You know, I have been accused of being very mean and bitchy on here. Some days, it’s just that my hormones are so out of whack. But, in this season, first, to DI: This is ususally the worst time of year for anyone with any sort of problems and I think you could have found a better time to pick on them. At the same time, I can see a lot of bravado and pain behind your false Pollyanna attitude. At 51, I have been there and seen a lot of pain and heartache. You don’t have to like what we say here, but you really have no right to make judgments about our lives or lifestyles unless you truly know us. Some of the people on here are lucky to be here even to vent they have been so near death with this disease. If yours’ is so mild that you haven’t suffered so much, then I applaud you, but don’t presume to know what it is like to feel like you can’t go on anymore because of this disease if you haven’t really been there. Your thoughts and opinions are just that, yours and you have every right to them, but I think you could have found a better time than Christmas/Hannakuh week to express them.
To the rest of us, we need to be as compassionate to Di as we wish she and everyone else would be to us about our disease. She is obviously hurting about something, even if she doesn’t realize it. The creator would love her no matter what, who are we to do any different?
Sorry, lecture over.
Di and All, you are in my prayers during this season of peace and hopefullness.
Mitakuye Oyasin
Val
