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[Guest guest]

Hi Janine,

And welcome.

I am a 35 yo wife and mother. I have 3 children also.

I am sorry you are going through such a difficult time. It sounds as tho you have had more than your fair share. It is so hard with young kids too.

My youngest was almost 2 when I had my accident. It left me with 2 herniated dics in my lower back and a reversed curve of my neck. My lowest disc has since ruptured.

My hubby and kids are troopers. It has been a big adjustment for them.

I like to call it the silent pain. Because nobody can see how much we really hurt.

I hope they are getting you on the right track to some pain relief. That is along time to have to live with pain like this.

I look forward to getting to know you. Take care,

Katrina in Idaho

Janine Newman <jnewmans1@...> wrote:

That is a great poem.

I would like to introduce myself. I have to make it short because sitting here hurts after a while so i have to move around. My name is Janine I am a 34 year old mother and wife. I have 3 children and am a Christian. I have had several surgeries all through my life but the most recent 2 were on my back. The L4 and L5 first was the discectomy and 9 months later I had a full fusion they are now saying I might have to have a 3rd because of scar tissue complications. My disc shattered over 10 years ago and no doctor would take me and really check me over because it was work related so for 7 years I was on massive doses of pain meds just to function. I then started to lose feeling in my right side. I went to a chiropractor who then sent me to a neurologist. They finally did a MRI and found that there were fragments of the disc embbeded all over in nerves throughout the lower extremities. Theat was the frist surgery to remove the piecesand push what was left of the disc back in. Then

I had the fusion I am suffering from perminant and long term nerve damage as well but life goes on and I have to because of the children I have in sports and all. It is hard at times but you just learn to grin and bare it because it seems as though if you have never expeirienced this kind of pain people just dont understand and expect more out of you because you can move around. well enough of the sob story I would love to meet you all and know a little about yourselves I am excited to have found this group and look forward to talking with you all.

Sincerely Janine

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Hi Janine,

And welcome.

I am a 35 yo wife and mother. I have 3 children also.

I am sorry you are going through such a difficult time. It sounds as tho you have had more than your fair share. It is so hard with young kids too.

My youngest was almost 2 when I had my accident. It left me with 2 herniated dics in my lower back and a reversed curve of my neck. My lowest disc has since ruptured.

My hubby and kids are troopers. It has been a big adjustment for them.

I like to call it the silent pain. Because nobody can see how much we really hurt.

I hope they are getting you on the right track to some pain relief. That is along time to have to live with pain like this.

I look forward to getting to know you. Take care,

Katrina in Idaho

Janine Newman <jnewmans1@...> wrote:

That is a great poem.

I would like to introduce myself. I have to make it short because sitting here hurts after a while so i have to move around. My name is Janine I am a 34 year old mother and wife. I have 3 children and am a Christian. I have had several surgeries all through my life but the most recent 2 were on my back. The L4 and L5 first was the discectomy and 9 months later I had a full fusion they are now saying I might have to have a 3rd because of scar tissue complications. My disc shattered over 10 years ago and no doctor would take me and really check me over because it was work related so for 7 years I was on massive doses of pain meds just to function. I then started to lose feeling in my right side. I went to a chiropractor who then sent me to a neurologist. They finally did a MRI and found that there were fragments of the disc embbeded all over in nerves throughout the lower extremities. Theat was the frist surgery to remove the piecesand push what was left of the disc back in. Then

I had the fusion I am suffering from perminant and long term nerve damage as well but life goes on and I have to because of the children I have in sports and all. It is hard at times but you just learn to grin and bare it because it seems as though if you have never expeirienced this kind of pain people just dont understand and expect more out of you because you can move around. well enough of the sob story I would love to meet you all and know a little about yourselves I am excited to have found this group and look forward to talking with you all.

Sincerely Janine

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Hi, Janine,

Welcome to the group. I am so sorry for all that you have had to go through and at such a young age.

