MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'grace'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:57:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159889&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2Fo3HRZJGDll8%2Fcost-of-medicine-continues-to-be.html Approximately 10% of Medicare beneficiaries do not comply with their prescribed medication regimen because they simply cannot afford it, researchers from Harvard Medical School reported in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship. They added that elderly Medicare patients, whether or not they are being treated for cancer, commonly skip taking a pill so that they can last longer, or forgo filling a prescription completely because it is just too expensive. The authors believe that their findings suggest that seniors with cancer or those who survived it do not face greater medical costs than other patients. The rise in medication costs has occurred in parallel with an aging population, leading to greater financial burdens for the patient. Cancer costs have risen considerably. Patients being treat... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159889 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:33:00 +0100 5159889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159890&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FrYg23F0GZOo%2Fare-you-thinking-about-doing-remodeling.html Are you thinking about doing a remodeling project to carve out a space for an aging loved on? Before you get started, you may want to spend time reviewing books on the process and looking at examples to help spur your imagination. A new book, In-laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats: Your Guide to Turning One House into Two Homes, presents an informative, illustrated guide that outlines strategies for construction and design of dwelling units either as part of an existing single family residence or an additional structure on premise. The first half of the book provides chapters on design that encompasses basic concepts of universal design applicable in designing residential living space for seniors that covers appliances, zoning, architectural plans. The author highlights various types of proje... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159890 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:52:00 +0100 5159890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159892&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2F3-yasFsHnTU%2Fhow-to-get-mom-to-eatand-other-good.html "Growing up my favorite time of the year was summer",says Nataly Rubenstein, author of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias - The Caregivers Complete Survival Guide. Long lazy days spent fishing on the lake, outdoor grilling and enough corn on the cob and watermelon to fill the county fair. Just thinking about the summer of my youth brings back fond food memories and my appetite increases. For those of you who are caring for a person who has dementia one of the frequently asked questions I get is, “How do I get Mom to eat”? The obvious answer is serve food the person liked when they were growing up. You see, over time our taste buds and our food preferences changed. The foods we prefer later in life are not always food that we liked when we were younger. I love blue cheese salad... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159892 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:07:00 +0100 5159892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140331&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FNVDbFkA1Kcg%2Fspecial-needs-trust-for-disabled-family.html The following is from our friends at Dutton & Casey Law Firm... What is it? A trust is a legal document that provides for the control and distribution of assets. The assets in a trust may be money, stocks, bonds, real estate, business interests, or other possessions. A trust may provide how assets are to be distributed during a person’s life, and also how they are to be distributed after a person’s death. A Special Needs Trust is a type of trust that helps to protect the assets of a person with disabilities. A trust may be set up by one person for another with a disability, to contain an inheritance or gift. A self-funded Special Needs Trust is a trust that contains the assets that had belonged to the person with the disability, who is the beneficiary of the trust. It is designed to h... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140331 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:44:00 +0100 5140331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140332&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FkHsZjP0QEn4%2Fsenior-boom-creates-demand-for-home.html At her home health care agency here, Venus Ray quizzes 65 job applicants assembled before her: Can they cook? Do they know the right way to wash their hands? Can they safely transfer patients into wheelchairs? If they give wrong answers, speak English poorly or — God forbid — forget to turn off their cell phones, she asks them to leave. Francess Sillah helps to transfer Tanya Pittman out of an imaginary wheel chair while role playing during a group interview at Health Management Inc. Venus Ray, the agency's executive director, looks on and assesses their skills to be a home health aide. (Photo by Jessica Marcy) By the end of the session, Ray has dismissed 42 of the applicants, almost two-thirds, even though she's in dire need of employees. Ray is executive director of Health Managem... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140332 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:08:00 +0100 5140332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5119020&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2F67ozj8VDhTw%2Fnew-study-confirms-elderly-women-with.html Elderly women with sleep apnea had an 85% higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia than elderly women without sleep apnea, a new study found. Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston studied a group of 298 women, roughly a third of whom had been diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing. The average age of women in the group was 82. Sleep-disordered breathing, which causes the brain to be deprived of oxygen, was defined as 15 sleep apnea events per hour of sleep. At the beginning of the study, none of the participants had been diagnosed with dementia. All of the participants underwent overnight sleep studies between 2002 and 2004. Five years after the study, investigators conducted cognitive function tests designed to detect brain health and cogniti... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5119020 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:28:00 +0100 5119020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107847&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F08%2Fon-the-loss-of-a-cancer-blogger-guest-post%2F Since I began this blog, I have always wrestled with the question of how to handle Guest Posts of survivors that are not doing well.  Early on I even considered whether or not to publish the names and URL’s of blogs of folks that have passed away.  Last Wednesday I offered the difficult post by Alli, who was struggling with the inevitable issue of quality vs quantity of the time left us when our disease rises up and begins to beat down our last defenses. Now that I am working in a bone marrow transplant clinic and proudly wear my leukemia and transplant badges in order to give my patients hope, the editorial conflict is more acute.  I frequently had out Being Cancer Network business cards to my patients. But after all Death is what we fear when we first heard our doctor say the wo... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107847 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:16:06 +0100 5107847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086577&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FWjh4QjBdhjQ%2Ftips-to-overcome-mealtime-frustrations.html Mealtime with an Alzheimer's patient can be stressful and challenging, to make sure the patient gets sufficient nutrition. To help mealtime go more smoothly consider the following: Serve meals in a quiet environment with no distractions. Clear the table of everything but basic utensils and dishes; keep dishes plain rather than with bright colors or patterns. Make sure the food isn't too hot. Serve only one or two foods at a time, and make an effort to honor the patient's food preferences. Have meals together, and don't rush the meal. Be understanding if the patient can't remember already having eaten. Above all else, try and be patient (Source: Aging with Grace CareConnection) Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086577 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:45:00 +0100 5086577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077968&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2Fthe-mirror-what-is-the-meaning-of-life%2F Today marks the third anniversary of Libby’s passing, but we chose to celebrate her life instead. Today marks the third anniversary of Libby’s passing, but we chose to celebrate her life instead. As many of you know, the Libby’s H*O*P*E*™ website is dedicated to my 26-year old cousin, Elizabeth Remick, who lost her battle to [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077968 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:39:00 +0100 5077968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077980&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2Ftales-from-cancer-city%2F I am back in nursing and it feels good.  I am working at the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic, just across the hall from where I received a life-saving stem cell transplant seven years ago next month.  I arrive at work at five in the afternoon each weekday.  Somedays I leave as early as seven while others I am there until almost midnight. A good number of our patients are either preparing for or recovering from a transplant.  Others have cancer diagnoses but their treatment does not call for a transplant but rather chemo and radiation, or surgery.  Still others have a neurological or rheumatoid condition that calls for some kind of chemo drug.  Many patients are there to receive blood transfusions.  We are the only clinic at the vast medical center open past six in the evening and one ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077980 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:21:18 +0100 5077980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5069841&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FFtVZecI_pJc%2Fregular-dental-check-upsimportant-at.html Very few U.S. retirees have dental insurance today. Without coverage from traditional Medicare, and with private dental insurance typically costing too much to be feasible, most seniors are stuck paying full out-of-pocket prices every time they visit a dentist. While there's no one simple solution to affordable dental care there are a variety of options that can help cut your costs. Dental Discounts - one way you may be able to trim your dental care cost is by simply asking your dentist for a senior discount, especially if you're paying up front. Out-of-pocket payers save the dentist office the cost and hassle of filing an insurance claim, so asking for a small 10 to 20 percent discount is not unreasonable. Another cost-effective way to reduce your dental expenses is to join a dental d... