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Hi, Joan,
I saw this several months ago and was totally enamored with it.
Joan — I loved this video. I think the children were absolutely fantastic. And, you are right - the expressions on the faces of the people walking by - and then, to become one with the children. Come to think of it, aren’t we all children at heart. It was late in the afternoon when I came upon your video. I shared it with the employees - we were singing and dancing in the aisles - even Eddie the UPS guy who happened in was singing with us. Thanks for making our afternoon fun! We all need this in our lives. It was almost as much fun as "dancing in the kitchen".
Speaking of "dancing in the kitchen". As you know, my husband and I returned for a reunion with old friends the last of June. What a wonderful trip it was. As I also told you - my daughter made me the most ‘glorious’ formal for our dance. Our biggest problem was how was I going to get it up there along with the hoops? "What can brown do for you" was our answer. We took the dress to the UPS store - they packed and shipped the dress to the home of my bestest friend. She (through an e-mail) went nuts over the dress and hung it in a closet for my arrival. She and I had so much fun trying the dress on. We were laughing and, yes crying, when we were remembering the proms we had attended. Our husbands sent both of us gardenia wrist corsages.
The music was 50’s and late 40’s - the ochestra was ‘older’ but certainly not in spirit. We had such a wonderful time. When I was dancing with my husband I closed my eyes and could visualize that young man in full dress naval uniform, short cropped hair -and when he whispered in my ear and told me he loved me more today than yesterday - the tears flowed. All I can say is I have been truly blessed for 48 years.
So, looking back over our trip and remembering - just remembering, I was caught up, once again, in how life can change - but people really don’t have to.
Joan — I have been so concerned about you. Hope that you are feeling and getting around better. I want to hear that you are back "dancing" again. You are truly a treasure on this website. I always look forward to your beautiful experiences on life - your adventures and your beautiful life with your soul mate.
Funny, I told my husband about our "dancing in the kitchen stories". And, while we were at the reunion we were both in agreement that one of our dances should be dedicated to you and all other lovers who are together for all these years. Thank you for celebrating with me - and Joan - never go away from this site. You bring such joy to all of us.
Lady Gator … you know as well as I that each of our experiences, good and bad, usually has some positive aspects we may not be aware of when pain overrides our brains. Thank you for your concern … as I must have been frightened at the long term effect of a bad back to open up as I did. That is not like me. As I always do, I ask questions, I listen carefully, and I go beyond my case to find out more about the field — this one being rehabilitation at the highest level. I had no idea what that word really meant - but I almost feel like the world’s expert after 7 weeks. I am expecting to get two informative articles out of this — for truly, it is best to know about "things that could happen and exactly what to do when an emergency of any sort strikes". At the moment, emotions override all I found — and a bit of panic (an understatement). NOW, when I go to my last weeks of therapy, I realize from a single look around the waiting room, I see it filled either with young people with horrific accidents or many many stroke victims - many quite young. It wakes us up to see the sorrow in our towns and in our world, and thankful for the good life we have been given for so long. I quickly said: "Hey, this isn’t bad after all after what I now see." And I now can see a good end in sight. I always try for the positives in life, turning negatives around as fast as I can in my mind. You DID notice that it did not inhibit my writing — and what a good distraction when you are not moving much it is to spill out your thoughts as we do on this site. My questions, my experiences lately have opened me up to a world I was truly not aware of — and that is all to the good as it allows me to understand and help others as I could not do before.
By next week I will be dancing … and that bit of heaven will return. Just like YOU TWO!
Joan — Four years ago I had a similar experience. I had, what my Orthopedic Surgeon described as a "Frozen Shoulder". Couldn’t raise my right arm to comb my hair or brush my teeth. Couldn’t reach around in back to hook my bra. After much consideration and dread, plus a heavy dose of fright - "what’s happening to me" - and, of course, a ‘pity party’ - "oh, woe is me" and "why me" - I finally made the decision to have the surgery.
After the surgery he sent me to Therapy. I truly had a lot of apprehension when I walked into that facility for the first time. And then I, like you, saw so many people with various problems - hip replacement, knee replacement, ACL’s, every kind of bone damage, and surgery on same. I’ve told many of my friends - the favorite part of the day was the hot compresses at the beginning of the ‘torture’ and the heat packs at the end of it all. I considered the first two weeks to be absolute hell. And, my doctor had me committed to that torture for 12 weeks. There were days that tears flowed freely. And, I was really into the "pity party mode". One day I met a very sweet elderly lady in her late 80’s who had fallen and broken her hip and had hip replacement surgery. Watching her work out each day was an inspiration to me and to everyone in the place. She was my hero. We went through therapy together those 12 weeks and graduated the same day!
Now, when I just raise my right arm to do anything - I thank God I have the opportunity to do so. When people tell me they just don’t think therapy is necessary I get on my soapbox. It is the most necessary thing you will ever do in your life. And, you are so right, the questions and the experiences you learn should be shared with the wonderful people you meet every day.
When you are dancing next week your body will rejoice and your spirit will come alive! Wish I could be there to see it!
Kagan,
Some of the jobs are sent overseas because the manufacturing or production process includes the use of chemicals that are banned in our country or regulated in some way. This is a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.