If you're speaking to me, then I'll reply directly to you...I HAVE lost my job & HAVE been homeless...I don't have kids, but the people with me did & they were as much my children as well (I was their godmother & aunt)...we all took care of eahother... And yea...we just sucked it up... And if you were not speaking to me directly, then...nevermind... Everybody has a story...Lady....

Being depressed will not pull you from the problems; that will only slow your motivation to fix the problems. Woe is me is a destructive attitude. You have to hold those feelings back until things are fixed -- then you can have a well deserved break down.

My mom died in Oct 2005; I got diagnosed with cancer Nov 2005; my Daddy died Christmas Eve 2005. That is three months of hell!

There was no family left to support me through chemo. My friends were my saving grace.

I had oncology appts every Friday for chemo. I sat in that chair getting pumped with poison 4 hours every week. It made me so sick. I want to cry, crawl in a corner, etc -- what would that have accomplished?

People tried to stroke me and say they felt so badly for me, but I politely discouraged them. I still had it better than so many others!! There were children and elder folks in that cancer ward that were terminal! Children -- that barely understood life -- dying!!!

How could I accept sympathy or be a depressed heap? That would be selfish. I needed to help myself.

After 4 rotations of chemo (6 weeks each rotation), and I tested C free, I booked a weekend spa appt for me and three girlfriends. On the second night, we were drinking wine by the fire, and I got big tears in my eyes. I thought, "OH here comes the break down!!"

Well, that was it -- about 3 seconds of tears. Even the break down was anti climatic because it doesn't do any good!

I hope for the best, and accept my warm wishes.

Why is it that people make a serious thread and then someone has to be stupid? HMM I guess you have never had someone close to you die of a Heroin Overdose huh? I think people need to stop and think before they post things!!

Heroin and BJ's

I think I knew the first time I said, "When I was your age..."

but there is more to me than just mediocre looks that gets my dates. It's more about attitude, intelligence and a soft heart. But I am involved with someone.

I just wrote a little something you might find on a profile about myself. Describe yourself in a few sentences.