[at-l] RE: Holmes, Cold Weather and Life - Perspectives.

[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

This guy didn't just go on a hike, and he wasn't just taking time for 
himself, what he did was irresponsible for someone who has five minor 
children at home.

Kelly Whitman
iN*TP*
-----------
"There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9



>No flames, just some thoughts from Shel.
>
>Here is just one epipheny that came upon me not so long ago, which has in
>turn led me back to hiking and, generally, living.
>
>When we have children, we do not die.  Living life should not be over just
>because we have become parents.  As parents, we should strive to live more.
>We should pass on our love of life to our progeny.  (Father AND Mother
>alike.)
>
>After I had my youngest daughter, I centered my whole life around my kids.
>Literally.  I didn't make time for myself at all.  I didn't make time for 
>my
>husband.  Over the course of the past few years, I have become more and 
>more
>unhappy with life in general.  I have tried many things to figure out what
>was wrong with me.  However, I just couldn't find what it was that was
>missing.
>
>There was one day in particular in which I was just so completely
>out-of-sorts.  I was mad at my husband (for something that was probably 
>just
>completely stupid...that is, if I could even remember what that had been)
>and screaming at my kids.  Suddenly, I couldn't breath.  I just had to get
>out of the house.  I stepped out on the back deck took a deep breath...and
>found...myself.
>
>I realized that ever since I was a kid, whenever I was troubled, I sought
>the outdoors.  Houses & buildings were just too confining.  There was
>nothing as soothing as the caress of the wind across my cheek and through 
>my
>hair.  It was then that I realized I needed to make time for myself.  What
>better way to do that than to hike again?
>
>As a loving and responsible parent, I will do the right thing and make sure
>that I have plans for the care of my girls before I go.  I plan for the 
>most
>extreme, death.  If such were to happen, I want my will, insurance, last
>wishes, and anything else prepared before I go.
>
>But, if the last lesson that I ever teach my girls is to live life to the
>fullest every day, then what a profound message (legacy even) to leave them
>with.
>
>Shelly Hale
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kelly Whitman" <kellyswhitman@hotmail.com>
>To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:23 PM
>Subject: [at-l] RE: Holmes, Cold Weather and Life - Perspectives.
>
>
> > It doesn't have to do with female or male, I dont understand why anyone
> > would do something like that when they have children at home.  I think
> > that's wrong.  To each her or his own, however.  No flames, please.
> >
> > INTP is a Myers-Briggs type.  For "There ARE no other women like me" to
>make
> > sense, you have to be familiar with the character, series, and context.
> > Oversimply, it refers to life as a statistical outlier and the pride and
> > pain that go along with it.
> >
> > Kelly Whitman
> > iN*TP*
> > -----------
> > "There ARE no other women like me."  -- 7 of 9
> >
> > >Kelly,
> > >
> > >Reference your post, dated 1-17-04.
> > >
> > >You quoted Clark Wright?s post, that same date, ?(W)hat a dumb thing to
>do
> > >alone given the weather conditions ...?
> > >
> > >You advised, ?I was thinking what a dumb thing to do alone given the
> > >weather conditions when you have five minor children...?
> > >
> > >I don?t think many men change their lifestyle choices, with regards to
> > >weather conditions, just because they have five children, or 
>thirty-five
> > >children, or no children at all, or whether they are married or not.  
>I?m
> > >always impressed when women implicitly claim that they do change such
> > >choices.
> > >
> > >Steve
> > >
> > >P.s. #1.  What does ?iN*TP*? mean?
> > >P.s., #2.  What is the significance of ? ?There ARE no other women like
> > >me.?  -- 7 of 9"?  I apologize if you?ve explained these many times
>before.
> > >
> >
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