Happy Marine Corps BDay
Been a while since I’ve posted here. Things are going well. We are all fighting colds. Marched in the Nyack Halloween parade. Picture below. Had my 30th High School reunion and Transplant survivor reunion (picture below) in the past month. Leela is turning 3 this Sunday. Lisa is still a Warrior Goddess. Life is happening. [...]
(read more)Anniversary of Miracle on the Mountain
A week after the somber anniversary of Sept 11th we have another, more uplifting one to mark. One year ago today Mary Alice picked up Leela and I and took us for a drive, here is MA’s version of what transpired: Go tell it on the mountain Tuesday- I spent the day with Leela and [...]
(read more)First Birthday of new immune system
Big day today. First Birthday of new immune system. Lisa and I went to Sloan Kettering for a year checkup. All went well. Lisa baked two Vegan Carrot cakes for the nurses in the Clinic and the 8th floor crew. When we went up to the 8th floor I realized that as much time as [...]
(read more)What a difference a year makes
A year ago today I said bye to Leela, and Lisa and I drove to the hospital to begin the process of getting well. I couldn’t really get my head around spending 6 weeks in a single room so we basically only looked ahead in shorter time periods. With no guarantee that the transplant would [...]
(read more)Year ago today
We are coming up on all the anniversaries. Today is the day one year ago when we got the call from the Dr. in the middle of the night telling me to go to the emergency room. Which I did, and didn’t come out til 2 days later knowing I needed a bone-marrow transplant. It [...]
(read more)Just saw this on Facebook
” ‘It’s impossible’, said Pride. ‘It’s risky’, said Experience. ‘It’s pointless’, said Reason. ‘Give it a try’, whispered the Heart.” –unknown
(read more)Monday morning quarterbacking- Rapture Edition
Rapture weekend came and went. Heard a lot of chatter from all angles as I’m sure all of us did. Hit me this morning when I was talking to Lisa that beneath all the fear, judgment, and ridicule that spun out of this non event, the most obvious truth continued to get short shrift. That [...]
(read more)Out of Suffering…Beauty
We have noticed a lot of suffering happening. On a global level and on a local, more immediate level. Lots of people facing real problems and challenges. People going through all manner of new, inexplicable tests of their faith and resolve. Sometimes it seems like we all are either suffering or helping out someone out [...]
(read more)Happiness
Spring is in the air this Sunday morning in the Northeast. Easter is one week away, the buds on the trees are just beginning to come alive. It is a magical time of year. A time of year that is full of hope, freshness, new earnestness. It is also exactly when my health started to [...]
(read more)Leaning into Emerson
Quoted this on a blog before I started this Journal. It is more appropriate now than ever as I lean into my new venture: Emerson on Resilience “If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises, they lose all heart. If the young merchant fails, men say he is ruined. If the finest genius studies [...]
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