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5069841 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:51:00 +0100 5069841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062516&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FAO7ojwxCk_4%2Ffamily-caregiving-is-becoming-more-and.html Family caregiving is becoming a more and more common phenomena with the rise in numbers of American seniors, and a 2011 AARP study says the value of unpaid family caregiving reached $450 billion in 2009. Recent data shows one in eight Americans are 65 or older, with the number of seniors doubling between 2000 and 2030; the number of senior household is expected to increase 35% by 2020 from 2010 figures. Many older Americans embrace their independence and prefer receiving care at home and aging in place rather than going to a nursing facility, says AARP; this has contributed to the rise in caregiving in general, as well as family caregiving and the costs associated with it. To put the costs of caregiving in context, the AARP paper, Valuing the Invaluable: 2011 Update – The Growing Contr... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062516 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:32:00 +0100 5062516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051285&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2F2kJTm6ZCaxo%2Foverwhelming-majority-of-older-american.html A recent Sun Life Financial survey found that a growing number of Americans aged 50 and older are concerned about future long term care, Sun Life Financial Inc. recently revealed. This prompted the corporation to introduce Sun Care Whole Life (WL), which it describes as a single premium whole life insurance policy with a linked benefit that owners can apply to long-term care costs, including for in-home care, assisted living, and nursing home facilities. The policy, which is currently available in 39 states, may provide a long-term care benefit equivalent to as much as three to seven times the value of the policy owner’s single premium, depending on factors such as the riders selected, age, gender, and smoking status, says Sun Life Financial. “According to the US Department of Health... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051285 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:43:00 +0100 5051285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953292&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fday-set-aside-for-thankfulness.html For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself. And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was. (Hebrews 4:15, 5:1-4)I am thankful to call Christ my High Priest. Thankful that I am free, under His grace, to attend church wherever I feel called. I am thankful to have a new pastor who deals g... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953292 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:40:00 +0100 4953292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883848&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fhurt_31.html I swallowed 24 pills. Half of me hoped 24 is enough. The other half hoped 24 wasn't enough. I told my husband, and he found this bottle, the bottle I bought in 2003 because it was on the list of things you should have in your home when you have a baby. This bottle saved me the the indignity and nastiness of having my stomach pumped and activated charcoal.I come home, and go back, and come home, and go back - 4 times in 6 weeks, and now it's been 3 that I've been out. Progress.My rock of support, my mama, leaves on vacation, and we tend Papa's chickens, check the mail, feed the cat and dog, through balls for the lonely dog. Little things. A schedule. Something that keeps us going.I think I'm admitting myself to the hospital again this evening. Thoughts of suicide are edging their way back i... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883848 Tue, 31 May 2011 09:33:00 +0100 4883848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872371&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fin-perfect-world.html I stand accusedThere's a list a mile longOf all my sinsOf everything that I've done wrongI'm so ashamedThere's nowhere left for me to hideThis is the dayI must answer for my lifeMy fate is in the Judge's handsBut then He turns to me and saysI know youI love youI gave My life to save youLove paid the price for mercyMy verdict: not guiltyHow can it be?I can't begin to comprehendWhat kind of graceWould take the place of all my sin?I stand in aweNow that I have been set freeAnd the tears well up as I look at that cross'Cause it should have been meMy fate was in the nail scarred handsHe stretched them out for me and saidI'm falling on my knees to thank YouWith everything I am I'll praise YouSo grateful for the words I heard You say~Mandisa, Not Guilty~My friend's baby, sweet, ravaged beauty fro... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872371 Thu, 26 May 2011 09:14:00 +0100 4872371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841897&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fin-his-grip-yet-free.html My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. (John 10:27-28) 10 years ago, I met this amazing woman who was descended from missionaries and had been one herself. It was kind of an "Amy Carmichael" moment for me as a floundering but desperately seeking young Christian. Her son was in the hospital for a bone marrow transplant that would either cure him and give him extra years of life, or kill him slowly and painfully. Her father had just been released from captivity in Eastern Europe, minus a few fingers. As she readied herself for the long season to come, the marrow transplant process that is at least 100 days and often spans years, God gave her a song and words. Be still and k... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841897 Thu, 19 May 2011 10:16:00 +0100 4841897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829225&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fwe-see-faith-as-strong-steel-bands-that.html We see faith as the strong steel bands that bind us to God's will, meted out with each drop of blood on the Cross. We feel it is something we have to maintain, work at, and suffer for.But the big picture tells us that the steel bands are Christ's grip on, the shorter, weaker pole to which Greatness of lashed. And that, for each good deed we do, He deserves the credit for victory of life over death.He is with you when your faith is deadAnd you can't even get out of bedOr your husband doesn't kiss you anymoreHe is with you when your baby's goneAnd your house is stillAnd your hearts are stoneCrying "God what'd you do that for?"He is with youThere's a time for yesAnd a time for noThere's a time to be angryAnd a time to let it goThere's a time to runAnd a time to face itThere's love to seekIn a... