I am in constant pain–but I need to qualify that a little. I sleep to escape pain and to “reset” when I am having a high level of pain. So usually there is only pain or sleep with one minor but notable exception. It seems odd to me every time...
It is difficult to communicate some things. Georgia understands. She understands at a depth like no other person. She understands this: I’m wearing out in ways other than my physical body. As you get older your memory begins to fail. This is happening to both of us. Sometimes it is...
I can only relate my experience with pain as I did in the journal entry Lightning Bolts of Pain. I don’t understand the processes involved. I spend all my waking hours managing pain either through conscious activities such as distraction, keeping my feet elevated and warm, through anti-seizure medications which...
I miss my dad most of all. I wish that I could spend time with him. When I was young I was filled with “things to do.” Now I understand the value of simply “being with someone.” I also miss my once best friend Leo Jett and my other once...
Being over 50 years old there are few things I could say that are worthwhile I think. There are a few things in particular I feel I really need to say. I’ve been married 26 years now. Over all I give our marriage 4/5 stars but I think that is...
“…but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1:14-15) Temptation isn’t sin. Jesus was tempted. We, too, are tested in...
fleet·ing, adj. passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory: I’m 55. I used to think that was really, really old, like back when I was a teenager. Now I look back and think, wow. Here I am-old. The people that I thought were old, like my mom, are now really, really,...
I am often reminded of instances when we discovered I had cancer. Georgia and I were overwhelmed. Our world was turned upside down. Normal life came to a grinding stop as we were thrust into an entirely new dimension managing my health issues. Words are not enough for me to...