Joseph, your enthusiasm sparks such determination and confidence. I love that! I totally agree with you--WA is an amazing place to live!

Thank you, Erin,
Yes, I agree with you, WA is a wonderful place to live.
And I'm enjoying every minute of it.
I know that I have a long way’s to go here, but I have no doubts about myself not reaching that level of, being great at what I'm doing, because there is so much support here
that It would be almost impossible to fail, well depending on the person, and how important it is to that individual to succeed, achieve, and accomplish what's been set forth him/her.
I'm not doing this for the money, although a little money coming in would be great! I'm doing this more for the motivation it's given me and to capture that feeling of a little self-worth. I've tried many times throughout my life to actually be good in doing something. A profession, a career. One of the replies I was writing you and lost would have explained what I'm talking about more less. I'm not going to get into that right now though because it's longer than what I've written here. But I will tell you this, in 1988 I had to have major brain surgery and they had to remove 46% of my brain. I died 5 times and left my body three times. Long story short, I woke up from the coma I was in ten minutes before they were going to unplug the life support. The point of me writing this to you the day I lost it, was because during my recovery there were a few things that didn't return to me. While in the process of learning how to walk again and everything else, what failed to return was my writing skills and spelling, penmanship and the proper placements for quotations and apostrophes. Do miracles exist, ABSOLUTELY!!! GOD allowed me a 96 to 98% recovery and still doing fine after 30 yrs.
I hope you don’t think that I've lost my mind, Erin?

I don't ever tell people anymore about the surgery and I find it a little odd that I am now. I also told one other person here recently and I think it may be me stepping out of my comfort zone, or God is going to use this for another reason, maybe for someone who needs to see it or read it? Only He knows the answer to this. I hope that you have a fantastic day Erin and I hope that you will still talk to me after you read all this craziness?

Ok, now for the editing and I hope I don't loose it this time. Lol.

Dear Joseph, your whole ordeal has brought you brilliantly to this sincere moment! Expressing yourself is having your creative spirit come out, whether a story is fiction or portrayed with real life events. I like to think you "came back" better than before and lived the past 30 years exactly how you were supposed to! God has certainly seen to that! As for your writing, it's beautifully spoken and encouraging!

I always find the best in people and send confidence and strength to them. That's how the world should work. I am so happy to be associated with you here----and it's only the beginning to what we can accomplish!

Hello Erin,
Wow, I'm truly Grateful and kind of in a state of shock right now from your reply. I was really worried about the outcome of it. I thought about it all day, telling myself that she's going think you've lost your mind, Joseph. THANK YOU SO MUCH ERIN!!
I'm getting hits that you left a message. I'm going to check now.

I respond to all of my comments in a timely fashion, most of the time! I do not judge anyone, but simply lend a hand or advice to those in need.

Thanks, Lauren. An important subject and one that should be emphasized! :)!! So nice to see you here, my S.A. friend!

Nice to know! Thanks for sharing that!

ABSOLUTELY! Great reply!

Great read, Roy! Thanks for the link--I commented on your post! I'm even more thankful, now!

Thank you Erin, that's good! I will take a look at your comment now.

Enjoy your weekend.

Roy

You're so welcome, Roy! Enjoy your weekend as well and see you around!