Did anybody see "The Woman with Half a Body" last night on TLC? This woman was SO positive, and so strong and so far from feeling down about her life at any time, and she literally had half a body. AND a schizophrenic 29 year old brother, who had the mental age of a three year old, AND a father with Alzheimer's (both of whom she was taking care of).
If you get a chance to see a repeat of this show it's not a downer like it may sound from my description...it's all about thinking positively no matter what life throws at you.
I get upset when I'm in a traffic jam, or I have nothing to do on a Saturday night, and this chick has been wheeling around her half body on a skateboard for thirty years with a smile on her face. Too cool.
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WOW, I wish I had, but no cable.
I've seen her before, amazing isn't she?
Makes our little bothers not seem so bad.
due to current circumstances, i keep hearing things like, 'no matter how bad it gets, there's always someone worse off than you.' i hate hearing that, but it's somewhat true. what i want to know is how bad does it have to get before people will think there's no one worse off than you?!
it's amazing (and quite inspiring too) where some people get their strength from!
I didn't see anything but the insides of my eyeballs last nite ~ I fell asleep on the couch.
But I have seen her story before. She's awesome.
M~
I'm completely ADDICTED to Prision Break on Monday nights, love it love it LOVE IT.
And before that I watched an hour of the cbc drama "Intelligence" abount the marijuana drug trade industry in Vancouver...not too bad.
geez, after having a broken arm I can't imagine having only half a body....I guess you make the best of things....depends completely on your attitude!
I did see that! When she was on the ground working on her dad's car and telling the camera that "this is what life is, you deal with it," i felt very ashamed of myself. And also very thankful for what i DO have.
life is all a matter of perspective... I myself keep having to find ways to remind myself of just how lucky I have it sometimes when things go to crap in my life. It's amazing and surprising (disturbing) just how narrow a focus we can have sometimes. And I really have it good in so many ways... thanks for the latest wakeup call.
We forget how lucky we are, don't we?
I'm keeping my eyes open for that one; I love those stories!
Some people don't know the meaning of "impossible" or "handicapped" or "can't do it". They inspire me to be better than I am.
I hope they'll repeat the show. I need to see that.
I missed it -- but it's probably a good thing. I'd end up feeling bad that I'm not more thankful and positive.
How wacked is that?
I haven't seen it, but if you grow up that way, that's the only way you know, so I imagine that would make it a little easier to be positive. Plus, half a body is better than no body at all. Even with half a body you can still live life to the fullest, by doing things like watching Oprah and Dr. Phil. I'm sure both of them would sacrifice half their bodies for the good of mankind if given the chance.
There's a show on conjoined twins as well, and it's pretty inspiring. Imagine having someone else attached to your head and having to drag them around all day? That would suck - especially if they annoyed the hell out of you.
I haven't seen this, but I think I'd like to. I need an escape, or maybe to see someone with bigger problems than me somehow getting through it all. Or maybe that would depress me, that she has bigger problems than me and is still doing fine? I don't know. Maybe I'll watch Cinderella on DVD and imagine if I were the Prince and I could just punch the step-mother-in-law and no one could stop me because one day I'm gonna be king?
Uh oh, for some reason, despite my total chaotic train of thought here, I feel a blog coming on ...
Hmmm, but isn't she kind of evil for making EVERYONE feel so bad about themselves? Really makes you think . . . (totally kidding).
damn I thought I was the only person in the world who watched that! she made me feel like an ass for worrying about all my trivial shit.
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