Date: September 5, 2013

Who Are You?

I want to talk about a point made in yesterday’s post; the one about you are greater than your diagnosis! I’ve often thought of myself or even others in a single minded fashion. I’ve said to myself: I’m a country boy, or I’m a singer, or I’m an animal lover. Lord knows, I’ve said a […]

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Five Parkinson’s Points to Ponder

Five Practical Points to Ponder: Point 1: You are greater than your diagnosis! You are not a freckle, you are not a hangnail, and you are not Parkinson’s disease. You may have to contend with one or more things that may or may not annoy you or inhibit you, but that thing does not define […]

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A Grief Pondering

Original posting date 09/03/2013 A restless evening, an aching morning, and a reflective mood give pause to ponder the loss of some stamina. Sitting firmly in the throes of lost muscular flexibility and energy, I grieve the times of physical fitness and agility that I took for granted. The gym was a ten minute walk […]

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In Praise of the Happy Hand

Back a few years ago I took on the direction of a couple of cantatas at church. Music for me has always been an emotionally moving experience. What I call lousy music is no different, except the mood isn’t nice in me. That aside, I approached the cantatas with eagerness and dutifully reviewed over and […]

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Parkinsons Pondering

Well glory be! It’s Sunday and Church is the destination this morning. I look forward to the Sunday School class and lesson as well as the time of anthem preparation in the choir, and, of course, the worship service itself. But first, I have to tackle getting dressed in a bit slower and modified manner […]

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