Watered Garden

It was a CD from a contemporary worship Christmas concert last Dec. It was the only one I had. Too bad it wasn't gangsta rap! There are some very beautiful songs on that CD. "Come Just as You Are" was probably what I was singing when she interrupted me. WG

What is yours? Mine just happened.... I was doing some paperwork listening to a CD through my headphones here at work and suddenly my swamp witch supervisor shows up and tells me I am NOT allowed to sing in the office! Apparently I was unwittingly singing along to the CD and everyone could hear me! I am so embarrased I have been crying! Next.....??? WG

Happy Birthday! WG :D-->

Our church had only three little lamby-pies for the kiddies to pet at the Easter egg hunt and we had tons of Purel hand sanitizer for the kids to use and very strongly suggested they use it! My grandson got the grand treatment - I think everyone in the family escorted him to the hand cleaning station at least once. HE got so he liked it! PS (Hi Coolness, love ya!)

Pope Loy I ?????

I remember we weren't allowed to go to WIB because we had put airline tickets for required attendance at ROA on a Visa. I immediately asked for our money back and got yelled at some more. I guess we were supposed to let them keep it. But that's debt. I always personally preferred to give cash, but that was nixed because only God could keep track of who gave it!

4/2/05 I just woke up from a nap and learned that the Pope has died. This was a man who was a powerful force for good in the world, who connected with people and did his best to promote peace for all mankind. While I do not agree with all his doctrine, his huge and tender heart impressed me greatly. He did more good in the world than most. Rest in peace, may God bless you. WG

Once again, I apologize. You do need to vent! And a lot of professional help needs to happen. However, I will pray for both of you. Nothing happens without prayer. And I've seen more marriage miracles than breakups lately. God bless you. I'm sorry I bit so hard. Okay? WG

reading your second post, I think I sound rather harsh. Sorry. I think for the most part we agree on marriage per se. Are you close to a bigger town, with perhaps bigger medical systems? You could go there once a week for counselling? PS: she really sounds depressed to me. Being a nurse is no excuse. I was a medical secretary for 20 years when I was diagnosed with diabetes, and I was caught completely off guard. Should have known the symptoms. Totally oblivious to them. Hang in there. Sorry if I jumped your anatomy unjustly. wG

"It's all about meeee, wonderful meee, perfect and flawless mee, meee, meee!" is what I'm seeing. I've been married for 28 years. I'm 60 years old. Not a lot of wisdom, maybe, but here's a couple things I'd like to throw out for those who like to verbally abuse people who think differently from them. 1. It's not just about romance, sex, or love, it's about the commitment. 2. I would think that there might be a bit of depression going on with your wife, IF this is the norm, you "doing it all" so to speak. Women who are around the time of the "change" tend to get depressed. I would recommend she undergo a complete physical. 3. Try a little communication. Try a lot of communication. 4. Maybe she's bored with you, too, big guy! Sorry if I'm not all that sympathetic. You sound like the guy who just turned 40 and wants to trade his wife in on two 20-year-olds. My husband teaches, and the kids who have the most trouble/get in the most trouble in school, always seem to come from broken homes. Even if the "children" have grown up and moved out, it will still have a negative effect. You really need to work this out. I suspect the reason so many people say run right out and find a divorce lawyer so YOU can be happy is they think this is what TWI would NOT say. You made a commitment. Stand by it. That's my advice. Divorce should be a last resort, NOT a first option. Get some counselling, talk to your pastor or a good psychologist or someone, a professional. I would be absolute livid if my husband posted this kind of crap about me on the internet for all to see. Someone will figure out who you are. How embarrasing for both of you. WG

A while back I asked for y'all's help in finding a website to get the trace mineral called Planter's that was used in organice gardening when I was in Fellow Laborers of Ohio. Since our dial-up at home sucks, I saved it to favorites at work. Since that time we got an upgrade and I can't find the link. Could one of you kind people help me out? I feel like a dingbat for asking but I would sure appreciate it! Thanks, Watered (Organic) Garden

Mark, I know you mean well but to post a medical report without the written permission of the patient or the patient's legal guardian, it is AGAINST THE LAW! Please be very careful what you post. That report needs to be deleted in my opinion. Trust me. I deal with HIPPA every day. WG

Thank you all so very much! WG

Wow! Good for you! Good for him!

