What are you Thankful for today????

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I am thankful because when I needed to staple some papers together this morning, I found the stapler.

You're just one lucky dude, aren't you?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Indeed.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I shudder every time I hear your story Lisa. I'm thankful you are better. It could happen to any one of us any time.

[dp8255 0]

Thanks for sharing LisaD....

Im thankful for Life and being in good health, a lovely wife and family.

My brother passed away January 30, im thankful for the time we've shared and the memories that i have of him.

Im thankful that "God gave me the wisdom to accept the things that i cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference".......

David

[m&n 0]

This is a pleasant thread....I am thankful for it because it reminded me that I take a lot for granted.

[Chris-n-Veronica 0]

8 years ago today I had brain and spinal surgery from my accident. Docs gave me 50/50 chance of survival 'at best' and 75-80% chance that I'd be paralyzed from the neck down.

And here I am perfectly fine.

It's kinda surreal actually, was sittin with my mom havin a coffee this AM and she was all 'at this time I was brushing your hair and praying' (when they shaved it, I asked them to give it to her)...damn my hair never looked so shiny, lol.

But it gave me chills, cos I think I did the easy bit...went to sleep, woke up. She had to sit and wait for like 9+ hours. And this morning with a tear in her eye, she said 'it was at around 3:30 when the doc came out and said you were mostly out of the woods and would lead a normal life again'

Life gets in the way...we all have our annoyances...bills, stress, bs...and I think part of me kinda lost sight of the thankfulness I felt when I left the hospital. I never thought I'd see the outside world ever again. I had prepared all my affairs - updated my will, wrote letters to everyone, made a video-goodbye to my parents. I had all my important papers arranged neatly for my mom to go through, and I had even given my spouse at the time an advance d directive that if I was a cabbage, I wanted to be placed in a home so that I was not a burden to my family.

All the stuff you never want to deal with.

And here I am...years later....and all that stuff has passed for me.. Praise God!!!! My hair has grown back, the scar has been covered with my hair...you'd never know what happened unless I told ya. ButI think I forgot, though, to not let the lil ####### get me down...and today is a perfect reminder that not only is 'no one shootin at me', but I am a very blessed person, because I was given another chance to make life all it can be.

So instead getting bogged down with bullsh!t, take a minute and think about everything in your life that you have been blessed with....a soulmate, a family, health, etc....whatever. Revel in the joys that you have and kick the ####### to the curb. Work, bills, stress, USCIS PROCESSING!!!, silly fights, etc...don't mean a damn thing. At all!

Have a beautiful day everyone! I know I will!

Yes I agree ..Thank God!! I had Cancer surgery also about 10 years ago.. Thyroid.. a 1.5 hour surgery ended up being 5 hours.. ended removing it all.. Same year fell and twist broke my leg and ankle.. Mezenu(sp?) fracture...

Leg and ankle are fine...and Cancer is gone...

And today..I also can be Thankful that I met Veronica...and we will be together very soon.....

[Ta Ta 1]

I am sitting here by the window and the wind is howling. It is a very cold and snowy day.

I am soooo thankful to have a home....and I am thankful

for my friends and family and my sweetie of course.

[Fandango 1,439]

I shudder every time I hear your story Lisa. I'm thankful you are better. It could happen to any one of us any time.

that is so touching, thank you. I shudder sometimes too, it's like sometimes it seems like a dream and God forbid if I had to do it again, I don't think I could deal with it without having a heart attack or something.

I shudder when I think of what my poor mother went through. She was medicated up to the eyeballs with enough tranqs to sedate an elephant.

I still remember the last thing she said to me before I went into surgery....'if you see a bright light, please don't go to it because I need you here with me' It broke my heart and I watched her pass out as they wheeled me away. Then this nurse who was walking with me asked me if I believed in God, so I said yes. Then she said 'I've seen your chart, do you want to pray with me?' so I said yes.

Then she busts out the 13th Psalm 'ya as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...' I'm all 'is this particular prayer really neccessary???'

I can about it now I think

As I said before, all I did was go to sleep and wake up. But still sometimes thinking about the experience and my mother turns my body to ice.

I know I go on too much about it, but it's a big part of who I am now and sometimes I don't know when to shut up, lol. <---but you all knew that last bit anyways, lol.

I am so thankful for all the wonderful replies...it's great to hear what everyone is thankful for...we are all so blessed (even Gupt for finding a stapler, lol)....there's an old saying 'a good day at Disney never makes the headlines' or something like that, and it's great to focus for once on all the good things we all have going for us instead of us all bickering over politics or b!tching over this that or the other.

[Mags 112]

that is so touching, thank you. I shudder sometimes too, it's like sometimes it seems like a dream and God forbid if I had to do it again, I don't think I could deal with it without having a heart attack or something.

I shudder when I think of what my poor mother went through. She was medicated up to the eyeballs with enough tranqs to sedate an elephant.

I still remember the last thing she said to me before I went into surgery....'if you see a bright light, please don't go to it because I need you here with me' It broke my heart and I watched her pass out as they wheeled me away. Then this nurse who was walking with me asked me if I believed in God, so I said yes. Then she said 'I've seen your chart, do you want to pray with me?' so I said yes.

