A Challenging Gift
You have to wonder why people give you certain gifts. Is there a message in the gift? What exactly are they trying to tell you? Perhaps its more devious than that – like a challenge
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We’ve Come A Long Way But Arm Yourself Anyway
I hate needles! One would think that after having had breast cancer, coronary artery disease, two hip replacements, and a hysterectomy I would be cured from this fear of needles. When I went to my
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Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t!
We are blessed to live in an era of modern medicines that our forefathers would have traded their horse and buggy for. Today we have a pill for almost anything – especially for pain. But
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Isn’t It Time Yet?
It’s been a season. Actually its been several seasons – two years of seasons to be exact. Medical Mayhem has been a constant in our lives and has become a “new normal”. Are you there
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Do You Want to Bet?
I am not a betting person but when faced with two options I find myself wondering the odds of the simplest, safest, and most successful path. For example, when I search my GPS for directions
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I’m growing old. Now I know how to
I’m growing old. Now I know how to. (Grilling is part of it.) by CHARLES BLOW Charles M. Blow is a columnist for the New York Times. I ran across this post and I
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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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I Saw Angels
Do you see angels? Are they the kind with wings? Or perhaps they are little men with green hats and pants and smiles from ear to ear? Recently I have seen angels but they sport
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Gather Evidence Like a Dog
My dog, Liesl goes for a walk and the first thing she does is sniff the air. Then she will sniff the sidewalk, pavement, bushes and blades of grass with great interest. She makes a
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At the Heart of Life is the Soul
We live in an era with state of the art technology and pharmacologic advances that have created in us the immediate need for a quick fix. Weight problems? There are powders, shakes, “natural” pills and
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Are You a Good Neighbor?
We live in a society that fosters independence and fear of becoming involved. We’ve all seen on the news where sometimes a good Samaritan finds themselves blamed for their involvement. So we shy away from
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