Did someone say horses?

[_Tiktaalik]

What the hell is your problem, guy? Are you always such a jerk to random people on the internet who don't even want to talk to you?

No, not always.

So your problem, as per your post, is "no, not always"?

You truly belong to the MDMA generation.

You might have at least cited potential psychological problems that you could be encountering, possibilities o'plenty in that regard. Then you could have tied those in to your penchant for intentionally misreading a post and then insulting its author whom you had never interacted with previously. That, at least, might have been interesting.

[_Gadianton Plumber]

Hello,

Methinks the Lord would have embraced the two gentlemen who kissed at the LDS plaza in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

Methinks the Lord would love his children, regardless of how they were made.

Methinks the Lord would buy a plane ticket to go see his sister.

Very Respectfully,

Doctor CamNC4Me

Methinks the lord MADE his children gay.

Methinks the lord doesn't need an airplane ticket to visit his daughter that he inflicted with disease.


Seriously though, GAZ. I am officially offering to pay for part of the ticket if some of the other people here kick in as well. Life is beyond precious and according to the best evidence, this is our time. Don't squander your life. Who is with me?

Very Respectfully,

Nyal

[Guest]

So your problem, as per your post, is "no, not always"?

You truly belong to the MDMA generation.

You might have at least cited potential psychological problems that you could be encountering, possibilities o'plenty in that regard. Then you could have tied those in to your penchant for intentionally misreading a post and then insulting its author whom you had never interacted with previously. That, at least, might have been interesting.

Regrets.

[_Tiktaalik]

Chris isn't always rude to strangers on the internet. Occasionally he is, but I think it's only because wearing his accidentally-pink underwear makes him cranky. It's easy to see from the picture he posted that CKSalmon doesn't separate his laundry. Everyone knows it's a mistake to wash orange striped cats with black and white cats. Thank goodness there wasn't a red sock in that load, or else the black and white kitty would be black and pink. Like the underwear.

Or, he's just Misunderstood.

When he's not Mr. Cranky Underpants, his posts are much more amicable. Stick around and you'll see.

KA

I'm sorry KimberlyAnn, but this is cksalmon caught on tape at home after reading a post that reminded him of a tweet (warning, contains telestial language).

:P

Everyone's cranky at times. I was just a little caught off guard by his original snarkiness, and my knee-jerk reaction was to return the snarkiness in kind. Most of the time I think I'm pretty placid.

And now, thanks to you, I'll remember to not wash by brown dog and my spotty dog together (assuming that the same principle of non-kitty-mixing also applies to the bathing of pups). See, not only are you a peacemaker, but practical too!

(Why isn't there a smilie for "peace"?)

[Guest]

Regrets

[_Jersey Girl]

I didn't address this the first time I read it because I was aiming for something else. Others have commented. I will too.

I have to laugh, because its certainly a more horrible death than the one my brothers and I had planned for her ten years ago when we were tryign to decide if we should end my parents suffering and just do away with her.

How would having one child dead and their remaining children sent to prison have ended your parents suffering?

This makes no sense whatsoever, Gaz. I understand thinking about such a thing (if only she weren't around...) when you see a person cause serious hardship and concern however, in actual fact it would have caused life long suffering for your parents.

I don't recall you saying if your sister's illness is terminal or if it is treatable. In any case, death is permanent, Gaz. You don't get to approach your own death more than once and you don't get a chance to approach your sisters possible death more than once.

When it's done, it's done.

I always thought that one day I'd run into my friend that I mentioned here while I was back home for a visit. That we'd meet for coffee or whatever, share photos of our children and talk about our lives.

What I got instead was a visit to a cemetary 3 years ago to find his grave.

Don't let that happen to you!

You mentioned learning something in all of this. I know that LDS look for something they are supposed to learn in a variety of situations.

How are you supposed to learn anything if you don't show up for class?

GO.

[_Yoda]

Liz,

Do you want them to view their father as a bitter person who turns his back on an ill sister?

Two of her kids came to stay at my parents for the summer. One of my kids asked "Who's their Mom?"

I said "My sister"

They said "You have a sister?"

All the more reason you need to do right by your sister now. Your kids DO KNOW you have a sister NOW.

Look, I'm not suggesting that you condone your sister's actions. I don't think that anyone here is suggesting that.

But this goes beyond her actions. She is your sister.

You were hurt because of how she treated your parents...particularly how she treated your Mom. Well, if your Mom is prepared to nurse her in her hour of need, she must have found it in her heart to forgive her. SHE was the one who was wronged.

All any of us are suggesting that you do is tell your sister that you love her. Not that you agree with her previous lifestyle....just that you love her.

Let me ask you another question, Gaz. You made the statement that your sister couldn't possibly love you, or anyone else in her family because she kept making poor choices, and living a bad lifestyle.

When you have made mistakes, and have sinned.......Have you stopped loving the Lord? Or did you just lose sight of things and make a mistake because you're human? And do you think that the Lord felt you didn't love Him, or...from what you have studied about Him...Do you think he has the Godlike perspective to understand that you are going to make mistakes, which is why he died for you?

He died for you......and he died for your sister, Gaz.

Think about that.

[_beastie]

Personally, I don't think Gaz should visit his sister unless he's able to stop dehumanizing her and feel genuine concern and love. In his current mental state regarding her, I don't think a visit from him would do her any good, and possibly do some harm.

[_Jersey Girl]

I had to go back and check this, Gaz.

You wrote,

I told you in my PM that my monster of a sister has been diagnosed with cancer. Her lymph nodes are blown up all over her body, what specific type of cancer she has they don't know just yet. I'm getting all of this information from my mom, I haven't had a conversation with my sister in nearly 16 years. It was all that time ago she made the decision to hang around low lifes and do all kinds of drugs. I've shared a few horror stories in older posts. I have a sort of dilema now in deciding that now that she's dying, do I change my tune

If the docs don't know what specific type of cancer she has yet, YOU don't know that she's dying.

You assume, but you don't know.

For all you know, the cancer is treatable and this is the wake up call she needs to turn around.

Why aren't you gone yet?

[_Jersey Girl]

Personally, I don't think Gaz should visit his sister unless he's able to stop dehumanizing her and feel genuine concern and love. In his current mental state regarding her, I don't think a visit from him would do her any good, and possibly do some harm.

He'll do just fine, beastie. It's easy to dehumanize from a distance. Not so easy, eyeball to eyeball.