Cogitating at 3 am
As I trudged into the bathroom for my third visit of the night, I began to review my health status. The review went something like this. At 64 I have more aches and pains than
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My First VBS (Vacation Bible Study)
I just attended my first Vacation Bible Study. Like some children, I had my reservations. I had my reasons: I didn’t really know if I’d like it, didn’t know a lot of people, and thought
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Lessons Still to Learn
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
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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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When It Takes Two to Canoe – Part 1
When It Takes Two to Canoe – Part 1 Being a Good Care giver Do you find yourself feeling anxious, to the point of panic? Are you frustrated, tired, have feelings of isolation, hopelessness or
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Who Is Your Super Tech?
Have you ever had a problem with your computer where you had to call on tech support to solve the problem? Often times they will ask if they can “remote” in and take control of
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Can You See the Blessings?
I didn’t need another item on my “To Do” List which has lists for my list! To add to that was the flu Thad and I caught while helping to care for our two and
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Thanksgiving Past & Present
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. – Melody Beattie I recently read this quote and it got me to thinking about how I am grateful
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20 Ways to Cope With a Chronic Illness
I cannot create a better list than what Bridget Gazlay has done. Here is some great advice for anyone suffering from chronic illness. Bridget Gazlay is a freelance writer and artist (and is also chronically ill).
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Are you on the “Wrong” Concourse?
I recently did some air travel and was very proud of myself for downloading my boarding pass to my phone in lieu of wasting paper. While I am a product of the generation that feels
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We Have Lift Off!
Have you ever had a dream that came and went and then came again? At times, it felt so out of range that it was merely an unobtainable pipe dream. There were times when the
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Around and Around She Goes
My first blog was July 10, 2014 and it read: “I’m fine as in F.I.N.E. Freaked out, insecure, neurotic and exhausted. It all started when I attended my first writer’s conference – Write-To-Publish. It was
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