A passing thought - no reply required

[ltd-addition]

My iceburg is melting or is that my tears

I feel so numb but is that due to the cold.

Isolated and remote from human contact

is that due to my choice or has it been imposed !

Good intentions are seemingly returned

strength of character slowly slipping is that due to me or my health

Where am I in this world or am I in it at all ?

I'm lost or am I just alone

crying makes me realise I am in pain and Thankfully still alive

or at least I feel something if not totally thankful


(a stolen idea from another pd forum - with thanks )

[Pauline]

My iceburg is melting or is that my tears

I feel so numb but is that due to the cold.

Isolated and remote from human contact

is that due to my choice or has it been imposed !

Good intentions are seemingly returned

strength of character slowly slipping is that due to me or my health

Where am I in this world or am I in it at all ?

I'm lost or am I just alone

crying makes me realise I am in pain and Thankfully still alive

or at least I feel something if not totally thankful


(a stolen idea from another pd forum - with thanks )

Hi LTD
I know you said no replys but you know me I can't keep my moyh shut LOL but anyway had to let you know I like it and I am verythank full :):):) Pauline

[Janice]

thanks for that LTD- it reminded me of this poem I wrote many years ago for my father who had PD

I know sometimes life
seems so damn unfair
It really makes you wonder
if there is a God to care

The fear of not knowing
what happens when you die
Do we go to heaven
or is it all a lie

If our soul is eternal
and in this we believe
then what is our purpose
and why do we grieve

I know I should be thankfull
for each and every day
but sometimes I wonder
does it have to be this way

[ltd-addition]

Janice, welcome to the family


Pauline is my sister through understanding and you will find that my / our family grows by the day !


(we know, we feel, we have experience, we now have knowledge & we understand therefore we are family )

[ltd-addition]

My love and admiration to Margie My big (Older) sister who is one of God's Angel's on this earth and our Canadian sister
Pauline with whom God has also chosen to care and look after me on this earth to assist our Margie.
I'm not a bit of bother but God gave me the best sisters on earth just to keep me smiling, happy and my heart full of love.
Thankyou for caring x

[MargieB]

My iceburg is melting or is that my tears

I feel so numb but is that due to the cold.

Isolated and remote from human contact

is that due to my choice or has it been imposed !

Good intentions are seemingly returned

strength of character slowly slipping is that due to me or my health

Where am I in this world or am I in it at all ?

I'm lost or am I just alone

crying makes me realise I am in pain and Thankfully still alive

or at least I feel something if not totally thankful


(a stolen idea from another pd forum - with thanks )

Hi Ltd-addition,

You didn't request a reply but I have to tell you I'm so glad you posted this. I so often feel what is described in this poem. But I must honestly say from the bottom of my heart that having friends, really caring and true friends here on this Forum makes life worth while.

God Bless and take care of all of us. We don't understand, we are afraid, we wonder, we think but we must have hope and even that is taken away from us many times but to have such dear friends and their love must mean something--must count for something--it just can't all be for naught.

We each came into this world the same way. I think when we started being born we must have been frightened when our mother's contractions started (or if we were born through Cesarean-when the doctor took us from the safety of our mother's womb) and we started being born into this earthly life. Up until then we were safe, warm, fed, felt secure, peaceful and happy. Then all of a sudden things started to change rapidly and we didn't know what was happening but we had no choice--we were being born--so we hung on for the 'ride' and possibly wondered in both fear and hope that something good or better was going to happen after all this confusion. Then we finally arrived from our little womb world into this earth world and hopefully were greeted by our mother and father welcoming us with their love.

All this must have a meaning. Maybe leaving this earth will have similarities we had at our birth and we will arrive in Heaven (or whatever you chose to call it) and be with everyone we love/have loved. We went through this at birth and came through it well--why shouldn't we have the same thing happen, only better--to get to Heaven.

We could even have a Forum of our own again then?

With much love to all of you.
Margie

[MargieB]

My love and admiration to Margie My big (Older) sister who is one of God's Angel's on this earth and our Canadian sister
Pauline with whom God has also chosen to care and look after me on this earth to assist our Margie.
I'm not a bit of bother but God gave me the best sisters on earth just to keep me smiling, happy and my heart full of love.
Thankyou for caring x

Your big (Older) sister will care for you always, just as our Canadian sister Pauline,

God chose wisely when he made us sisters. Both of you give me so much in my life's journey you aren't even aware of.

Hugs, love, prayers and all that is good dear sisters,
Always and forever,
Margie :)

[MargieB]

thanks for that LTD- it reminded me of this poem I wrote many years ago for my father who had PD

I know sometimes life
seems so damn unfair
It really makes you wonder
if there is a God to care

The fear of not knowing
what happens when you die
Do we go to heaven
or is it all a lie

If our soul is eternal
and in this we believe
then what is our purpose
and why do we grieve

I know I should be thankfull
for each and every day
but sometimes I wonder
does it have to be this way

Hi Janice,

Your poem that you wrote for your father is deep, beautiful and meaningful to me (and I'm sure to others who will read it).

Sharing it with us is something special because you originally wrote it for your father who had PD and are now willing to let us read it.

I too wonder sometimes does it have to be this way? But I have no answers. It's something like when children ask that question "WHY"? over and over again and sometimes we can give them a legitimate response but other times we just have to tell them "I don't know"! And fortunately or unfortunately we don't know why there have to be bad things in life. I guess that is where acceptance, faith and hope come in to give us strength in bad/hard/difficult/impossible times.

