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    September 13

    Hum?

    My wife email the below to me. In the middle of a good chuckle it dawned on me…. She’s trying to tell me something? After living with four sisters, 18 years of marriage and two daughters, I should have figured this out on my own.

    How Men and Women are different regarding ARGUMENTS

    A woman has the last word in any argument.

    Anything a man says after that... is the beginning of a new argument.

     

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    August 02

    The blessings of ALS

    • Having time to volunteer at church.
    • I get to go to all our kids activities.
    • Hanging out with my parents for coffee when ever I want.
    • Sleeping late on a week day.
    • Dad and I going on walk abouts when ever the mood hits us.
    • Reading books of fiction - dint have much time for this before.
    • Our cars maintenance is always up to date.
    • Finding out how truly good those you’ve met are. Its been remarkable.
    • Old friends finding you and getting caught up
    • ...
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    July 21

    ALS - A frustrating disease

    My list of why!
    • Clueless geniuses -The smartest doctors are rendered clueless by it.
    • It’s water torture - A slow steady loss of normal, and until now, taken for granted limb functions.
    • Mind Body disconnect - My mind has not caught up with what my body cant do.
    • Buttons - Fine motor skills are shot. Anything smaller then a quarter is almost impossible to deal with.
    • Manliness drifting away - My 11 year older daughter can out bench press me.
    • Puzzled Flight Attended - I have to ask them to put my bag in the overhead bin.
      Puzzlement transcending to astonishment when I ask them to unscrew the bottled water top for me.
    • Getting the your being difficult look.
    • No time to explain - most folks wont stand still long enough to hear why you need assistance.
    • Humbling. Learning to ask for help! It's not a guy thing.
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    June 09

    A Rant about waiting

    Now that I’ve slowed down, I’m taking in more of what is going on around me. I have found that I am frequently waiting on people to do what they committed to do. For some reason folks are forgetful about their commitments and are stubborn about following through even after gentle reminders. In Fayetteville it looks like leaving two voice mails and waiting three days is standard before you get a call back. If they call back at all. Because this is so prevalent, Linda has made it a goal that she enthusiastically acknowledge individuals who do things reliably and joyfully. I will be joining her. I have found two exceptions. Our lawyer and our mechanic.

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