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The New Abnormal
Ever since a close friend visited me in the hospital, and mentioned to my wife that we will now have to adjust to “the new normal” (post heart attack), we have batted that expression around and discussed the variety of … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged acceptance, cardiac rehab, change in plans, dashed dreams, December 7, disabled, ejection fraction, emotional lens, fantasy world, heart attack, Landon Saunders, Life, life threatening, myocardial infarction, new abnormal, new normal, perspective, psyche, psychotic, ramifications, reevaluate, refocus, surrender, unexpected tragedy, use your wounds as tools
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Sunday Morning Musings (45 minutes at Dunkin’ Donuts)
Watching people eating, interacting, working . . . with George Strait singing in the background. Cars arrive at the drive thru, people place their orders of sugar and/or caffeine then drive away. A constant stream of humanity. A father negotiates … Continue reading →
Posted in Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged beauty, cleansing, Dunkin Donuts, embrace, Family, flowers, George Strait, humanity, Indian accent, iPhone, Life, people, prejudice, rain, soccer, springtime, story, tattooed, the grace of God, yellow pollen
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Life in Bold Relief
It has been 65 days since I last made an entry on this blog. For a good while prior to that it was a weekly exercise to which I looked forward with great expectation. But in June, the press of … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Nursing Homes, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1988, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Alzheimer's, beauty, bold relief, cancer, character, death, dross, Fulghum, gravity, Life, obscurity, sobering, tragedy
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11 Comments
Borrowing Time (A Visit to the ER)
We went to the ER last night with one of our adult daughters. If visits to the ER can be categorized I suppose this would go down as a good visit. She was complaining of sudden dizziness, nausea, chest and … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged borrowed time, cancer, celebrate, death, ER, friend, heart attack, Life, panic attacks, stress
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New Year’s Day 1969: Take Off Your Gloves
I was fifteen years old in 1969. Full of life, teenage exuberance, and boundless expectation. So, when the invitation came to climb Mount Baboquivari on New Year’s Day, I was more than excited. Mount Baboquivari is a unique mountain peak … Continue reading →
Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged 1969, astounding, Baboquivari, belay, breathtaking, carbide lights, delights, discomfort, enjoy, feelings, Field of Dreams, gloves, Great Flood, heart, incomprehensible, injury, insurmountable, James Earl Jones, journey, Life, memories, Milky Way galaxy, navel, New Year's Day, obstacles, once-in-a-lifetime, orange, pain, Papago, rappel, rescue, risk, self protection, sentinel, sky, snow, Southern Arizona, stars, sunset, teenage, Tohono O'odham, trail, Tucson, unforgettable, unprotected
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It’s Not About Me!
I sat by my Dad’s beside as the doctor reviewed his medical condition and provided him with the treatment options that were available to him. Dad only had one kidney (he had lost the other to cancer several years previously), … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged acceptance, anger, Dad, death, depression, desert view, dialysis, goodbye, hospice, hospital, let it go, Life, not about me, peace, perfect storm, resignation, thank you
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The Final Cut
My family and I went to see Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” last night at the movie theater; what a marvelous performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, portraying the beloved president who was complex yet simple, powerful yet demure, jocular yet intense, cheerful yet … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged death, depression, father, film, final cut, grief, healing, Life, Lincoln, mother, movies, mulligan, scripts
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16 Comments
The Music of Your Life
Tomorrow I will move my mother to assisted living in a nearby community; a new chapter in her life will begin. I pray it will be an easy transition for her, and one that will give her the chance to … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Assisted Living, Family History, Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged Assisted Living, elderly, Life, mother, music, notes, old age, rest, rhythm, sickness, son, tune
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Father’s Day 2012
Today is Father’s Day 2012. A loving voice message from one daugther, and a phone call from another has properly humbled me and made me feel loved. Monica treated me to a lovely cup of coffee from Dunkin Donuts, then … Continue reading →
Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized, World War II
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Tagged Bible, career, Family, guidance, History, Life, psalms, Stories, world war II
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The Lost Story 