KatieB Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot What do you want to be when you "grow up" (ie. what do you want to do when you are well/NED) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I want to be thin, beautiful and rich when I grow up. BUT, if I can't be Paris Hilton, I want to be happy. I want to have "enough". I want to have enough love to keep me humming, enough food to keep me fed, enough money to keep a roof over my head, and enough of me left over to share. I guess, when I grow up, I want to be me, only better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I am really happy with who I am, and pleased with what I have accomplished in my lifetime. I continue to look for opportunities to serve. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay A. Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I want to be NED. Ned is everyone's favorite. Makes no difference if you're male or female, adult or child. EVERYONE likes NED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 What do you want to be when you "grow up" (ie. what do you want to do when you are well/NED) Who said I wanna (or had to) grow up? I want to see my sons married and happy and I want to continue to be who I am, with enough yarn to keep knitting and giving away baby things....maybe even some to some grandkiddies of my own! Maybe someday I'll write the children's book I always thought I might like to do. But mainly, I will want to do what I know now is most important....continue to spend time with those I love and have fun with and whose friendship I treasure. At the end of the road, folks...it doesn't matter where we've been or how much we have. All the matters is WHO WE HAVE BESIDE US! Just surround me with the people I love and who love me....and the rest will take care of itself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Right now I am considered NED....that is a very good thing. BUT I feel the need to wait "a while" before I get myself too cocky with this NED business. SO....after "a while" I would like to write my story of this journey and have it published. I have had MANY tell me I should write my story...and quite a story it is! So, with the help of ????, I would finally like to do it. I have it started. It is HARD to do. In spite of the fact that I was an English major, I am having some trouble with it. I would like to bring HOPE to someone feeling hopeless. I would like to EMPOWER someone who feels impotent. I would like my story to give STRENGTH to someone who's feeling weak. And maybe even give COURAGE to someone who is fearful. Finally, I would like to give back somehow, for all that has been given me. Kasey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leslie221 Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Great topic, KatieB! Thanks. I've done a lot of thinking about this ever since my dx. To be honest, the year before I was dx'd I was slipping and sliding down into a dark hole from which I could see no serious purpose to my existence and couldn't find a future to look forward to. Then, ta da! Cancer! Spun my head around and, suddenly, I saw ENDLESS purpose and potential for my life! I'm trying to do NOW what I want to do - if I wait till I beat this thing, I might never do any of the things I now realise make life so meaningful, so purposeful, so just-plain enjoyable! If I can't do some of these things in the end, well, at least I got started. I plan to start an organic foods coop in my little rural town. I'm starting to research the steps right now. Have lots of interest from neighbors. I plan to run for city council here in April. This dying little rural town needs new blood. Also lots of interest from neighbors. I want to get my body in really good shape so I can wear the clothes I long to wear (tuck my shirts in again, for instance) - I weigh almost 40 lbs more than when I met Mark 15 years ago and, while I don't need to be THAT slim, THIS is ridiculous. I've wanted to be a published writer since I was a child and had the satisfaction for many years as a newspaper reporter in California. I've had the talent and the ideas for years and years, but have never had the self-confidence, the willingness to risk needed to actually do it. Have a children's book ready to send to a publisher. Going to do it! (Now I'm committed - please nag me ) Most of all, I want to continue to love my husband, really enjoy his love for me, and stop pretending this is all a dress-rehersal. I've started living the life I want. Now I want to continue it! Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jang Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 I'm still trying to figure this one out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 a mother. and I want suki to be a grandmother. otherwise, we've turned out OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Lucie's response: Do more in helping other survivors of lung cancer. Also,I want to do more quilting when I have more energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I don't want to grow up, there will always be a little kid in me. Love/be here for my family/friend(s) the best way I know how to. Would like to do more to help people with lung cancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fall54 Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 I also dont want to grow up. As I age I get wiser but that little kid is still in me I just wish my body knew it!! Ever since my Brother became ill I have wanted to go into hospice as a volunteer, I am having some health issues right now that I hope to mend ( had an MRI on my back today) and when and if I get feeling good enough I would like to help others that are going through what my family went through losing Alan. I have always been a caregiver and it seems that what ever intrests me has to do with care giving. BUT that little kid in me wants to sneak out the bedroom window and stay up all night long, sneak back up the fire escape ladder to my bedroom and sleep late LOL God Bless you all, Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 I'm happy with who I am and where I am, primarily because of my wonderful husband, Bruce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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