Spread a bit thin...

[TenTea]

Not to be glib, but I say this nearly every day and have found it true:

If we have our health, we have everything.

Hang in there...breathe, and best to you.

 

[Hillbilly77]

I'll surely pass that on when I see him later. He's out the door for a 7AM meet. He did show me his 1 month chip he received last night. The old prayer can apply in many ways.

Please pass along my congratulations and well wishes.

I just picked up my 13 year medallion on Saturday. Anniversary was Thursday.
I'm a teenager now!

 

[diamonback68]

Mom (83) is in great shape despite a nerve pinch that will flare up causing discomfort in her neck and arm. She's trying to take it easy but hates to stay still. Sharp as a tack but I need to make it to Lake Placid more often than I manage.

Hey SFN, I live about 12 miles north of L.P. If I can be of any help or if your mom needs anything, give me a holler. PM me if you like.

 

[vigil617]

As spread thin as you are -- and you definitely are going through an unusually rough patch -- I'm amazed at how well you seem to be handling it. Having a strong faith is the only way I know to get through the times that seem to come out of nowhere with challenge after challenge after challenge. I echo those who've said that we have to be willing to accept that there is only a limited amount that we can do, and beyond that, we have to rely on our higher power to take the load.

Prayers headed your way for strength, endurance, and wisdom for yourself and those around you too.

 

[vonn]

Good luck to you,one day at a time one problem at a time is all any of us can do. Say a prayer and don't let it get you down.

 

[16thVACav]

"Troubles will come, and they will pass". True.

 

[soFlaNative]

Hey SFN, I live about 12 miles north of L.P. If I can be of any help or if your mom needs anything, give me a holler. PM me if you like.

Thank you Dback. We're good.
Just tell me if those overfed whitetails are still in Highlands Hammock.
Stay well

 

[shouldazagged]

I'll surely pass that on when I see him later. He's out the door for a 7AM meet. He did show me his 1 month chip he received last night. The old prayer can apply in many ways.

I hope he understands that time spent sober isn't lost or wasted when there's a relapse. Tell him this old sober drunk said so, and wishes him all the best.

As for you, my friend I've never met, you've been in the path of quite a tsunami, but you're handling it. And you've just had a reminder that the people here are wonderful about supporting you when it gets deep. I treasure the kindness and encouragement I received when my brother died in September.

I'm very visual. I have a little routine I do when a problem or a person is weighing me down. If it's a person, even it's me, I mentally shrink him or her down to about six inches tall. I place the little figure in my two hands, and lift it as high overhead as I can--mentally if I'm in public, or physically at home--and say, "Please hold this, it's too heavy for me." Then I take my hands away, which sometimes is the hard part.

I can do that as many times as I need--I did it dozens of times a day when my beloved wife was dying. It always helped, if only for a little while.

All the best to you and your family.

 

[Viss]

Like the song says, If your going through hell keep on going.

I'll say a prayer for peace for you and healing for your brother.

 

[BigBill]

There's a reason I grab a $5 cigar and go off by myself just to relax. As I get older nothing changes its still the same faces and names. My family is like puppies there always around and fun to be with. When they leave there's no poop to clean up meaning everything in there lives is perfect.
Everything is perfect. Life is good.

But most of my friends and family have moved on to there next life. All that's left is my kids. I'm the head of the family now.

 

[soFlaNative]

Whew...

Older bro is off my couch, staying at Ma in Law's cat sitting while sis in law is in Californiyay taking some doctorate test. He's still working hard, got his 90 day chip while trying to work things out with his wife. Kind of hard to find a place with only a half day a week to look. Plenty of nice, clean, cheap places around but not for the straight crowd. I don't know, worked for John Ritter for a time.

Best friend's gut hasn't come unglued but he took the time to load about a thousand rounds of 5.56 and 300 WinMag and probably blew most of them at OK range on this most beautiful past Sunday while I worked a double. I really hate the guy.

Mom's discomfort has responded to deep tissue massage and if her back would stop aching she would be her old self ready to take on the world.

Ma in law? Soft in the head but healthy as a horse. I love her

Aunt and husband have parted ways. She's in Tenn. and he's in SC. Mixed feelings, I like them both but all things being equal I'll pick family every time.

