Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 26, 2009

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    rayannina  over 14 years ago

    That’s why you have a little sister, Holly! :D

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    ejcapulet  over 14 years ago

    Tough beans, Holly, your mistakes are your own problem.

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    MizMisanthrope  over 14 years ago

    “Your life is what you make it.”

    Not everything that happens to you is your fault. Please stop perpetuating such bullsh*t, tired cliches. Not only is the game stacked against you from birth, but you can try your best to do everything right, and still end up in a bad place.

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    Deezlebird  over 14 years ago

    Unfortunately, for once I have to agree with Holly–although you do need to be prepared. My husband and I worked our tails off, put ourselves through grad school, and saved like mad, seldom going to eat or taking vacations. Then he was diagnosed with a chronic, incurable illness that has changed our lives dramatically (thank goodness for the savings, though a nice house and a couple of kids would have been preferable). Just because you have a plan doesn’t mean you get the results you planned for.

    Val should know that better than anyone. I’m sure she didn’t plan to be a young widow.

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    shadowwriter  over 14 years ago

    Time and unforeseen occurrence befalls us all.

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    alshoney  over 14 years ago

    Amen, Fairportfan2. I don’t have a choice as to the things that life hands me. I do have a choice as to how I respond to those things. I was widowed at age 40, with 5 sons to raise. I know of which I speak.

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    Robert Mulbry Premium Member over 14 years ago

    While it is true that many things will happen to you that are not your fault, how you react to those things is. That is what defines your character. You can either choose to scapegoat others and life or do the best with what you have.

    I always choose to be around people who laugh (and like comics ;-) rather than those who complain and spend their time blaming everything on the raw deal they received.

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    MizMisanthrope  over 14 years ago

    Yeah, yeah, you have a choice as to how you respond to things….yet another worn cliche that doesn’t really help anyone. Besides, the people who choose to laugh are often simply putting on an act. I don’t believe in putting on false fronts, and by acting out my emotions, it’s easier for me to get it all out, deal with it, and put it behind me, rather than hiding it because people like you will get turned off by my true feelings.

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    The Duke 1  over 14 years ago

    **She sure WILL!! The rate she’s going, she will be under qualified to flip burgers!!**

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    kab2rb  over 14 years ago

    Where I work pt, and the place where I work at parents want there teenagers to go but can’t. Teenagers don’t want to be home, home is usually boring and their peers seem better to them. Parents are frustruted. A lot teens do make wrong choices, although there are some that make the choose the right way. SS is fairly good at touching some basses of life. And other times very good entertainment. My grandparents long gone where never like their grandma. And my own widow mom is nothing like their grandma.

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    ireg  over 14 years ago

    I was divorced before my son was 2. I continued with my life. My son and I had a lot of adventures.

    One time when we were riding our tandem bike with a group of cyclists, another rider was shocked to learn that I was a single mom. He told me of a single mom friend who never did things with her child because she was single.

    I cannot imagine anyone else being the author of my life story. We are each dealt a hand, how it is played is totally up to the individual.

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