I had too kill a bird too. I was 7. It was at my friends house. I was spending the night there. Her cat, Midnight, had torn off its left wing and was just toying with it. So I had to step on it because Morgan and her little brother wouldn't. We all cried that night. It was awful. Then we got in her hottub that evening. I had to use the bathroom so I climbed out only to fine that Midnight had brought us a little present (the bird). Then I had to get to their bathroom and was off the blood. It was really dark in their home and I had left the back door open on my way in. I steped out into the hall and found out Midnight had placed the bird under my foot, yet again. That just brought on more tears.
Putting down a dog is always hard too. I can't help but cry when I see animals suffering.
:'( :'( :'(
Originally posted by elvendreamgirlI sat up front in the ambulance after my intern broke his neck during an activity I was responsible for.
I had a sheep dying of toxemia. I had to try to save her lambs, so I had to cut her throat, cut her open, and pull her babies, but they had already died. 🙁
I had to tell my brother, sister and uncles that my dad had died, just after I'd translated for my mother.
This is not going to be a happy thread.
Originally posted by shavixmirTrue, it may not be happy, but it shows the strength that we are able to bring forth when we must.
I sat up front in the ambulance after my intern broke his neck during an activity I was responsible for.
I had to tell my brother, sister and uncles that my dad had died, just after I'd translated for my mother.
This is not going to be a happy thread.
seriously, do we want to continue this thread? EDG's experience was horrible, Ramora was too. Shav's was unimaginable for me. And at the same time I'm sure there are plenty of people here who have a story to tell but won't. I'm one of them. Why we won't talk I don't know. Maybe because we are afraid of peoples response, maybe we're afraid that people will think differently of us afterwards.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the thread shouldn't be. I just don't know how anyone ca open up this way.
Originally posted by belgianfreakI agree, I've got something I'd never post here. I don't want sympathy.... it is in the past. 1988 is a long time ago.
seriously, do we want to continue this thread? EDG's experience was horrible, Ramora was too. Shav's was unimaginable for me. And at the same time I'm sure there are plenty of people here who have a story to tell but won't. I'm one of them. Why we won't talk I don't know. Maybe because we are afraid of peoples response, maybe we're afraid that p ...[text shortened]... g, I'm not saying the thread shouldn't be. I just don't know how anyone ca open up this way.
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Should we continu this topic? Why not? People do experience dreadful things in life... some are willing to talk about it, some don't. Some want to listen/read it and be some sort of comfort. Some can not or don't want to.
Sarah is trying to open up a possibility for those who do want to share and perhaps find some support ... nothing wrong with that; no, in my opinion thats recommendable.
As most other people I had my share of trouble. At the present time I don't feel the need to share, but tomorrow I might. The ones who are in need today find a listening person in me ... not having the right answer or solutions, but an ear willing to listen, to comfort.
This is an open forum. Talking about shutting it down while there is no reason for it is senseless and hurting to those who do seek a way to express there feelings and/or emotions. Nobody is obligated here to read it or post in this thread. The thread title is clear and can not be mistaken for its contents.
Originally posted by NicolaiSExactley. Everybody is free to express their feelings, even though some might not want to. Fine, but don't make it a general rule for all.
Should we continu this topic? Why not? People do experience dreadful things in life... some are willing to talk about it, some don't. Some want to listen/read it and be some sort of comfort. Some can not or don't want to.
Sarah is trying to open up a possibility for those who do want to share and perhaps find some support ... nothing wrong with that; n ...[text shortened]... or post in this thread. The thread title is clear and can not be mistaken for its contents.
And as an answer to the thread title, for me the worst thing I had to do, ever, was also the most wonderful...it may be strange yes...but it was. It meant making an enormous sacrifice in the name of love-and I don't regret any of it.
I don't have a worst so much as a hardest. Sometimes, it is necessary to do a thing which is awful because it is right.
What if you had not tried to save the lambs, Elvendreamgirl? How would that have felt?
My hardest is something I have done several times and will have do again. Four weeks each year, as part of my job, I carry a Rape/Domestic Violence Crisis phone and can get called to the hospital where someone, usually female waits for someone to stand up for her and help her get through the exams, the fear, the pain. My function is to see to it that her voice is heard reguardless of the priorities of the police (who want to catch a criminal) and the doctors (who want to treat the wounds) or the family (who are embarrased or ashamed). On her behalf, IF she wants me there I must speak out and stand up. You want to tell a cop complete with nightstick, gun, pepper spray and bullet-proof vest who is bigger than you that he has to stop questioning a woman until she is ready to talk to him/her? or tell a Doctor with degrees, prestige and lots of patience that he can't do his job because the woman is finding it to invasive?
Not a happy but necessary. I don't want to be a cop, a firefighter, a parent with a sick/suffering child or a friend with friends in trouble but life doesn't ask me what I want. Life happens, I get to deal with it. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, somtimes just life.
You acted, EVG. You stood up when it counted, it may not have made a difference but next time...it may be all the difference in the world.
It is time to subscribe...I gotta get back to chess and away from this forums!😕