BabyGirl the mutt is back to chasing the big dogs from the yard and doing her best to rid SoFla of the iguana infestation. She'll pull up looking gassed and confused as if thinking how easy it was once. A sip of beer and she's fine.

Amazing how things will generally work out IF one can keep on making their way through the morass we find ourselves in sometimes. Can't quit, and the thoughts of those kind enough to care always helps.

Meanwhile, another chapter begins.
Tomorrow at 0830 we check in at the local Hospital for most likely a partial replacement of my wife's left knee. She's fired up, looking forward to being able to get up and down from the floor while she cares for the 3 and under little ones at the local YMCA. So she says, I know for a fact she wants to be able to chase me down instead of chucking broomsticks and beer bottles at my head.
So for the next two weeks I'll be her shoulder to lean on while she recovers. I'm thankful and glad to be able to help. The FMLA paperwork cleared and I can burn some of the 500+ hours of sick leave accumulating.
Can't wait to get her on a dance floor, she can make even me look good.

That's all folks. Spare a wish for a great gal, if not, that's cool too. See y'all in the funny pages.

 

[Rick_A]

Ah, ignorance is bliss.

People think I'm stupid, but I ain't dumb. Life's funner when things are simple.

Being alive isn't living but living good is the life.

 

[rwsmith]

It seems that things are looking up for you.....

After a really rough year, my wife and I got a few small bits of good news so we built a fire and danced around it.

You are lucky to have a good woman around. I don't think I could have faced all this alone. I told my wife in all seriousness that if I had to be miserable, I can't think of anyone else that I'd rather be miserable with. When we lean on each other we fit together pretty good.

Glad to hear your bro is at AA. He did make a good choice there.

I know how you feel about your MIL. Mine has had to go live with one of her daughters. In spite of MIL stories I've always loved mine, too.

That's really too bad about your Aunt and her husband. Nothing to do there except pick up the pieces and go on.

The people here have been through it and are no strangers to trouble. Great bunch of guys and gals. I've had to dump on them and I wasn't sorry.

 

[soFlaNative]

After a really rough year, my wife and I got a few small bits of good news so we built a fire and danced around it.

You are lucky to have a good woman around. I don't think I could have faced all this alone. I told my wife in all seriousness that if I had to be miserable, I can't think of anyone else that I'd rather be miserable with. When we lean on each other we fit together pretty good.

The people here have been through it and are no strangers to trouble. Great bunch of guys and gals. I've had to dump on them and I wasn't sorry.

Thanks for that thought, I will use that line. Outstanding. I hope things continue to improve for you on the family front. The heartache endured is worse when it's close, just not right to shunt it away.

Mrs. just woke up and I told her what you wrote. Made her smile and say "Awww...". Thanks again.

 

[pawncop]

Wow, I would completely agree you are spread thin. I pray your path is smoother in the future.

I wish I had better words of wisdom, but just know we stand with you even from a great distance.

 

[snubbyfan]

It's not so much the challenges in life so much as how you handle them. You're a good caring person.
Our life came to a screeching halt a few years ago when my neurological problems started. I lost my job and my wife quit hers to tote my gimpy behind around to doctors for tests and treatments.
Then I got a preliminary diagnosis of ALS.
After more tests, it turned out to be a condition called Multifocal Motor Neuropathy.
After trying to find work for three years, the state of West Virginia declared me as a useless cripple. We still had a mortgage and two car notes. Our savings were dwindling.
Now, I've had to go on disability and my wife's working as a home health care aid right here in town. Our mortgage and one car note's paid off. We've actually broken better than even for the last few months and I've managed to stay out of a wheelchair.
We started with a seemingly hopeless situation, worked our way through it and came out the other side.
My big problem right now? I'm tryin' to get some winter weight off.
The people on this forum help me to keep my head together.

 

[wbraswell]

SFN, it sounds like you are a lucky man, with quite a few folks you love, and that love you. That makes most of life pretty darn good.

 

[wunderboy]

Chuck Norris looks up to you, you are the man.

 

[BigCityChief]

Who is Chuck Norris?[emoji2]

 

[vigil617]

I love it when His plan comes together.

Thanks for the update, and it's great to hear that you made it through that period of being spread then, and are returning to the normal state of just not being spread quite as thick as we'd like to be.