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829225 Sun, 15 May 2011 20:47:00 +0100 4829225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4797884&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fbroken-halos.html A sinister kid is a kid who Runs to meet his Maker A drop dead sprint from the day he's born Straight into his Maker's arms And that's me, that's me The boy with the broken halo That's me, that's me The devil won't let me beI got a tortured mind And my blade is sharp A bad combination In the dark~The Black Keys, Sinister Kid~The girl with the broken halo. I look down at my arms and fly through a flashback and wonder how I came to be the bad church girl. A friend in the psych ward told me that's why she could talk to me. Because I am a "bad church girl". I wondered, aren't we all? Some signs are more visible, of course - my 5 week on and off stint in the psych ward, the new scars on my body, the cigarette I smoke and the beer I drink. I shrink into my skin a little when she says "bad c... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4797884 Sat, 07 May 2011 19:37:00 +0100 4797884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762912&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fonly-love.html I was discharged from the hospital again today. Please pray for peace of spirit, freedom from anxiety and flashbacks, and that the battle is won already.Grace Potter's Only Lovemusic video with my drawingsI wake up with my hair on fireI need something to water me downI can’t keep walking on this wireI gotta move, I gotta come aroundWhat don’t kill you makes you stronger,It’s only my soul, It’s only my heartAnd it’s only loveIt’s only loveIt’s only loveI wake up with my mind unwindingI got a strange tingle in my toesI fall asleep and dream of findingSomebody who really knowsI need to loosen my grip just a little bitI feel this love like a strangleholdBut there’s something stopping me from losing itThere’s nothing harder than letting goBut it’s only loveIt’s only l... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762912 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:39:00 +0100 4762912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747839&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fthis-easter.html Good Friday: read the crucifixion story in all four GospelsHoly Saturday: watched the Passion of the ChristEaster: read the resurrection story in all four GospelsI think I will make it an annual tradition.Word became flesh and the light shined among usHis glory revealedLiving He loved me, dying He saved meAnd buried He carried my sins far awayRising He justified freely foreverOne day He's coming, oh, glorious dayOne day they led Him up Calvary's mountainOne day they nailed Him to die on a treeSuffering anguish, despised and rejectedBearing our sins, my Redeemer is HeHands that healed nations, stretched out on a treeAnd took the nails for meOne day the grave could conceal Him no longerOne day the stone rolled away from the doorThen He arose, over death He had conqueredNow He's ascended... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747839 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:15:00 +0100 4747839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734695&cid=t_158885_158_f&fid=38949&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAgingWithGraceCareconnection%2F%7E3%2FHi9TaYYhoBs%2Fnew-guidelines-for-identifying.html By MONIFA THOMAS Health Reporter Chicago Sun Times Medical experts have issued new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease that, for the first time, attempt to identify the hallmarks of the disease before symptoms occur. The original guidelines, published in 1984, dealt only with diagnosing Alzheimer’s once a person started showing signs of dementia. Since then, new discoveries have shown the disease can cause changes in the brain a decade or more before symptoms appear. The new guidelines — being published online today by the National Institute on Aging and the Chicago-based Alzheimer’s Association — are the first to include the use of brain imaging and measurement of certain proteins in the blood and spinal fluid to spot changes that could be due to Alzheimer’s. Mo... Aging with Grace CareConnection blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734695 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:53:00 +0100 4734695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734498&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fwhen-i-thirst.html I can't mess up God's plan. My failure doesn't ruin me and my achievement doesn't elevate me. This whole thing, life, is not about me or you, it's about Jesus. The story of His love is reflected in the lives of His people, not by what they do, but by what He does with what they do. Grace twists sin into something that reflects God's love and mercy. ~Serena Woods, Grace is for SinnersOne thing I learned in the psychiatric ward is that God's word is precious to the thirsty. Not the prideful, the upright, the perfectionists, or the theologians. While it may be precious to them, it is through the testing of faith by fire that we learn to long for that long, slow drink of God's streams of living water.I was thirsty the whole time I was there, poring over Scripture from Lamentations to Revelatio... