Posted on 09/05/2008 1:21:46 PM PDT by Red Badger
I am sorry to hear about your mother. My mother is on chemo right now due to cancer. She had cancer two years ago (lung) but now has breast cancer. I help with her care. My father only passed away this past March and I helped with his care as well because the lung cancer put my mom out of commission for a long, long time. She still has not fully recovered her stamina or strength (guess losing a lung will do that to some people).
If you took the comments I made about not knowing about this case as condescending, I am sorry to say that something is wrong with your perception. I initially commented on the thread that I did not know what the case was about (the names were not familiar to me). The person who responded to me wrote in all caps (as if they were yelling), that they couldn’t believe I didn’t know about it. Well, I find it odd that someone would assume that everyone in the U.S. or world would know of a case in Florida. We have tragic cases in Ohio all the time that have made national news and I would be hard pressed to think of a time when I would ever act so shocked that someone hadn’t heard. Meanwhile, there are all manner of very important issues affecting this country that I imagine these very same people know nothing or little about.
While the situation is apparently very tragic, and I am certain that many do care deeply, because I do not traffic in these pathetic cases does not make me condescending, lacking compassion or anything of the kind.
Ordinarily, when I read of these things or hear of them, I will say a prayer of protection for the victim and courage and strength for the family.
And, for whatever it’s worth, yes, I think you are deserving of a pass on the pill. Again, my prayers to you and your mother. Believe me, I can relate.
Apparently, you get off on mocking people (lower case, that is). I wonder what magazines are on your coffee table, bedside table, etc.
I am a true bibliophile in every sense of the word. While I can enjoy an article or two in a People magazine; (and for your information, that magazine often has very good articles on regular people or what are often called human interest stories).
As for periodicals and magazines, a few I subscribe to or read regularly (since I’m lucky enough to have friends recycle theirs knowing I’m a “poor” college student now):
Realm (for Angliophiles)
Commentary
Christianity Today
The Economist
Forbes (my dad let me read his up until his death in March)
The English Home
Better Homes and Gardens
Southern Living
Traditional Home
Smithsonian
Biblical Archeology Review
Reader’s Digest
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland’s newspaper)
The Jewish Voice
TownHall Magazine
AARP (a freebie!)
JAMA
New England Journal of Medicine
A bunch more but I don’t subscribe to so many any more - lots of reading in college, don’cha know.
I read books as well, but you wouldn’t have enough time to read the list. One of the gifts my father gave me was the gift of books and a love for books.
And as for taking time to post on FR, I also happen to type at over 100 WPM, so I can make quick work of a post - not nearly as time consuming as watching some rag on TV for 30 minute.s
Thank you for the response and prayers for you and your Mother as well.
My magazines on my coffee table:
Smithsonian http://www.smithsonianmag.com/
Tommorrow’s World FREE SUBSCRIPTION: http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/
The Trumpet FREE SUBSCRIPTION: http://www.thetrumpet.com/
One thing you need to learn is that FReepers like to poke fun at other FReepers. It’s all in fun, so don’t take offense over such trivial things.............
Thanks Badger, but I’m still “old school” enough to like the tactile enjoyment of reading my mags - I can haul them anywhere....
Thanks for the smithsonian link.
It’s not easy to tell what’s “good natured” and what’s “mean” on line. That’s one of the downfalls. Many of my friends have discussed this with me. Because tone of voice, body language, syallabic emphasis and so on help us to know when one is joking, etc., and we can’t SEE that stuff on here, it’s not easy.
I’m with you now - no harm done.
It’d be nice if I could spell, that’s supposed to be syllabic, not whatever I typed before. Ugh. I’m tired. Math hurts.
The other two links are to Christian magazines that are free for the asking, 12 month subscriptions..........
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