{"id":479,"date":"2017-11-04T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldkaren.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T20:12:07","slug":"alphabet-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldkaren.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"Alphabet Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t carry on a conversation with music playing or the TV on since the sounds pull my attention away from anything being said. I think I must be ADD, though never formally diagnosed. When I suggested this condition to my husband, he called me a bowl of<\/em> alphabet soup<\/em>. George\u2019s analogy prompted me to think through the many letters associated with my name, and I found that I might, indeed, be a bit soupy.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the BS, my college degree. Then I earned the CPA designation, which involved membership in the AICPA. I was employed for ten years by the IRS, for which I worked as an IRA. I should mention my diagnosis of OCD, which, fortunately, is an asset for a CPA.<\/p>\n

God used the PCOS and RA I developed as a teen to change my life by making it impossible to follow my expected career path. The CFS I contracted in my thirties prompted me to study and earn an ND in order to maintain my health naturally. But even being an ND didn\u2019t keep me from developing DCIS.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot of letters, and they\u2019re just the ones I remember. While they do describe parts of my journey, they don\u2019t define me, so I thought about what letters do.<\/p>\n

The truth is that for over sixty years, I have remained a COG, a Child of God. This status is not normally expressed as an acronym, but it is, quite simply, who I am and the most important part of my alphabet.<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, my daughter recently texted that her four-year-old, Hannah, reminds her of me: very OCD and crazy about books and stories. Of course, when she typed OCD<\/em>, her cell phone tried to auto-correct to OLD<\/em>. It\u2019s convenient that both of those terms describe me well.<\/p>\n

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For those who don\u2019t know what the letters mean:<\/p>\n

ADD- Attention Deficit Disorder<\/p>\n

BS- Bachelor of Science<\/p>\n

CPA- Certified Public Accountant<\/p>\n

AICPA- America Institute of Certified Public Accountants<\/p>\n

OCD- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder<\/p>\n

IRS- Internal Revenue Service<\/p>\n

IRA- Internal Revenue Agent<\/p>\n

PCOS- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome<\/p>\n

RA- Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/p>\n

CFS- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome<\/p>\n

ND- Doctor of Naturopathy<\/p>\n

DCIS- Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (breast cancer)<\/p>\n

COG- Child of God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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