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734498 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:16:00 +0100 4734498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724195&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Ffinding-beloved-in-broken.html First bare feet of spring on the wood shavings and gravel.Cuts and bruises wait to be washed tomorrow.Two pots of maple syrup kiss in the black and white eye of the camera.The world goes black and white and I only see black,the smudge of smoke, the blackened pots, the grill saggingwith years of tending syrup chalky with dust and dirt.The wind whips and whirls and the steam flows fast out of my pots.The wind draws the last lonely aching breath from my lips,and I put down work and sit - slump - in a chair by the fire.The pain of the past few weeks comes to the surface like dross in my syrup pan.I am drowning in dross.Yet below, the clear brown liquid, the sweetness of surrendering daysto vigilance and artistry with the works of Creator God as instruments in hand.The dross drifts aw... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724195 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:46:00 +0100 4724195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4658586&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fhusks-emerge.html The snow melts slow this year, nights cold and days warm, and water drips quiet into the earth during the long dark night. Slowly the dead plants, the brown grass, the sunflower heads drooping low emerge from the snowdrifts and remind us of that endless cycle, life into death and death into life, round and round.I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out-those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4658586 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:09:00 +0100 4658586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605862&cid=t_158885_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FK8nBbeJubaQ%2Flasting-gift.html This study suggests that there is an additional benefit as a protection for the family. Just leaving decisions up to the family may well be counterproductive and make it harder on the family, not easier." I and my siblings can attest to the lasting gift our mother gave us.  There is a peace in knowing we followed her wishes when she had the massive intra-operative stroke which ended her life. She repeatedly over the years told us what she wanted and what she didn’t want.  We are able to discuss it without feeling morbid.  My husband is not. My dear husband finds it uncomfortable when I want to tell him what my wishes are when the time comes for tough choices.  I tell my siblings and hope they will help him (and me) when the time comes. I don’t know what his wi... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605862 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:15:00 +0100 4605862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592371&cid=t_158885_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJAVZY3Aq0cM%2F By Michael F. CannonIn a March 4 article for National Review Online titled, “Mitch Daniels’s Obamacare Problem,” I explain how Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) is undermining the effort to repeal ObamaCare, and how he might do even more damage to that movement as the Republican nominee for president.  My article came under fire from Daniels' policy director Lawren Mills (in the comments section of my article), Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, and Bob Goldberg of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. Today, NRO runs my response.  An excerpt: In brief, the trio believes that Daniels’s expansion of government-run health care is a conservative triumph. I can’t believe we’re even having this conversation... Daniels has an ObamaCare problem that could hurt the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592371 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:40:37 +0100 4592371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566308&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fslaying-dragons.html Sun don't go downpurple and scarlet and bluelet me pause herethese precious moments are fewWhen the moon has taken the sky's throneand turned all the land to shadowthat's when I dream of the little girlwho once was me.Twirl me around,and hold me tight,tell bedtime storiesand kiss me goodnightthen I'd return to the child I've beenThe princess who once was me.High heels, lace veils,dresses too long and too loose.In games I was grown up,a little bit taller than you.Now that I'm taller, I long to be smaller,like the gangly, brown-eyed girlwho once was me.A tattered shoeboxhouses my little girl thingsBits of writing,pearls, fake diamonds, and rings.A rose that my Mama once gave to meA picture of Papa by the sea - I open it sometimes to have a peakat the girl that once was me.Sometimes I go... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566308 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:56:00 +0100 4566308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540723&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fother-gold.html Make new friends,but keep the old.One is silverbut the other gold.You go through seasons in this life, droughts and times of plenty, harvests and times to plow and plant. What I like about the concept of seasons is that you are never in one place for long. I don't want to be here long.This season of my life has been a hard one. Sometimes it's a hailstorm, here and there a few tornadoes; when it's calm it's a famine, a drought, a desert. Yet down comes the manna, in the old friend who sits in a worn chair, her hands hard-working hands, sore hands, just like mine. Sore from the cancer, worn from the constant opening of those stiff fingers to offer the precious treasures, to say, "God, yes, you can have this, too." Weary from the living out of the constant task of giving and releasing and suf... