About Us..

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I are “we” – a multiple – with a very rare end-stage central nervous system disease on intensive palliative home care.  Our system name is The Collective – commonly known as TC.  “SemiTame” was incorporated into our personal tag several years ago because the few insiders (personalities for those who don’t understand multiplicity) who make up the bulk of those of  “me” left in this end-period of our life call themselves that after their young leader, Drake, told someone years ago that semitame was as “tame” as he could get.

We hope this journal helps us cope with facing the end-stage of our life.  And, if it helps or encourages anyone else, anywhere, any time to live whatever life they are given to its fullest, that’ll be a big bonus. 

While there are still many wonderful moments left in our collective life – and treasured memories we are focused on making as many of as possible with loved ones – this particular site does not contain entries about our immediate family, with the exceptions of John (spouse) and Jess (best friend of many years and now also our caretaker) – for reasons which will become obvious to anyone who reads much of this journal. 

Which brings us to the secondary main reason we decided to do this – we hope to encourage others who have been online attacked.  If we can accomplish in any small way before we die anything we’re setting out to do here, we’ll be very grateful.

 

For just a little background… Our body age is mid-50′s – although most of our still-functioning/fronting insiders are teenagers.  We are blessed to still be able to be taken care of at home by our body spouse and our best friend/caretaker.  We live outside a small town where the wind comes sweeping down the plains and eagles still fly close-by.  We have several VERY spoiled dogs and a cantakerous old pot-belly pig – who we still think is wonderful. 

I/we was, and remain, a proud parent of two daughters – who are both professionals and devoted mothers  - and we’re a doting Nana.  Due to our experience with being online attacked, we speak virtually nothing in public of these treasures in our life.  And that’s so sad really because there are so many times when its all we can do not to come here and write some ism or other family thing that’s touched our heart.  But, just know that, just because they aren’t written about here, we are still very blessed in many ways.

Before the illness struck hard and sudden, I was the highest ranking medical transcriptionist for many years in a major teaching hospital.  I was then medically retired due to my illness.  

In my early years, I was a cheerleader, sang back-up/harmony off-and-on for about ten years in a regionally very popular band, played piano and guitar, climbed mountains, had many adventures and travelled for years, belonged to a gym back in the day before hardly any women did that kind of thing, and worked in church for many years. 

We loved to “fancy dance” as its called here.  Its a style of country dancing.  We tell people that its kinda like Dancing With The Stars… only NOT that good. *g*

My/our faith in God is still what sustains us and gives us strength to carry on in this end-time of our life, determined to live long enough, and viably enough, for our beloved grandchildren to have many good, firm memories of us. 

The handle I/we are known by – thrufire2 – has extremely deep meaning to us, stemming from this passage…  “When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.  For I am your God…  Do not be afraid, for I am with you.”   Isaiah 43:2-3,5   NIV   This also ties in to what has become our collective symbol to represent us – the phoenix because it symbolizes rising again and again and again from the ashes – no matter how many times, nor how severely it gets burned.  When someone here found this quote years ago (I think it was Lisa) – “when you fall down seven times, rise eight” (a Japanese proverb) – it became another part of our collective identification, reworded a little to fit us… “when you fall down seven times, Rise8″ (explaining yet another thing TC is know for).

If we can encourage even one other person to NEVER let life’s “burns” destroy you  – whether thrust upon you by others or obtained through your own life’s mistakes –  then we will have left some little legacy to others which will go on.  Already, we know it has spread some.  For example, one of our daughters uses that quote on her _____________.   What greater homage is there than to be positively affected by something so defining to another that you take it on to encourage yourself? 

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IMPORTANT NOTE:  While comments are welcome and appreciated  –  we have to be careful now – for reasons that become obvious to anyone who reads much of this journal.  So, if you wish to comment, your gonna have to be logged in to your WP acct and ID yourself – or identify yourself as someone we know, and include a recognizable return addy - or we’ll have to deny it.  Thanks

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I think its necessary to point out again that I’m a multiple – so a lot of the entries on this blog are going to be/seem VERY immature.  And that is because most left standing here in this end-time of our life are teenagers so…