My problems stemmed from a MVA in which the L5 facet joint was fractured and a bone fragment come to rest on the S1 nerve root. It was most painful, but nothing would show up on the x-rays or MRIs. It was almost 1 1/2 years later before something showed up on a CAT scan/myelogram. So, it was decided then to do a microdiscectomy at L4-5. It was then the bone fragment was found sitting on the nerve root. The pain relief was almost immediate. However, within 2 months, I was back in horrible pain which my surgeon could not and would not believe. After many, many other doctors and almost a year ,time in which the nerves to my feet were damaged so badly that I lost the feeling of where my feet were and the Achilles reflex, I finally found my present surgeon. He did flexion and extension x-rays, and found the problem - vertebral instability that was causing spinal stenosis. This surgeon did a Spinal fusion L4-S1. My

nerves are still damaged, but some function did return. They still feel as if xylocaine has been injected in the toes, but this is a vast improvement over the way they were. Since then, I have had a cervical fusion C4-7 and a lumbar decompression at L1-2 and L2-3. I am scheduled for another cervical fusion C3-4 after my daughter graduates high school. Surgery is scheduled for June 15.

I know what you mean about going on for your children. I am a single Mom so I have had no alternative but to push on for my daughter's sake, even when I didn't feel like it. I am a Christian, also, and I have prayed through many, many procedures for Jesus to be there with me and hold my hand. (This will be my 19th surgery, not all spinal, of course.) I think that He is the only way that I have been able to make it through all of this. He is my strength.

It is good to meet you and again welcome.

JeanRRTJanine Newman <jnewmans1@...> wrote:

That is a great poem.

I would like to introduce myself. I have to make it short because sitting here hurts after a while so i have to move around. My name is Janine I am a 34 year old mother and wife. I have 3 children and am a Christian. I have had several surgeries all through my life but the most recent 2 were on my back. The L4 and L5 first was the discectomy and 9 months later I had a full fusion they are now saying I might have to have a 3rd because of scar tissue complications. My disc shattered over 10 years ago and no doctor would take me and really check me over because it was work related so for 7 years I was on massive doses of pain meds just to function. I then started to lose feeling in my right side. I went to a chiropractor who then sent me to a neurologist. They finally did a MRI and found that there were fragments of the disc embbeded all over in nerves throughout the lower extremities. Theat was the frist surgery to remove the piecesand push what was left of the disc back in. Then

I had the fusion I am suffering from perminant and long term nerve damage as well but life goes on and I have to because of the children I have in sports and all. It is hard at times but you just learn to grin and bare it because it seems as though if you have never expeirienced this kind of pain people just dont understand and expect more out of you because you can move around. well enough of the sob story I would love to meet you all and know a little about yourselves I am excited to have found this group and look forward to talking with you all.

Sincerely Janinedarkstarzz1019 <darkstarzz1019@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone I saw this poem long ago and I think it speaks volumes for all of us that live with our lives turned upside down by things we did not ask for or plan to happen in our lives. I hope everyone enjoys it. Best wishes to all for a painfree day. Sharon Group OwnerDon't Call Me Disabled Don't call me disabled, that's not really true. How would you like it, if that's what I called YOU? Don't tell me I am not normal, it hurts me thru & thru. What's normal for me is not normal for you. Just because I am ill, and I am not like you. Don't just tell me, what I can't do. I may not be called a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce However my illness, was not my choice. For everything you tell me, that I can't do

There is something else, I CAN show you. First you say, that I can't walk or run. However, I CAN still have lots of fun. I might be in an awful lot of pain. Give me a moment, I will smile again. I might need time to adjust. I know God is where I place my trust. Next you tell me, I can't work any more. Oh yes I CAN, Pain is quite a chore. Now you say, I can't socialize. I am here to tell you, that's all just lies. I talk and visit more friends than you each day. I visit, with my computer, it's just another way. For all the things you say I can't do. I might just agree "if" I were you. I am just thankful that I am me! God will help me "Be all that I CAN be" You see Everyone is special, in

their own way. It's just different, the way we live each day. Yes, I might struggle more than you. But God gave me knowledge on How to DO! He gives me strength to learn each day. How to do everything in a different way. Even tho I am sick and sometimes weak. Everyday it's "me" to whom He will speak. All poems Copyright © Joynheart 07/11/99"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that he didn't trust me so much".Mother

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Hi, Janine,

Welcome to the group. I am so sorry for all that you have had to go through and at such a young age.

