servantheart
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There were several for me:
I was a gymnast when I was young and always wanted to be in the Olympics or go to college on a scholarship. That didn't happen because I got pregnant. I do not feel slighted in the least because I got a beautiful daughter instead who I daily find a million times more joy and fulfillment in than if I'd achieved my original dream.
My youngest UM was born with a heart condition that we were told would require open heart surgery before her first birthday. I was completely devestated and angry to put it mildly. Though my prayers for a spontaneous cure or reduction in the size of her defect such that she wouldn't require surgery weren't answered, I experienced more blessings (through our biological familes and our at the time church family) and learned more lessons (always always always research your options when dealing with a serious medical diagnosis, never blindly accept certain rules in hospitals when you feel they are detrimental to the emotional/physical health of your loved one-particularly when that loved one is very young), and there are always ways of getting around HMO insurance policies  ) in having to support my daughter through this ordeal. Ultimately, she ended up qualifying for an experimental procedure in Boston that enabled the doctor to close her defect via cardiac catheterization (transcatheter closure) instead of the traditional open heart procedure.
I wanted my Dad to live when He received a diagnosis of Stage IV colorectal cancer. He didn't survive, but He lived much longer than anyone thought He would (20 months). He was able to get very good treatment, even though He had no insurance, through the county hospital system, including MD Anderson when Ben Taub ran out of options for Him. I can't say enough good things about the nurses and a few of the doctors at both hospitals as well as at the hospice that took care of Him the last week of His life. Most of all, I got the honor of spending so much one on one time with Him during this whole process. I got to take care of my Dad after He spent His life taking care of me (He was the one who raised us after my parent's divorce).
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When you really trust someone, you have to be okay with not understanding some things.
~Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-08-04; Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com
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