I laughed hard at your post, cat... I wanted to respond with, "I'm not chicken, I was just waiting for the person with the fantastic answer to post, and there it was..."
Kaffe,
That is exactly what others were thinking as well...
None of us have the perfect answer...
Someone has to be first and there is no reason that anyone on this board shouldn't be...
Originally Posted By: Kaffe
My take is that although they are being "nice", it doesn't mean their position is softening.
Until they actually say their position is changing, this is a safe assumption.
Sem,
Keep posting, sort your thoughts out.
I remember that you were in a bad place which is why I loved the post that Jack stickied. Your growth is amazing.
The chickens that I was referring to, well, it was a tease, they know who they are and any of them could have said exactly what I did. I am sure that they thought it.
Sometimes it's hard to say "stay the course" to someone because it seems like you are trying to take away their hope. No one wants to do that to someone else. Sometimes the best course of action is simply to do nothing.
I also think a lot of the vets get a little nervous when people ask about "peeking" out of the tunnel because so many of us have seen the "touch and gos" and they are disheartening to a degree.
Although they are also reminders that the person we once loved wasn't just a figment of our imagination...
Anyway, I'm off to do some reading.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