My problems stemmed from a MVA in which the L5 facet joint was fractured and a bone fragment come to rest on the S1 nerve root. It was most painful, but nothing would show up on the x-rays or MRIs. It was almost 1 1/2 years later before something showed up on a CAT scan/myelogram. So, it was decided then to do a microdiscectomy at L4-5. It was then the bone fragment was found sitting on the nerve root. The pain relief was almost immediate. However, within 2 months, I was back in horrible pain which my surgeon could not and would not believe. After many, many other doctors and almost a year ,time in which the nerves to my feet were damaged so badly that I lost the feeling of where my feet were and the Achilles reflex, I finally found my present surgeon. He did flexion and extension x-rays, and found the problem - vertebral instability that was causing spinal stenosis. This surgeon did a Spinal fusion L4-S1. My

nerves are still damaged, but some function did return. They still feel as if xylocaine has been injected in the toes, but this is a vast improvement over the way they were. Since then, I have had a cervical fusion C4-7 and a lumbar decompression at L1-2 and L2-3. I am scheduled for another cervical fusion C3-4 after my daughter graduates high school. Surgery is scheduled for June 15.

I know what you mean about going on for your children. I am a single Mom so I have had no alternative but to push on for my daughter's sake, even when I didn't feel like it. I am a Christian, also, and I have prayed through many, many procedures for Jesus to be there with me and hold my hand. (This will be my 19th surgery, not all spinal, of course.) I think that He is the only way that I have been able to make it through all of this. He is my strength.

It is good to meet you and again welcome.

JeanRRTJanine Newman <jnewmans1@...> wrote:

That is a great poem.

I would like to introduce myself. I have to make it short because sitting here hurts after a while so i have to move around. My name is Janine I am a 34 year old mother and wife. I have 3 children and am a Christian. I have had several surgeries all through my life but the most recent 2 were on my back. The L4 and L5 first was the discectomy and 9 months later I had a full fusion they are now saying I might have to have a 3rd because of scar tissue complications. My disc shattered over 10 years ago and no doctor would take me and really check me over because it was work related so for 7 years I was on massive doses of pain meds just to function. I then started to lose feeling in my right side. I went to a chiropractor who then sent me to a neurologist. They finally did a MRI and found that there were fragments of the disc embbeded all over in nerves throughout the lower extremities. Theat was the frist surgery to remove the piecesand push what was left of the disc back in. Then

I had the fusion I am suffering from perminant and long term nerve damage as well but life goes on and I have to because of the children I have in sports and all. It is hard at times but you just learn to grin and bare it because it seems as though if you have never expeirienced this kind of pain people just dont understand and expect more out of you because you can move around. well enough of the sob story I would love to meet you all and know a little about yourselves I am excited to have found this group and look forward to talking with you all.

Sincerely Janinedarkstarzz1019 <darkstarzz1019@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone I saw this poem long ago and I think it speaks volumes for all of us that live with our lives turned upside down by things we did not ask for or plan to happen in our lives. I hope everyone enjoys it. Best wishes to all for a painfree day. Sharon Group OwnerDon't Call Me Disabled Don't call me disabled, that's not really true. How would you like it, if that's what I called YOU? Don't tell me I am not normal, it hurts me thru & thru. What's normal for me is not normal for you. Just because I am ill, and I am not like you. Don't just tell me, what I can't do. I may not be called a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce However my illness, was not my choice. For everything you tell me, that I can't do

There is something else, I CAN show you. First you say, that I can't walk or run. However, I CAN still have lots of fun. I might be in an awful lot of pain. Give me a moment, I will smile again. I might need time to adjust. I know God is where I place my trust. Next you tell me, I can't work any more. Oh yes I CAN, Pain is quite a chore. Now you say, I can't socialize. I am here to tell you, that's all just lies. I talk and visit more friends than you each day. I visit, with my computer, it's just another way. For all the things you say I can't do. I might just agree "if" I were you. I am just thankful that I am me! God will help me "Be all that I CAN be" You see Everyone is special, in

their own way. It's just different, the way we live each day. Yes, I might struggle more than you. But God gave me knowledge on How to DO! He gives me strength to learn each day. How to do everything in a different way. Even tho I am sick and sometimes weak. Everyday it's "me" to whom He will speak. All poems Copyright © Joynheart 07/11/99"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that he didn't trust me so much".Mother

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Hi, Janine,

Welcome to the group. I am so sorry for all that you have had to go through and at such a young age.

