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Tag Archives: illness
Her Full and Happy Heart
Image Credit: Pan-Xiaozhen-347184 via Unsplash.com In the surgery room before her mastectomy Lindsey Bubar inspired the medical staff to join her in singing and dancing to the song, “I Want to Dance with Somebody.” She is indeed living life with … Continue reading
Posted in dance, Heart, heartwarming, Illness, Uncategorized
Tagged cancer, happy, heart, illness, mastectomy
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My Illness this Week Reminded Me of My Old Friend
My Old Friend I’ve been ill this week and as usual my great dog Duke stand at my side the whole time (other than the occasional potty break.) That reminded me of a song lyric I wrote to honor Duke, our … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Friendship, Love, Uncategorized
Tagged dogs, Friendship, illness, Love, pets
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Falling
My mind often flows in mysterious ways. I’m in Illinois visiting family. Snow fell last night. Outside my window is a beautiful white vista. My grandtwins are making delightful experimental sounds with their mouths in the background. One crawled for … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Friendship, Gratitude, Healing
Tagged Anger, compassion, daughter, despair, desperation, frindship, Grief, Illinois, illness, kindness, Love, man, men, parenting, poison, power, strength, wretch
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Vow To A Broken Man
It took two bad lungs And a broken heart To finally tear My world apart Barely alive In intensive care Hoping friends would Visit me there Most were too busy To visit at all To send a card Or bother … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Anger, Friendship, Illness, LIfe Lessons, Loss, Observations, Pain & Grief, Poetry I Wrote, Uncategorized
Tagged broken, broken man, false friends, firends, friends, Friendship, Grief, heart ache, heart break, illness, lungs, pain, poem, poetry, promise, vow
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Wellness
When ‘I’ is replaced by ‘we’ even illness becomes wellness. (Source: Karen Robiscue-Fan Page). I like this saying a lot. It sounds like something Audrey Hepburn would say. Love, Russ
Posted in Attittude, Friendship, Teamwork
Tagged I, illness, Karen Robiscue-Fan page, we, wellness
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You Are A Star
I mentioned yesterday that I planned to find a few young children who have life-threatening long-term illnesses and are bed-ridden or hospitalized for extended periods and create (hopefully) uplifting and inspiring personalized songs for them that they and their parents … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Making the World a Better Place, Songwriting Adventure
Tagged bedridden, children, hospital, hospitalized, ill, illness, inspiring, kids, music, parents, sick, sickness, song, uplifting, You Are A Star
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I Have Much to Learn From My Dog
A friend forwarded these and they seem right on to me. My dog Duke has been modeling these for me for six years and I still struggle to consistently do them. What can I say? I’m a slow learner. When … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Humor, Random Thoughts, Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged care, Caring, coming home, compassion, Dog, Friend, friends, Friendship, fun, grass, greet, greeting, heat, home, hot, ill, illness, learner, Love, loyal, Loyalty, nuzzle, sun, tail, teach, warm, warmth, wisdom
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