Then she busts out the 13th Psalm 'ya as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...' I'm all 'is this particular prayer really neccessary???'

I can about it now I think

As I said before, all I did was go to sleep and wake up. But still sometimes thinking about the experience and my mother turns my body to ice.

I know I go on too much about it, but it's a big part of who I am now and sometimes I don't know when to shut up, lol. <---but you all knew that last bit anyways, lol.

I am so thankful for all the wonderful replies...it's great to hear what everyone is thankful for...we are all so blessed (even Gupt for finding a stapler, lol)....there's an old saying 'a good day at Disney never makes the headlines' or something like that, and it's great to focus for once on all the good things we all have going for us instead of us all bickering over politics or b!tching over this that or the other.

Well Lisa, y'know I'm not religious in the slightest ( ) so I don't do all the praise God stuff or contribute any survival stories to him either. So...I'm going to say it, in my post, the way I see it. What I have noticed about YOU is that you have the most wonderful strength of character, basically...you are one helluva ballsy lady. You may not have thought it at the time of your accident, but I think it was YOU yourself who was strong enough to make it through.

I think sometimes, with religion, people tend to attribute too much to God, whereas I think they should sometimes take the credit for stuff themselves. Whether they managed this through their beliefs or not is irrelevant; if they didn't have it in them in the first place they wouldn't have been able to achieve it.

Basically Lisa, I think you have yourself to thank for making it through. You saw your Mom, you saw how devastated she would have been to lose you and you made it, you got better. I'd like to think it was for your Mom's love that you did it...as well as the simple fact that you weren't ready to die just yet!

You are one gutsy, brave lady and VJ wouldn't be the same for me if you weren't here. Now, that's enough soppy ####### sh!t. I need to go kick a small animal to make me feel better.....

Edited February 17, 2007 by mags

[Fandango 1,439]

honestly mags, I don't know what to say, i'm speechless.

DING DING DING! someone tell her what's she's won for doing the impossible!!!!

However re: the God stuff...I had a doc stood in front of my visibly shaken who said 'I'm not a man of faith yadda yadda yadda...but I cannot medically explain why you're alive right now'

I'm not trying to push beliefs on anyone...what anyone believes is fine with me....but I'mma still give my props to God cos I do believe He got us through.

Edited February 17, 2007 by LisaD

[~Chad~ 0]

Lisa, I have a whole new respect for you.

[Mags 112]

honestly mags, I don't know what to say, i'm speechless.

DING DING DING! someone tell her what's she's won for doing the impossible!!!!

However re: the God stuff...I had a doc stood in front of my visibly shaken who said 'I'm not a man of faith yadda yadda yadda...but I cannot medically explain why you're alive right now'

I'm not trying to push beliefs on anyone...what anyone believes is fine with me....but I'mma still give my props to God cos I do believe He got us through.

Hey, I fully understand why people HAVE faith and can also understand why you believe like you do. But take some of the credit yourself too....ok?

[Fandango 1,439]

Lisa, I have a whole new respect for you.

wow the responses are so overwhelming and stuff in here!

Lookie tho guys:

I talk a lot, I'm a very reflective person....and I started this thread to share my thoughts, and I really don't want it to come off like I'm needing all sorts of praise or anything. Don't look at me differently cos any of you would have done the exact same thing

Like my dearest friend Shele...Since she mentioned it in another thread, I also give thanks for her....she too has gone through an incredible brain surgery resulting from an accident too!!!! I will not go into detail but omG the coincidences are astounding. I am in awe of the person she is.

She is an AWESOME friend and I am thankful she is here!!!

It's just an incredible 'war' story and something which keeps things in perspective for me....we each have our own, don't we?

My grandfather used to have a saying 'i used to feel sorry that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet'

blah I need to shut up now. haahhahaha

Edited February 17, 2007 by LisaD

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Thankful and happy to have the last of the evidence and forms sent this morning now the wait for the interview in Morocco, but a break from the worry of it.

[tmma 467]

Lisa, I have a whole new respect for you.

wow the responses are so overwhelming and stuff in here!

Lookie tho guys:

I talk a lot, I'm a very reflective person....and I started this thread to share my thoughts, and I really don't want it to come off like I'm needing all sorts of praise or anything. Don't look at me differently cos any of you would have done the exact same thing

Like my dearest friend Shele...Since she mentioned it in another thread, I also give thanks for her....she too has gone through an incredible brain surgery resulting from an accident too!!!! I will not go into detail but omG the coincidences are astounding. I am in awe of the person she is.

She is an AWESOME friend and I am thankful she is here!!!

It's just an incredible 'war' story and something which keeps things in perspective for me....we each have our own, don't we?

My grandfather used to have a saying 'i used to feel sorry that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet'

blah I need to shut up now. haahhahaha

Lisa, you are an awesome friend-really. Thank YOU for your friendship

It is true that we all have to play the cards we are dealt.

I am thankful for everyday, everyone and everything but mostly for the belief that God finds a way to send us the right people at the right time. Having my husband, my family and you in my life (to name only a few of the many ways) I am truly blessed...........