May I welcome you to the Forum Janice. You will find wonderful people here. Before you know it, they will become friends and much like a family to you. I'm glad you are here.

Margie :)

[Pauline]

Your big (Older) sister will care for you always, just as our Canadian sister Pauline,

God chose wisely when he made us sisters. Both of you give me so much in my life's journey you aren't even aware of.

Hugs, love, prayers and all that is good dear sisters,
Always and forever,
Margie :)

You Too have me bubbling here it is a 2 way street you give what you get love you both my 2 sisters:):):)Pauline

[MargieB]

You Too have me bubbling here it is a 2 way street you give what you get love you both my 2 sisters:):):)Pauline

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Ltd_addition's a treasure,
And so are YOU!
Margie :)

[Janice]

:)Dear Margie
thankyou for your welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed my poem. I have been writing poems since I was about 10years old and only recently taken it up again, for me it helps to put thoughts into words to make sense of things and I enjoy sharing them. I hope it will encourage other members to share their thoughts too
from Janice

[Pauline]

Janice you are very taletrd to able to but word togeather like that , I am glad you are doing it again you shoulg neaver quit your friend :):):)Pauline

[Janice]

thanks Pauline, this poem is not one of mine borrowed from William Henry Davies Born 1871 died 1940
its called-
Leisure

What is this life if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows

No time to see, when woods we pass
Squirrels hide their nuts in Grass.

No time to see in broad daylight,
Steams full of stars, like sky at night

No time to turn at beauty's glance
And watch her feet, how they can dance

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began

A poor life, this if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare

[Margie2]

:)Dear Margie
thankyou for your welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed my poem. I have been writing poems since I was about 10years old and only recently taken it up again, for me it helps to put thoughts into words to make sense of things and I enjoy sharing them. I hope it will encourage other members to share their thoughts too
from Janice

I'm so glad and pleased you have taken up writing poetry again. I love poetry such as you write and am looking forward to more. It is quite a talent to be able to put your thoughts into words of poetry. We

[Janice]

:)For Margie2- this is an oldy Marg wrote it July 1983
I was 18yrs old

Everyday

I write a poem for every mood be it happy or sad
If I'm depressed I lift my pen and forget about my fad

I write a poem for every mood be it bad or good
If I am lonely I lift my pen and will no longer brood

I write a poem for every mood be it jealous or content
If I'm confused I lift my pen and no longer have this dent

I write a poem for every mood be it beautiful or ugly
If I'm upset I lift my pen and curl up snuggly

I write a poem for every mood be it brave or afraid
If I am angry I lift my pen and soon the red will fade

I write a poem for every mood be it a mixture of these feelings
If it is I lift my pen and cope with everyday dealings.

[Juanita Mullin]

Janice, I will say it again. You are a talented lady!:):)

[ltd-addition]

Wow guy's i'm in impressed with the amount of talent on this forum

we could do a pamphlet with different sections
Poems

Laughter (funny events )

Our thoughts (what we think about Pd)

Thanks (who has been inspirational in our lives )

We could keep it light hearted and see if it can be published , what's your thoughts guy's ?

[juandon]

I Was Diagnosed With Pd In May But Have Had Some Of The Symtoms For Three Years. I Am Somewhat Of A Coward When It Comes To Anticipating Suffering. I Cannot Watch Someone Getting An Inection But Having Type Two Diabetis, I Dread The Day I Might Have To Self Inject Insulin Or Have Dialysis. I Think Of Jesus Who Prayed That The "cup" (of Suffering) Might Be Removed And He Would Not Have To Bare The Cross To Suffer In My Place (and Also For The Sins Of The Whole World). I Think Also On His Part There Must Have Been An Extreme Lonliness To Suffer. His Challenge For Me To Take Up My Cross Only Gets More Real As I Learn What Might Be In Store. Each Day Has Enough Trouble Of Its Own. So One Day At Time Should Merit Consideration. First The Tremors Started On My Right Side. I Still Sing In The Choir But I Cannot Hold The Music Still ( I Have To Memorize The Songs- But That Is Not A Bad Idea). My Doctor Told Me He Could Prescribe Medicine To Decrease Salivary Secretions. In A Short Time I Figured Out What He Was Talking About When At Bed Time I Started Having Panic Attacks From Coughing-gagging-chocking On My Fluids. I Take Atropine For That Now But It Does Not Seem To Work All The Time. I Have Been Going To Sleep Sitting Up In Bed Since That Started. Now I Am Waking Up With Leg Cramps. You May Guess That I Call Out To God Whenever That Happens.
I Dont Pretend That What I Suffer Compares With Anything My Lord Jesus Suffered For Me. I Just Ask For Courage And Endurance For Whatever He Wills And The Ability To Display A Grateful Heart.
Don Thomas- Greenville, Nc, USA

[suzie Q]

Hi Juandon welcome to the forum . sorry about the diagnosis .we are a;ll here for each other .dont think about what may happen parkinson presents itself in different ways keep positive and hope you enjoy the forum

Sue

[ltd-addition]

Juandon

I can state with authority that you are one of lifes bravest people !

You overheard God say who's faith he was going to test by giving them Parker's. You knew them and approached God saying how that chosen person would not be able to cope so you offered to take it in their place.
That is how you have Parker's because you have a heart as big as a lion ! I'm honoured to say welcome