Janey...I would LOVE to come up for some coffee!! I am afraid to tell you though, I am a Buckeye, and it is against our nature to embrace Michigan!!!
But I can overlook that fact, because you have a kind heart!!! And really, we only dislike Michigan during football season!!!
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Originally Posted by janeytwo
This is your life and you don't have to justify it to anyone but yourself and your God
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I am coming to terms with this one. I always felt that my life was in part, to make everyone feel okay with theirs, but I am shedding that thinking and embracing the real me. It has been a journey, and thanks to a wonderful counselor (who is an awesome Christian) I am stepping out of the shadows of thinking I have to live my life according to what others think and stepping into the light that Christ has soooo much for me to do!!! (I already knew that, but did not realize how much I put on hold or didn't explore for fear of what others may think). I'm learning to soar as the real Lori!!!
((Janey)) thanks for your wisdom and kind words, and perhaps one of these days I'll make it up to..dare I say it...for some coffee!!!
Beth...as soon as Shadow and I publish our books we will send you copies!!! Thanks for the support! (not about the books, just in general..lol)
Now, Aussie, I am not sure why you took what Beth said the way you did, but I never saw her being patronizing to anyone. It is very presumptuous of you to think that you know what she has gone through in her life, as to whether she can understand or not what someone else has been through. Yes, it's true that no two situations or the way a person feels about it are the same, but we can understand that people feel crappy about things. I can understand what it means to be adopted, but that is not to say that I have the same feelings as another adoptee, yet at the same time that doesn't negate the fact that I can understand. Now if she were telliing people I know how you feel and you are wrong..that's different. She didn't do that. And besides, who has the right to say who can feel sympathy for someone else!?!?
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However good your intentions are Beth, your sympathy ought to be based on things you can really understand
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I may send a sympathy card to someone who has lost a child, but according to your line of thinking, I don't have that right, because I myself have not lost a child to death!?!?!? See..doesn't make sense! Anyway.....
I hope everyone has a wonderful day!! And for those of you in the frigid areas..stay warm!!!!