What's you Excuse

_Bob_
_Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
I sometimes have a pity party for myself, feeling like the world dealt me a crappy hand when I was injured in the army and gained all this weight because I spent a few years not being able to walk with out some form of support. and then I see things like this...

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My excuse is invalid
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  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Saw this on facebook a few days ago. LOVE it. I was so very moved. The power of people and love and what they can do simply astounds me.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    Bob, let's talk.

    You can't make me cry at work, see....

    God Bless our Troops. :heart:
  • _Wits_
    _Wits_ Posts: 1,286 Member
    LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! :heart:
  • KittieLea
    KittieLea Posts: 1,156 Member
    God Bless our troops!
    Onions, who is cutting onions in my office??? They're everywhere...:sad: :brokenheart:
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Ugh. And I was all ready to start whining and everything!

    :wink:

    Love.
  • Gotspunk1
    Gotspunk1 Posts: 33 Member
    Wow...good stuff! :)
  • aquiva33
    aquiva33 Posts: 85 Member
    NO excuses
  • kit8806
    kit8806 Posts: 222 Member
    Love this!

    Not good to read while working though...
  • luvJOJO
    luvJOJO Posts: 1,881 Member
    Wow, this made me cry! :sad: God Bless our troops! What a moving story!
  • bodiva88
    bodiva88 Posts: 308 Member
    I was in England during the paralympics, which were covered wall to wall there just like the Olympics. When you see a blind triple jumper, a javelin athlete with cerebral palsy, runners with no legs or no arms, you really can't have an excuse. We don't choose what happens to us. But we choose what we do about it.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    And if anyone wants to cry a little bit more, my friend Anne who is a local radio host posted this story on her show page this morning. http://www.kvet.com/pages/mosser&hudson.html?article=10432229

    You know, sometimes, when I'm complaining about some life tribulation, I just stop and say "SHUT THE F@#K UP MEREDITH." I've got an able body, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, food on the table, a good job, and a family that loves me. My life is NOT that hard. If Britney Spears can survive 2007, I can survive a bad day.
  • bellydancer124
    bellydancer124 Posts: 248
    Awwww! :heart:
  • djsupreme6
    djsupreme6 Posts: 1,210 Member
    what a great story
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    You made me cry! :sad:
  • SherryR1971
    SherryR1971 Posts: 1,170 Member
    After reading that, I have no excuse!!!! Thank you!
  • mommy2AR
    mommy2AR Posts: 2,796 Member
    wow... truly amazing...made me teary eyed
  • serena569
    serena569 Posts: 427 Member
    Damn you for making me cry.
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    I read this one yesterday. And bawled my eyes out.

    There are pictures of her carrying him on her back. That was powerful stuff.
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    Excellent post. Thanks for the reminder.

    God, please, watch over our troops.
  • thistimeismytime
    thistimeismytime Posts: 711 Member
    I'm always at a loss for words when I see stories like this. All I can think is 1. God Bless him and ALL our troops, and 2. I really have zero problems in my life... zero.
  • LexRaven
    LexRaven Posts: 25 Member
    Wow.
    God Bless Our Troops.
    No excuses.
  • Dub_D
    Dub_D Posts: 1,760 Member
    I got my period.
  • gkwatra
    gkwatra Posts: 431 Member
    We don't choose what happens to us. But we choose what we do about it. ABSOLUTELY!!! :heart:
  • VanessaHeartsMasr
    VanessaHeartsMasr Posts: 727
    Thank you so much for sharing! I needed that.
  • Sassy922
    Sassy922 Posts: 399 Member
    I wish I had this yesterday to throw in my husband's face when he was yelling at me because his credit card was maxed and he couldn't buy more playoff tickets.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    My life is NOT that hard. If Britney Spears can survive 2007, I can survive a bad day.

    OP, dagnabbit, you almost made me cry at work.

    And then this comment^ made me laugh.

    (And OP, in case it hasn't been said yet in this thread, thank you for your service.)
  • _Bob_
    _Bob_ Posts: 1,487 Member
    I got my period.

    lol, yeah you have a valid excuse.
  • Tobi1013
    Tobi1013 Posts: 732 Member
    Must. Not. Cry. At. Work.

    OP, thanks so much for sharing this!! It's nice to be reminded from time to time that the petty crap I am dealing with is temporary and that things really could be so much worse.
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    Thank you so much for sharing this.

    :( Ahhh.
  • KristysGonnaGetFit
    KristysGonnaGetFit Posts: 38 Member
    LOVE this.... everyone can use a good reality check once in a while! I am extremely blessed and need to thank the OP and ALL our troops for affording me a LOT of my blessings. No whining today! :-)
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