Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Oh gosh! I’m just now getting to read this. It’s been a long day. I’m thinking to myself as I am reading this, what did I say. I’m going to have to go back and read it again myself. I don’t respond to things a lot unless I feel a strong urge to do so. Since I can’t remember it had to be God. I had an incident happen before and afterwards I couldn’t remember a word I said. I had gone in for a repeat mammogram, and I complained all the way in that it was a racket to steal more money from me. See, it was after Covid and I was convinced they were doing this to make more money. My insurance was not going to pay anything for a repeat, and I had heard from other women they were having to go back too. I took a seat beside a sweet lady and we started chatting, and she told me that she had beat breast cancer once and was there for a repeat as well. She had also recently lost her soon over seas serving our country. My heart just sank. She was called back and said so nice to talk to you as she walked away. Before I was called back she came back out and was told to wait in one of the little rooms to be seen again. She was crying. They called me back and did my deal again and said everything was fine. As I walked by her little room and saw her crying, I stepped in and asked if she was alright. She said they think my cancer is back. I bowed on my knees in front of her and took her hand and asked could I pray. She said yes please do. She said I’ve had all my vaccines, and I thought oh dear Lord, that’s what’s wrong with her. I didn’t tell her I did not have any such thing I just said it’s ok. I have no earthly idea what my prayer was. I couldn’t remember a single word when I got back to my car. I just sat there staring out the window. Then I heard a voice say “ today was never about you, it was for her”. Here I pitched a fit about a repeat mammogram, and spending a couple hundred dollars, and it was nothing compared to her pain. Every single day since I pray each day that the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart are pleasing unto him. Thank you for your kind words, and we are going to win this. God is about to show out, so to speak. 🇺🇸❤️🙏🏻