Jul 17 2008
Thursday Thankfulness
I think my thankfulness this week may sound a bit odd, but considering the week I’ve had, just reading about too much bad news, I’ll go with it anyway.
1. I’m thankful that Gus has language even if he doesn’t use it in the way most other people do. I can usually understand him, and that’s a big plus. It helps a great deal toward minimizing the occurrences of meltdowns.
2. I’m thankful that even (knocking on wood here) during the times that he has had a meltdown in a public place, like a restaurant, we haven’t (knocking on wood again, just to be safe) been subjected to humiliation and asked to leave by some ignorant, insensitive person like some of the people who commented on the Martin family’s incident. My comment on their comments was unnecessarily caustic. Intentionally so. I’m kind of sickened by these stories already.
3. I am thankful that I still have a left thumb because I very nearly chopped the tip of it off this morning while I was gardening. Why? Because I was stressed and preoccupied thinking about all these horrific stories I’ve read and heard about this week! Those gardening shears are pretty darned sharp. It was a good lesson.
I’ll apologize for my tone now. Some days it just gets really hard to remain positive and upbeat in this world. Please, comment and throw your thankfulness/good stuff into the pot!
Huh! I was just getting in to that and then you stopped!
I thought it was a Thursday 13 so where’s the rest!
As I reached three I thought, I really should do one of these 13 things, but 13 is such a big number.
Then you stopped!
Anyway you only have yourself to blame, fancy having sharp shears, they should be rusty and old like mine!
Cheers dearie
glad you can still type and that your thumb is still attached
I’m thankful I did not read this till Friday.
Chato
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You know what’s been happening with me the last week or so - horrid. When I was feeling low you supported me with beautiful words that helped me immensely. I cannot hope to match your sentiments to me but I can say that these moments arrive and then pass. The trick is to recognise them as just moments and allow them a smooth path through - blocking them or trying to speed them up doesn’t work for me.
There are lots of people out there who you haven’t met (yet!) who are rooting for you.
You sound as if you are doing a great job and be very pleased about that!
(Applause!!!)
The very kindest and fondest regards,
Zee.
I once had the police arrive in force to stop me ‘abducting a child’ from inside a well-known department store.
At the time my son was only 10. Now he’s very big and strong and I’m looking forward to getting revenge when the police are after him for ‘abducting an old man’. It’ll happen one day
@Maddy: Doing 13 of these every week might prove too much even for me. I usually stick to 3 things for my Thursdays. And I’d try leaving the shears out to get nice and rusty, but then one of the little critters who likes to much at my garden might get hurt. Can’t have that.
@Zee: I’m glad I was able to help! And thanks so much for your support as well.
@Graham: I suppose the good way to look at that situation is that at least they were paying attention. Better than someone actually trying to abduct a child and they do nothing, I suppose. That doesn’t really help though, does it? I’m sorry you had to experience that. I understand how people can make an already hard situation so much worse.