My problems stemmed from a MVA in which the L5 facet joint was fractured and a bone fragment come to rest on the S1 nerve root. It was most painful, but nothing would show up on the x-rays or MRIs. It was almost 1 1/2 years later before something showed up on a CAT scan/myelogram. So, it was decided then to do a microdiscectomy at L4-5. It was then the bone fragment was found sitting on the nerve root. The pain relief was almost immediate. However, within 2 months, I was back in horrible pain which my surgeon could not and would not believe. After many, many other doctors and almost a year ,time in which the nerves to my feet were damaged so badly that I lost the feeling of where my feet were and the Achilles reflex, I finally found my present surgeon. He did flexion and extension x-rays, and found the problem - vertebral instability that was causing spinal stenosis. This surgeon did a Spinal fusion L4-S1. My

nerves are still damaged, but some function did return. They still feel as if xylocaine has been injected in the toes, but this is a vast improvement over the way they were. Since then, I have had a cervical fusion C4-7 and a lumbar decompression at L1-2 and L2-3. I am scheduled for another cervical fusion C3-4 after my daughter graduates high school. Surgery is scheduled for June 15.

I know what you mean about going on for your children. I am a single Mom so I have had no alternative but to push on for my daughter's sake, even when I didn't feel like it. I am a Christian, also, and I have prayed through many, many procedures for Jesus to be there with me and hold my hand. (This will be my 19th surgery, not all spinal, of course.) I think that He is the only way that I have been able to make it through all of this. He is my strength.

It is good to meet you and again welcome.

JeanRRTJanine Newman <jnewmans1@...> wrote:

That is a great poem.

I would like to introduce myself. I have to make it short because sitting here hurts after a while so i have to move around. My name is Janine I am a 34 year old mother and wife. I have 3 children and am a Christian. I have had several surgeries all through my life but the most recent 2 were on my back. The L4 and L5 first was the discectomy and 9 months later I had a full fusion they are now saying I might have to have a 3rd because of scar tissue complications. My disc shattered over 10 years ago and no doctor would take me and really check me over because it was work related so for 7 years I was on massive doses of pain meds just to function. I then started to lose feeling in my right side. I went to a chiropractor who then sent me to a neurologist. They finally did a MRI and found that there were fragments of the disc embbeded all over in nerves throughout the lower extremities. Theat was the frist surgery to remove the piecesand push what was left of the disc back in. Then

I had the fusion I am suffering from perminant and long term nerve damage as well but life goes on and I have to because of the children I have in sports and all. It is hard at times but you just learn to grin and bare it because it seems as though if you have never expeirienced this kind of pain people just dont understand and expect more out of you because you can move around. well enough of the sob story I would love to meet you all and know a little about yourselves I am excited to have found this group and look forward to talking with you all.

Sincerely Janinedarkstarzz1019 <darkstarzz1019@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone I saw this poem long ago and I think it speaks volumes for all of us that live with our lives turned upside down by things we did not ask for or plan to happen in our lives. I hope everyone enjoys it. Best wishes to all for a painfree day. Sharon Group OwnerDon't Call Me Disabled Don't call me disabled, that's not really true. How would you like it, if that's what I called YOU? Don't tell me I am not normal, it hurts me thru & thru. What's normal for me is not normal for you. Just because I am ill, and I am not like you. Don't just tell me, what I can't do. I may not be called a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce However my illness, was not my choice. For everything you tell me, that I can't do

There is something else, I CAN show you. First you say, that I can't walk or run. However, I CAN still have lots of fun. I might be in an awful lot of pain. Give me a moment, I will smile again. I might need time to adjust. I know God is where I place my trust. Next you tell me, I can't work any more. Oh yes I CAN, Pain is quite a chore. Now you say, I can't socialize. I am here to tell you, that's all just lies. I talk and visit more friends than you each day. I visit, with my computer, it's just another way. For all the things you say I can't do. I might just agree "if" I were you. I am just thankful that I am me! God will help me "Be all that I CAN be" You see Everyone is special, in

their own way. It's just different, the way we live each day. Yes, I might struggle more than you. But God gave me knowledge on How to DO! He gives me strength to learn each day. How to do everything in a different way. Even tho I am sick and sometimes weak. Everyday it's "me" to whom He will speak. All poems Copyright © Joynheart 07/11/99"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that he didn't trust me so much".Mother

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Hello Bruce,

I love your poem!!! I don't know how many times that is the way I have felt!!!

