Watch Your Step!
One of the biggest concerns I have as a care giver has been making sure that my husband doesn’t fall. He has had a few near misses. You see he has neuropathy in his feet
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To Plan or Not to Plan?
As the kids head back to school and the days head towards Fall (although the temperatures are still hotter than Hades): I look back upon the Summer and wonder – “What happened?” You see, I
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Thank A Veteran Today
I have fond memories of running errands with my dad and singing armed forces songs that he sang when he was in the army, specifically the calvary. Songs that were strong in cadence and frankly
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Don’t Say This to Your Doctor
The good Lord has blessed me with experience in the medical field from as early as 9 months of age when I had to “sport” heavy, iron braces to correct “elongated tendons in my feet
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The Other Side of a Season of Mayhem
We go through seasons in our lives when it feels like a torrential storm or a landslide where so many things are happening in every area of our lives that we can’t imagine how we
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Shoot Your Husband
Thad and I recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We spent a quiet day as he was recovering from a second shoulder surgery. While they say the 50th is celebrated by exchanging items of Gold,
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Are You Pressing and Straining into the Unknown? You need Not Go it Alone
I sit at my desk looking out at what is a tropical storm, now Hurricane Debbie. We are faring well despite feeder bands of gusts, wind and rain with a bit of grumbling in the
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When They Tell You To Give Up
There are time when a writer finds that their words are inadequate to express a story when someone can share a message stronger than the words on a page. Such is this message. Please take
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What to Say to Someone when Life feels Like a Wheelbarrow full of Manure!
When someone is going through medical mayhem they may be so low in spirit and tired in body that they don’t feel that God is with then anymore. A range of emotions spring forth that
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Wrong Turns or Lessons Learned?
I recently wrote about the change of seasons in my life and the need to view the events from a different perspective. See my post at https://www.lorettaschoen.com/2022/uncategorized/30259/the-signs-in-the-seasons/ A short time later I ran across this
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The Signs in the Seasons
Ever since my last medical mayhem which ended up being resolved by a pacemaker, I had been ruminating as to whether I was strong enough to handle my position as a K-9 dog handler for
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When Will It End?
Every feel like you are in a season of life that you really wish you could leave? Like you are in a blizzard that never seems to end. I have felt like that a few
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