Changes

I’ve been asked by more than one person, how I can have such a good attitude, given the seemingly bad hand I have been dealt.  I’ve thought about it a lot.  I’ve not really come up with a good answer.  There are times, when I will just look at something and think that I need…

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Out in the Country

It was an absolutely wonderful day last Wednesday.  An unusually warm winter sun, washes over my face, recharging my body with the energy that has been drained over cold winter days.  I got in my chair, and I got wheeled outside, for the first time since last year, before the weather turned cold. It got…

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Respect

I recently contacted Celia to notify her I was going to stop writing my BLOG.  Hence the BLOG heist that she posted.  I read that post she made, with tears in my eyes.  Her journey, which has led to the opening of her new business, SPEAKeasy Therapies & Fitness, has no doubt, given her the…

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Thank You for Loving Me

Thank You For Loving Me Today is the 30th anniversary of my marriage to my beautiful bride Jonell.  Two scared kids coming together, to form a household, and create a family.  We had no idea what life had planned for us, but we were determined that together, there was nothing we couldn’t face.  Today, with…

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BLOG Heist

CHANGE IS SCARY!  I am a firm believer in asking for forgiveness rather than permission when it comes to helping someone.I guess that’s my way of saying, Bob “Sorry not sorry!” CHANGE IS SCARY!Change of any kind really. Change in employment, changes in health, new diagnosis, loss of those you love, let’s be honest, we crave…

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Getting Better

What was once a symbiotic relationship, has devolved into one of complete dependence. It is the only way that I will survive.  Essentially, I have reverted to an infant-like state of existence, except that I have a mind that retains more than 60 plus years, of memories and learning.  All other faculties, motor skills, speech,…

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Circle of Life

We have been surrounded by the excitement of newborn life, and the heartbreak of death, for at least as long as Lydia has been alive.  We hatched our own baby chickens, raised baby goats, and kept piglets for the purpose of slaughtering them for meat.  Lydia grew up around all of that. Jonell and I…

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Time

Each of you spends your time with me.  Some of you are actually some sort of relative, some are friends, and someone I’ve never met.  It is the ones that I’ve never met that truly amaze me.  I get the first two groups.  The friends and family. They follow out of a sense of duty…

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Both Sides Now

 I bargain with God, even though I know that’s not how it works. Offering to live a life of service, if He will just restore me, to some state which I consider normal.  When I spoke of Victoria Arlan’s journey in my post about her book, this is what I meant, when I said that…

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Locked In

I just finished reading the book “LOCKED IN: THE WILL TO SURVIVE, THE RESOLVE TO LIVE “, by Victoria Allen.  The Paralympics gold medalist, and ESPN sports broadcaster.  I found the book, both riveting and inspiring.  I use the word “INSPIRING ” even though I saw her do an interview, where she said she didn’t…

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