[Jewelry making - Article 00042] - Re: [Orchid] Could you write a check for $100,000?

[richard hart]

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>     Those of you who make your living this way: You must be pretty
>     brave.

    Steelybone, 

    It is a creative use of obsessive compulive disorder. When I opened
    my retail bussiness with no savings and no income, after 6 months I
    realized either I was stupid or I had faith. Thirteen years
    later.....I do what I love, and love what I do. 

    This does not mean I have control over stress in my life. I did learn
    recently what to stress over and what to let go of when my wife of
    twenty two years was in intensive care for two weeks on a respirator
    and then in a care facility for a month  due to catastophic
    infections. 

    She is learning to comb her hair and walk again (54 years young) 
    being basically quadrapaligic after being in a drug induced coma. It
    has been a rough go for the last two months, she is doing better
    every day with no setbacks.  And I learned that I had strength I did
    not know I had, and I am a lot less whiney. 

    I had to be there for her first and also keep up with custom wedding
    bands, engagement rings ect. that I had committed to. 

    I was extemely proactive 24/7 about everything that was being done
    medically and care wise. I intervened several time in what I believed
    were circumstances that were critical to her recovery. 

    I am extermely fortunate to have a business where my customers
    largely are from the neighborhood where my business is located. We
    arel ocated within  two blocks of business in a residential
    neighborhood and we have personal relationships with many of our
    customers. There were literally hundreds of people praying for my
    wife.  They were incredibly supportive as they learned of our
    situation. It truely is a community, and I am very grateful. 

Richard in Denver

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