by Tina~in_ut
I have an amazing daughter. I don’t know how else to put it. I’m so very proud of her. I could learn so much from her. She is kind hearted and sensitive to others’ feelings.
One of my friends recently lost her dog. She was very sad, of course. I tried to keep her from being sad……sometimes I was successful, and sometimes, not so much. When I told my daughter what had happened, she went into action. I had no idea what she was doing until she was done.
I was on the phone and crocheting at the same time and my daughter kept coming up to me and asking strange questions about the dog. I was getting annoyed because I was on the phone and she kept interrupting me. It was 2am and she really should have been in bed, but she wanted to finish what she was doing before going. On her way to bed, she showed me what she had made. It was a scrapbook page with a poem written from the dog to my friend. The page was decorated. I was astounded. My daughter has never met my friend. She only knows her through me. She used a poem that was given to her by one of her friends when we lost Draco. It meant a lot to her and she wanted to send it off to my friend in the hopes that it would make her feel better.
Later, after she went to bed, I went downstairs and found the lovely mess she had made with all my scrapbook supplies. There was also a note she had written on the back of the page. My initial annoyance at having to clean up after her was replaced by a sense of pride at what she had written. There was so much unconditional love and genuine concern for my friend.
I am so very proud to call her my daughter. Now I'm off to find out who her real mother is......because there is no way she got any of this from me~
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240 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 240 of 240Carol: Zappos. I can't go by there without thinking of you.
I stayed at the airport in Newark, NJ back when they had the People Express airline. My son was just a baby. We slept by the heaters waiting for a flight to Buffalo in the morning.
TINA; Was the truck stop where you got started as a crack ho? I think they have those truck lizards or whatever you call them roaming around the parking lot. You might even make a buck or two.
MO You are hysterical. Smooth Corinthian leather LOL. And your Browns agenda....another hearty laugh.
I AM sorry he died. I know that is not funny.
When I traveled for work, I used to stop at lots of truck stops, as they had the best food cheap! And even though they were gross, it felt good to have some big rigger say "hello little lady"!! There were some handsome drivers, too...but they never said hi ;(
At least the food was good!
I've been to the newark airport~ :D
bebbi~ no trade babe....money only~
Mo~ i'm psychotic!~
Mo~ they say hi when you are sleeping with them~ :D
Bebbi,
Thats funny, I do adore Zappos..
I remember Peoples Express, it did not last to long tho..
Carol~ MY bed vibrated~ :)~
Mo: I grew up near a truck stop off of I-69 (yep, 69), in Indiana. We always went to the truck stop for biscuits and gravy...great place for good food! And the truckers were always so funny!!
Di~ I made a TON of money~ :D
No, it sure didn't last too long but we took advantage of it while it did. Did you ever fly it? Do you remember the little sausage meal packs you could buy and paying on the plane..it was weird but great for us because it was inexpensive flying from Houston to Buffalo.
How about gold? I hear it gets a lot these days.
LANI...glad someone got it! I guess it was before their time for the youngins here! I also do think it is sad, but I couldn't help myself.
DIANNE...and just how do you know about the truck stop lizards??? Something you want to confess to? LOL!!!
CAROL...did you hear about the porn industry asking Congress for a 5 billion dollar bailout? OMG! Maybe the price of condems has gone sky high or something!
And what the heck am i doing? I am done with that..I am a "Grandma Wannabe"!! No more of my own, just waiting for the lil grandkiddos. I hope they make it before I am too much older.
Sorry Tina..no money or gold for the kids. I am afraid you are a "No Deal" from me.
Tina,
I thought so.. a true crackwhore prop!
Bebbi,
No I never flew them.
Mo,
Yes I heard about them asking for a bailout, and I don't think they are going to get it... To bad, really
I am off to bed..
See ya all tomorrow...
:O)
WTF!!!! I'm not getting any federal money? that's crap~
Good night Carol..sweet dreams!
Good night Care-Whore~
lol....when you care enuf to whore the very best~ :)~
CAROL...sweet dreams! May tomorrow be less snotty for you
I have worn myself out! I am gonna call it a night, too.
It was fun...thanks for the tee hees!!
{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}} to all who need, or just want them!
I think they should just give everyone $10,000 with the stipulation that you use it to go and buy a new car. That would stimulate the economy. I would get a loan for the other half of the car. And people would have work, suppliers would get business, people would borrow money.
Goodnight Mo: Thanks for the hug, it was much needed tonight.
goodnight mojoHOitz~
I am going to hit the hay too. Good night and sweet dreams! Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bit..
