My humble apologies to my SS for not getting in touch before now to thank you for that lovely fleece throw you embroidered my name on.
Can i tell you that it helped me so much over Christmas and the New year when i had a high temp but needed just something light to cover my arms
i took ill at the beginning of December but struggled on to look after my husband who is disabled and has COPD
I finally manged to get to see a Doctor on 24 December for some anti biotics and returned home to bed
over the next few days i did only what i could to look after hubby and my two small dogs but on 27th i could not even get out of bed to get me a drink of water but took sips from the water in my hot water bottle i managed to text my daughter who lives several miles away with the simple word help
she managed to get here an hour later and get me a drink and help hubby
we should have gone to the Doctors that day for a special appointment but i asked my daughter to cancel it . the doctor phoned me rather annoyed over the cancellation to see why i had done it my daughter informed me i was not fit to drive so the doctor arranged to visit later that day.
the outcome was i managed to convince her to get my husband into hospital as he could not look after himself i would not go in as there was no one to see to the dogs so stayed at home alone.managing to get some food into me and have lots of water by the bed,
My daughter managed to get to see me as often as she could and phoned every few hours.( she works with special people who are mentaly ill)
Your throw arrived on the 27th whilst my daughter was here and i loved it thank you so very much .I hope sue has a photo she can put up for me of it,
Can i just say that out of 20 houses in a small close not one of the people knocked the door to see if anything was wrong despite the fact that i go out every day with the car and have always helped others where i could. The only person who came near was the christian lady over the road from me who wanted to know if my husband had died. i willl not offend you by my comment as even then knowing that i was so ill with pnemonia and pluresy she still could not bring herself to help me
I am now hopefully on the mend and hubby came home yesterday and finally i have the support put in place that was so desperatly needed by being officialy classed as a carer and will now be part of a large group in this area .This whole experience has changed me in what i do for others where i live and next time someone knocks my door with their diary in hand to let me know when they will need transport to town 6 miles away they will now be handed a slip of paper with the local taxi firm number on it and it will cost them £20.00 a time to get there and back, one bus per day is all we have out here and now their free taxi service s ended .
sorry if i have ranted on bit but this has left me very bitter.
One bright light is that yesterday i managed to drive into town for some fresh supplies and hubby checked the lottery tickets to find we had won £87.00 .
my throw is in my bedroom and will be a wonderfull reminder that there are folk out there who care. they are not always on your doorstep.
Happy new year to all cuties and please if you see something may not be quite right with someone near you , No matter that you do not know their name or even spoken to them just knock the door and ask if all is OK and if not could you help, You may risk being told to go away but at least you have taken the time to simply ask
annie in the uk
N,
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that's it, try again......
N,
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wonderful!
Now put the two letters together and say it gently but with conviction
NO
again?
NO
By jeeves I think she's got it!
NO NO NO NO NO.
Practice makes perfect and it sounds like it is definitely time you learn how to say no.
You may also want to stop appearing to be so capable.
Sometimes we have to scream out for help, even though we may have been helping everyone else for years, they just don't realise.
I found out that people who knew me thought I never needed any help because I was always helping others.
And when I needed it most, even my hubby didn't realise how badly I needed help until I almost had a break-down.
Don't judge them too harshly Sweetie, it is probably a backhanded compliment that they think you don't need help.
Next time stand at your front door and yell HELP!!!!! that will make them sit up and take notice. :-)))
Hugs n love from downunder, Meg
PS. I couldn't locate a funny "HELP" ani.gif so I hope this one makes you smile. :-)
today a woman a few doors away knocked and asked me to take her to her friends house for a party 40 miles away.
i do wish you could have seen her face when i told her that i was no longer going to provide this service to the community. Shock was an understatement
she had the nerve to ask me how she was expected to get there, I gave her the number for the local taxi firm and quietly shut the door on her.
the face above looks a bit like i did. LOL annie
I do understand where you are coming from.
"Who helps those, who are always helping others, when they need help?"
The answer.........
The "WOULD-BE" Christians will say, "I have problems of my own" and trundle off to watch their favourite tv show.
The "SO-CALLED" Christians will say "God helps those who help themselves" and trundle off to their Church.
The "TRUE CHRISTIAN" doesn't even have to ask, they are there on your doorstep ready to pitch in because they know you well enough to know when you need help.
These are the Angels on earth God blessed us with and we call them friends.
God bless you girlfriend, if only all the Cuties lived close to each other there would never be a shortage of friends who care enough to help, they are all Christians in their souls.
Now Please Cuties don't take offence at my words, it is only MY opinion. Having a beautiful Son who is a Christian Minister and seeing how his community support and help each other and being surrounded by TRUE-Christians (I call friends) I have come to learn the difference and understand why my darling Dad called certain of our neighbours, Hypocrites, when I was growing up.
Get well soon Dear Annie, Pneumonia is the pits! Don't forget to get yourself a pneumonia vaccination when you are up and about again, they really work.
Hugs n blessings Meg
I am starting to respond to all the drugs, but i guess it will be a while before i am on top again.
take care and may your God walk with you and yours. annie in the uk
I to try very hard to "Do unto others as you would have them do to you"Maybe u could still do some of the driving but tell the folks it is no longer free ??
Praying for a speedy recovery !!Hugs
any extra money made has to be declared and its just not worth the hassle'
i will offer to help the local community transport to help folk get home from hospital. that way i can get expencese paid legaly. annie
Feel better soon, Annie, hope I made you laugh a little, anyway. Hugs, Marji
So, I settled in Devon, never to hear from my Cornish neighbours again, but soon after, my son and his wife informed me that they were moving back "up country"' once again, left on my own, in a strange place, with no car to move me from A to B ! Luckily, my youngest son, living in London, invited me to move in with him and his partner. So, that is what I did, sold my house, and here I am, settled in Uxbridge, and this is where I stay !! I must admit, I did get a Christmas card from one neighbour in Cornwall, and my sister, who married a Cornishman and still lives in the village, phones me and tells me that lots of the locals ask her how I am getting on !!! I can now understand why my husband would never mix with the neighbours, he wasn't so trusting like I was, but I've learnt my lesson! Just thought I would let you know that you were not alone regarding neighbours etc., and I hope by now, you and your husband are both in good health again. Best regards, Pat