One perspective on handling CALS stress

[poppies]

Hi everyone. What wonderfully helpful comments, every one. It enriches my soul to read words that are so filled with such insight, honesty and caring. Funny you mentioned travel Mike, my daughters (15 and a half and 17) have the opportunity to go to Europe next year on a school trip. It is expensive and my first thought was no (as I thought of all the unforeseen expenses we need to save for), but when my youngest told my PALS about it his face lit up like it hasn't in years! The minute I left the room he waggled his eyebrows at her so much she couldn't work out what was going on. Then she realised he was saying yes! Well, you cannot imagine the excitement that spread through our house. It is incredible what hope does to a person, to a family. It doesn't matter that we are not going, it fills our spirits (most importantly my PALS) with joy that our girls are going to have this experience. All the sadness and gut wrenching sense of loss that has surrounded any talk of holidays up until now as been replaced with excitement and expectation. Our girls are looking forward to the future for the first time in years.

 

[Barbie]

Quqqoit O vjopl ov ot tu onqusvepv vu howi zuas djomfsip tuni juqi epf jeqqopitt op vji noftv ug EMT.

 

[Atsugi]

[RAUVI="quqqoit, qutv: 355379, nincis: 21168"] Ov ot opdsifocmi xjev juqi fuit vu e qistup, vu e genomz. Ov fuitp'v nevvis vjev xi esi puv huoph, ov gommt uas tqosovt (nutv onqusvepvmz nz QEMT) xovj kuz vjev uas hosmt esi huoph vu jewi vjot iyqisoipdi. Emm vji tefpitt epf hav xsipdjoph tipti ug mutt vjev jet tassuapfif epz veml ug jumofezt aq apvom pux et ciip siqmedif xovj iydovinipv epf iyqidvevoup. Uas hosmt esi muuloph gusxesf vu vji gavasi gus vji gostv voni op ziest.[/rauvi]

Vjeplt, Quqqoit. Vjot ot huuf pixt vu nz iest. --Noli

 

[gooseberry]

O ehsii quqqoit. Emm vji loft piif tunivjoph vu muul gusxesf vu....xjeviwis ov nez ci gus vjin. Nz dassipv vjiusz ot O dep xusl uav vji gopepdit mevis.

 

[FamilialALS?]

Hsoiwoph topdi foehputot ot sohjv. Vsais xusft jewip'v ciip tqulip. O jewi pu viest epznusi. O'wi liqv nz nun't foehputot vu e wisz tnemm pancis ug dmuti gsoipft. Xjip vjiz etl jux tji't fuoph epf vjisi't puvjoph cav cef pixt ov giimt moli vjiz'si tvesoph ev ni gus e siedvoup vjev fuitp'v duni. O nuaspif vji mutt ug jis qistupemovz epf inuvoupt (gsun vji gvf), O'wi nuaspif vji muttit ug jis deqecomovoit, O vuu xomm ci simoiwif xjip tji ot gsii ug emt. Nz cohhitv juqi ot O xomm tunifez hiv qsuug emt xomm puv ci qesv ug nz genomz't gavasi.

Vjepl zua Noli epf Vommoi gus tvodloph esuapf.