Well said! Janice
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From: Lawrence King
To: [email protected]
Cc: Lawrence King
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Friendships
I've not lost any friends and in fact, with the addition of all of you and
the other groups I have joined on line as a result of this disease, my list of
friends has increased tenfold. Major life changes always cause a shift in
focus and friends who no longer have similar understandings often fade away. I
left the craft word for the Antique restoration world and both lost and gained
dozens of friends. As an extreme Introvert my definition of friendship is a
little different than many; I find frequent contact taxing even with the people
I love most, but I am grateful for the knowledge that there are a great many
people who would be there for me should I need them. You encourage each other,
You pray for each other; I have seen some of you actually make the effort to
meet in person and I have watched as some of you even support each other
financially in times of need. The new reality is that best friends can now
meet and never see each others face. I meet people all the time who are too
busy to consider having a new friend an I bet if we take an inventory of these
internet friends many of us can say we have gained more than we have lost.
Mindy the Artisan
On Jul 23, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Janice wrote:
I have another question that has been rolling around in my head.
Have any of you lost/gained friendships after developing TM/MS? Are
some maybe solicitious about giving you a call periodi-cally, but you don't
really see much of them? Or, are some of your friends from before TM
becoming even better and closer
friends. I am talking about emotional support, visits, outings, etc.
I am wondering how many have stuck with you or
traveled on after the initial onset and de-hospitalization period.
Maybe it has stayed the same.
Janice