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540723 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:55:00 +0100 4540723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4522145&cid=t_158885_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F25%2Fhow-abraham-lincoln-used-faith-to-overcome-depression%2F Abraham Lincoln is a powerful mental health hero for me. Whenever I doubt that I can do anything meaningful in this life with a defective brain (and entire nervous system, actually, as well as the hormonal one), I simply pull out Joshua Wolf Shenk’s classic, “Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness.” Or I read the CliffsNotes version: the poignant essay, “Lincoln’s Great Depression” that appeared in The Atlantic in October of 2005. Every time I pick up pages from either the article or the book, I come away with new insights. This time I was intrigued by Lincoln’s faith — and how he read the Book of Job when he needed redirection. I’ve excerpted the paragraphs below from the article on ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4522145 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:09:22 +0100 4522145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445985&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Falternative-to-affectation-and.html My friend calls it a fingernail moon, the last lingering slip of crescent as we fade into the new moon. It sets somber white against the cobalt twilight in midwinter. Edging into the long cold night one beautiful moment at a time.The white bleeds blurred brightness onto film as the stars peek through the velvet and the yellow sunlight whispers secrets to the hilltops picketed with naked trees. Ragged horizon like the frayed yarn of a favorite scarf, worn by the harshness of winter and the fingering blaze of the sun as she winks goodbye to our side of the world each afternoon and begins her ascent into the heavens of someone else's morning.I look at the world of color, and it's a warm moon and twilight is a blanket I can wrap my shoulders in, a tangible testimony of Creator God. It is close... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445985 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:20:00 +0100 4445985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4442093&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fseeds-of-doubt.html Tomorrow I allow doubt to creep through my words for a day. It all starts with this song. I think back to childhood, the years I spent wandering around my own brain as a young adult. It hurts to remember the hurts inflicted on others as I tried to disown my own skin. The only answer then was Grace. And the only answer now is Grace. But in between the question and the answer is that sick-stomach phase when you sink in your shame and forget that the ladder is still sitting in the muck with you. The same ladder you crawled out on last time.Nothing scalds like the memory of wrongsI did when I was youngHow could I?How could I?I see the eyesof the others that I so carelessly abusedHow could I?How could I?I'm sorry.Well, I've carried this a long timeIn a well-hidden bundle on my backBut I've real... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4442093 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:11:00 +0100 4442093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411685&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fto-be-beloved.html What a weird, backwards gift to know through and through that I am empty . . . empty enough for Him to fill me. The fact that I am limited means I am made to overflow. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13 NIV) ~from Shaunie's Up the SunbeamI see it all around me...and I still don't believe it. Does anyone believe it, about themselves, I mean? Maybe it will take another 30 years to seep through the cracks of the brokenness, the thick skin of disbelief, the thousand lies we've believed about how worthless we are, the even the Bible truths that feed the dichotomous picture of humans as the image of God yet fallen and depraved?And then, too, actions always speak louder t... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411685 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:13:00 +0100 4411685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389317&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Flife-in-color.html You don’t have to ask me whyBecause I know you understandAll the treasures of my lifeAre right here in my handSuspended in a moment No more breath to catchIf you hold on to your endMaybe we can make this lastThis is the greatest time of dayWhen all the clocks are spinning backwardsAnd all the ropes that bind begin to frayAnd all the black and white turns into colorsI don’t want to build a wallOr draw a line across the sandBecause there’s room for one and allAnd this land is our landOh I hope this can go on and on and onBefore the skipping stone hits the surface of the pondOh I know that life is never very longOne second, then one minute, and then its goneYou want to sink into the colors on the wallBut all the while you are the brightest of them allThis is the greatest time of da... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389317 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:03:00 +0100 4389317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372215&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fway-it-ended-and-small-miracle.html Don't let the sun beat you downSteal your crownHold your head to the groundJust keep on walkingDon't let your soul lose controlLet you roll down the mountain you climbedDon't let the sand blind your eyesRealize they're only lies andKeep on walkingLet it cover you with GraceLet it take you from this placeAnd as your heart racesPack your suitcasesAnd in the middle of the desertThere's an OasisDon't let your bones turn to stoneCause you're feeling so aloneJust keep on walkingDon't count the milesThat you've climbedMake you go blindCause baby there's something to findDon't hide you eyes from the lightJust hold on tightAnd soon it'll be alrightLet it cover you with GraceLet it take you from this placeAnd as your heart racesPack your suitcasesAnd in the middle of the desertThere's an Oasis~Oasis... