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What is justice? How did things get to be the way they are? Where do we go from here? Community and individuality, civilization and law, politics and tradition, reason and science, ritual and freedom, mercy and making a difference -- these are the issues that will determine our future.
Lately, there's been a bunch on here about writing, blogging, family, and marriage.
And then, on other days, it will just be blather -- but at least it will be in my voice.
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Tag Archives: hospital
Joy and Grief
Back on Christmas Eve, I posted a poll asking my readers to pick from a list of shared topics, promising to write a post in response to the winners. The top choice was Joy and Grief. So, this is a … Continue reading
Posted in General Sharing
Tagged cooking, grief, hospital, joy, married life, medical care, St Francis Hospital, St Thomas Hospital, stroke, Wife
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The Values of Saint Thomas West
The Values of Saint Thomas West In September of this year, we traveled to Nashville so that my wife could have heart surgery at St. Thomas West hospital. While the experience is NOT one I would wish on anyone, if … Continue reading
Posted in Doing Good Works, General Sharing
Tagged creativity, dedication, doing good, hospital, integrity, Nashville, reverence, service of the poor, St Thomas West, Tennessee, values, wisdom
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Gratitude and Letting Go
I posted articles here recently about journaling and the idea that really sparked those for me was a comment about a gratitude journal. I started one, only mine had to be different, so it’s a gratitude and letting go journal, … Continue reading
Posted in General Sharing, Rants and Raves, Writing
Tagged anger, annoyance, bad parker, gratitude, gratitude journal, hospital, journal, Kroger, Kroger employee, letting go, nursing home, rage, Wife
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The Heart of my Heart is Leaking
My wife is truly the heart of our family. Without her compassion and understanding, we would have never become a couple and I would never become a cat person. So, when I say hers is the heart of my heart, … Continue reading
Posted in General Sharing
Tagged family, health, heart, hospital, Memphis, Nashville, St Thomas West, surgery, Tennessee, Wife
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