01-11-2010, 08:43 PM | #1 |
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Do we say thanks enough to the people we love?
I'm guilty of this sometimes.
My wife is a wonderful person. And even more importantly, she is a wonderful cook. |
01-12-2010, 02:33 AM | #2 |
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I can second that on her cooking!
Is that Murphy on your avatar? He was my hero for a long time when i was a little guy. I remember copying his routine while he was in the batter's box in baseball. I usually struck out though. If it's not him, ignore my ramble!
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I wonder how you deluded her into marrying you but then again, you might have some sort of magic potion which you've failed to disclose.
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When someone is your hero, you usually know what they looked like. This is in the early running for "Worst Post of 2010 on CG". |
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03-05-2010, 12:38 AM | #5 | |
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Dale Murphy is also my hero. I'm from Atlanta, and even before I joined the Church, he was my hero. When I was in high school, he was my grandma's home teacher, which was pretty neat.
As far as telling the people that we love, "thanks," I had surgery on Monday, and because of my size, I was at a greater risk of complications from anesthesia. My father died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Oct. 2007, and my 95-year-old grandpa died five months later. Death has been all around me lately, so just in case I didn't make it, I wrote this for my kids and my wife. You don't know me, but maybe this will inspire someone to do the same for their loved ones, without facing down the specter of death sniffing about for you. Quote:
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03-05-2010, 01:24 AM | #6 | |
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I found this note crumpled up in the trash.
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03-05-2010, 04:02 AM | #7 |
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From a person who is dear to a person dear to me:
http://thejuanski.blogspot.com/2009/...th-cancer.html |
03-05-2010, 09:15 AM | #8 |
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You'd think that personal attacks would be beneath a decent father. I revealed much about myself, and I can see that you want no part of me being here. So, farewell, Mike Waters.
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03-05-2010, 11:52 AM | #9 |
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My social satire applies to many of us, certainly myself. There is a gap between who we are and who we think we are, and who we wish we were. As I was reading wuapinmon's statement, it occurred to me, wasn't he just saying the other day that because of his surgery he had a ton of time to play MW2? I thought it was humorous the contrast between playing MW2 a ton, and seriously considering your death on the other. Not that such actions would be totally beyond my own behavior.
I have close friends whose brother is dying. He has liver cancer as the result of chronic hepatitis he received at birth from his mother. He should have received screening every 6 months, but he didn't know about that need. The tragedy of it is that his father and brother are both physicians, and neither of them knew either. In fact, I didn't know of those screening recommendations. Another tragedy is that he has three young children. So now he has a huge inoperable tumor, that has no good treatment except surgery. He is dying. My friends complain that he is living his life like he has always lived it. He watches a ton of TV in his room, doesn't spend much time with the kids. Wife takes the kid to swim practice every evening, he doesn't attend. They don't talk about his illness. It's like nothing is going on. If you've always lived a certain way, how do you suddenly change? "Hey kids, I'm dying, let's go to the zoo." If there are changes one would make in your life, why not live that way even if you are not dying? If I had 6 months left (which may be the case, who knows), how should I live? Should I quit my job? Would I stop playing video games from time to time? Would I read more books? Less? More time with the kids? I don't know. What is a good life? And if one doesn't have it, why not? Wuapinmon wears his heart on his sleeve, because let's face it, the average person would not post such a document on a message board. Making a point of humor is risky business. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings wuapinmon, but in the moment, it felt like the more effective way of making the points I have summarized in this post. Fare thee well in your journey, adieu! |
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