Comments on: A spoonful of sugar

By: Kristi Little

Kristi Little — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:30:06 +0000

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By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:22:28 +0000

PJ, what a wonderful idea.
Other than a hug, I can think of nothing better to help keep a cancer patient upbeat than A Story with a guaranteed HEA.

By: Ladytink_534

Ladytink_534 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:01:41 +0000

Grumpiness does tend to wear off on other people. Especially when it’s a nasty grumpy person not just someone who can be cheered up. I read Eragon during Hurricane Katrina (we were far enough inland so we didn’t get anything but some wind a a little rain) and it helped me not freak out as bad.

By: evlqn

evlqn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:37:07 +0000

Totally off topic but I was in St.V.dePaul today and they had made displays of Sabrina,Karen H and Suzanne e’s books. Maybe not so far off topic because it sure made me smile.

By: Janae

Janae — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:09:52 +0000

Agh, I had just finished my post when I got bumped. Grr.

Absolutely. I love caller id because while I love my 6 siblings, some of them are toxic. I don’t want to talk them because they bring me down. I just don’t get it because out of all of us, they have the most to be grateful for, but they always seem to be down on something.

OTOH, I talk to one of my other sisters at least once a day. She’s the only sister that I’ve ever lived with since I moved out at 18. She and her 12 month old son went home, today, after spending a week here. I miss her already.

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:07:14 +0000

Oh, Karen, what a great topic. I have relatives staying with me. Relatives who have very strident–and opposite to me–political beliefs. And who need to tell me how WRONG I am. It is going to be a LONG week.

BUT—I have planned to treat myself next week to some time with great friends who will erase the memory of this week for me. And my DH is wonderful.

Wish me luck, and a long fuse, through Friday.

By: Karen Rose

Karen Rose — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:03:18 +0000

Kendra, sorry you keep getting bumped out of the box. It happened to me a lot last week.

Is there such a thing as “too much time” looking for happy endings? Nah.

By: Karen Rose

Karen Rose — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:44 +0000

Louisa, I’d come shop at your Walmart! I could be your silent partner, handing out happy-face cookies to mean customers. How can you be angry when eating a happy face cookie, I want to know!

Evqln – good system you have with your sister.

This reminds me of a report I saw on the news. It was a community who decided they would go “negative free” for 90 days. No whining or complaining or b**ching. They wore those plastic/rubber bracelets on one arm and if they were negative, they had to move the bracelet to the other arm. The goal was to keep the bracelet on one arm for 90 days. The people said they felt silly at first, but it built a unity in the community that they hadn’t had in a while.

And they were all so much happier! THey said they hadn’t realized just how much they were negative before.

It’s something to consider, for sure.

By: Karen Rose

Karen Rose — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:53:06 +0000

Suzanne – I’ve done that before, been purposely cheerful. Sometimes I’ve done it simply to make a grumpy person hush, and then I end up feeling better too.

That’s a five dollar word, Cail. Or maybe it’s worth twenty now. Hard to tell these days

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:46:09 +0000

For those getting the error message our awesome tech support thinks she has it figured out. It should be fixed soon.

PJ–that is an excellent suggestion! Occasionally I take books down to our cancer center. They have a wonderful chemo room. They have books, magazines, audio books, etc. Lots of stuff to make a horrible situation a little brighter.