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I don't know where this path will lead

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I don't know where this path will lead

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I've been licking my wounds all weekend, mourning anew my father's passing.  Today was not a good pain day for me, either physically or emotionally.  The Mrs was more herself today than I've seen her in a long time, but even the joy that came from witnessing that didn't last very long.  Before long, the clouds rolled in and the day was grey again.

I came home from work and sequestered myself on the couch, not wanting to talk to or see anyone.  When the phone rang, I handed it to my son to answer, not expecting the call to be for me.  It usually never is; the kids seem to have handed out our number to half the western world.

But, it WAS for me.  It was my boss at hospice, asking me if I could take on a patient.  This particular patient is different to my past patients, both in age and in physical ability - and she/he (I'm not really allowed to divulge gender lest someone related to them reads this and is able to identify their relative.  All hell would break loose were that to happen, and I'd be fired) also has some pretty unique issues that make caring for her more challenging. 

It never fails to happen, y'all.  Never.  The universe, the cosmos, what some people call god and others jehovah or yahweh.....it always, always, always rescues me.  Always.  Whenever I'm feeling lost, whenever I'm  questioning  my situation, wondering if I'm doing/have done the right thing, whenever I'm feeling soul-deep sad.....it always comes and lets me know that it's there and shows me just where I'm supposed to go next.  Sometimes it's a gentle nudge in the form of a call or a meeting, and sometimes it's a slap in the face in the form of a traumatic event.  It's happened so many times that I can no longer chalk it up to coincidence.  I just can't, and I won't.

I don't know where this new path is going to lead, but I do know that I'll end up exactly what I'm supposed to be doing, when and where I'm supposed to be doing it.

I am, however, glad that there wasn't a need for any trauma this time.

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

Why doesn't the almighty Jafo have this magnificent power, Dr Nick? It seems to me that the proper response on the part of moderation would have been a quiet and unobtrusive move to the correct category, sans snotty remarks.

Little Whip...it used to be possible to relocate errant threads from Wincustomize.com.....now it appears it is necessary to do it from Joe User....something I simply assumed was also disabled.  That's MY mistake for not actually looking.  Had I done so this thread would have been placed here minutes after it was wrongly placed, not hours....and no-one, not even you would have found issue with your corner of your existence.

dharma...inspite of whip's opinion I DO have a heart.  Unfortunately not everyone can wear it on his/her sleeve so openly, Some are not afforded such opportunity.

Comment #1 still applies in a logical sense.  Many people are subject to NDA's or confidentiality issues.  Some professions [including mine] require it/them....so the suggestion that the reference to this 'patient' would be better left unmentioned is a sensible one, where such slips/typos as 'her' would not then pose an issue....

 

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
Little whip: The only reason I am not a moderator here anymore is because i CHOSE not to be...... mainly because of asshats like you. Get a life.... go write your blog, or whatever other nonsense you fill your sad life with.


Oh, so telling Jafo he needs a heart is bad but calling someone an asshat is not? Frankly, Boxxi, if you were still moderator I'd have nothing to do with the site because a moderator should have some discretion...which apparently you lack.

Yes, it's frustrating when articles cross post into the other forums. But the format of JoeUser makes it very easy to accidentally do so.
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top

Well well well....I go to work, visit my patient, and come home to find this.  Wow.

LW, you are absoultely correct.  About all of it. 

The rest of you skinners...you epitomize the reasons I stay away from computer/programming and skinning issues like the plague.  You are the most elitist bunch I've ever come across, you really are.  God forbid that someone should sully the hallowed forums of WC....whether it be intentional or by accident. 

Shovel, thank you. 

Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
It never fails to happen, y'all. Never. The universe, the cosmos, what some people call god and others jehovah or yahweh.....it always, always, always rescues me. Always. Whenever I'm feeling lost, whenever I'm questioning my situation, wondering if I'm doing/have done the right thing, whenever I'm feeling soul-deep sad.....it always comes and lets me know that it's there and shows me just where I'm supposed to go next.



I enjoyed reading this part,Dharma. Makes even me feel comforted.


BTW, I advise the WinCustom people not to jump to conclusions about people over here "idiotically" posting articles over there. Come on, you are the computer "pros." I'd assume you'd know that glitches happen.