hey gurllllllll give me a few more minutes k?
On Thu, 05 April 2001, Rayna Lamb wrote:
>
> Please can we all stop talking about this, I'm feeling really
> uncomfortable. PLEASE. I never used any names or initials in my posts
> about this. Please, can we all talk about other things.
>
> Rayna
>
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 09:11:52PM -0300, Carla MacInnis wrote:
> ISM, when you grow up with 5 lads, it is never lost on you how icky they
> can be some times. Taking chocolates out of the box, and having a bite and
> then putting it back is something I remember them doing; annoyed me then,
> and it annoys me now :) Besides, it was you had the chocolates. So there,
> too! :)
>
> And yes, I agree, young ladies need to mind their manners. But I'm old and
> crotchety, so don't mess with me! I agree again that no one is perfect and I
> don't think anyone, including myself was particularly ascribing to you what
> we cannot acknowlege in ourselves.
>
> Given that I did not know and do not know what transpired between you and
> Rayna, and don't care to know, I can't speak to any of that.
>
> I think it's important for us to take this list for what it is .. a
> meeting place for anyone and everyone who may share that "thing" known as
> cerebral palsy. There are those among us who never have had nor never will
> have many of the life experiences of some of the others, whether it be a
> relatively happy home life, a moderately or highly successful school life, a
> solid career life, marriage and family. On a certain level, we bring a
> degree of emotional baggage with us to these "helping" lists and sometimes,
> without much provocation, it slips out. We then must examine what it really
> was, about what may have been said, that upset us, annoyed us, hurt us. In
> other words, who is the real target?
>
> This list needs to be a safe place for everyone, and you're right, we're
> entitled to our opinions. I for one, would like to see some more serious
> threads going on. No doubt there are many lurkers (some young, some old) out
> there who might benefit from what we have learned as we travel this path
> known as "living with cerebral palsy". Maybe, just maybe, with our
> collective help, those who are dealing with touchy life issues might get the
> help they don't see themselves getting in their "real" lives. Key to success
> of anything of this sort is that we not undermine the feelings of others.
> What may seem a huge problem for one might seem trivial to someone else. Be
> that as it may, it would be nice for us to feel comfortable enough unloading
> as the need arises.
>
> I could start by telling you all about Expo 67, which I didn't get to see
> while my brothers and sisters did.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Carla
> http://www.brunnet.net/terrier
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