Life is difficult
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult--once we truly understand and accept it--then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
M. Scott Peck from The Road Less Traveled
When my Dad had his second stroke in March of 2005 at the age of 66, I began my journey into the world of the handicapped on a very up close and personal level.
Seeing him lay in a tiny hospital bed, unable to move, feed himself, scratch his own nose and even adjust himself to a more comfortable position, was heartbreaking and scary.
The fear that he could not keep out of his eyes went straight into my heart.
I make my living on the Internet, so I turned to it yet again to learn all I could and look for support.
Researching medical information, Doctors, medicines, Medicare , Medi-cal and Nursing Homes, physical therapy and more was very time consuming and confusing.
What I found was many scattered resources, but nothing that seemed to pull everything I was looking for together in one place.
I never had the time to get back and develop this blog like I wanted.
The exciting news is my Dad is well enough now to run this blog himself!
I moved him closer to me in the town I live in, and we set him up in a great nursing home with a desk and a computer and now he is on the computer everyday.
My Dad is 68 years old now and writing a blog from a nursing home! I think that is way cool.
Good luck Dad, you have so much to offer people and you always loved to write, I know you are going to be great. I love you! Linda
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.
2 comments:
It is a very good prayer. I wish you the best of luck!
God bless you and thanks
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