Hello, I am....

[Guest guest]

Hi Janalise..What a story...I agree with you..I could never have too many

kids....I love kids totally ...they have such wonderful spirits..I read

a wonderful book before called "With Wings there are no barriers'..The

author really stressed making time or yourself....because if you don't

you eventually run out of you.....therefore everyone make it a point to

do something special just for yourself. thi oming week........not for someone

else ...for YOU!.... For some eason we good hearted people sacrifice our

own health all too often for others..at the cost of our health ...it's

not a good thing ....

I'm new to the list....I've been lurking for about a week..what a great

support group f or all of us.

Sheena:).

P.S. Colors are wonderful!!!

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.... Janalise from Iowa, USA. I have been

sick for most of the past 15 year, but worse the last 4 years, and

seriously critical the last 6months. I have an immune system from hell

basically. That and the fact I have muscle inflammation all over my body,

Crohns disease, and am currently battling a Strep A infection in my right

leg. Let me tell you what happens when I call my mother anymore... she

asks how I am, and she doesn't believe what I tell her (as one of the

diseases affecting my liver is fatal, and all told I have under 6 years

left) so she asks for my doctor to call her to tell her what's up - which

of course irritates me, but I have them call just to ease her mind. She

lives far away in Denver, Colorado... so she worries, even though she

tells me she never worries =o) MOMS!

=o)

I bet my kids say terrible stuff

about me *cringe*

Have you heard about the old TV show, " Eight is Enough " ?Well, I

have 8 and 8 is not enough

=o)

I want more, but I think our

family is as big as it is going to get! The first 4 of my kids are the

oldest and are biological children, the second 4 are the younger ones and

are adopted! My kids are:

Tim-24+ ~ -21+ ~ -20 ~ -18 ~ Kimber 14 - ~

12 -10 ~ Andy-6 (TODAY!!!-Happy

Birthday to him...)

All of the younger 4 have some type of special need. Andy was shaken as a

1 month old. so even though the calendar says he's six - he's a 1 month

old trapped in the body of a 6 year old. He is blind, can't talk or walk,

and is a total care kid. is a pretty normal young lady of 10 - she

had a facial birthmark removed in 1995. Other than that she's a normal

little rug rat. and Kimber share the wonderful effects of

what happens when a birth mother drinks and does drugs during pregnancy,

as well as abuse you sexually - both have been through hell and then

some... has Oppositional Defiance Disorder, ADHD, and Fetal Alcohol

Syndrome... Kimber has the same thing, except add being messed up

by being sexually abused a dozen times before she was 5.

Tim, is a graduate of the University of Iowa, he is a musician, he plays

percussion - loving the marimba and steel pan drum - both the most! He

has a steady girlfriend and will be the first to get married =o)

My daughter is studying to be a doctor, she graduates from

Northwestern (her undergraduate work) in June. Then is working in the

Youth Corps (like the peace corps only stateside)She will be based in

Baltimore.

Her sister Kathy is studying Opera at Northwestern and graduates next

year, Kathy is a world class singer! She's breaking her mothers heart (

=o)

) by moving to New York for the summer and working at a Camp there.

, will be 18 in a few days is planning on going to Boston

University, so we are flying out to see the campus in 2 weeks, as it has

been 5 years since we were there last.

As far as hobbies and the like - my kids are my life for the most part...

I spend my time trying out hospital bed for a living -

=o)

- Just kidding, although some times it feels that way! I enjoy traveling,

reading, music, and old movies. I used to be able to garden, and I miss

it.

Right now I am seriously decluttering my home, and trying to get my life

organized... it is killing me to be living this way...

I take more medicines than the Cat in the Hat had hats... prednisone

being my LEAST favorite... YUCK! Pills for my diseases, and pills for the

pills of my diseases... I'm sure you all understand that!

Well, I better cut this off, I need to get something done today, and I

work on the 10/50 method... 10 minutes of being up and 50 minute of being

down with my leg up in the air

=o)

If I don't do this Aisha gets grouchy

=o)

LoL I am just kidding.. sort of kind

of...

Looking forward to meeting you all...

Janalise

iowa - home to pigs and me... therefore I must be a pig... yes, my house

is a sty and I am a pig... or something like

that... I

must

warn

you

I

love

to

use

colours

=o)=o)=o)

!! Let me know if they mess up your computer

- apparently some people can't view the colors without it causing a

problem, and we all have enough problems, eh?

=o)

Looking forward to MORE MAIL

=o)

YIPPEE SKIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jana, again

=o)