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372215 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:40:00 +0100 4372215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343294&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fthings-i-never-needed.html Take a long hard look at my face Take away the things I can't replace Take my heart, go on take it away I've got nothing to say Take away this sense of regret Take the things I need to forget Take the mistakes I haven't made yet They're all I have left I don't want to be the one who lets you down All I did was run myself around I wish I could have seen through your eyes Maybe then I would have realized I'm the only one who's bleeding For the things I never needed The things I never needed ~ Things I Never Needed, Grace Potter ~My mom used to put up notes all over the house, scandalous notes about a passionate Love that was embarrassing to my teenage eyes. Now I listen to a song, and I'm singing it to that Lover of my soul instead of whomever the author of the lyrics was singing to. Try it ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343294 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:58:00 +0100 4343294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338220&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Funfinished-made-perfect.html Her very first journal entry ever read sad.It's fall 2010 and it's hard for me. My mother has cancer and my sister Amy has epilepsy. My brother Caleb is hard to take care of and Rosy is hard to please. September 28, 2010 I talked to her about finding the silver lining. About thankfulness as a choice. Encouraged her to add a few lines. In red, below the black pencil of pain, another sentence is added. The sentence that really breaks my heart.I'm thankful that my mother and Amy are still here. I have this idea in my head of who they are, these four children. I know this: they bear the image of God, they are full of creativity, passion, justice, beauty. And they live in a broken world, and side by side with the characteristics of the image of God they bear, there is pain, brokenness... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338220 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:01:00 +0100 4338220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309822&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Freflection-in-mirror.html I remember the first time I heard of a Bible reading plan. I thought it was ridiculous - how can God direct through a scheduled reading of the Bible? How does He speak into the needs of that day, if you are just marching through? Desperate for structure as a young mother, I picked up my first One Year Bible and read through it, and I found out otherwise. God has a way of exploding every box I put Him in.Yesterday, I started a new reading plan. It's affectionately known as B90X (a take on the popular fitness "boot camp") and means reading through the entire Bible in 90 days. Fifteen to seventeen chapters (or about 45 minutes of reading) each and every day, with only two "grace" days.Here, on day 2, He speaks loudly and clearly into the needs of this day. Genesis 22, the sacrifice of Isaac. ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309822 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:35:00 +0100 4309822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302265&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Famazing-face-of-grace.html "You asked for a loving God: you have one. The great spirit you so lightly invoked, the 'lord of terrible aspect', is present: not a senile benevolence that drowsily wishes you to be happy in your own way, not the cold philanthropy of a conscientious magistrate, nor the care of a host who feels responsible for the comfort of his guests, but the consuming fire Himself, the Love that made the worlds, persistent as the artist's love for his work and despotic as a man's love for a dog, provident and venerable as a father's love for his child; jealous, inexorable, exacting as love between the sexes." ~ C.S. Lewis, The Problem of PainI 'lightly invoked' the great spirit at age four - in that childlike faith Christ demands, seeing only the loving face of a sacrificial Savior, the face He revealed... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302265 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:51:00 +0100 4302265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294841&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FC4fWP2ma86E%2Fchrismas-season-snapshots.html [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294841 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:08:00 +0100 4294841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266157&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fi-want-to-spend-post-800-saying.html Today is my 800th original entry. It seems momentous to me...a testament to the fact that the small things we are diligent with become big things that astound and confound us. This 800th entry is something I never envisioned writing when I wrote entry number 1 in May of 2008.That month of waiting, as May turned into June in my first year of cancer, still weighs heavy in my memory. Cancer in some ways seemed like an awakening, as if the Holy Spirit that I had inoculated myself against finally reached critical mass and began stirring inside in ways I could not ignore. Along with cancer awoke a dream for my life, a vision of the person I might become, goals and ideas that I'd never lent time to consider.And when He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266157 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:45:00 +0100 4266157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203235&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FVxDOSeNsZNs%2Fcuteness.html 2010 school pictures...enjoy! