Attitude Archive - Surviving Medical Mayhem

A Queen Size Bed Brings a Queen Size Gift

Loretta Schoen 24th January 2020

Have you noticed how sometimes change can inadvertently bring you unexpected gifts? Consider it a bonus for all the hassle that change can bring. It all started with a queen size bed for our guest

Loretta Schoen 01st January 2020

Fresh HOPES, Fresh PLANS, Fresh EFFORTS, Fresh FEELINGS, Fresh COMMITMENT. Welcome 2020 with a fresh ATTITUDE. Wishing you pure joy, laughter and peace of mind in this New Year. Happy New Year! Loretta Start the

How Big is Too Big? How Much is Too Much?

Loretta Schoen 12th December 2019 2 comments

I used to celebrate Christmas in a big way with miles of garlands and icicle lights outlining our home that illuminated night into day and a tree in every room. Those days are long gone

Have You Lost Your Peace?

Loretta Schoen 05th December 2019

Medical mayhem is something I know personally. It has “moved my cheese”, made me “lose it”, and even at times wished God would just end it (it being me). Are you there? Maybe your grown

I’ll Have What She Has

Loretta Schoen 16th August 2019 01 comment

Have you ever met someone who seemed to just glow with happiness, energy, and light? I met someone just like that at the German American Club in Casselberry where Thad and I and some neighbors

Fireworks of a Different Kind

Loretta Schoen 03rd July 2019 01 comment

You know you’re getting old when you schedule your colonoscopy for the day after the 4th of July. While everyone will be over indulging on burgers and dogs, corn on the cob, red, white &

Judge Not Till You’re Living in Their World

Loretta Schoen 30th May 2019

Do you ever find yourself getting impatient with someone who is elderly and walking slowly ahead of you? Or maybe they are as slow as molasses in a checkout line at 5:30 pm when you

Those That Make a Difference

Loretta Schoen 10th May 2019 2 comments

Is there a woman that has made a difference in your life? Someone who influenced, motivated and whose characteristics you try to emulate? There have been a few in my life. My Aunt Dot was

Remind Me to Laugh

Loretta Schoen 01st May 2019

What do you do when you are scared or in pain? Besides panicking about the worst case scenario, I mean. Thad and I have had a few of those moments in the last couple of

Keeping Easter in our Hearts

Loretta Schoen 23rd April 2019

Because He gave up His life for us, every Lent we give up chocolate, bread, liquor, or some particularly addictive habit. For me, it’s taming my tongue. We count the days till we can imbibe,

Lessons Still to Learn

Loretta Schoen 16th April 2019 3 comments

Although Thad and I have become experts at surviving medical adversity, heck I even wrote a book about it, we need a little fine tuning. Maybe it’s our age; after all even the simplest things

Loretta Schoen 04th April 2019

When It Takes Two to Canoe – Part III For the past couple of weeks we’ve been exploring the rivers of caregivers verses care receivers and have noticed that each crew member shares many of

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