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Juliette
Nov 21, 2010, 1:26:54 PM11/21/10
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I'm sorry that I wasn't here for all this time, but I had a ride in an
ambulance and since then I'm trying to be myself again...
I don't feel comfortable with this group open in the way it is...It
could be open but through authorizing people to read all our
posts...your friend is right and I would think that people aren't
coming because of it...since then I had unknown people coming to
places that I have private, getting to me out of nowhere, and it never
happened that to me, so if you can consider closing it, I will
continue coming from time to time. As I said in the beginning, maybe
not everyday because, yes, I'm disabled as all of you, but I won't
fade away.
Today I found this song and I will leave it for you because you
created this group with love, thinking in giving us a place to gather,
be comfortable and meet each other, so this gift is for you Michael,
and I wish you have a good day today. And Congratulations for your
volunteer work!!! you deserved it! I did read you all this time, just
couldn't write.
Because you loved me
For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
ambulance and since then I'm trying to be myself again...
I don't feel comfortable with this group open in the way it is...It
could be open but through authorizing people to read all our
posts...your friend is right and I would think that people aren't
coming because of it...since then I had unknown people coming to
places that I have private, getting to me out of nowhere, and it never
happened that to me, so if you can consider closing it, I will
continue coming from time to time. As I said in the beginning, maybe
not everyday because, yes, I'm disabled as all of you, but I won't
fade away.
Today I found this song and I will leave it for you because you
created this group with love, thinking in giving us a place to gather,
be comfortable and meet each other, so this gift is for you Michael,
and I wish you have a good day today. And Congratulations for your
volunteer work!!! you deserved it! I did read you all this time, just
couldn't write.
Because you loved me
For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
Michael Feir
Nov 21, 2010, 2:46:45 PM11/21/10
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Hello Juliette and everyone. Frankly, Juliette, you haven't missed a lot.
This group has been utterly dead for well over a week. We really neeed more
members to stimulate conversation or this group won't be much good to any of
us. That's one big reason against hiding this group away completely. Also, I
feel that people should see us as more positive than anybody looking at ODSP
Fireside would. I cringe at the impressions of us people who stumble onto
messages from that group would come away with and hope our group can do
something to counter that false impression. However, I can understand
Juliette's hesitation about what to share. As I haven't heard a peep from
the rest of you, I have no idea whether this is an actual concern for
anybody else.
This group has been utterly dead for well over a week. We really neeed more
members to stimulate conversation or this group won't be much good to any of
us. That's one big reason against hiding this group away completely. Also, I
feel that people should see us as more positive than anybody looking at ODSP
Fireside would. I cringe at the impressions of us people who stumble onto
messages from that group would come away with and hope our group can do
something to counter that false impression. However, I can understand
Juliette's hesitation about what to share. As I haven't heard a peep from
the rest of you, I have no idea whether this is an actual concern for
anybody else.
Perhaps, this might help a bit. I've just gone over our group settings and
made a couple of changes. People must now be invited to join. You may invite
members and I can as well. People can also request invitations but I must
approve them. Only group members may actually write messages to the group so
you don't have to worry about non-members writing. Also, I've set things so
that messages from new members are moderated. That way, if we get people
with bad intentions, they at least have some hoops to jump through. I hope
that makes people feel a bit safer.
Michael Feir
Owner of Silver Smiles
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Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/silver-smiles
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robbieangel
Nov 22, 2010, 11:36:41 AM11/22/10
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Hi Mike & Juliette, I never really had any problem with the openness
of the group...anything we write is there for everyone to see and can
easily be traced back to us..we just have to be aware of this!
I too have been incapacitated for more than a week with severe muscle
spasms and doped up on morphine just to get around....my mind was just
not in the right space to write anything worthwhile.
Moderating the messages is a good thing...there is no sense letting
someone new with a "bad attitude" take over the board with negativity!
of the group...anything we write is there for everyone to see and can
easily be traced back to us..we just have to be aware of this!
I too have been incapacitated for more than a week with severe muscle
spasms and doped up on morphine just to get around....my mind was just
not in the right space to write anything worthwhile.
Moderating the messages is a good thing...there is no sense letting
someone new with a "bad attitude" take over the board with negativity!
Juliette
Nov 23, 2010, 1:32:56 PM11/23/10
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Hi Robbie again! nice to see you back! I'm glad that Michael took the
steps to close a little bit the group, and yes internet is that way
that's why people usually don't give their real names, but the steps
taken I think will help to make it more private and give us the
possibility to have between us the ones that will make this group a
fun place to be.
Sorry to hear about your spasms. I know very well what they are and
how they feel as I have those from time to time. Yet I had learned a
therapy called quantum touch that I do on myself and I'm more or less
able to control my pain without strong medications. My mother suffers
from Rheumatoid Arthritis and have them also, she visits me in the
summer and at night sometimes I see her crying, but this therapy had
helped her tremendously. Anything I can use to avoid strong pain
killers I'm willing to learn and follow.
As I said to jacquei I don't have too much time today because I have
things that I have to take care of, but I'm glad to see you again and
I wanted to say hello. Bye for now and I will send light your way so
your pain is lesser.
steps to close a little bit the group, and yes internet is that way
that's why people usually don't give their real names, but the steps
taken I think will help to make it more private and give us the
possibility to have between us the ones that will make this group a
fun place to be.
Sorry to hear about your spasms. I know very well what they are and
how they feel as I have those from time to time. Yet I had learned a
therapy called quantum touch that I do on myself and I'm more or less
able to control my pain without strong medications. My mother suffers
from Rheumatoid Arthritis and have them also, she visits me in the
summer and at night sometimes I see her crying, but this therapy had
helped her tremendously. Anything I can use to avoid strong pain
killers I'm willing to learn and follow.
As I said to jacquei I don't have too much time today because I have
things that I have to take care of, but I'm glad to see you again and
I wanted to say hello. Bye for now and I will send light your way so
your pain is lesser.
robbieangel
Nov 23, 2010, 6:05:25 PM11/23/10
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Hi, Juliette, thanks for the kind words. I usually manage to avoid
major spasms by doing daily stretching and physio but the one last
week took me by surprise. There is nothing much I can do but stay put
and move as little as possible and the morphine helps with that. I
have permanent nerve damage and spinal stenosis and I need to push
myself to maintain mobility But sometimes I just overdo it
physically.
I've used Reiki and Therapeutic Touch before...both help with
relaxation but neither did a thing for my major muscle spasms...I
thank God and my doctor for the antispasmodics & morphine and I only
use them when necessary.
major spasms by doing daily stretching and physio but the one last
week took me by surprise. There is nothing much I can do but stay put
and move as little as possible and the morphine helps with that. I
have permanent nerve damage and spinal stenosis and I need to push
myself to maintain mobility But sometimes I just overdo it
physically.
I've used Reiki and Therapeutic Touch before...both help with
relaxation but neither did a thing for my major muscle spasms...I
thank God and my doctor for the antispasmodics & morphine and I only
use them when necessary.
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