tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35458200.post6116510310959479562..comments2023-11-02T05:15:04.402-05:00Comments on A Work of Art: Raising Our Exceptional Son: Ben and Benniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12165216797183902071noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35458200.post-43051789481765387732007-11-20T15:14:00.000-05:002007-11-20T15:14:00.000-05:00I hear you and have been there from time to time. ...I hear you and have been there from time to time. (for very different reasons) Life is so unfair! But Kyla says it best! May you find some sunshine...soon!<BR/><BR/>Blessing to you, Joan, and Bennie. <BR/><BR/>(And I am going right now to email EdVenture Museum)PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630048078969557476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35458200.post-90513664939166888472007-11-20T14:52:00.000-05:002007-11-20T14:52:00.000-05:00Kyla, how could I delete something like that from ...Kyla, how could I delete something like that from someone who walks the walk and talks the talk?Ben and Benniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165216797183902071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35458200.post-5240769333727406782007-11-20T13:50:00.000-05:002007-11-20T13:50:00.000-05:00Kyla--beautiful and so true. I'm glad Bennie has ...Kyla--beautiful and so true. I'm glad Bennie has such good friends.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395850914692471354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35458200.post-68246386185557849822007-11-20T13:27:00.000-05:002007-11-20T13:27:00.000-05:00Bennie, I'm not going to give you the don't doubt ...Bennie, <BR/><BR/>I'm not going to give you the don't doubt God speech...but I will say that things just make no sense sometime. My friend Katie just lost her mother and this week her son is in the hospital and they are being told "off the record" (as in not officially yet) that her son's only option will most likely be discharge from the hospital and hospice care until, well, you know. How can all that happen to one sweet, loving, kind person? I don't understand it. There should be a limit on suffering. THERE SHOULD BE. But there isn't. And there is nothing you or I can do about. It sucks and it makes no sense to have such suffering and I have a hard, hard time reconciling it to my belief in God. But faith isn't protection from suffering (ask Jesus, LOL), it is a foundation to rebuild on when you lose it all. It gives you the ability to have hopes past the struggles you are sinking in at this very moment. Is it rational? No. Is it fair? Definitely not. Do I have a hard time with it? Yes, yes, yes. But I can't imagine not having it. And so I scream and yell and tell Him how wrong He is...but the thought of not having Him to go to and dump all that anger and pain on? I don't think I could function that way. Life sucks sometimes, really, really sucks. And it is okay to be pissed and doubt and even turn your back. We're human, Bennie. It is hard. The thing is, when you're ready, if you're ever ready, to turn back around, there He is. And that is the comfort. <BR/><BR/>PS: You have my EXPRESS permission to delete this if you want. NO hard feelings whatsoever. This is your space and if this isn't what you need or want to hear right now, it is a-ok. I would understand 100%.Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35458200.post-69197813366412960892007-11-19T22:15:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:15:00.000-05:00Ha! I emailed them. Don't know what else to say....Ha! I emailed them. <BR/><BR/>Don't know what else to say. <BR/><BR/>GertGretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395850914692471354noreply@blogger.com