Comments on: I Won’t Take Responsibility

By: BUT…I Am Responsible For That — General Hysteria

BUT…I Am Responsible For That — General Hysteria — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:50:23 +0000

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By: Talon

Talon — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:55:09 +0000

Can’t wait to read it, Mia!

By: Mia

Mia — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:15:23 +0000

Michele T.~ It’s can sometimes be a task to lift yourself out of your own sorrow, take a look around and remember that so, so many have things so much worse than you. It’s not a task we take lightly. It’s not a task we refuse to do. We remember this almost every day. The examples you gave, I’m certain, are but a few of the families having struggles that overshadow ours as the Grand Canyon. Thank you so much.

Shelley~ “What else can we do” LOL. That’s what I’m thinking. Thanks!

Secret Mom Thoughts~ Gracias!

Jannie Funster~ THANKS for catching that. Yeah. My thoughts exactly. Nice, right!

By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:45:04 +0000

Somebody said that specifically to you?

By: Secret Mom Thoughts

Secret Mom Thoughts — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:33:26 +0000

I don’t have anything to add but ((Hugs)) to you.

By: shelley

shelley — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:59:09 +0000

hi mai,
thanks for stopping by! i feel your “words” and “pain.” there were many times i wondered how i could get thru this thing called “cerebral palsy” but somehow after throwing things around the house and a few screaming matches between myself and god i manage to calm down, well what else can we do? lol anyhow stop by anytime!
hugs,
shelley
ps if you are having problems with your meds email me maybe i can help you guys.

By: Michele T.

Michele T. — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:28:44 +0000

Nobody knows what life will hand them. As our family discovered each new diagnosis with Alex, I remember thinking, “When did I sign up for this? How can I possibly get through it?” Children are such a huge emotional risk. No way around that. Sometimes I catch myself wondering why some people seem to have so little adversity in their lives, and others are steeped in it, through no fault of their own.

I met a couple who’s son was born with no left ventricle and the doctor created one from the child’s intestines. I met a mother who was in the process of signing organ donation papers for her three year old daughter, because something went wrong in surgery and she was not expected to live (she did). I witnessed a child in PICU go into cardiac arrest, and the attending physician, while attempting to perform CPR, ruptured the sutures and the boys chest opened up like a down jacket unzipping. And just over Christmas a colleague’s two and a half yr. old boy died in his mothers arms after she and her husband made the painful decision to remove him from life support after he fell backward onto a tiled floor in his highchair.

I think about these people from time to time, as I do you. It helps me put things into perspective. And through meeting them and reading your blog Mia, I’ve discovered that there are a lot of unwitting heroes in this world.

By: Mia

Mia — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:04:27 +0000

Talon~ Therein lies my next post….

By: Talon

Talon — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:58:16 +0000

So much of our lives is out of our control. We can only control our response to what happens. And who isn’t going to have complaints and concerns and questions about a life that is full of pain and struggle when that pain and struggle is beyond your control? There are some situations that are very difficult to put a positive spin on and yet, Mia, you manage to do that with your honesty, your dedication, and your bravery in sharing your life in your beautiful writings.