I sent it to my husband to read...He is in Korea with the army, he is a AP and

I'm an LP. He is great, I never thought I would find anyone especially an AP. We

have a 3 year old boy now, and life is great...But I will always be feeling

these feelings and now have to educate my son on mommy being little(we think he

is going to be AP).

Char

[Guest guest]

Hi.

I am an lp. Im jordan and i loved your poem it was so deep and

sincere. You should keep writing poems cuz ur good!

[Guest guest]

That was excellent Bruce!!!

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LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love a child with Aspergers Please, read, learn, and love KELLY

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Jacie how beautiful! It made me cry. You just know what special young men

Both these men are through the gift of this poem. Thanks for sharing it!

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[Guest guest]

That is just a wonderful gift. So very well written. I would have that

framed and displayed.

Di

Poem

> What follows is a poem that a friend of ours wrote for as part of his

> graduation gift. He has only gotten to really know in the last year

> and adores him. It seems as if he's known all his life from

> these words:

>

> A YOUNG MAN WITH A SIMPLE PLAN

>

> He communicates more with his heart than his voice.

> He touches many with a smile and a hug.

> He finds happiness in a steady routine.

> He may swing for hours, yet he is always grounded.

>

> This man has a plan, a simple plan.

> He asks for nothing, yet gives so much.

> He desires nothing more than your friendship, yet gives

> more in return.

> He amazes many with his achievements, yet winning

> to him is not important.

>

> His plan is a simple plan, it is to teach kindness

> to another man.

>

> by: Steve Yeity

>

> Jackie, mom to 19ds, 16, and Bradley 13

>

>

[Guest guest]

I love the poem. Yes indeed when you look at the movers and shakers in history

they were often very strange little kids. Einstein leaps to mind. Thank you

for sharing it.

Ann (mother to Amelia 7w/ds and Jake 6)

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[Guest guest]

, this is a beautiful poem. Albeit sad, you transmit the emotions and

sensations of so many so well.

Thank you for that spirit that reaches out to put into words what so many of us

can´t do so effectively.

Blessings

[ ] Poem

My Body has Betrayed Me

I am living each day

Jailed in this broken body

That surely can't be mine.

This body doesn't move well,

This body can't talk right.

This body bumps into walls and doors

It stumbles, it trips, it falls.

This body is a cruel imposter.

This body is bloated and shapeless

It doesn't fit into my clothes or shoes

This body can't run or even walk some days

It can't exercise without falling into a heap

Of feeble useless exhaustion.

This body is a fraud.

The body is stranded in some insidious wasteland

Where used up shells are forced to reside

Suffering through some pathetic half existence

Worthy of only the lame and hopeless.

Not even in my college days

Of pulling all nighters to cram

Or partying till the dawn

Or popping diet pills to lose five pounds

Did my body rebel like this.

Not even when wracked with fevers

Or wretching with flus

Or twisted and stretched past all possible limits

With the agony of childbirth

Did my body surrender like this.

I am locked between the frustraton of being misunderstood

And the sickening emptiness of being pitied.

Somewhere in between I am forced to exist

Wishing for understanding and empathy

Without sympathy and sorrow.

Yearning for friendship and strength

Without fear and avoidance.

My body has betrayed me.

God, help me to remember

That as long as your spirit lives in me

My spirit still lives.

My spirit still lives.

A.Will

April 5, 2008

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for your beautiful poem. I used to

write poetry when I was young, before Lyme, I even won

the Michigan high school poetry contest Since I've

had Lyme, it takes great effort to write down my

thoughts without getting scrambled. When anyone asks

me how I'm doing I always say " well my spirits great! "

He's with us every step of the way through this

mess. God bless, Barb

--- tracywill9 <tracywill9@...> wrote:

> My Body has Betrayed Me

>

> I am living each day

> Jailed in this broken body

> That surely can't be mine.

