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Bright Things
Jul. 29th, 2009 02:38 pmNot the sky today - after a few hot, summery days we're back to gray skies and breezes, though that's not as unwelcome as it was a month ago. But still, there are a few rays of light in my day today.
First, and most of all, I have the most generous and kind friends and family in the world. Two days after announcing I'm going to be taking part in the 3-Day, and I'm already a quarter of the way to my minimum fundraising goal. I knew you guys were awesome, but I had no idea just how much of an outpouring of support I was going to get. Words can't express how much this means to me. I'm going to be sending individual thanks to everyone who has donated, but I just had to say here how overwhelmed and delighted I am at everything I've received so far, and the promises of support in the future.
On the same line of generosity and kindness, I also have an angel for an ophthalmologist. When I went in for my annual exam yesterday, I found out much to my surprise that our insurance no longer covers vision benefits. I kind of wish we had been informed of this, but... we weren't. I know a lot of medical professionals are being hit hard by the economy, especially in non-vital areas like vision and dental - benefits are being cut, people aren't coming in if they can avoid it, and his bottom line is probably taking a major hit. But he didn't hesitate for a moment, or even ask - he just gave me an extra pair of contact lenses to help stretch my money and my current refills to last until we can get insured again, and pulled some strings to help me get a rebate on the exam. He's good people.
Sometimes it's so easy to see the bad in the world, and to get frustrated at individuals, and at people in general. Right now, all i see is good in the world, and I'm proud to be part of humanity. If anything, I feel like I'm not quite living up to the rest of the species - I've had a few rocky moments over the past few days with social anxiety and self-sabotage - but even I'm living up to my hopes, noticing the problems as they start and figuring out how to work around them when I can't circumvent them and help keep them from happening again.
Thank you. Everybody.
First, and most of all, I have the most generous and kind friends and family in the world. Two days after announcing I'm going to be taking part in the 3-Day, and I'm already a quarter of the way to my minimum fundraising goal. I knew you guys were awesome, but I had no idea just how much of an outpouring of support I was going to get. Words can't express how much this means to me. I'm going to be sending individual thanks to everyone who has donated, but I just had to say here how overwhelmed and delighted I am at everything I've received so far, and the promises of support in the future.
On the same line of generosity and kindness, I also have an angel for an ophthalmologist. When I went in for my annual exam yesterday, I found out much to my surprise that our insurance no longer covers vision benefits. I kind of wish we had been informed of this, but... we weren't. I know a lot of medical professionals are being hit hard by the economy, especially in non-vital areas like vision and dental - benefits are being cut, people aren't coming in if they can avoid it, and his bottom line is probably taking a major hit. But he didn't hesitate for a moment, or even ask - he just gave me an extra pair of contact lenses to help stretch my money and my current refills to last until we can get insured again, and pulled some strings to help me get a rebate on the exam. He's good people.
Sometimes it's so easy to see the bad in the world, and to get frustrated at individuals, and at people in general. Right now, all i see is good in the world, and I'm proud to be part of humanity. If anything, I feel like I'm not quite living up to the rest of the species - I've had a few rocky moments over the past few days with social anxiety and self-sabotage - but even I'm living up to my hopes, noticing the problems as they start and figuring out how to work around them when I can't circumvent them and help keep them from happening again.
Thank you. Everybody.
