How trivial (10)
Nature123: Just watched a piece on kids with out arms and legs that have been adopted.
How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.
How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.
It is a reality check Nature??
I was one of 7 kids and when we were growing up we didn't have much, but as we got to be teens we thought it was the end of the world if our black shoes didn't match out blue dress??
My dear old mum would bring us right back down to earth with her favourite saying "There is always somebody, somewhere a lot worse off than you"
Thought about it, felt like a big whingeing sook
Newlife08: It is a reality check Nature??
I was one of 7 kids and when we were growing up we didn't have much, but as we got to be teens we thought it was the end of the world if our black shoes didn't match out blue dress??
My dear old mum would bring us right back down to earth with her favourite saying "There is always somebody, somewhere a lot worse off than you"
Thought about it, felt like a big whingeing sook
I was one of 7 kids and when we were growing up we didn't have much, but as we got to be teens we thought it was the end of the world if our black shoes didn't match out blue dress??
My dear old mum would bring us right back down to earth with her favourite saying "There is always somebody, somewhere a lot worse off than you"
Thought about it, felt like a big whingeing sook
Same here,my dad passed when I was 2. So mum had 4 kids to raise by herself.
And she would say that to us all the time as well. And think about all the starving kids in the world.
Nature123: Just watched a piece on kids with out arms and legs that have been adopted.
How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.
How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.
Good post...
I think that you need to be a special kind of person to be able to do with love... all that is needed to look after special kids..
It's not that we are absorbed in ourselves, because I am sure that in our own worlds we help out... usually family and friends... Its just that we acknowledge, that we cannot find the 'love' to do what some people do and it comes naturally to them...
I know myself well, and I knew even when I was young that I could not have coped with two little children, so I spaced them out 5 yrs apart... I knew then, that is all I could handle... so
I think its commonsense too... ???
Hi Merri,
Yes I agree with you, when I was a young child. 8-9 I would ask mum to get kids out of the orphanage for the school holidays,but unfortunately she just couldn't afford to feed extra people,when I got older I used to take kids in from the street,got ripped off a few times but even though the kids stole from me they did come back off their oun bat and say sorry.i will always help some one if I can.
I mean we complain about the weather or I have nothing to wear out. Not saying you are like that its just a general comment of what we do complain about.
Yes I agree with you, when I was a young child. 8-9 I would ask mum to get kids out of the orphanage for the school holidays,but unfortunately she just couldn't afford to feed extra people,when I got older I used to take kids in from the street,got ripped off a few times but even though the kids stole from me they did come back off their oun bat and say sorry.i will always help some one if I can.
I mean we complain about the weather or I have nothing to wear out. Not saying you are like that its just a general comment of what we do complain about.
Nature123: Just watched a piece on kids with out arms and legs that have been adopted.
How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.
How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.
As kids the youngest off five we had very little, but we had each other! We still are a very close family in many ways, now days the kid often wounders why I never go off like her mum dose about the little things, like leaving a light on or forgetting too do stuff?
I think we all need to take a little step back before we open our mouths and speak someday’s, yes things could be a lot worse,
As a single parent I don’t think I can even foster other kids as I don’t have the normal family home? And you can forget about adopting kids in this country as its impossible, unless you are the highest form of normal parents?
So what is normal these days?
Hi blizzard
I not saying we should all go out and adopt kids, I myself would not be able to do what this family has done,adopted 7 or so kids,most of them had all 4 limbs missing or 2 gone,plus they had kids of their own,what I am saying was how upsetting it was watching these kids, not that it has held them back in any way,a little girl had no arms or legs yet she was swimming.they are just so strong and just keep fighting to do what people with four limbs take for granted sometimes. I too am a single parent,I have raised my 3 children by myself even when I was with the dad,but we do what we have to, just like a lot of other people.
I just thinks it amazing that there are people out there that open their hearts and homes to others,
I not saying we should all go out and adopt kids, I myself would not be able to do what this family has done,adopted 7 or so kids,most of them had all 4 limbs missing or 2 gone,plus they had kids of their own,what I am saying was how upsetting it was watching these kids, not that it has held them back in any way,a little girl had no arms or legs yet she was swimming.they are just so strong and just keep fighting to do what people with four limbs take for granted sometimes. I too am a single parent,I have raised my 3 children by myself even when I was with the dad,but we do what we have to, just like a lot of other people.
