Winter is moving in, ahead of the calendar date. This is “business as usual” in Wisconsin. We normally have several extra weeks of winter before the December solstice and way after the March equinox. Winter is beautiful. Although I no longer “play outside” like I did for many decades, I still appreciate the winter landscape. [...]
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So very grateful!
Posted in A Passion for Living, 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, Eagle's Wings, Having Fun!, Invalids are not invalid!, Keep Pushing!, Knitting While Waiting, Lumbar disc fusion, Peace in the Storm, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Purpose of Pain, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, When energy is limited . . ., When you think you can't go another step . . ., Writers don't quit when they have pain!, tagged Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living, Creative Living with Illness and Pain, Fun and Funky, Having Fun!, Hobbies for compromised bodies, Knitting through pain, Living with Chronic Illness and Pain, Prescription Drugs, The discipline of pain, The joy of making art, Victory in Illness and Pain on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Changes in the changes . . .
Posted in Back pain, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative Living, Dealing with unsolicited toxic advice, Do not weary of well-doing!, God's strength in illness and adversity, Invalids are not invalid!, Invisible Illness, Peace in the Storm, Toxic Relationships, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, When energy is limited . . ., When you think you can't go another step . . . on October 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After weeks of deliberation on my part, I had decided to eliminate Riches in Glory because of all my sites, this is the one with very few readers—whereas the other four webpages are frequently visited. I figured the other sites would be a place to say whatever I need to say. I went through the hoops to delete [...]
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 Back pain, Being a friend by listening and praying, Beware of turning inward!, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living, Creative Living with Illness and Pain, Do not weary in well-doing, God's Perfect Plan, Gracious Living, Living with Chronic Illness and Pain, Practical human application of the law of entropy, Pushing our Limits, The law of entropy, Thermodynamics, Victory in Illness and Pain 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 [...]
Keeping on keeping on!
Posted in 4TH DEGREE BURNS, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Back Surgery, bulging lumbar discs, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Colon Resection Surgery, Eagle's Wings, Facing Surgery?, God's strength in illness and adversity, Healing, Heart Surgery, Invalids are not invalid!, Shoulder Replacement 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, When you think you can't go another step . . ., tagged 4th Degree Burns, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Back Surgery, bulging lumbar discs, Christian Living, Colon Resection Surgery, Creative Living, Creative Living with Illness and Pain, Does God Always Heal?, God's Perfect Plan, Heart Surgery, Life threatening accidents, Living with Chronic Illness and Pain, Peace in the Storm, Shoulder Replacement Surgery, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, Traditional Medicine vs. Alternative Medicine, Victory in Illness and Pain, When you think you can't go another step . . . . on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” 2 Corinthians 4:17 (NIV) God is faithful in all circumstances! Since September 30th, 2010, Joe and I have been besieged with “one thing after another”—mainly involving a serious accident with our van for Joe and surgeries for both of [...]
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