Sue Friedman wrote this hilarious
ditty. She started a nonprofit organization for women at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Please visit
her website:
www.facingourrisk.org
Neutropeniaville
(Sung to the tune of Margaritaville)
I'm out here in Texas
My doc drives a Lexus.
He keeps telling me my prognosis
is good.
To say that is easy
When you're not bald and
queasy
And your only concern is
"iron or wood?"
Wasting away again in Neutropeniaville
Searching for a vein which
hasn't been stuck.
I'd like to claim there's
a doctor to blame.
But they say, it's my own
bad luck.
Don't know the reason
I'm staying all season.
Nothing is sure but this
new hematoma.
But it's a real beauty.
All black and blue-ey.
I should have asked for the
nurses diploma.
Wasting away again in Neutropeniaville.
Searching for a vein which
hasn't been shot.
I'd like to claim there's
a pathologist to blame.
But he says he's probably
not.
I got a bad migraine I was
in so much pain.
I asked my doctor to give
me relief.
Now I've a bottle of Darvon,
And will soon have a buzz
on.
And dream I'm in Florida out on some beach.
Wasting away again in Neutropeniaville.
Searching for a vein that
hasn't been blown.
I'd like to claim there's
a hospital to blame.
But they say the fault could
be my own.
A Reason, a Season or a Lifetime...
People come into your life
for a REASON, a SEASON, or a LIFETIME.
When you figure out which
it is, you know exactly what to do.
When someone is in your life
for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through
a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem
like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part
or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die.
Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need
has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move
on.
When people come into your
life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They may bring you an experience of peace or
make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe
it! It is real! But, only for a season.
LIFETIME relationships teach
you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept
the lesson, love the person/people (anyway); and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of
your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
I'VE
LEARNED......
~ that you can do something
in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
~ that it's taken me a long
time to become the person I want to be.
~ that you should always
leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
~ that you can keep going
long after you can't.
~ that we are responsible
for what we do, no matter how we feel.
~ that either you control
your attitude or it controls you.
~ that regardless of how
hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
~ that heroes are the people
who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
~ that money is a lousy way
of keeping score.
~ that my best friend and
I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
~ that sometimes the people
you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
~ that sometimes when I'm
angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
~ that true friendship continues
to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
~ that just because someone
doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
~ that maturity has more
to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've
celebrated.
~ that no matter how good
a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
~ that it isn't always enough
to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
~ that no matter how bad
your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
~ that our background and
circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
~ that just because two people
argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
~ that we don't have to change
friends if we understand that friends change.
~ that you shouldn't be so
eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
~ that two people can look
at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
~ THAT YOUR LIFE
CAN BE CHANGED IN A MATTER OF HOURS BY PEOPLE WHO YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
~ that even when you think
you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
~ that credentials on the
wall do not make you are a decent human being.
~ that the people you care
about most in life are taken from you too soon.
