Jack’s Winning Words 12/13/13
“I am not a person who gives up.”  (Jen Arnold)  I wonder if Jen saw yesterday’s quote by Camus, or Ecclesiastes 3.  Dr Jen is one of the stars of “The Little Couple” who just received a cancer diagnosis.  This comes at a difficult time, since she and her husband have just adopted a 2nd child.  Jen’s attitude can help any of us when life “happens” unexpectedly.  “I won’t give up!”  When winter happens, I remember summer.    ;-)  Jack

 FROM KF IN MICHIGAN:  Me too!====JACK:  It's always happened for me....that summer follows winter, in more ways than one.

 FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  i admire that lady so much... sad for her & her family...   :(====JACK:  She will approach the situation, first from a physician's point of view, but, ultimately, she's just like you and me.  She will face the situation, personally.  I have the feeling that she's going to do well.

FROM  CWR IN MICHIGAN:  Giving up is not an option. Having survived quintuple By-pass Heart surgery, a cancerous Kidney removed and an "undefined" lump in the other one and a Stroke...I can neither complain nor surrender. Neither a "Hayride" nor bellyaching is my lot.....but a beer now and then helps. ====JACK:  It sounds as though you could give the doctor (Jen's a doctor) some advice.  It might work for her as it has worked for you.

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  I was just reading today about  this Jen Arnold; apparently her daughter from China has had quite a rough adjustment to their family, as she had never seen "little people" in her orphanage (or wherever she was) even tho she herself had dwarfism, and she was afraid of these small people and cried continually. (Until a "big" person picked her up, or took her!)  And Jen felt lousy on top of it!  Their little boy Will  immediately bonded with them, when they got him, so this has been a challenge. She will give it everything she's got, !and we all hope she can live to raise her children.  Drs. day a positive attitude is a great healing help!  I think it also helps to keep you healthy!====JACK:  Everyone's life is a reality show.  It's just that only a few of them are put on TV.  Most of us would just as soon keep our ups and downs a private matter.  Of course your car problem on the bridge would entertained a lot of folks.