Just an O/T rambling

[CRguy]

Very often I feel I really don’t have a place to be “heard”
I have a number of real friends I chat with offline or by email or IRL

NO EFFIN” WAY by f book !!!!!

BUTT the only REAL experience I get when I go outside my own personal circle, which IS small

IS the ColonTalk forum
I post and we go back and forth

I PM and we can go deeper …. back and forth

I can email and get even deeper into … back and forth.


Always Yin / Yang :

there are those who we lose
… who I miss every day

there are those who are here
… but we take for granted

there are those who just arrived
… we may not yet value ???

BUTT

we are ALL
after all
just US
just HERE
JUST ………………….. ?

we are all here for our own reason, with our own story

which I guess is why I am posting THIS

I am here because when I NEED to be here
if and when I NEED to be heard

I AM HERE WHEN :
“ Very often I feel I really don’t have a place to be “heard” “

WE all speak the same language
and someone HERE will HEAR us

end rambling,
still on the Journey

Harmony to ALL
CRguy

[Nik Colon]

I hear ya! I will try to think of something more poetic and get back to ya

[Nik Colon]

One fish Two fish
Red fish Blue fish
This one has a little scar
That scar is a little far
Some are long
And some are tall
Some are wide
And some are small
Some poo's hard
Others are soft
And some let off
An awful waft!
Some get worse
Others get better
And don't forget
Us poo bed wetters
Form near to far
From here to there
Us CRC's are
Everywhere!

Just off the top of my head, could have made it longer (and better, more like the original format, butttttt)
Feel free to add!!!

[Nik Colon]

FYI, I'm always here for you and anyone who wants to talk. <3

[Cowgirl918]

I love both of your creative compositions. Keep up the good work.

[DarknessEmbraced]

We are all in this together!

[chrissyrice]

Always like to connect here... this is where I first arrived some 5 + years ago when colon cancer hit my ass

So many wonderful people and wild discussions O/T or serious On Topic ... missing a lot of people who died over the years and touched my heart in such special ways.

Families broken and families healed too.

I stop in here a lot and FB too... but it is a bit more easier to follow along here with people and our signature stories.

Glad I am still around

Chrissy

[BeansMama]

I am thankful that I can come here and talk with people who understand. I can PM/Email/text/call (although I'm not a big phone call person) if I need to and they get it.

It is hard for someone who hasn't actually gone through this to give the support needed sometimes it takes having gone through it to fully understand what someone needs. Here I don't encounter the awkward situations where a person doesn't know what to say. They think I am expecting them to impart some great wisdom and really I don't I'm just saying it sucks.

I can vent, ponder different treatments, get information on those treatments that I am thinking about. There is support when I have a bad scan or when chemo is whipping my butt.

The people here are invaluable and I will be forever grateful I found this site, and I will always do my best to support and uplift the others here.

[Lee]

NO EFFIN” WAY by f book !!!!!

CRguy

I'm not a fan of facebook. Too many people writing stupid comments WITHOUT looking to the eye of the person they are writing to. I know for many people it is an extension of themselves, butt not for me. It can be a wonderful way for many people to keep in touch and communicate. I can't help butt feel for some who hang out on face book so much is because they don't have a real life. So very sad.

Lee

[teachpdx]

I post on FB butt not when it comes to my cancer journey. Not looking for sympathy, just understanding, and know that won't happen on FB. This site is my source of strength when needed.

Peace, Kristi

[LeonW]

NO EFFIN” WAY by f book !!!!!

CR, I beg to disagree;
It's *not* off-topic! Just one of your many contributions that make this board great
Plse keep up.
Thanks L

[CRguy]

Ok so Yes, I do go O/T
BUTT .... I’ll just add this here to save us all the distraction of reading a new topic !!!

Today :
5 am there was an armed robbery / home invasion at a house my D and her BF live in.

D was outta town for the wk/end on a girls shopping expedition
BF was there.

Knock on door
Front porch lite goes on
sees a girl on the porch asking for help
opens door
guy rushes in, pulls a machete
asks for cash, grabs laptops and set of house/car keys
in / out in under 2 minutes ……GONE !

YES I know I have had this discussion already :
“ You opened the effing door ? “

Police 911 called
changed house locks
car is in limbo ( not there when the robbery took place )

I am sitting here just thinking
Yeah OK quiet community, coulda’ been a neighbor in need of help ?

I don’t open doors for folks I don’t know …..
DUH ……

Yeah I know hindsight is always 20/20
which is why I practice FORESIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which is kinda why I can be a bit of an asshole at times :
" No I don't just trust you up front .. you need to EARN my trust and respect. "

End rant
for now

still working on Locking the comps and dealing with insurance / gendarmes

YES I had better things to do today
BUTT this is what I NEEDED to do.

UPside = nobody got hurt

CR ... out

[Nik Colon]

That's horrible! so thankful no one got hurt

[bitchslapped]

To your original post: Yes, Yes, & Yes!!!
To your 2nd post: OMG! Apparently we live in the age of security lights & cameras.
As an aside, my mother believed in some type of locked screen door as an extra small barricade between you & the person on the other side of the door to buy some time in situations such as this. Calling 911 may be all the time one needs. Not a door answerer myself, but some type of security door sounds like a cheaper alternative to nothing at all.

Things can be replaced. People can't. Glad it wasn't any worse than it was.

Best Wishes
BS

[fumaros]

to the first topic - you guys feel more real to me than most of the people i interact with in real life. Excellent poetry skills CR Guy and Nik Colon - I am jealous of your rhymes and flow. Your writings are beautiful.
2nd topic - wow. a machete! that is not your conventional armed robbery weapon. Really glad no one was hurt thought.e