Shocked and dismayed by the violence and terrorism perpetrated this day by white nationalists and white supremacists in the U.S., I pray… From the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage: We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy…
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Stroke
It’s amazing how the brain can heal after a stroke. Many of my blog followers may remember my posts last February after my husband suffered what the doctors said was a major stroke in his brain’s left occipital lobe. The process of healing was very fast in some regards. He regained some of the strength…
Trying to get back
I’ve been away and have missed blogging and reading the posts of the bloggers I follow. It’s been over 3 weeks since my last post when I asked for prayers and good thoughts because my husband had just suffered a major stroke. He is back home now after being hospitalized and treated by neurologists, gastroenterologists,…
Change: Asking for prayers
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. (John Kennedy) Sometime in the night last night my husband of almost 40 years had a stroke. I am with him now in the hospital. I ask my dear readers and blog followers…
Into the valley and back again: My medical emergency
Although I didn’t get to the brink of death, I walked through the valley of the shadow of death and back out again during the past week. It was a frightening medical emergency, but thank God, I am now on the mend. A week ago today, I began feeling dizzy, weak, and nauseous. Nonetheless I went to…
Monthly Peace Challenge: Healing
Rara has revived the Monthly Peace Challenge. Yeah! (If you are not familiar with her blog, you must check it out.) I participated in the peace challenge some time ago and was quite surprised, when I checked out my past posts, to see that my participation was actually three years ago in 2013. This month’s theme…
Smacked In the Gut By Life, Part 2: Waiting
A few days ago I wrote about our three-year-old grandson B. who was diagnosed with an arteriovenous fistula (AV fistula) in the brain. (See that post here.) B. was first taken to the children’s hospital at Erlanger in Chattanooga, TN where they did a CT scan, an MRI, and an angiogram to find out what was causing his…
Smacked In the Gut By Life
Sometimes life has a way of coming in from the blind side and smacking us in the gut. Such was the case this week when our three-year-old grandson was diagnosed with an arteriovenous fistula (AV fistula) in the brain. This precious child, whose photos I have used in this blog many times, will be scheduled for brain…
Unexpected in common hours 