Has your life changed

[lost-in-nj]

in a heartbeat....??
Mine has
numerous times
good and bad
If it were not for a few heart beats I would not be here
I posted about my grandfather NOT getting on the Lusitania
I posted about being late to work and seeing a fatal accident
knowing it could have been me
My slot machine win
my brother dying....
lots more but thats for another day

has your life changed in a heartbeat???


this is because of the bridge collapse......
all in the matter of a heartbeat

:hug: :hug:

lost

[Guava Jelly]

1. Yep 10 simple words

They sucked to hear.I never want to hear them again.
And thats all i'm saying.

[lizziegrace]

2. ...

:hug:

[Guava Jelly]

4. .

Gracias Amigo :hug:

[lost-in-nj]

3. well

:hug: :hug: :hug:

these are for you....


ok???

we are here and you know that.....



lost

[Guava Jelly]

6. I am ok now

That was another me..
:)
Thank you.

[LaraMN]

5. Thanks to EPT, yup.

Not a sight I'll ever be "blessed":scared: with again!
:rofl:

[lost-in-nj]

8. me either

my babies are
son 30
daughter 24.....
all grown up
waiting for the
ssshhhhh (grandchildren)
LOL


lost

[LaraMN]

9. Awww!

I can't imagine my babies being grown up!

[lost-in-nj]

12. Its freekin hard

but they are awesome

its a whole 'nother world....
a fun one


lost

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear lost...

Yes, mine has changed in a heartbeat...

But no disasters were involved...

Chance meetings have done their magic on me...:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

10. Oh CP

Glad it was all positive...
the negatives are hard
but they helped make me who I am today...
and I think she's OK....


:hug: :hug:

lost

[SeattleGirl]

11. More than once.

When my father died.

When my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (she survived it).

When I found out I was pregnant, and then when I gave birth to my daughter.

And when I got a PM that really changed things.

Many other examples, but I'll just post these.

[lost-in-nj]

13. I know

:hug:

one breath
thats all it takes.....


hope all is ok now....


lost

[SPKrazy]

14. yes in a heartbeat

maybe a single one at that

life

love

career

loss

friends

missing

many times over, it is always one heartbeat at a time, one breath at a time, one hour at a time, one day at a time. It's all we have, and the precious moment is all we ever truly have.

:hug:

:hi:

[lost-in-nj]

15. yep

can't hide from it....

:hug:

lost

[SPKrazy]

16. yep

you can't...

:hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

17. Yep...

...:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

19. oh TOL

I know, I know

:hug: :hug:

lost

[supernova]

18. Yes, fairly often

It startles me how frail the status quo really is.

[lost-in-nj]

20. ....

:hug: :hug:

lost

[Redstone]

21. More than once. Three times, in fact, I came close to dying. One of the three was not

a "change in a moment," though; it lasted several months.

Redstone

[lost-in-nj]

22. You know

how I feel about you.....
:hug: :hug:

I am so glad we are here to talk to each other
have fun on your vacation.....


lost

[Redstone]

25. What a nice thing to hear. And yes, I'll be having some (low-key) fun

while we're gone.

Just relaxing with old friends and cousins and driving around looking at things. (And scouting out locations for my next magazine articlem which activity is covered by the "driving aournd and looking at things" part.

Redstone

[lost-in-nj]

30. I have

3142 posts

but I will never forget the picture of the house
that made me post my first one, never....

have fun

thats all I wish for everyone here.....
FUN


lost

[1gobluedem]

23. Yes

The day I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. And the day I learned my best childhood friend had been kidnapped and has never been seen again. Two huge life-changing moments for me.

[lost-in-nj]

26. omg

:hug:

omg I really do not know what to say


just giving you hugs......
wow


lost

[1gobluedem]

33. Thanks

My tumor was benign; I was lucky. My friend was not. 17 years ago in May and still nobody knows what happened.

[skygazer]

24. I hope not

I need to hear from my daughter. All this makes my stomach hurt.

