Dec. 1, 2013

Do You Know Someone Like Me?

by Daniel Baker (author's profile)

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Do You Know Someone Like Me?
(Crys, BFF this is not directed at you <3)

My prediction could not have been any closer to reality for October 2013. Not one happy birthday wish from friends and family. Not one card, not a letter, nothing.. nothing!

How can someone forget about someone they claim to love, and constantly for near a decade? How does "out of sight - out of mind" work when it comes to family members? I can't forget anyone I care about.. Anyone I love! All I want is to be loved too...

[Drawing of a man crying and holding his head in his hands]

Do you know someone locked up, in a home, or in a hospital? Do you know how important it is to them that you remember them, how much they truly need you? When a person is isolated, it puts a large stress on them emotionally and psychologically.. Seeing that they were stressed by mental or physical illness that resulted in the isolation in the first place, leaving them feeling abandoned, empty, and alone could be exactly what destroy's any life, love and humanity left in them... I hope I'm making some sense...
I know from experience how much damage being isolated and forgotten can do to a person... I've seen people, in essence, good people become so shallow, cold, so hardened that they couldn't be reached again. They became literally emotionless. I've seen lives that with help from loved ones could have been salvaged, rebuilt, reformed but instead they were isolated, abandoned and lost forever...

If you know someone locked away you could be their, hero, their savior by simply writing or calling, letting them know SOMEONE cares..

Just tell 'em you're there! Tell 'em you care!


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idiotbox Posted 10 years, 4 months ago. ✓ Mailed 10 years, 4 months ago   Favorite
Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.

I'm sorry no one wished you a happy birthday. I'm sure they haven't forgotten about you.

charlottelouise Posted 10 years, 4 months ago. ✓ Mailed 10 years, 4 months ago   Favorite
aww this made me a bit sad but in a good way, thanks for writing, it's very true what you say.

SunnyBear Posted 10 years, 3 months ago. ✓ Mailed 10 years, 2 months ago   Favorite
you werent forgotten i got your b-day card back RTS 6 times. i hope you finally got it.. i get so mad about all this wasted postage trying to send you letters and stuff.. being on a fixed income sucks cuz it never is enough to last the whole month.. im sorry it didnt get there til after your b-day.. i started trying to send it in september!!! gave crys the new info to mail you.. she said she was gonna mail you out a letter and put some money on the phone really soon.. not sure when really soon is..but that is what she said to me thru text a few days back.. i had to go for an out patient surgery on dec 23rd.. i had a tumor removed.. the dr who removed it was shocked at just how fast and how big it grew.. i wound up with 6 stitches.. it came back as a fibrous tumor that was growing back in on itself and that is why it hurt all the time.. it was sent to pathology and there is nothing scarier then waiting on the results from having a tumor removed.. your mind spins out of control with things of "what if".. if its cancer what will you do.. who will you tell.. the list is endless.. needless to say i had more then a few sleepless nights waiting.. when i got the results i was so happy i cried.. i have to go and get the stitches removed soon.. i was torn as to whether to tell you or not but i knew you would find out somehow if i didnt because either crys would say something or someone else.. i would rather you hear it from me.. well little brother i am gonna cut this off now.. it is late and this Bear has to go to bed..
From one Bear to another..
Love Ya Little Brother..
SunningBear

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