and lol :oops: I just forgot for a moment. Sometimes we humans with the script seam to gravitate and embrace the suffering/pain. Thanks again for reminding me I was letting my mind loose to ramble in the dream.We all have experienced far to little of love. remembertolaugh. Jeannie :laughbounce: :

Jeannie, life is full of ups and downs is it not? We seem to have to battle to keep what should be ours by rights. I guess that is what keeps us going.

 

Sue.

Jean,

I thought I was alone with the small print and icons on the camera. It's good to hear I'm not.

Thanks for sharing Donna. The woops bump I can relate, I did that this last week big time and your right God was letting you get it out of your system and let you read it and destroy the thoughts. It was only meant for you, and so you go on in your therapy. you go girl.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.

Jeannie,

 

All I can say and send to you dear girl is hugs (((HUGS))))

 

Hope the remainder of your weekend goes better.

Donna,

The day went better after I sat back and had a good laugh. As for the week, once I usually have a first of the morning ego trip it can only go up on the scale. I refuse to let my mind become loaded down with a ego running wild, I squash it with a big dose of LAUGHTER :roflmao: .

Hi Jeannie,

I'm getting the hang of things, the terminology of words like

'toggle side panel' or 'BB code H' well I can not read that one. or

make you my friends. If I learn one new computer trick a day and use it

in the day a couple of times it helps to remember.

Thanks for the encouragement and help. remembertolaugh, jeannie

 

 

 

 

 

I don't do facebook or myspace myself as my daughter doesn't want Mom lurking around checking up on her LOL Little does she know I can access her info through my Aunt's accounts and I do on occasion check out her stuff.

 

Instead I hang out here at Stroke Net and pass the time.

 

Friends do have the tendency to vanish. Most of my friends from before were work colleagues and they are long long gone. A few have stuck around - those I consider true blue friends.

Well, Girlfriend, I hope I can be on your Friends List. I know I would be blessed if I was. All my friends went their own way after I had my Brain Stem Stroke and TIA'S. But, hey, it's on them, I want true blue friends. I have my two faithful ones, Kathy and Debbie who I have a Bible Study With every Monday am at 10:00 We have such a great time. At Christmas they came and decorated our tree and came an took it down for us. They are very kind. I love them to pieces. They both have health issues and I think this helps them to feel better. So, they understand. Debbie has a grandson, Ethan, who is four now and he has a heart condition. When I got home from the REHAB, I instantly prayed that God would put a child with a Heart problem into my path. I have always worked with children with cancer or md, but, now that I am a BrainStem Stroke Survivor and quad bypass Survivor, my heart wanted to help a child. Well, God answered my prayers, not only answered them but almost put Ethan on my lap to hug and love. I live on the same street as him and he lives across the way. What an answer to prayer. When Debbie is visiting her family , she'll call me up and say someone want to come visit his Jan. Then she brings him over in his wagon. He is precious and his older sister Julianna, and now his younger Brother,Colton. I enjoy them so and Ethan is doing so much better. he's had a tough journey and they lost him so many times. I even got to make Christmas for them two years ago, They had so many needs that, since volunteerism is in my spirit and blood, I asked Debbie if I could do this for them, at first she felt funny having me do this, but then understood this is what my ministry is all about. God is the one working through me. I was able to get Ethan a brand new water condition as theirs didn't work any longer and since we are on well water, I felt it would be healthier to get them a new one, so I called the water people I have used for other wishes for my cancer families and they were more than happy to get Ethan one. I had contacted his Dr and he spoke with Bob from the water company and it was taken care of, I call them "It's A God Thing" always wanting to give him the glory for all of it.

It hurt when my "so called friends" flew out the window, I guess it was too much for them, possibly them seeing their own mortality as a possibility for them. Who knows, maybe because I can no longer drive, five years now, am in a wheelchair, who knows. I miss them, but, hey I am on a new journey now and by being here with StrokeNet I am getting to know others.

