Unspoken Message
It wasn’t long after I started this journey with a cancer diagnosis that I discovered the importance of books. Oh, I have always been a reader and have amassed quite a library of books, heavy on the fiction side and light elsewhere. Keep in mind my ideology prior to being diagnosed was always science based. Things were right or wrong, fact…..
Memories thankfully arrive right when they are needed the most. See, our son was supposed to visit for Christmas this year. He was flying up from Kentucky to spend a few days before returning. However, the weather had other ideas. Due to snow, ice, wind and rain, all of his flights were cancelled and the trip put off until sometime…..
Memories Never Age
I personally find it amazing that something seemingly small and insignificant has the power to annually evoke memories that otherwise lie dormant during the rest of the year. Not only does it bring the memory to today’s mind but also manages to elicit a huge grin reminiscent to a long ago time…..
At the time, I foolishly thought myself a man, so I did things I thought only men should do. I lived to learn that men sometimes do things that silently haunt them the rest of their lives. My inclusion into this fraternity of war was not as welcomed in the end as it had been when excitement and danger seemed to…..
I was lucky enough the other day to meet not only a special horse but also the caring souls who take care of him. I went to Downeast Equine & Large Animal Society (Delas), located in Deblois, Maine for a fund raiser a few weeks ago. I was signing books and donating a portion of the proceeds…..
You know, it is funny, I know I am about to write something that will piss some people off yet I still can’t stop myself from writing it. I have been around quite some time, longer than some but a mere pup to others and in that time I have been the ultimate people watcher. Am I a sociologist? No,…..
This is not a post about football nor politics or pictures, so if you are by chance looking for drama or anger, you won’t find it here.
This is a post about a day spent away from the computer doing things that matter to people instead of spending my day scrolling through anger and divisiveness. All the while, I find myself…..
Reposting a edited version of this original post due to the current divided climate in this country. I feel as strong about it now as I did when I wrote it. I am a patriot and have fought for your right to peacefully protest but keep in mind that your rights do not relieve me of mine. Unfortunately, I feel if…..
The Importance of Staying Active,
Even in the Face of Aging and Illness
Like most of you, I grew up feeling immortal. I just knew I was going to live forever. Even though it hadn’t been discovered yet, a magic pill would come along that would ensure I would never have to put up…..
You wake up one morning and it is just like any other day, or so you think. You know the days just as I do. We all live them. We get out of bed and other than our morning beverage or relief thereof; our minds are full of the day ahead. We are thinking about the onus life puts upon us…..