Embracing Gratitude and Positivity
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Some Days Are Difficult—Gratitude Can Make Them Easier
Some days can be a struggle. We all have those kinds of days, when we wake up and something seems off. Life seems a little bleaker and the world seems a little darker—for seemingly no particular reason. Those are the days when we have to dig deeper for strength. And those are the days when…
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Capturing Life’s Moments
One of my favorite hobbies is taking pictures, especially of nature scenes. I don’t have a fancy camera; I use an iPhone. Those of us of a certain age understand that the great thing about photography and cameras today is that you can take countless pictures of things. And you instantly see the results of…
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Appreciating Those Around Us
These have been interesting times for sure, full of ups and downs, challenges and triumphs. I’ve almost died twice during the past 11 months. I’ve been through a bunch of medical tests and procedures, a couple of surgeries and lots of physical therapy. Through it all, I have had the support of my family and…
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Learning How to Walk Again
It took several weeks to recuperate from my five-week hospital and rehab stay, but it was finally time for me to be fitted for a prosthetic foot. This was an exciting development! After relying on a wheelchair and a walker to get around, I would be taking the first step—no pun intended—toward walking on my…
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Back from the Brink—Again
In my previous post, I covered the experience of having my left foot amputated because of vascular disease. That was a challenge, to say the least. But within a matter of days things got worse. I was doing well following the surgery. The morning after the operation a physical therapist came to my room and…
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Looking for Gratitude in an Unlikely Place
This is a photo I took of a sunrise a few months ago. It’s not from a county or state park, preserve or other location where I like to take pictures. It’s through the window of my room at Glen Cove Hospital, where I stayed for a week and a half for acute rehab following a…
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Gratitude as a Way of Life
Welcome to my blog! Writing a blog is something I’ve wanted to do and have been encouraged to do for years. But I’ve not been inclined to start until now. I write for a living as a freelance business and technology journalist, and my thinking was, why write more stuff in my spare time? After…
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