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Sometimes we surprise ourselves!

Posted in A Passion for Living, Aging Creatively, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Back pain, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Facet Joint Pain, Health, Invalids are not invalid!, Lumbar disc fusion, Pushing our Limits, Senior Creativity, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, When energy is limited . . ., tagged , , , , , , , on May 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

My husband and I love to go to bed early, with our books.  There is scarcely anything more enjoyable than a long evening with nothing to do but relax and read—especially when the body cries out for a rest.  Fatigue is an ever present friend for most of us who have chronic illness and/or pain, and [...]

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Better than a “forum” . . .

Posted in A Passion for Living, Aging Creatively, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, God's strength in illness and adversity, Having Fun!, Invalids are not invalid!, Invisible Illness, Keep Pushing!, Lumbar disc fusion, Music Therapy, Peace in the Storm, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, Toxic "friendships", When toxic people come to call . . ., tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I believe I’ve made my last foray into the Back Pain Forum which I’ve visited online in recent months.  Initially, this forum was a valuable information resource when I needed it—before and after spinal fusion surgery.  It was good to connect with others who had gone that route.  After all, one doesn’t attend a tea party or coffee [...]

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Spry and Sprightly

Posted in A Passion for Living, Aging Creatively, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Having Fun!, Invalids are not invalid!, Knitting in the Waiting Room, Lumbar disc fusion, Music Therapy, Pushing our Limits, Respiratory Diseases, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, When energy is limited . . ., tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The handsome gentleman pictured above is my dad, Ernst Longenecker.  The portrait was taken in the 1940s.  I think most everyone who knew him smiles over memories of this man.  He was an individual!  He was a mechanical engineer by degree, an industrial designer and manager, an inventor, a wonderful father, and a mellow story-teller.  Dad [...]

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Entropy . . . the potential pitfall of illness and pain

Posted in Being a friend by just listening and praying!, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative Living, Do not weary of well-doing!, Family Joys, God's strength in illness and adversity, Invalids are not invalid!, Keep Pushing!, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, What is a friend?, When you think you can't go another step . . ., tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 6, 2011 | 4 Comments »

“Let us not become weary of doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”  Galatians 6:9 (NIV) The term entropy was coined in 1865 by Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius, 1822-1888, a German physicist and mathmatician who is considered to be one of the central founders of the [...]

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“Art” Therapy

Posted in Art Therapy, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, God's strength in illness and adversity, Having Fun!, herniated, Invalids are not invalid!, Keep Pushing!, Music Therapy, Prescription meds, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 9, 2011 |

Last evening I had a BDN.  That’s “Bad Disc Night”—not “disc” as in computers, boom boxes, or DVD players, but discs in the lumbar region of my body. Joe and I like to go to bed early with our books and George Winston.  George is not actually present in person in our home, but we have [...]

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The Best Therapy on Earth!

Posted in Avoiding Stress, Bears, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Having Fun!, Invisible Illness, Keep Pushing!, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Therapy of Nature, The therapy of snow, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Our friends who head for southern regions in November and don’t come back north until May are missing a lot of beauty today! Before yesterday’s big snow, the wind was formidably cutting and damp.  It was an indoor day.  Today we have the friendly, balmy aftermath of a storm when the snow becomes protective insulation rather [...]

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Getting on with Life!

Posted in Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Back Surgery, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Colon Resection Surgery, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Eagle's Wings, Facing Surgery?, God's strength in illness and adversity, Heart Surgery, Invalids are not invalid!, Invisible Illness, Keep Pushing!, Knitting While Waiting, Peace in the Storm, Pushing our Limits, Sinus Surgery, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Purpose of Pain, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »

It’s been a long time since I posted something new on this site!  In that time, my husband and I have experienced health issues heretofore unimagined by either one of us.  These issues are debilitating and ongoing.  They will not go away, short of miracles defying God’s natural laws.   A few weeks ago, I spent time [...]

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Keep Pushing!

Posted in Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Family Joys, Having Fun!, Keep Pushing!, Pushing our Limits, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I often write about “slowing down”, giving ourselves breathing space, seeking times of solitude, and continually evaluating our priorities.  For people who experience pain and/or illness, these measures echo the prayer of Moses in Psalm 90:  “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” In view of Psalm 90, the challenge to keep pushing [...]

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