[lost-in-nj]

27. Is she by the bridge ??

POSITIVE THOUGHTS
lots and lots

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
please keep us posted

lost

[skygazer]

35. She's in St. Paul

I'm trying not to be a dramatic worrywart but it's hard - I was out there last summer for her wedding and we were back and forth over that very bridge - I know she uses it a lot and I haven't yet heard from her.

She was in Manhattan for 9/11 - luckily, she had the presence of mind to email me fairly early so I knew she was okay. I haven't heard from her yet and it makes my tummy hurt.

thanks for the good thoughts - I'm sure she's all right - I'm a mom, though, so I have to panic. It's a rule. :hug:

[The Straight Story]

28. Yeah, a lot in the last 2.5 years

It did when my mom died.

Then her best friend.

When my X died.

When my kids I had not heard or seen in 8 years called me.

When my wife had an asthma attack.

When she was diagnosed with parkinson's disease.

When I lost two jobs in one month, this month to be exact.

And it is changing again as my wife is so sick she will probably be in the hospital tomorrow at this time.

And that is just the last 2 years, and does not include many other things prior to that which have stuck with me. Losing my boys, My X GF finally wanting to marry, only because she was pregnant, best friends dying in various ways, and so on.

It changes all the fucking time. I just wish it would stay the same for a spell.

[lost-in-nj]

32. oh no

my heart breaks for you..

:hug: :hug: :hug:

I hope your wife is ok....
and you find a job.....
I am so sorry.....


lost

[Lyric]

29. Yes.

One day I was a loyal wife.
The next, I was leaving an abuser for someone I *knew* would never hurt me.
And she hasn't. :loveya:

[lost-in-nj]

34. So this is a good thing??

sounds like it.....

hope so

:applause:

lost

[YankeyMCC]

31. Yes and just a few weeks ago

Instead of growing old with my wife, I'm now going to make a whole new life as a divorced dad.

When my father died, even though I was middle aged, with my own family living in a different town with an independent life, his death changed my life in ways I couldn't appreciate until it happened.

[lost-in-nj]

36. I know

how that can happen

I was married 30 years...
seperated since Oct. 2006

yeah a heartbeat.......

:hug:

lost

[mzteris]

37. that bridge -

probably my son's bus rode across it going to and coming from camp just a couple of weeks ago.

I can't imagine how I'd be feeling if it had've collapsed with him on it. That's scary enough...



Life changing moments. Getting pregnant - and having - my daughter & son.

Running into a social worker who just happened to have a baby who needed a home to go to by the next morning. (Said foster is now my nearly 9 yo son!)



Being in the wrong place at the wrong time - a few times.

Being in the right place at the right time - not often enough. :(

And sometime you THINK - at the time - it's one of those, but in the long run, it turns out to be the other. Go figure.

[lost-in-nj]

40. mzteris

Wow about your son's bus...
its really scary to think
what if??

:pals:

lost

[crim son]

38. Just the question brings tears to my eyes.

Of course it has, sometimes for the better but more often for the worse. My great comfort is knowing that most people have experienced what I have one way or another.

[lost-in-nj]

41. crim son

I'm sorry it made you tear up......

and yes its a great comfort to see that other people
survived what you might be going through, cause you know
you can make it through..



:hug:


lost

[stuntcat]

39. that time and then that other time

I've put myself through a lot of drama but the two things I didn't plan changed methe most- when I was 12 my house burned & and when I was 29 I had a TBI.
But whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger, that's what I tell myself, and I think I have strange luck so something good is bound to happen someday.

But, I can't see a reason for things like the people killed together on the bridge, or the thousands killed in the WTC's or the people in New Orleans who had nowhere to go. I'd like to believe in karma or meaningful fate but it's hard too, luck mightreally be random.

[lost-in-nj]

42. I can't see the

reason for all the human pain either
I am sure something good will happen to you
and you are right
what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger
I've been telling myself that for the
past 2 years......

:pals:

lost