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It’s a taken-for-granted experience to be able to chew food and swallow. I dare to point out that the phenomenal pleasure of taste is immeasurably important. I have lost both, and I am excited to have regained some degree of masticating. The many incremental losses have been cruel and devastating. How gruesome was my agonyContinue reading “Simple Miracles”

People tell us all the time who they are. Watch what they do, not so much what’s coming out of their mouths. Unfortunately, we have a difficult time changing our minds. We keep trying to make them into what we have previously thought about them. Sometimes, they just won’t do right. There are not manyContinue reading “What ya gonna do?”

Super Sunday and setting the pace for the rest of the week of my normal activities. I’m looking forward to my wife and daughter visiting with me. Their visits often are attended with requested items and or services. There are so few who I can count upon and I have tried to decrease my askingContinue reading “The best part of waking up”

Satisfying Saturday with a mission of success. I thank God for books read and written, flower and plants growing, and a door closer repaired by the Minute Man. How sweet smelling they are. How do you spell relief? L-A-M-O-N-T-E. My best friend started our relationship kick-fighting, but then it turned into fighting for each other.Continue reading “That’s what friends are for”

Beautiful for Situation I wake up each morning with a grateful heart and a mind fixed to be more than a conqueror for every obstacle and potentially disappointing issue that may come. Yesterday, I was blessed by my best friend’s flower-planting skills, which allowed me to plant one rose bush, one hydrangea, and six begoniasContinue reading “Beautiful for Situation”

Let your smile be the treasure of someone’s day. Chris Simon.

I have a best friend who is the best of friends. How do I know this? It’s definitely not cheap talk. He tells me this through his actions. He has been extremely exceptional in showing me his love. Since I have shown the debilitating effects of ALS, he’s been there even more so. I wantContinue reading “You are always saying something”

There is no place like home It is great to creatively plan and execute in my little efficiency apartment. Oh, so you thought it was a one-room sub-acute facility. It is, but it isn’t. I’m strategizing where to put the next tree, rose bush, and hydrangea plant. I also plan on layering seeds and bulbsContinue reading “There’s no place like home”

It’s been almost 8 years, and a little bit over 2,700 books read. 208, 638, 480, 375, 261, 165, 402- 2529 total for the last seven years. This year’s count will be 412. 2941 total. I have enjoyed learning more than I have ever been aware of before disease took away my strength. I hadContinue reading “Brainiac or Maniac”

A few days ago, my sister and I met my new DON. It was an enlightened experience of things to come. I believe it was Friday night. Since then, the staff who I talked with had varying answers concerning what they thought. Most have expressedtheir excitement. One person’s sentiment is that it takes a whileContinue reading “The Challenge of Change”