Mo, ROTFLMAO @ Corinthian leather, too. It is sad tho. He was 88. I also loved the notice about the Browns schedule.
Carol, Bless you again. You have to do something about that sneezing.
Iteach, congrats on 200. Have fun on your 'cold' day'
AI is still on here. I am surprised at Simon. He is such an ass as he was last year.
Oops, I meant he is NOT such an ass as he was last year. Has he mellowed in his old age?
250 just 'cause
'weenie: LOL at "the price of condems"!!
Freudian slip?
Begs the question: Did Sigmund Freud wear women's undergarments?
Even BIGGER question: Does Whabby-Bear wear women's undergarments?
Stopped by to say goodnight and I am smacked with Freud & condoms. I guess that is better than getting smacked my snot or something Tina sent me.........
It is now -8*. Time to crawl into my warm bed. No Mr Mary isn't keeping it warm for me, the electric blankie is lol!
I think J.E.Hoover liked girlie undies ;-)
Tina: Briefs, boxers, or girdles?
Briefs.
Mary: LOL!
Bear~ but do you buy them at Vickie's? :D
mAry~ ur lucky i love you~ :D
Good morning. I am going to post an update from DONNA, and am asking someone to kindly re-post it on the new blog for her.
Thanks!
Hey Mo!
Would you mind terribly to post another update on the nest for me today? I won't be around when the new blog is posted.
I know if people keep hearing updates, they won't forget to pray. I am also a firm believer that when people are thinking of you, those are like tiny prayers being sent up to heaven. It's the whole positive energy thing, ya know?
Well, we had a very difficult day yesterday.
Dad is confused and he was angry most of the day yesterday. I think he is just now realizing that he's in a nursing home, even though we're calling it a rehab center. He keeps saying that he's in the wrong place and doesn't belong there. He says the people there are all wrong and the equipment is wrong. I think he's remembering bits and pieces of being in the hospital and he woke up one day and he wasn't there anymore. Things really are different there. We came from a state-of-art, multi-million dollar facility to a place where they have to crank the bed to raise and lower it. I think he's getting good care there, for the most part. It's just outdated and old, compared to the new heart wing at the hospital. The family sure isn't treated as well either, but that's okay. I'm not there to be pampered or to make friends.
In case I didn't tell you, he's at Pleasant Hill Manor in Piketon, Ohio. (They have a website.) They were the closest facility that would take someone with a trach.
He breathed 9 whole hours on his own yesterday! That was our one very encouraging sign. The speech therapist, who also works on swallowing and other things like that, got him to eat a lot of applesauce yesterday and he tolerated it very well. Another good sign!
Healthwise, he's showing very tiny improvements each and every day. I'm just so worried about his mind and his mood now! He has had 3 mini strokes in his later years and I fear he may have had another (or more) while in the hospital. I'm told that memory loss is a side-effect of this surgery though. We'll just have to have patience and see.
When Mom was out of the room yesterday, Dad broke down and cried like a baby. He said, "I didn't even know that I had surgery!" I've never seen that man cry in my entire life!!!
He asked me what had happened to him and I explained it to him the best I could. He acted like he appreciated me telling him the truth but he was simply in shock.
He thinks he's healthy, except for a bed sore that is hurting him, and wonders why we're putting him through all this. It's just so, so sad. Especially for my mom. He thinks everything they're doing there is wrong and everyone is "mixed up". I think someone told him he was "mixed up" and he got mad and snapped. After that, he continually said, "I'm not mixed up. Everyone here is! I'm not lazy. I'm not wrong. Everyone else is wrong! You just don't understand! No one understands me. No one cares! Everyone is against me!" This is coming from a man who NEVER complains.
By the way, he's VERY hard to understand but it's better now that the speech lady put a voice thing on his trach and trained him to start talking again.
He told me he wanted to see the Director of Personal so he could get me a job there and then I could "straighten these people out!" That whole ordeal and conversation is actually sort of funny now, but WHEW!, you wouldn't believe how upset he was -- even at me -- and it took so, so much for me to talk him down from it all. My mom was just at a loss. I'm SOOOOOO glad I was there to handle all this.
I told Dad I'd do all I can to help him but it was never enough for him. He yelled at Mom and at me all day. I KNOW we can't take it personally, but it makes the day long and hard, and STRESSFUL!
This is the hardest thing I've EVER gone through. But I certainly don't mean to put the attention on me here. I just feel so incredibly bad for Dad and equally as bad for Mom. It's really hard to watch.
Thank you so much for your friendship, support, love and prayers! I don't know what I'd do without my friends!!!!!
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