Category: Bladder cancer

I have to say that WP’s a treasure

Writing here is such a pleasure

I’ve learned the rules, taken advice

I guess I’ll write and not think twice

About doing the edit, and reread

Push okay and publish the deed.

I feel it’s okay to be outspoken

And your trust will stay unbroken

Writing for me is therapeutic

Sometimes just a silly antic

Like this offering I submit

Definitely lacking in language wit.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/treasure/

It was their last meeting

He kissed her forehead lightly

Her tears fell on his chest

Their love was too early

The feelings fleeting

Too young to be lasting

It was a final embrace.

http://allaboutwriting.net/2016/12/08/daily-picture-prompt-4/

Saw this on a Twitter site a few years ago.  I thought it was hilarious.  A great attitude, as this person was running a marathon.  That’s the whole point of life in general.  You do the best you can with what you’re born with, acquire over the years, or have thrust upon you.  This happened to me a few times and I’m still here, hoping for a better future for all of us.  Positive outlook is a must.  There is no point in having a bad attitude, it just makes you and everyone around you depressed.

A good example of this is my daughter.  I’m not going into details, but currently, during stressful times when I would be tearing my hair out, she remains undaunted.  She has the faith, the spirit, and determination that makes me proud.    When I couldn’t be there for my husband during his last month she traveled back and forth from her family to the hospital, seven hours away.  

When we all moved up here to Wyoming my health improved in some ways, and then I found out I had bladder cancer.  I’ve graphically detailed this little adventure in my earliest blogs.  I guess no one is really interested in discussing the topic, so I turned to other subjects.   I wish other BC patients would ask and/or advise me, because I am a true survivor, with a grateful attitude.  I would hope to bring the same to others with this condition. 
 

I believe humor can be very helpful in situations that are put upon you.  It’s one way you can control the outcome.  Almost like thumbing your nose at fate.  And then you win.  I’m “just livin’ the dream”!

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I have had the company of my grandchildren a lot lately, and for that I’m grateful. The thirteen year old is stretching his boundaries a little much so I have his company more than usual. And I’ve said before I enjoy him, but am also surprised at how much he doesn’t know about our country. That sounds bad, doesn’t it? I mean that he reads all the time and is very knowledgeable about certain things I don’t understand such as the new math. Let’s not go there.  

He was forbidden to watch anything and no computer, so brought a book, “To Kill a Mockingbird” which he’s already read at least once. The week before he was reading a book about the Vietnam war, a true story written by Tim O’Brian named “What They Carried”. I questioned him about it and we had a long discussion. I was surprised he hadn’t learned anything about it in school since he is in eighth grade. I am a big supporter of veterans’ issues, so was anxious to talk about them. I told him about how the vets were treated, etc. and he said, “that’s what I’m learning in the book”. We also spoke about the intolerable conditions they went through in the jungle areas. He asked about foxholes. I mentioned they had been around even in ancient wars. We had an interesting talk. I was also surprised he didn’t know there are hundreds of thousands of deployed troops all over the world right now. I think these topics should be discussed in school. This area we live in has two military bases and a VA hospital. Children in these surroundings should realize what these uniforms really mean. They aren’t just figures in a video game.


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I don’t think I’m much of a protester, but when I was a sixth grade teacher’s aide, the room we worked in was freezing cold. A small portable heater didn’t help. The room was large with big empty windows. We all did our work at big tables. After a few days of working with my coat on and appeals to the principal showed no response, I held a protest.

I took my table and chair out into the hallway, about ten feet from the outside door. Believe it or not, it was warmer there even with the outside door being opened and closed. So I sat there doing my work quietly, in full view of any visitors. After a while a couple of other brave souls joined me.

The word got through to the principal and the next day we had enough heaters in the aide room so our coats were unnecessary. I was fortunate enough to not need the job, I just loved doing it, working with the kids. Others there weren’t so lucky, so their not joining in any rebellious acts was understandable.  

At the same school, I was responsible for 96 sixth graders on the playground at all recess times. I had strict orders not to let “my” kids come in contact with the third and fourth graders out at the same time. While the other two aides chatted and smoked “watching” their group, my kids had to stand around on the gravel. There were no benches, no equipment, and the grassy hill was forbidden. So after a while trouble erupted. How could it not? Putting that many restless twelve year olds in a small space where they couldn’t even sit on the grass was just asking for problems.

