The other day a person asked me if I knew so and so and I said yes, why? She said well I heard she was huge! I looked at her with daggers in my eyes! As an over weight person I was offended by this remark and who an the hell cares how much a person weighs? Isn't it what is on the inside of a person than the size of the person?
Just because someone is over weight does that make them a bad person? Why is it so important what makes a person a person by the how much they weigh? No one in this world is perfect only God is perfect. We should not judge one another by how much they weigh but by how much their heart weighs. Just because a person is over weight does not mean they don't love, they don't care, they don't have compassion, they don't emphasize, they don't sympathise. What has happened to this world? What have we become?
I have been over weight most of my life but that does not mean I don't have feelings for people, that I don't love, that I don't understand, that I don't care what happens to a person or their family. Just because I am over weight doesn't make me less of a person.
And to quote Cameron Manheim when she won her first Emmy "Here's to all the fat girls of the world". We rock!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
First and Last Client of the Day
My 9:00 appointment was on time for the first time. My 9:00 appointment was stoned out of her mind. My 9:00 appointment had put her kids on the bus before she came to the office. She walked out of the office with major benefits. No thank you, no have a nice day!
My last client of the day was a 66 year old widow living off of $860.00 per month. She had a shut off on her electric which we paid for. The woman qualified for food stamps and medicaid and you know what she told me? She didn't want the benefits. She said there more people out there that needed them more than her. She said she did not want to prevent someone else from receiving benefits. I explained to her that she would not prevent anyone from receiving benefits if she received the ones she was entitled to. I pleaded and begged her for an hour to accept the benefits and she refused!
It broke my heart! I never wanted to help someone so much since I began this job 12 years ago. The one client that I could help and she refused the benefits. She was to proud to accept help. There are good and decent people in this world and I truely beleive this woman is one of them.
As I walked her to the exit door she thanked me for the help I gave her and told me to have a nice day!
My last client of the day was a 66 year old widow living off of $860.00 per month. She had a shut off on her electric which we paid for. The woman qualified for food stamps and medicaid and you know what she told me? She didn't want the benefits. She said there more people out there that needed them more than her. She said she did not want to prevent someone else from receiving benefits. I explained to her that she would not prevent anyone from receiving benefits if she received the ones she was entitled to. I pleaded and begged her for an hour to accept the benefits and she refused!
It broke my heart! I never wanted to help someone so much since I began this job 12 years ago. The one client that I could help and she refused the benefits. She was to proud to accept help. There are good and decent people in this world and I truely beleive this woman is one of them.
As I walked her to the exit door she thanked me for the help I gave her and told me to have a nice day!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Christine Smith Freeze
As many of you know I was without a computer on February 24, 2010. On that day my dear cousin Chris lost her battle with cancer. I could not post as I had no computer. I just got my computer back yesterday and after getting caught on Facebook I went and got caught up with my emails. And there in the mass of emails was the email from Chris' sister Robbie to the family telling of us of Chris' death and attached a copy of her obituary! Now I have known since February 24th Chris passed but it did not hit me until I went in and deleted her from my email contacts! I just hit the delete button!
Isn't it amazing how fast someone disappears from our lives? We just hit the delete button and it is final. She is gone. I will have no more contact with her. I can't email her, I can't pick up the phone and call her. I can't tell her how much she meant to me. I can't tell her how proud I was of her for all that she conquered on her short time on this planet. Or tell her thank you for always being there for me when she was 20 years old and I was 10 and she helped me make a doll. Or thank her for always spending time with me when I was such a pain in the ass child!
Yes, it finally hit me today she is gone. But I will never forget her. I have my memories, my pictures and the love I carry in my heart for her. She will always be a part of my life and always in my heart.
She was truely an amzaing person who will never be forgotten. To her daughters Tracy and BJ you were so blessed to have this woman as your mother and through the two of you her legacy will live on as her love does for the two of you even in death.
I love you Chris and my heart goes out to Tracy and BJ and her two grandsons. You were my hero.
Isn't it amazing how fast someone disappears from our lives? We just hit the delete button and it is final. She is gone. I will have no more contact with her. I can't email her, I can't pick up the phone and call her. I can't tell her how much she meant to me. I can't tell her how proud I was of her for all that she conquered on her short time on this planet. Or tell her thank you for always being there for me when she was 20 years old and I was 10 and she helped me make a doll. Or thank her for always spending time with me when I was such a pain in the ass child!
Yes, it finally hit me today she is gone. But I will never forget her. I have my memories, my pictures and the love I carry in my heart for her. She will always be a part of my life and always in my heart.
She was truely an amzaing person who will never be forgotten. To her daughters Tracy and BJ you were so blessed to have this woman as your mother and through the two of you her legacy will live on as her love does for the two of you even in death.
I love you Chris and my heart goes out to Tracy and BJ and her two grandsons. You were my hero.
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