Week One: One week since my surgery and I’m doing surprisingly well. Not sure why I was expecting a difficult time in walking, rising, etc. I thought that I would come out of this surgery more like my first one when it seemed I had to teach myself to walk and stand again. Maybe it…
3:30 comes early: The alarm clock sounded early and proud while I woke nervous and alone. Jen, next to me, but still asleep. Alarm clocks havn’t been used since retiring, so it came with some shock being startled awake by an Irish Sea Shanty. I had to take the second anti-bacterial shower inside of six…
Eve of My Change: On the eve of my surgery, I’m nervous and looking for things to do today to keep my mind off of it. Yesterday, we went for our monthly massages and my last one for a few months. I’m not sure it was a good idea as it was, quite simply, the…
1/12/2024: Since Pre-Op Day, I’ve been trying to get everything done that can go on pause for a few months in hope that I’ll be able to get back to some semblance of normality. It generally kills me to have to pay people to do things that I usually wouldn’t give two thoughts about doing…
Two weeks from my surgery date. Twelve years ago, thirty years of bad habits and a philosophy that I was invincible, I blew a disk out in my back. The first twinge came three or four days prior while helping my daughter look for some of her things in our storage building. I actually felt…
I know, it sounds like a dumb question, but Jen assures me there is such a thing. I had asked her this question because I was sitting here sweating with some discomfort that is hard to describe and it dawned on me it might be pain. Jen asked me a couple weeks ago about how…
We face them every day, some are real, some are hurdles created in our sense of ability or lack there of. Nevertheless, as we face them, we are also facing our own character, self-worth, and inner desire to always succeed. Our superhero heart will always work to ensure we don’t give up, but our woe-is-me…
We are nearing the end of our safari leg of the South African journey. We have developed friendships, experienced first-hand life in the bush… well kind of and have seen animals that we have watched countless hours of on Discovery and Animal Planet. Our bush life in no way compares to the Europeans and North…
Contrary to my article title, Ohioans got it right yesterday and voted down an amendment to eliminate the simple majority. Many are seeing it as a win for abortion rights and the group leading the charge for pro-choice. Although I see the link and applaud the win, similar votes are coming forward in other states….
After a brief comment exchange with my book editor, Katie, over my article “Morning Thoughts”, I was left with a restless mind. This restlessness is not from her comments or mine, but more thinking about the basis for our beliefs and the ideologies we have created for ourselves. On a portal call, I off-hand made…
