but happy tears!

I bought my local evening paper today, and in it was a story of a little girl (5 years old) called Danielle, who contacted meningitis B last year.She was rushed into hospital with a raging fever and lost her toes, then her fingers, and eventually had her hands and feet amputated.

She now is back home and back to school, and is living her life like she doesn't have a problem.She bosses her little sister about like she did prior to the disease hitting her so hard.She walks with the aid of false legs and eats using special gloves.

I've seen the occasional updates on this story over the last year, and it was heartbreaking to read that she'd lost another part of her body and was edging near death.A fund was set up to help get her home adapted for when she came out of Hospital, and for her to get lifelike prosthetic legs when she turn 18, and it looks like they've easily got enough money for that.

To think i've had people nagging me at my job on the phone today over silly trivial matters (of their own making!), really puts things in perspective.

Anyway, like i said it made me cry on my way home from work, on a packed train of all things.I didn't care that
people were gawping at me.

I was happy!

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[This message was edited Fri Jul 18 12:05:57 PDT 2003 by Marrk]

yay!!!

This is one reason I'm so glad I'm gay. I can cry and people aren't going to judge my manhood or masculinity because of it.

A real man does cry.

Congratulations - U've showed your weakness today! U're now a real man

Cheers Marrk. Next time I feel Im moaning or getting my knickers in a twist over things I'll remember this.

HerRoyalBadness said:

Crying isn't a sign of weakness. It's a sign of being human

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Good, he's human then.
Nothing to be proud of, though...

HerRoyalBadness said:

What are you saying? At one turn you say he's a real man and then say being human is nothing to be proud of?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeps!
He is a real man, but U shouldn't be proud of being a human
Humans are evil and are the reason for all evil in this world.
Not all, but many

HerRoyalBadness said:

a small minority are.human beings have achieved far more good than evil.

Stories like this girls restore my faith in human nature.

HerRoyalBadness said:

Oh Lord. Is that the topic of this thread?

No
Or ask Marrk
But I don't think so

you are a better man for it, Marrk. congrats! men should not be afraid to cry, happy or sad tears. it is such bullshit the way we are made to feel as if that makes us less of a man

Props to you Marrk!

I cry alot for many different reasons, sadness and happiness, news stories that touch my heart...it shows we are real..

last time i got an ass-whoop...I think I cried.
[This message was edited Sat Jul 19 13:57:30 PDT 2003 by Revolution]