>

> This body doesn't move well,

> This body can't talk right.

> This body bumps into walls and doors

> It stumbles, it trips, it falls.

> This body is a cruel imposter.

>

> This body is bloated and shapeless

> It doesn't fit into my clothes or shoes

> This body can't run or even walk some days

> It can't exercise without falling into a heap

> Of feeble useless exhaustion.

> This body is a fraud.

>

> The body is stranded in some insidious wasteland

> Where used up shells are forced to reside

> Suffering through some pathetic half existence

> Worthy of only the lame and hopeless.

>

> Not even in my college days

> Of pulling all nighters to cram

> Or partying till the dawn

> Or popping diet pills to lose five pounds

> Did my body rebel like this.

>

> Not even when wracked with fevers

> Or wretching with flus

> Or twisted and stretched past all possible limits

> With the agony of childbirth

> Did my body surrender like this.

>

> I am locked between the frustraton of being

> misunderstood

> And the sickening emptiness of being pitied.

> Somewhere in between I am forced to exist

> Wishing for understanding and empathy

> Without sympathy and sorrow.

> Yearning for friendship and strength

> Without fear and avoidance.

>

> My body has betrayed me.

> God, help me to remember

> That as long as your spirit lives in me

> My spirit still lives.

>

> My spirit still lives.

>

> A.Will

> April 5, 2008

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Very good and sounds so much like me and others I know, U

are not alone God Bless and thank u

Always, Glenda and family sons 22 and 9 9yr old is affected

as bad as me. Praying for us all.

tracywill9 <tracywill9@...> wrote:

My Body has Betrayed Me

I am living each day

Jailed in this broken body

That surely can't be mine.

This body doesn't move well,

This body can't talk right.

This body bumps into walls and doors

It stumbles, it trips, it falls.

This body is a cruel imposter.

This body is bloated and shapeless

It doesn't fit into my clothes or shoes

This body can't run or even walk some days

It can't exercise without falling into a heap

Of feeble useless exhaustion.

This body is a fraud.

The body is stranded in some insidious wasteland

Where used up shells are forced to reside

Suffering through some pathetic half existence

Worthy of only the lame and hopeless.

Not even in my college days

Of pulling all nighters to cram

Or partying till the dawn

Or popping diet pills to lose five pounds

Did my body rebel like this.

Not even when wracked with fevers

Or wretching with flus

Or twisted and stretched past all possible limits

With the agony of childbirth

Did my body surrender like this.

I am locked between the frustraton of being misunderstood

And the sickening emptiness of being pitied.

Somewhere in between I am forced to exist

Wishing for understanding and empathy

Without sympathy and sorrow.

Yearning for friendship and strength

Without fear and avoidance.

My body has betrayed me.

God, help me to remember

That as long as your spirit lives in me

My spirit still lives.

My spirit still lives.

A.Will

April 5, 2008

NEVER GIVE UP ON WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN!!!!!!!

glenda

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

i love the poem !!!!!

hmmm i feel a little stupid here - but can you explain Halo 3 andDuty 5 etc ?

thanks !

deb

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Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 6:47:44 PM

Subject: Poem

Thought I'd share my 9-yr-old's poem for homework (please excuse the references

to awful video games. He has older brothers who have tainted him). It should go

over well tomorrow in class:

If I were in charge of

The world I would make

Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Call of

Duty 5 rated E. I would stop tobacco companies

And vaccines. I would also have chocolate for dessert

For the rest of your life!!!!!!!!

Winnie

[Guest guest]

No, I can't. I'm too busy cringing that he knows what they are.

Okay, okay. They're horrible fighting video games that his older brothers must

have borrowed from friends. Sigh.

Winnie

Poem

>

>

> Thought I'd share my 9-yr-old's poem for homework (please excuse

> the references to awful video games. He has older brothers who

> have tainted him). It should go over well tomorrow in class:

>

> If I were in charge of

> The world I would make

> Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Call of

> Duty 5 rated E. I would stop tobacco companies

> And vaccines. I would also have chocolate for dessert

> For the rest of your life!!!!!!!!

