I wanted to take the time to those who stopped by my blog to offer words of encouragement, and that signed the petition. I cant believe that absolute strangers could care so much!
Do you ever look for the shoe to fall? By this I mean, you ever think things are going well and you sit, wait, anticipate when is the bad going to happen? Work is good, kids are good, losing weight is going good. I just sat back and now Im waiting for that shoe. If your luck is anything like mine...its gonna happen. lol.
I went to my docter the other day. The cranky pulmonologist who rxed the diet meds, and said those who are fat are chosing to be so. I went to his secretary to get a note for work..how lame is it you need a permission slip to drink water at the age of 30? yea tell me about it! The dr walked to his waiting area and he said OMG! come talk to me. He looked at me and said...you have lost so much weight, you are looking amazing...this coming from the man who had nothing nice to say about me. To the point of telling me, I would never be beautiful, but more cute. (oy, god bless men and their mouths) It made me feel so good that he of all people would notice.
Thank you once again for taking the time to care about my family and me. It means a lot to us.
Love, Gail
Posted By: chickofegg
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10/09/2007 13:09
Bed Side Manner
You'd think med school should make Beside Manner 101 a required course. I'm glad he actually made a point of telling you how great you're doing.
We all love getting compliments, but they somehow mean more coming from the person that you would least expect to give you one. I am so glad that you were able to get that reassurance! You ARE doing a great job! Keep it up!
I haven't been able to read blogs in a while, so I am only just now getting around to catching up. I am so sorry about your dad and all you guys are having to go through to keep that scum behind bars. My husband, the wonderful Captain America, is a cop (and an ex-paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division who went to Afghanistan post-9/11), so I understand the fear that goes along with the "job" for family members. I wish you all the best, and I am keeping you and your family in my prayers.
Stick your tongue out at that doctor!! LOL I am so glad that he noticed but for goodness sakes where do people get off thinking they can say those things to us? Do they think that because we are overweight that we don't have feelings? It's crazy!
I just wanted to say I'm so sorry for your family's loss and for the anxiety that the upcoming parole hearing is causing. Please know that I shall be praying for you and yours. I'll also be checking out your petition (am off to do so now). May you be able to breath in a deep breath of satisfaction of work, the kids and your weight loss going well.
Congratulations on good positive complements coming your way. Boy it feels good to hear those doesn't it :)
Don't let those negative thoughts creep in. I learned that the hard one. I know it sounds like superstitious mumbo jumbo but I was told by a friend a while back that if I kept expecting or calling on the worst to happen then it would happen. Her theory is that once you put a desire (expecting negativity is a desire) in the universe the powers that be oblige. Try to enjoy the good times and only expect the good. It's working wonders for me.
I signed the petition. Your story is close to me because my father and brother are police officers and I worry about them constantly. I'm so sorry for your loss, especially one where someone's stupidity and irresponsibility was at fault.
I've taken all the shoes and hidden them. There will be no shoe droppage.
I will sign your petition as well. My brother and sil are police officers and my husband is in the academy right now, so this is very near and dear to my heart as well. I am so sorry for your loss...and now this on top of it :( (hugs) to you. Keep up the great work
That shoe is NOT going to fall. You have had a lot of hard times and now that is over. BE POSITIVE...speak positive words. You are beautiful, you are losing weight, you are a good person, good wife, good mother.
That doctor needs to be put in a lab with rats!!!
Keep up the good job and please be POSITIVE. Blessings to you. Chargail
