Posted in Care-giver, caregiver, care giver, Grief, Independent woman, Living, Rex, Self-care, Soul Food, Food for the Soul, Survivor, attitude on Dec 13th, 2011
For Grief: “…. Gradually you will learn acquaintance/ With the invisible form of your departed;/ And when the work of grief is done,/ The wound of loss will heal/ And you will have learned/ To wean your eyes/ From that gap in the air/ And be able to enter the hearth/ In your soul where your loved one/ Has awaited your return/ All the time.” by John ODonohue
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Posted in Books, Cancer, Care-giver, caregiver, care giver, Independent woman, Living, Reading, Self-care, Soul Food, Food for the Soul, Survivor, attitude on Sep 26th, 2010
To wait or to live? That is the question for today. As a cancer survivor and now a caregiver across many years, I’ve learned just how short and precious this life is…. But I have learned to live every moment that I’m given.
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I played sports, football, wrestling, baseball, and rugby. I was a Captain in the US Army and served 8 years. I was a Ranger…. My lung transplant was my first experience with a medical illness….
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We share our first un-oxygenated dinner…. I still keep staring at your nose: when will I ever stop being amazed?
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Posted in Care-giver, caregiver, care giver, Lung Transplant, Rex, Sally Ross Photography, Soul Food, Food for the Soul, Spiritual community, Survivor on May 22nd, 2010
Both lungs are in!
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…his good, strong arms covered with scabs from lack of oxygen…strong, sturdy hands I love to hold and feel. This is my man, his last day on oxygen I pray. My man, the best (and only) husband I’ve ever had for 17 years, and he’s about to be reborn!… (But) Who is in mourning tonight, having lost their beloved who has used these lungs? Who decided to donate that my guy can live?
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7:30 a.m. I’m sound asleep. The phone rings, once, twice. Push Rex, three times. He answers. “Ok, yes, OK.” To me: “Well, hon, we’re going.”
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Today my chemo doctor promoted me…. Friends are suffering with incurable disease…. Life was incredibly, impossibly rough 9 years ago…. “Tears are the rinse cycle….”
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Where Fine Art Photography meets Life, Soul, and Self. Sally Ross Photography and thoughts to soothe your soul.
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