For most of my adult life, my family celebrated Thanksgiving at my brother’s home in Michigan. We would come from Chicago, a sister would come from Toledo, another sister sporadically came from Seattle, and my third sister and folks lived near my brother. After my dad died at 90, I remember my mother who would …
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Grateful to be Screwless with a New Hip and Even-Steven Legs
I’m on my way. I’ve shagged my walker. I use a cane only when I’m outdoors and only to help me relearn a normal gait, while still dealing with some pain. I’ve loaned out my walker and raised toilet seat. waiting for borrower to pick up In my mind, I’ve missed August and September. Except …
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Wearing Esther’s Shoes – White Skechers
“Sharp shoes,” my physical therapist said. “Would you like to hear the story behind them?” “Sure,” she said as she cradled and swung my lower leg in large circles, making my new hip happy. “I shopped my closet for the best shoes to wear for this session. The best ones for support and balance seemed …
Nostalgia – My Maternal Grandma (1874-1958)
finding her grave in Michigan in 2019 (findagrave.com) My maternal grandma was blind from glaucoma and deaf by the age of fifty. I met her a few times, but in those days we didn’t travel much, so the main thing I remember is a visit she made from her retirement home in Michigan to our …
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Growing Older: On Turning 80
"What are you trying to prove?" my friend asked in a text. I had just sent her a photo of me stuck in my closet. I'd been trying to put a new recliner together and had to get behind it. Since it was somewhat heavy, I shimmied myself behind it into the closet. To see …
Merry Christmas…
from my house to your house! All the way from my snowy front yard to my sunny one! After 11 inches of snow in SD- To lots of sun in AZ. Remember the reason for the season — the Christmas Story can be found in Luke 2. In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree …
Fibromyalgia is a pain! Literally.
So I've done it again--eaten too much sugar, gotten myself too busy, forgotten to pace myself. And I'm paying for it in pain. Dollars would be easier. I haven't given an update of my fibromyalgia for a long time, so last night I searched for the word in my search box. And below is what …
Missing My Sister Esther
“You’re coming up to a small town that has an historical marker,” Esther texted to me as Marv and I drove along I-10 in Texas. We were on our way to Arizona in January of 2017; Esther was grounded in Michigan during her chemo and radiation treatments for esophageal cancer. She did not despair that …
Grief at Thirty-six Months: Honey, would you please…
Always busy in the garage, he'd be shocked that I've put furniture together! Come back for just a day? I want to tell you about— The water softener spraying water over the furnace room The beetles eating your rose bushes The pipe that burst; the hole in the bedroom wall The dying evergreens I had …
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