Return of the world's worst children

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silvercamaro · #1 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:10 pm

My brother called this morning. We agree with her current health care providers that our mother should stay permanently in a nursing home, rather than return to her assisted living center.

The sad thing is that she undoubtedly is capable of assisting with her own needs. She just doesn't want to, and won't. That does not mean she will be pleased with this arrangement.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:12 pm

There is nothing wrong with what you are doing. You are making sure that your mother is taken care of by trained professionals.

Beebs52 · #3 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:27 pm

Amen.

Tocqueville3 · #4 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:30 pm

What Beebs said.

hermillion · #5 Post by **hermillion** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:32 pm

I'm beginning to believe that SC's mom and mine are sisters. That's the bad news.

The good news is that the two of us can be cousins!

Yippee!!

christie1111 · #6 Post by **christie1111** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:34 pm

Well, whether she agrees or not, it is the right thing to do.

I think it sounds like one of those other people in a different thread who aren't happy unless they are unhappy. You are just an likely target.

Keep up the good work anyway.

silvercamaro · #7 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:39 pm

christie1111 wrote:
I think it sounds like one of those other people in a different thread who aren't happy unless they are unhappy.

I'm not saying you're right, mind you, but it's theoretically possible that she might have been a theoretical inspiration for whatever theoretical theories that were the subject of actual exposition.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #8 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:51 pm

hermillion wrote:I'm beginning to believe that SC's mom and mine are sisters. That's the bad news.

The good news is that the two of us can be cousins!

Yippee!!

My mom is a sister as well...

Beebs52 · #9 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:59 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
hermillion wrote:I'm beginning to believe that SC's mom and mine are sisters. That's the bad news.

The good news is that the two of us can be cousins!

Yippee!!
My mom is a sister as well...

I got a m-i-l who may be the quad to the previous three.

silvercamaro · #10 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:00 pm

Beebs52 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
hermillion wrote:I'm beginning to believe that SC's mom and mine are sisters. That's the bad news.

The good news is that the two of us can be cousins!

Yippee!!
My mom is a sister as well...
I got a m-i-l who may be the quad to the previous three.

Friends, we are going to have fun at the next family reunion!

Beebs52 · #11 Post by **Beebs52** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:09 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: My mom is a sister as well...
I got a m-i-l who may be the quad to the previous three.

Friends, we are going to have fun at the next family reunion!

We'll get us a keg, some cheetos, tie the moms together by their wheelchairs and play crack the whip. Whatdya say?

christie1111 · #12 Post by **christie1111** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:14 pm

Can I come even if my mom is nice?

silvercamaro · #13 Post by **silvercamaro** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:16 pm

christie1111 wrote:Can I come even if my mom is nice?

Absolutely! (My mom has nice sisters. Your mom might be one of them!)

peacock2121 · #14 Post by **peacock2121** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:17 am

I am just plain sorry.

In a perfect world, it would not be like this.

Too bad the world can't be perfect.

Your mom made and continues to make choices.

She did get you to get that there are consequences for one's choices. She will be experiencing the consequences of hers.

You have my empathy.

kayrharris · #15 Post by **kayrharris** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:42 am

Didn't we just have this reunion a couple of weeks ago without the keg and cheetos? We'll be sure and have those the next time. Cousins all this time and we dint even know it!

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #16 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:28 pm

Something perfect for this thread:

The Law of the Garbage Truck

How often do you let other people change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, aggravated customer, curt boss, an insensitive co-worker or employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly she/he can get back her/his focus on what's important.

I learned this lesson in a taxi cab. Here's what happened:

I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.

Beebs52 · #17 Post by **Beebs52** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:10 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Something perfect for this thread:

The Law of the Garbage Truck

How often do you let other people change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, aggravated customer, curt boss, an insensitive co-worker or employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly she/he can get back her/his focus on what's important.

I learned this lesson in a taxi cab. Here's what happened:

I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck."

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.

This is so true. Plus it aggravates the dickens out of the jerks when you're nice to them. Disables their continuance of jerkiness. I love that.

hermillion · #18 Post by **hermillion** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:49 pm

I LOVE this story, and will be sharing it with my students next week. Trying to teach the concept of Responsibility for Your Own Reactions is tough. The visualization in this tale is great.

peacock2121 · #19 Post by **peacock2121** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:13 am

hermillion wrote:I LOVE this story, and will be sharing it with my students next week. Trying to teach the concept of Responsibility for Your Own Reactions is tough. The visualization in this tale is great.

My heart went all warm and gushy that you actually want to and try to teach that.

I call it a way of being in life, not a concept.