Long Gone, I am an insulin dependent diabetic. I have been for 10 years. I have a teeny tad bit of knowledge of acute hypoglycemia, how Regular and Humalog insulins work and so on. and the answer to your question is YES, DAMMIT! One hundred times if need be. A bedridden person who is diabetic is very brittle.

Oh, yeah and giving glucose to someone in acute hypoglycemia would be in the same classification as giving CPR to someone in cardiac arrest. You don't page the doctor, wait around for 1/2 hour or so for an answer, to get permission to do either. WG

David, I didn't mean anyone to think I'm on Mr. S's side. I think he is a horrible person, and what he is doing is completely self-serving and morally wrong. All I meant was, he's got the law on his side. What he is doing is legal but NOT moral. Sometimes I almost wonder if he is so insistent she must die because he's afraid of what she could say or do if she was fully aware. WG

I have to agree with Long Gone here. Terry is Mrs. Michael Schiavo. He and he alone has the LEGAL right to make these decisions. Not her parents, not the state of Florida, nor Jeb Bush, nor Congress nor the president. Mr. Michael Schiavo has the sole right and responsibility to make this life or death decision for Mrs. Michael Schiavo. His motivation for denying her rehabilitation, therapy and ultimately her life is totally, absolutely, completely, completely completely absolutely IRRELEVANT. He could be doing this out of a deep sense of responsibility to carry out his wife's wishes, or because he's got a billion dollars worth of life insurance policies to cash in. It doesn't matter. It is his legal right and responsibility. That said, I think what is legal in this case and what is moral are miles and miles apart. Who the heck knows whether she can think/feel anything? Amazingly enough, after 35 years as a medical secretary, I have clearly observed that doctors don't really know much about the mind/brain at all. If I were the judge, I would rule thusly: Terri Shiavo gets extremely intense therapy in all areas in which she needs it for six months. The best in the country in each field must be flown in to treat. And after six months, we re-evaluate. Then we'll see. oh, and Mr. Shiavo pays the bills, since he got that handsome settlement to use for her care. But I'm just a secretary. WG

Maybe I should have made my thank you thread clearer. It's my birthday. I usually get missed or ignored, so I'm posting my own happy birthday thread on GSC. Happy Birthday to me! I think I'm taking this 60 thing pretty darn well! WG

I was checking some sites and apparently this same Judge, George Greer is the only judge who has routinely heard the pleas set before him for years. There is a petition on a weblog for his impeachment. He has refused to hear opposing arguments regarding Terri's supposed chronic vegetative state, he will not hear arguments from her parents' experts, and he never has investigated Mr. Schiavo's finances, seen if there are any life insurance policies involved, if he is living up to his responsibilties as a guardian (duh!) or anything. Not to accuse Hizzhonor of anything or Mr. S, who may be a loving concerned husband who has a hard time expressing his emotions, (probably not), but I think if I were an investigator, I'd follow the money.

Apparently Mr. S won a large settlement for medical malpractice, spent some of it on a trip to Europe and a nice car for himself. He has not helped his cause over the past several years. Perhaps he thought Terri would die on her own a lot sooner than this. He does not sound like a very nice fellow, but that does not obviate his legal standing as her husband.

Sixty years ago today, a young, auburn-haired man waited nervously for word of the struggles his young wife suffered to bear their child. Tended by a semi-competent doctor who had been called in from a luncheon meeting, after three days of labor, she gave birth to a 6 1/2 pound baby girl. It was an unusually warm day in Indianapolis, 72 degrees with blue skies and sunshine. So I was born to live my life up to now. It's been a rich and wonderful life so far, ups and downs, laughter and joy and tears and pain. I wouldn't have missed it for anything! Thank you for being part of it, GSers. Love ya. WG

((((((((CoolWaters))))))) Love, WG

Maybe we need to rent or borrow some wolves here. In the 2003-2004 hunting season, it was estimated that there are 675,000 white tail deer in Ohio. Of course, cocker spaniels are a lot slower....maybe not. WG

Precious as in costly? Costing too much money, too much wasted time? Hunh! WG