>

> Winnie

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[Guest guest]

Awesome poem! His heart is in the right place, at least... no

vaccines or tobacco and LOTS of chocolate! A kid after my own heart.

Is it bad that I knew what Halo and Call of Duty were? LOL

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:47 PM, <wharrison@...> wrote:

> Thought I'd share my 9-yr-old's poem for homework (please excuse the

> references to awful video games. He has older brothers who have tainted

> him). It should go over well tomorrow in class:

>

> If I were in charge of

> The world I would make

> Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Call of

> Duty 5 rated E. I would stop tobacco companies

> And vaccines. I would also have chocolate for dessert

> For the rest of your life!!!!!!!!

>

> Winnie

[Guest guest]

This is great, Winnie!

 

I showed it to my 11-year-old son, and he thought it was " cool, " as he also

extols the virtues of a smoke-free, vaccine-free world.

 

From: wharrison@... <wharrison@...>

Subject: Poem

" Vaccinations@groups " <Vaccinations >

Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 3:47 PM

Thought I'd share my 9-yr-old's poem for homework (please excuse the references

to awful video games. He has older brothers who have tainted him). It should go

over well tomorrow in class:

If I were in charge of

The world I would make

Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Call of

Duty 5 rated E. I would stop tobacco companies

And vaccines. I would also have chocolate for dessert

For the rest of your life!!!!!!!!

Winnie

..

[Guest guest]

Now, let's all pray that your son will be President of the U.S. one day! Woo

hoo for your awesome son!

If I were in charge of

> The world I would make

> Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Call of

> Duty 5 rated E. I would stop tobacco companies

> And vaccines. I would also have chocolate for dessert

> For the rest of your life!!!!!!!!

>

> Winnie

~Cassie~

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[Guest guest]

Great! Now we just have to work on why my two most gentle boys are drawn to the

fighting games! My others show no interest...

Winnie

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> The world I would make

> Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Call of

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> And vaccines. I would also have chocolate for dessert

> For the rest of your life!!!!!!!!

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> Winnie

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I went to a party Mom, I remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mom, So I drank soda instead. I really felt proud inside, Mom, The way you said I would. I didn't drink and drive, Mom, Even though the others said I should. I know I did the right thing, Mom, I know you are always right. Now the party is finally ending, Mom, As everyone is driving out of sight. As I got into my car, Mom, I knew I'd get home in one piece. Because of the way you raised me, So responsible and sweet. I started to drive away, Mom, But as I pulled out into the road, The other car didn't see me, Mom, And hit me like a load. As I lay there on the pavement, Mom, I hear the policeman say, "The other guy is drunk," Mom, And now I'm the one who will pay. I'm lying here dying, Mom.... I wish you'd get here

soon. How could this happen to me, Mom? My life just burst like a balloon. There is blood all around me, Mom, And most of it is mine. I hear the medic say, Mom, I'll die in a short time. I just wanted to tell you, Mom, I swear I didn't drink. It was the others, Mom. The others didn't think.. He was probably at the same party as I. The only difference is, he drank And I will die. Why do people drink, Mom? It can ruin your whole life. I'm feeling sharp pains now. Pains just like a knife. The guy who hit me is walking, Mom, And I don't think it's

fair. I'm lying here dying And all he can do is stare. Tell my brother not to cry, Mom. Tell Daddy to be brave. And when I go to heaven, Mom, Put "GOOD BOY " on my grave. Someone should have told him, Mom, Not to drink and drive. If only they had told him, Mom, I would still be alive. My breath is getting shorter, Mom. I'm becoming very scared. Please don't cry for me, Mom. When I needed you, you were always there. I have one last question, Mom. Before I say good bye. I didn't drink and drive, So why am I the one to die?Someone took the effort to write this poem. So please, forward this to as many people as you can. And see if we can get a chain going around the world that will make people understand that don't mix drinking and driving. PLEASE DO THE FAVOR

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[Guest guest]

Hi, someone from this group (I forgot who) recommended reading "Welcome to Holland" poem. I want to say thanks, it was eye-opening.I found it on Google if anyone wants to read it.

Cathleen