But, please put my name on your friends list cuz I am here for you 24/7 and the best part of my friendship I am a Prayer Warrior and I hope an encourager. Like you said I shared with you about starting a Blog. And look at you, you are doing a great job with it. I love hearing about your adventures and look forward to reading you next entry.

God Bless,

Hugs n Love, Jan

Believe In Miracles And SOAR

Jan Thanks so very much for your encouragement.

If we follow our hearts (whether their troubled) spirit is always just

a faint nudge away. Children bring so much more happiness to me since I was stroked. When I'm in a store and I catch a glimpse of

parent with a young child and the young child is talking and talking, the parent catches me looking, I acknowledge, and the parent is apologizing for the child never stops. I have a good laugh first, then

I comment, be glad, for when we as adults have strokes and loose are ability to speak we realize that children are performing a miracle. Learning to communicate, the shape of the mouth, the position of the mouth, the tongue, the jaw. How much effort of

air is able to produce the sound. And then, you the parent

acknowledges it was understood.

My neighbor had her first child in August this last year. I love to crochet a baby blanket. I finally got to see the baby boy on Saturday she was taking him for a walk in the stroller. They are

such miracles.

It was wonderful that spirit was able to work thru you to help Ethan. The power of our thoughts can be so rewarding.

I would love to have you as My Friend and anyone else that comments on my blog. But!!!! I don't know how. Help. Please.

In fact, I don't know if on (my blog) your comments I suppose to respond? Is their a proper or improper way and why? I'm loving blogging. Thanks for helping.

But you have to promise if you read one of my blogs and it is not understandable you will let me know.

rmembertolaugh,jean

They are hard to find for sure. My friends were all gone by the time I got out of the hospital 4 months later. Hey we learn to live without them or I have.

The friends that move on are only making room for us

to experience new friends and that turns into new

adventures. And all of us know how good it makes us feel to be able to do past things, but accomplishing

new avenues of experience makes not only us feel

worth something but our caregivers joyful. And joy is

what this life should be all about. Thanks for the comment. remembertolaugh, jean :chat:

Kathy,

You have been expressing yourself in your paintings. The new you has just morphed into a butterfly observing everyone else. I just heard today on TV, traumatic happenings in our life sends us into a tail spin. .Keeping in communication with friends, talking, over a cup of coffee, keeps you living. Isolation however is signing your death certificate. So, keep up the high spirits, you are painting a picture of a new you. Java

Hi William,

Glad to have you join the group. Your poetry is beautiful, it is good thepary working

through your depression which in turn is working through forgiveness.

I have had two strokes one in 1999, second one Feb 2005.

I didn't do any thing to improve my illness in 1999, but this second stroke

came to my realization that I have gained an acute awareness of

spiritual. And my illness is all in my mind, not the body.

So all the healing is dealing with the mind. My thoughts need to

be) I am perfect, my brothers and sisters are perfect, I have all

my capabilities. There is no loss. javascript:emoticon(':cocktail:')

smilie

There is anotherway, Java

Amy, It's that time in the night to have a drink. I've recently had a second stroke, and the printed shirt idea is great. javascript:emoticon(':roflmao:')

smilie LOL. I'm new at this replying and in a message board. Now I don't have to really drink, cause I look (in my eyes) like I'm drunk. Oh, I've had memory loss too. It's the darnest when I'm not able to spell simple words, but typing is another hurdle I'm crossing over. It's all in are minds what we think we look like to the outside, what maters is feeling good on the inside. Jeannie

I have finally got out of the house without my caregiver. Went over my girlfried house Wow. Wow because her grandkids and their parents live with her. I haven't been around kids over a year, active and reminds me that what I,m not able to do now I'll learn it all over. My girlfriend wanted to go out to lunch and shop. (Get away from the kids) But I had Fun watching the kids, and a great day out without my caregiver, meaning giving us a break away from each other.