Post by booniesboy on Jun 11, 2007 23:13:58 GMT -5
Hi,
I've wanted to say something to this Support Group since I've joined:
I admire your courage and spirit, your caring, and your hope!
Many years ago, when I was a young man just beginning in this world, I ended up what most people would call a dead-end 'loser's' job - driving the handicapped to and from medical appointments. I met all kinds of people with varying degrees of disability - paraplegics, quadriplegics, those with MS, children dying slowly from Muscular Dystrophy, and just about everything else. One thing that struck me, as I got to know each of them individually, was their tenacious hope and patient endurance of suffering with courage that no medal could do justice.
Of all the jobs that I worked at after those five years, none had such a tremendous impact on my life. I was awed by their spirit and courage, and hoped, someday, I might display such qualities.
Nine years after I married my bride of twenty-five years, she was struck down and became one of them - with a disability that called those qualities that I admired so much. As strange as this may seem, I sort of envied her for the opportunity to grow from her affliction. The more she suffered, the more I saw those tremendous qualities blossom to adorn her soul with a spirit that saints are made of.
From what I have read on these forums, that spirit is alive and well within the Morgellon Group. I am honored that you have allowed me to share and to give what I have to offer, my humble prayer of thanksgiving for being allowed to suffer for others.
My prayers are with you each day, and particularly on Tuesdays.
Blessings,
booniesboy
I've wanted to say something to this Support Group since I've joined:
I admire your courage and spirit, your caring, and your hope!
Many years ago, when I was a young man just beginning in this world, I ended up what most people would call a dead-end 'loser's' job - driving the handicapped to and from medical appointments. I met all kinds of people with varying degrees of disability - paraplegics, quadriplegics, those with MS, children dying slowly from Muscular Dystrophy, and just about everything else. One thing that struck me, as I got to know each of them individually, was their tenacious hope and patient endurance of suffering with courage that no medal could do justice.
Of all the jobs that I worked at after those five years, none had such a tremendous impact on my life. I was awed by their spirit and courage, and hoped, someday, I might display such qualities.
Nine years after I married my bride of twenty-five years, she was struck down and became one of them - with a disability that called those qualities that I admired so much. As strange as this may seem, I sort of envied her for the opportunity to grow from her affliction. The more she suffered, the more I saw those tremendous qualities blossom to adorn her soul with a spirit that saints are made of.
From what I have read on these forums, that spirit is alive and well within the Morgellon Group. I am honored that you have allowed me to share and to give what I have to offer, my humble prayer of thanksgiving for being allowed to suffer for others.
My prayers are with you each day, and particularly on Tuesdays.
Blessings,
booniesboy