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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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Two years of Egypt's Muslilm Brotherhood rule

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Loren Miller 3 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

This photo essay shows the remarkable benefits of replacing a secular government with a religious one. The fate of Egypt is quite an endorsement for the superior morality of religious rule.I was a bit surprised by the extent to which the temporary…Continue

Tags: Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian quality of life

'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 7 hours ago. 10 Replies 1 Like

Oh no! Crazy ants!!CNN) -- Beware the "crazy…Continue

What are your Memorial Day plans?

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 7 hours ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes

I just wanted to make a fun discussion and see what all of you are doing on Memorial Day.Anyone attending a parade?Anyone honoring vets?Here is an event in Austin that looks very interesting to me.Austin, TXClose Assault 1944 is living history and…Continue

Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher Hitchens

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner 9 hours ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher HitchensJust think about this for a minute, “three thousand years ago, at the most, it was decided,…Continue

Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie yesterday. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing

Started by Joan Denoo yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing and our bodies have all kinds of red flags it sends up to tell us something is wrong. Pay attention to those flags, they can save your health and your life. I talked to a lady yesterday who…Continue

Tags: tools, for, living, denial, delusions

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Comment by Steph S. on March 18, 2013 at 10:30pm

Comment by Steph S. on March 18, 2013 at 10:29pm: Joan you have a wonderful positive attitude. I am behind on getting my yearly checkup - planning on going soon. I have been putting it off. I just hate going.

Comment by Steph S. on March 18, 2013 at 10:28pm: Joan we are here for you - hope your doctors can remove the cancer. You are in our thoughts.

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 18, 2013 at 10:25pm: sk8eycat, how sweet of you to think of me to join on your cross country trip. I know it would be fun. However, my travelling days are far behind me; I got it out of my system and just love enjoying my little nest.

I have absolutely no worries about the coming processes. I volunteered for several years at Cancer Patient Care, NW and came to love the patients and become familiar with their challenges.

The thing I worry about is the unknown direction this climate change business will take and if enough people wake up to the risks facing us if we don't make some basic changes.

I am profoundly happy, my family is doing well and fully able to care for themselves. My grandkids develop beautifully and my great-grandkids have the possibility to see things I can't even imagine.

My Wise Women group provides outstanding support for whatever comes. They carted me hither and yon for two and a half years when I couldn't drive because of my heart, and we laugh and cry and play and work as if we were teenagers again. Well ... we dont have the energy even as we have the enthusiasm.

Cancer is definitely not a death sentence. However, do get your regular check up. I have a mammogram every year and this one showed a growth that biopsied positive. So, there are tasks to be done and I am up to the challenge.

Comment by Ian Mason on March 18, 2013 at 10:20pm: Glad to hear your optimism, Joan and that the problem has been caught early. All the best to you and keep us posted. You're loved and wanted by a lot of people.

The Steveisms are great. It's hard to keep a straight face when people come out with that kind of thing.

I would also love to see the Aurora. The few times in Denmark the weather forcast says there's a possibility it either doesn't happen or the skies are cloudy.

Ice-cream for Zombies, Napoleon? Or a bad case of brainfreeze?

Comment by Patricia on March 18, 2013 at 9:43pm: No idea Sk8ey, just got it in an email, & it make me laugh.

Comment by Steph S. on March 18, 2013 at 8:42pm: Cool Joan thanks for the videos and pictures. I am going back through the pages and catching up. Nice brain ice cream Napoleon. Thanks for the space picture sk8eycat.

Comment by sk8eycat on March 18, 2013 at 8:36pm: Patricia, is that "MOONDOGGIE"?

Comment by sk8eycat on March 18, 2013 at 7:41pm: Joan, if you want to take the Canadian Rail trip with me, we can save our pennies, and meet up in Seattle, and go on from there. It may take years, but I have a feeling we'll both still be here on Planet Earth to do it.

My mom had cancer that started in her lungs and showed no symptoms till it was all over her body. By the end of that year, she was cancer-free, and stayed that way for the rest of her life (age 79 - 87)...the chemo was pretty gross at first, but it wasn't as horrible as I've heard some people say it is, and she only went through that twice (10 days each time), with a drug (whose name I've forgotten) to control the nausea after the first day. She also had something like 45 radiation treatments, too, and NO side-effects from them at all.

Everyone still acts as though any form of cancer is an automatic death sentence, and it isn't.

PS: Mom was diagnosed in 1984...medical science has advanced so much since then. Trust your team, and I'll see you in Seattle one day. Or, if you don't want to go all the way to Churchill, I have a friend in Tacoma I can visit, and we can work out some way to visit.