tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post8273559676664385012..comments2023-09-27T10:27:37.403-05:00Comments on The Marshalogues: Inspirational to whom?Marshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12411116190752318793noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post-19123394722516915072008-01-02T17:16:00.000-06:002008-01-02T17:16:00.000-06:00I absolutely get this. I just recently had a litt...I absolutely get this. I just recently had a little scare with my follow up chest CT and it freaked me out and made me angry.Radioactive Torihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588217525296865718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post-35228457594416036862007-12-22T21:36:00.000-06:002007-12-22T21:36:00.000-06:00You have the right to feel any way you want. I lo...You have the right to feel any way you want. I love reading your blog whether you are cursing your cancer or feeling your strength. It's just all part of the human package.yer mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572361309349906929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post-14173590695026203412007-12-22T13:51:00.000-06:002007-12-22T13:51:00.000-06:00I know you're not super religious, but a pastor on...I know you're not super religious, but a pastor once pointed something out to me that I always find terribly helpful. There is a verse that is commonly used at funerals about walking through the valley of the shadow of death. The pastor reminded us that the passage says "walk through", which meant that it would be a place of pain and difficulty for a while, but it would PASS! I just find it comforting to know that even though sometimes life might be throwing a pie right in my face, at some point, I'll get to lick the whipped cream off my fingers. Hang in there Marsha, the whipped cream is coming!Erin Gerenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578174029124781927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post-53125286746843564782007-12-22T13:09:00.000-06:002007-12-22T13:09:00.000-06:00M, I hope there's not someone in your life *tellin...M, I hope there's not someone in your life *telling* you that you "should be grateful"...! In your shoes, I'd be as curmudgeonly, if not moreso. I think you should take the time and energy and path *you* need, and not feel forced into some kind of inauthentic, "thanks for the good things" mode.<BR/><BR/>If you want me to hang out on your lawn so you can come out in your rolled-up trousers and mismatched socks to yell at me, just say the word. I'm there.Julie H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16405455385953026817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post-55359673933536794062007-12-22T10:27:00.000-06:002007-12-22T10:27:00.000-06:00"Am I still an inspiration if my positive attitude..."Am I still an inspiration if my positive attitude has taken a hiatus? If I swing from grief to anger several times a day and can't seem to stop the spontaneous crying jags? Am I still a role model on how to fight cancer if I don't want to be around people, friends, because I resent how their lives have simply gone on seemingly undisturbed while mine was hijacked by cancer? "<BR/><BR/><BR/>Yes, of course. More so IMO. You are real.<BR/><BR/>You are grieving. You know the 5 stages? #2 = ANGER. You will very likely go back and forth through the stages for a while. You are doing this just great. Rage and cry you deserve it. You will get a life back. It may not be exactly the same as the one that you had before but....who knows...it may be even better.Hound Doggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07012196011242553662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441665.post-3512441348615774942007-12-22T08:48:00.000-06:002007-12-22T08:48:00.000-06:00You have a total right to be a curmudgeon. It goe...You have a total right to be a curmudgeon. It goes with the territory. Those who love you like to see you feeling positive because that makes them feel better. This is about you feeling better, not the rest of us. I think you have to express the anger and confusion before you can get past it.<BR/><BR/>So be a curmudgeon. We love you anyway.Ronnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062796442588373271noreply@blogger.com