A blog about faith and fighting leukemia.
Photo by Feans; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode I wish I could say that a Tolkien-like adventure has kept me from writing for over two weeks. Unless you count a few hallucinations from medication or shock, it was just a run-of-the-mill hospital stay that nearly…
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“I should listen to my wife more,” said every married man worth his salt, including this guy. My back has been badly hurting for two days and she’s been trying to get me to go the chiropractor since yesterday, going…
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Even hospital stays are relative. Of the five inpatient stays I’ve had, this as been one of the worst in some ways. Sure, it’s been shorter and I haven’t felt anything like I did when I received the chemotherapy for…
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Experience is the best teacher, so they say. I would add the caveat that “evaluated” experience is the best teacher. If we don’t take the time to evaluate what has happened to us, we often miss the lesson. Photo by…
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I spend the predominance of my time these days in three locations: the driver’s seat of my car, my office chair at work, and my couch. A typical day starts on the couch as I read the Bible and pray…
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There aren’t many benefits to insomnia. I experience it occasionally due to the medication I take. Ambien helps, but I try not to take it every night since I get up at 5 am for work. There has been one…
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I have always been a planner. I first learned this in the Boy Scouts, whose motto is “Be Prepared.” I was fully immersed in the Scouts during my entire adolescence, so I had several years of planning for hiking and…
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I never would have thought it would be so hard. I hadn’t even met him. I didn’t know who he looked like—Christi or me—as if that mattered, or whose personality he would take. I had thought about hiking and playing…
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It’s understood that trials in one’s life don’t only affect the afflicted. The lives of family and friends are often just as impacted. Even so, it’s easy to overlook or minimize the challenges faced by others. Their perspective is often…
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Quick Update. I have been feeling very well during the last three days that I’ve been back in the hospital. I’ve been able to walk everyday and have been blessed with several visitors. My appetite is OK, although not quite…
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