December 2013 Blog Posts (16)

"Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'..."

Alfred Tennyson

Well here we are, the last day of 2013. In not too many hours we begin again. While I do have plans to make this next year…

“How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them”

Benjamin Franklin

In three more days it will be 2014. 2013 has been a mixed bag for me, a lot of good things with a lot of health…

He conquers who endures.

Persius

I am off to see my heart doctor this morning to check on the progress I am making on the road to good health. I am getting better every day as I work to rebuild my stamina. I am finding as I…

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

Here we are the day after Christmas and soon we will bid farewell to 2013. It has been a heck of a year with many highlights especially the…

Christmas Eve - Peace to all

Here we are on the eve of Christmas. This year we will have to adjust to the breaking of a number of family traditions. We have been going out to dinner with special family friends on Christmas Eve for forty years or so, but not this year…

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

Marcel Proust

One of the great benefits of the holiday season for many of us is taking time to look back on our lives…

This season, may you be blessed with laughter, peace, and love.

Yesterday was my first real day out I drove to a Kiwanis meeting, lunched with one of my grandsons and met with my pulmonologist who said my recovery was progressing well but it was still going to take…

“A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.”

Ray Davis

I am beginning to feel like my old self, not that strong yet but my mental attitude has improved. I don’t think my recovery will take as long as some thought it…

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

Jimmy Dean

I am often accused of being excessively optimistic and to some extent I am sure I am. Lately I realized that…

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!”

Dr. Seuss

Things keep moving along; today I go in for a rehab assessment…

“We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or build with them.”

William Arthur Ward

Here we go again another week on my road to recovery. I am off this morning to my Urologist for my post-surgery…

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

Edgar Watson Howe

I have a busy day today, at least busier than this week’s lying around relaxing and recovering…

Don't miss the sunshine because you're thinking of the rain. stay positive, focused and present!

Ricardo Housham

As I reflected on the last thirty days of critical health issues I was glad that as difficult as it was I had a…

The best portion of a good man’s life. His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

William Wordsworth

As I think back over the last month of my major health problems and my road to recovery I can’t help but…

“What day is it?"

It's today," squeaked Piglet.

My favorite day," said Pooh.”

A.A. Milne

Yesterday I suggested we live each day to the fullest, not…

“The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.”

Laurence Gonzales

I last left you about a month ago for what was going to be a brief period so I could be in the hospital for two days for some…