I just thinks it amazing that there are people out there that open their hearts and homes to others,
Nature123: Hi blizzard
I not saying we should all go out and adopt kids, I myself would not be able to do what this family has done,adopted 7 or so kids,most of them had all 4 limbs missing or 2 gone,plus they had kids of their own,what I am saying was how upsetting it was watching these kids, not that it has held them back in any way,a little girl had no arms or legs yet she was swimming.they are just so strong and just keep fighting to do what people with four limbs take for granted sometimes. I too am a single parent,I have raised my 3 children by myself even when I was with the dad,but we do what we have to, just like a lot of other people.
I just thinks it amazing that there are people out there that open their hearts and homes to others,
I not saying we should all go out and adopt kids, I myself would not be able to do what this family has done,adopted 7 or so kids,most of them had all 4 limbs missing or 2 gone,plus they had kids of their own,what I am saying was how upsetting it was watching these kids, not that it has held them back in any way,a little girl had no arms or legs yet she was swimming.they are just so strong and just keep fighting to do what people with four limbs take for granted sometimes. I too am a single parent,I have raised my 3 children by myself even when I was with the dad,but we do what we have to, just like a lot of other people.
I just thinks it amazing that there are people out there that open their hearts and homes to others,
I also saw that Merri. What a fabulous family. And yes, sometimes we complain too easily rather than count our blessings. As I spend a lot of time in neurosurgical wards I see things that break my heart and remind me constantly of the people and things that bless my life each day.
Glass half full here! To see those kids so full of joy - how up-lifting!!
Nature123: Hi blizzard
I not saying we should all go out and adopt kids, I myself would not be able to do what this family has done,adopted 7 or so kids,most of them had all 4 limbs missing or 2 gone,plus they had kids of their own,what I am saying was how upsetting it was watching these kids, not that it has held them back in any way,a little girl had no arms or legs yet she was swimming.they are just so strong and just keep fighting to do what people with four limbs take for granted sometimes. I too am a single parent,I have raised my 3 children by myself even when I was with the dad,but we do what we have to, just like a lot of other people.
I just thinks it amazing that there are people out there that open their hearts and homes to others,
I not saying we should all go out and adopt kids, I myself would not be able to do what this family has done,adopted 7 or so kids,most of them had all 4 limbs missing or 2 gone,plus they had kids of their own,what I am saying was how upsetting it was watching these kids, not that it has held them back in any way,a little girl had no arms or legs yet she was swimming.they are just so strong and just keep fighting to do what people with four limbs take for granted sometimes. I too am a single parent,I have raised my 3 children by myself even when I was with the dad,but we do what we have to, just like a lot of other people.
I just thinks it amazing that there are people out there that open their hearts and homes to others,
While growing up, my father's Rotary Club "adopted" Sutherland Spastic Centre (as it was known then) as their special ongoing project. Lot of Family days where the Rotarian families would each take a child for the day, giving the parents a break for a while. Now, the Govt does it for the parents.
About 12 years ago, I was going out with a lady who had adopted a Downes Syndrome boy. And it was through her that I realised how much time and effort these special children are on the parents. And the love they have for each other.
The parents are truly special people.
wash2u: While growing up, my father's Rotary Club "adopted" Sutherland Spastic Centre (as it was known then) as their special ongoing project. Lot of Family days where the Rotarian families would each take a child for the day, giving the parents a break for a while. Now, the Govt does it for the parents.
About 12 years ago, I was going out with a lady who had adopted a Downes Syndrome boy. And it was through her that I realised how much time and effort these special children are on the parents. And the love they have for each other.
The parents are truly special people.
About 12 years ago, I was going out with a lady who had adopted a Downes Syndrome boy. And it was through her that I realised how much time and effort these special children are on the parents. And the love they have for each other.
The parents are truly special people.
Lets not forget that these kids are truely special as well. The parents will tell you they gain so much more back from these kids by way of appreciating what they have, receiving unconditional love, learning lessons in perserverance, determination and the joy of being alive no matter what the circumstances.
Unfortunately, it is some abled bodied people that can put limits on those with disabilities through their ignorance rather than allowing them to reach their true potential. Never under-estimate the abilities of those born with a disability.
They will constantly amaze you.
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How amazing are the families that do that. I have great admiration for them.
We as people with all our limbs do complain a lot about trivial stuff.
These kids have nothing,parents that don't want them,put in an orphanage and just left there. I know some kids are given up at birth so they can hopefully have a better life.
And here we are myself included complaining about such minor things.
Are we so absorbed in ourselves that we don't stop and think about all thoes people out there that are less fortunate than us.
I don't mean to offend any one on here by what I write.