This is when I really enjoy living in the Middle East. I keep reading on FB from college friends (hey, I went to college in KY) about the evil Muslims. I have a lot of fun posting pictures of me on a beach in a bikini, me with friends who are wearing hijabs or abayas, me out in public NOT wearing a hijab or abaya,…

That is actually most people’s reaction to barium! I used to tell my patients after they had a MBS (modified barium swallow study) that they needed to drink lots of water or it wouldn't be awhile before they could poo.

Ooh, I want to play!

Ugh. I've had it twice. Once as a kid and once as an adult. I was unlucky enough to be working at a hospital when I got it the second time and then wound up being allergic to amoxicillin so I had the scarlet fever rash and then broke out in hives from the amoxicillin. The doctors at the hospital had a field day with…

Me. Twice. It sucks. My brother has had it three times and my dad has had it twice. Apparently we are genetically susceptible? That's what my doctor told me (but he then went to drug rehab so who knows).

Yeah, I don’t necessarily agree with the whole “we’re evangelical” thing but if the church says it is then I'll just play along. I figure they say that more for historic reasons than anything.

I don’t think it is a new policy. I was raised and confirmed in the church also. I’ve been going to an Anglican Church since moving to the Middle East only because there isn’t a UM here. John Wesley was apparently big on the evangelical thing. I think the UM church just views it differently but still considers itself…

Actually, they are considered evangelical. Even the governing body will tell you that. We differ in some ways but we consider ourselves evangelical.

Enh, in my experience, we won't preach to you though. We wait for you to come up and start the conversation. We generally acknowledging that preaching at someone is just annoying and accomplishes nothing.

The music throws me! It is just hymns that I've never heard before. They are pretty liberal similar to UM which was why that was the church we switched to when we moved overseas. I can't do the super-conservative, judgey churches.

I promise not all of us feel that way! I was a virgin when I got married but we actually lived together. Most probably assumed we were having sex but nobody asked or said anything. Most of my friends (even the super religious ones) were having premarital sex. As far as homosexuality, my church always volunteered at…

I think you need to look at individual denominations though. I grew up United Methodist and we are a socially liberal church. The church I grew up in uses their spare green space to host a community vegetable garden to help feed the homeless and hungry. All 3 churches I've belonged to in different cities take in the…

I think some people have definitely twisted Christianity to suit their purposes but you find that in every religion. I know more good Christians than bad. It is just that you tend to notice the obnoxious ones more. One of my good friends didn't even know I was Christian for the first couple of years we were friends.…

This!!!

When I worked in the hospital, people would just ask why. LOL. And speech teacher makes my eye twitch.

Exactly!!! I grew up in Nashville (well, Franklin) and was horrified that people didn't recognize that as a Dolly song.

Beautifully said. I'm a SLP who has worked with a lot of cancer patients (I've seen way too many glios) and I've told my husband that I might not necessarily fight it depending on the type of cancer and the stage. I've seen terminal patients who keep up the radiation and chemo because MIRACLE! and it just makes it…

Thank you! Most people just say, “I saw one because I couldn’t say my /s/!” I see a lot of peds now because of where I live but I love my neuro and swallowing patients.

Thank you!

I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist. Half the time, people don't understand what I do or they think I work in the schools. I was working in a hospital when I met my husband and specialized in swallowing disorders. There were lots of jokes about that one.