panguinjen

naughty naughty girl, keep getting moderated!! hehehe

Hi Jen, thanks for your note! Not sure why it's getting moderated, maybe you said a naughty word? hehehe
Helen

Hi Jen! Hope you enjoy your driving trip and your cruise. I enjoyed looking at your photo albums. Maddie sure is a little doll. Hope to chat again soon. Kim

Hi! I thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Kim and I will turn 46 on June 9th. My husband and I have three children. We have twins (boy/girl) who will turn 15 in September and then our youngest son is 8. My father is 77 and just found out about two weeks ago that he has ALS. We think it might of started as early as two years ago but we thought it was other things. My mother died of colon cancer in July of 97 before I had the twins. My dad just left our small town in Illinois yesterday to go to Dallas, Texas to see a ALS specialist on June 12th. My brother and sister both currently live in Dallas. I have never been away from my dad for longer then 10 days in my whole life so its going to be hard on me. I am so worried about him. Any info you can give me on your experience with ALS would be appreciated. Hope you are having a good weekend! Kim

Sounds like fun Jen! I'm going to go to my Mom's on Sunday for a cookout, my oldest brother and SIL are coming up from FL for the first time since they moved there last fall. Too bad another brother and SIL can't make it, they live on Cape Cod and it's tourist city there this weekend. Should be fun! My sons are supposed to march in the parade on Monday too.

Hi Pan, just came over to say a quick hello... have a good long weekend!

Oh, ha! I thought I hadn't responded! S'ok, you got a freebie LOL!

Thanks, Jen!

Thank you!!

Pan, we are very much alike. Both have spouses that have a horrible disease and both are here on this site seeking answers. At first I was very resentful of the whole thing. Why me? Why poor pitiful me?. I was selfish and after 36 yrs. of marriage and my wife taking care of my needs I resented taking care of her. I guess if God was testing me, the first year I would have made a C. I have since accepted our condition now and after all the clothes she washed for me, the meals cooked for me, the home she cleaned for me, and the love she gave me, I needed to step up. Now I try to think of it as me in that bed. She is a quad since 2010 and has a great attitude. In fact people come to her to spill their probles and to have her pray for them. I do not know, and will not know why this happened to us until I see the Lord face to face, and then it really will not matter.It will be a very small thing. I do not know why I am writing you, but I felt led to. God bless you and your husband.

Thanks for the welcome!
Xo
Jean

Meg, where are you... We have season tickets to the Ports... Do you go too??? We are a baseball family, my dad used to umpire up and down the state for CIF and college ball... Rog is a die-hard cardinal fan and I bleed dodger blue...

Hi Jen - Just wanted to stop by and say howdy to a local - well close enough. We are near Sacramento, so not too far. Also, love seeing somebody as baseball crazy as hubby and I are! Are you going to the Ports games? Or are you rooting on another team?
Have a great day!

I see you have joined our tea room, nice to have you with us. I have been around here for a couple of years but recently took a few days off and it is nice to see some new people joining us. I wish you didn't have to be here at all but you will find some great friends here and have some laughs. Wishing the best for you.
Dana

Thanks, I do get told this alot and there wasn't any question about the Dynavox, but with his 30% rating still, doors are closed for many benefits. I am becoming a very squeaky wheel!