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[free_spirit_etc]

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all"

~ Dale Carnegie

We're ROOTING for you!!! Go Josephine! Go!

Free

[Josephine]

Betty - You are one of my favorite GRITS (Girls Raised In The South) and I know you served with honor. The VA will eventually have to acknowledge that fact. Congrats on the wedding anniversary. Your husband is a lucky man.

Cowgirl - I agree with you that there is an understanding we find here at hadit that is truly unique to our situation. Hadit is not a group I ever wanted to be eligible to join but I am deeply thankful that it was here when I needed it and continues to give me a place to get help and occasionally give back.

Mountain - Amen.

TS

TS,

You are so Kind. As usual my husband ask me, " What would you like

for our Anniversary"? Each year, I say, " I would like an end to this

claim.

This hasn't came to date, so I ask for a silk flower arrangement for

the bedroom.

There isn't much I need after all these years. Actually the surprise

of my life, was a Brand Spanking New Diamond Ring and Band in June.

After that surprise, I have been speechless ever since.

I guess he would consider himself lucky, for he has been around for

so many years, we wouldn't be able to think without the other.

I am really the lucky one.

Thanks so Much Dear Friend,

Always,

Betty

[free_spirit_etc]

COURAGE

"Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

This quote reminds me of how you took your claim one step at a time... even when the odds seemed SO stacked against you. Whatever road block they threw up - you grasped it - found a way to overcome it - and kept moving forward.

You never gave up - you just kept moving forward one step at a time - moving through road block after road block.

I remember when I first joined hadit. No matter what anyone was discussing - there you were - rattling on and on about Doris, and swimming pools, and quacks, and the AMC etc. etc. etc.

At first your claim didn't make much sense to me. But you would NOT shut up. You would NOT stop trying to be heard. Every time I got on hadit, there was Josephine, talking about her claim, seeking advice, looking for answers.

So at first I thought - "Poor thing. She just can't grasp that she doesn't stand a chance. I'll look at her information and see if I can give her SOME kind of HOPE, even if she doesn't stand a chance..."

But the more I looked at your information - the more it all started falling into place and making sense to me. And the more I began to understand not only that CAN you have HOPE, but that you SHOULD have HOPE!

And you just kept moving forward. One step at a time.

So here's to NOT giving up! Here's to NOT losing HOPE! And here's to NOT shutting up - even when some of us weren't listening...

Free

[Josephine]

COURAGE

"Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

This quote reminds me of how you took your claim one step at a time... even when the odds seemed SO stacked against you. Whatever road block they threw up - you grasped it - found a way to overcome it - and kept moving forward.

You never gave up - you just kept moving forward one step at a time - moving through road block after road block.

I remember when I first joined hadit. No matter what anyone was discussing - there you were - rattling on and on about Doris, and swimming pools, and quacks, and the AMC etc. etc. etc.

At first your claim didn't make much sense to me. But you would NOT shut up. You would NOT stop trying to be heard. Every time I got on hadit, there was Josephine, talking about her claim, seeking advice, looking for answers.

So at first I thought - "Poor thing. She just can't grasp that she doesn't stand a chance. I'll look at her information and see if I can give her SOME kind of HOPE, even if she doesn't stand a chance..."

But the more I looked at your information - the more it all started falling into place and making sense to me. And the more I began to understand not only that CAN you have HOPE, but that you SHOULD have HOPE!

And you just kept moving forward. One step at a time.

So here's to NOT giving up! Here's to NOT losing HOPE! And here's to NOT shutting up - even when some of us weren't listening...

Free

Free,

Yes, it took a Lot of Courage to keep coming back on this site,

believe me, I thought about changing my name, but I knew I couldn't

fool anyone, for I am would still be talking about the same story.

I still think about poor Pete trying to humor me and appease me.

Thanks Bunches!

Betty

Edited February 3, 2008 by Josephine