Living in the State of Joy Archive - Surviving Medical Mayhem

Attitude Keeps us at the Right Altitude

Loretta Schoen 01st February 2025

Gilda Radner was a talented comedic performer who also had an honest way of confronting her terminal cancer. In her autobiography, It’s Always Something the Emmy winner shares how she faced death at the age

God’s Chameleons

Loretta Schoen 21st January 2023 01 comment

If you, like me, are over a half century old, then you probably are sporting some aches and pains. Maybe it’s an old sport injury, or work related problem, an inherited disease state or from

What’s the Plan Post Cath?

Loretta Schoen 22nd April 2022 2 comments

You know when you have to do something but you’re dreading it? You think you know what’s going to happen and where it’s leading. That was me. I knew when the cardiologist said that I

Martha , Mary & Prayer

Loretta Schoen 17th September 2021

I am a self-confessed Martha when it comes to prayer. You know Martha. She is the lady too busy to stop and listen to Jesus because she’s “just got too much to do, Lord.” Or,

The Perks of Being Old

Loretta Schoen 21st May 2021

I’ve been feeling my age this last week and I knew what I needed to do. I could dwell on what I couldn’t do or find and enjoy what I could do. I could either

Bringing the Past Forward

Loretta Schoen 24th April 2020 01 comment

I have recently traveled back in time and I do it every time I pass by the kitchen bar counter. Thad recently got me a Digital Picture Frame for my birthday as our old small

A Prescription for Healthy Living

Loretta Schoen 05th March 2020 3 comments

Sometimes we call ourselves “The Golden Girls”. Often we argue about who is Blanche, Dorothy or Rose and depending on what stunt we have pulled off during the past week determines which character we are.

Thanking God for Everything

Loretta Schoen 23rd November 2016

The actress, Pauley Perette plays Abbey Scuito, a forensic scientist on NCIS. Recently she spoke about being through many seasons in her life – some good and some bad. There was a season when she

Old Is Made New Again

Loretta Schoen 28th October 2016 2 comments

We have just spent six days taking care of our almost 9 month old grandson, Ryker, while his parents and older brother were in NJ celebrating a wedding. We were excited to have the opportunity

The Miracle of Life on Earth.

Loretta Schoen 17th February 2016

When you have been plagued with a plethora of medical adversity, you may decide at some point that if you die, you die; you have seen what you have seen, done what you have done

It is 2015 and I am grateful

Loretta Schoen 24th November 2015

If you have ever watched the Cinemax TV series The Knick then you will readily guess what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Set in New York City in 1900, the Knickerbocker Hospital operates

The Road Of Life

Loretta Schoen 14th November 2015

I read this on a blog post entitled Morning Story and Dilbert. As a bicyclist and a Christian, I could so relate. I hope you can as well. At first, I saw God as my

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