So my big mouth interfered again. I went in to the principal and angrily (did I mention I was a redhead?) asked him what he expected of these children? They had to sit and watch the smaller children using equipment while they were herded off to the gravel. I’m not claiming total responsibility, but benches and permission to use the grass was installed shortly after.  

Sometimes it just takes a little rebellion to get things done. Maybe I am a protester after all.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/protest/

I know the Montana traffic accident video was surprising.  Since I have family who respond to these accidents, I thought it was an important one.  But for this post, I would like  you to marvel and laugh at the wonder of children.  My little sweetie here is worried she’s not staying on her “spot”!  Sorry about the quality of the video, but hope you get a smile out of it.

Holiday Cheers Everyone

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With snow falling and freezing roads where I live I think it’s an important reminder to all who drive to see this video.  It is hard to watch. Warning – Adults only!  

http://newstalkkgvo.com/terrifying-actual-footage-from-montana-highway-patrol-during-winter-crash-please-watch/?trackback=fbshare_mobile_top

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This response will be short, but not sweet.

The subject I choose is, oh yes, feet.

Since I’m always sitting in some kind of chair

My unfeeling feet are sticking out there.

You know, in front. You’d think I’d be smarter.

So often they’re bruised, being the martyr.

( I make no apologies for my lack of finesse)

http://allaboutwriting.net/2016/12/06/martyr-the-daily-post/

First of all, I am (as Blanche says in a Golden Girls episode) “stunned, stunned” which she repeats again. I loved the GGs and the older I get the funnier it is. But I thank you, Cyranny, over at https://cyranny.wordpress.com for this nomination. Let’s just say it’s certainly a mystery to me.  😳🙄  Thank you also to Okoto Enigma at https://okotoenigma.wordpress.com for creating this award.

Three things about me:

I am a redhead and all that implies.  I am slowly learning this blog business and I like it.  I am in a wheelchair and a two time cancer survivor, so Yea, me!

Cyranny’s Questions:

1.  Is there a WordPress blogger that made a significant difference in your journey through the Blogosphere?  How so?

2.  Would you rather give up Internet for a month or access to hot water?

3.  Tell me a fun fact about the country you live in ( I love fun facts : )

4.  Which special talent would you like to magically master overnight?

5.  (Weird Question) Planet?

Answers to Cyranny’s questions:

1.  There have been a few significant bloggers that have made an impression on me and I listed some of them below.  I love reading new ideas, seeing beautiful photographs of places I’ll never visit, and finding out how we’re all about the same on the inside.

2.  Seriously?  I live in Wyoming.  Tonight it’s 2 degrees and a high tomorrow of 10, and that’s not mentioning the wind factor, which is significant here.  I don’t live in an old farmhouse where people heated water on the fire for baths in the kitchen.   Definitely the Internet.

3.  Right now I’m hard pressed to think of a fun fact about my country.  It’s not been a fun year, but here you go:  The current 50 state flag of the United States of America was designed by a student, as a school project in 1958.  He got a B-!

4.  There are lots of talents I would like to master overnight, but I could possibly do a lot of them if I learned how to use a real magic wand.  Key word, real.

5.  Planet?  I don’t understand the question, but if you want my favorite?  I’d say Earth.  Unless I live long enough, and am rich enough, I wouldn’t mind traveling to Mars, or even the Moon.

Here is a list of some of the blogs I really enjoy reading:

lostpropertyrepository.com

manvsloneliness.wordpress.com

amommasview.wordpress.com

cyranny.wordpress.com

godlesscranium.com

jamiewrites.wordpress.com

mystillsmallvoice.wordpress.com

allaboutwriting.net

ceenphotography.com

talesfromthecabbagepatch.wordpress.com

ramblingsofaboredteen.wordpress.com

These are only a few, so please do not be offended if your blog isn’t mentioned here.

 

Here are five questions for you to answer:  (this Award stuff is hard!)

1.  Who is your favorite author?

2. Who is your favorite news reporter?

3.  What is your favorite song?

4.  What is your favorite dish/food to prepare yourself?

5.  If you could be any person alive or dead, who would it be? Weird enough?😉

 

Sharing a favorite post…I really don’t have one.  But a lot of likes were received on this one: Daily Prompt:  Liminal at https://rugby843.wordpress.com.

https://cyranny.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/mystery-blogger-award/