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203235 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 03:34:00 +0100 4203235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200622&cid=t_158885_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2FlK-qxFlKcaw%2Fthanksgiving-2010-will-you-engage-with.html Will You Engage with Grace this Thanksgiving weekend? I hope so. For the third year running I am participating in the Thanksgiving holiday Engage with Grace Blog Rally. A viral effort to communicate the importance of having a conversation with your family and loved ones around end of life care wishes. Would you prefer to die in a hospital, or at home? Can your family correctly describe how you would want to be treated in the case of a terminal illness or sudden traumatic accident? Does your family know where you keep your living will and advanced directive? At the heart of Engage With Grace are five questions designed to get the conversation about end-of-life started. They’re not easy questions, but they are important. The key is having the conversation before it’s too late. Througho... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200622 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:39:01 +0100 4200622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200536&cid=t_158885_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F25%2Fengage-with-grace-in-gratitude%2F Last year I participated in what is called a “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at making sure all of us understand, communicate, and have honored our end-of-life wishes. This year I would like to participate again. The blog rally is timed to coincide with Thanks Giving, an annual tradition [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200536 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:36:13 +0100 4200536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200590&cid=t_158885_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FiQdkLra6z8Q%2Fengaging-with-grace-blog-rally.html The past couple of years during Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers have participated in a “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes. The original mission – to get more and more people talking about their end of life wishes – hasn’t changed.  At the heart of Engage With Grace are five questions designed to get the conversation started. We’ve included them at the end of this post. They’re not easy questions, but they are important. To help ease us into these tough questions, and in the spirit of the season, we thought we’d start with five parallel questions that ARE pretty easy to answer: Think about them, document them, share them.  Wishing you and you... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200590 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:00:00 +0100 4200590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190333&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FCeuVIfdmdvI%2Fgrace-playing-ode-to-joy.html Grace Ode to Joy Violin from Alpha Girls on Vimeo. [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155310 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:17:00 +0100 4155310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4142963&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fshadows.html I lay in bed a few minutes ago, putting the littlest ones to sleep - a long and arduous process that I mostly resent, but often provides me the necessary 20 minutes of peace and quiet required to reach a state of reflection, my soul quiet and ready to hear a whisper from God. Today I lay in a basement guest room, looking up as the sunlight shafted through a flowerbed casement window. A single strand of spiderweb silk blew in the wind attached to a browning hosta leaf, refracting sunlight against the wall. The beauty of this refraction was what entranced me at first, the gliding light, prismatic rainbow, dancing shadow.A cloud passed over the sun, and the whole room was plunged into shady gray. The chocolate walls were dark and creamy, and the spiderweb's dancing prism disappeared from view... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4142963 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:08:00 +0100 4142963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121967&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FmNFxhwjv7Yo%2Ftrick-or-treat-2010.html [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105859 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:12:00 +0100 4105859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055839&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FlN6oPWVv7os%2Fanother-tooth-gone.html Grace lost her upper right lateral incisor today. She was quite excited, and Meghan was not so happy since her teeth are just a teensy bit wiggly. [[ This is a content summary only. 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Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899606 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:46:00 +0100 3899606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902853&cid=t_158885_87_f&fid=34470&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehealthcareblog.com%2Fthe_health_care_blog%2F2010%2F08%2Flife-saving-errors.html By DENNIS GRACE On March 28, 1979 the Three-Mile Island Unit-2 nuclear power plant experienced a feed system failure which prevented the steam generators from removing heat from the plant. The reactor automatically shutdown but, without the feed system to... (Source: The Health Care Blog) The Health Care Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902853 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3902853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3868837&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FzN2FZS8WZWA%2Ffun-at-fair.html [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833506 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:40:00 +0100 3833506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3823127&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fparticles-of-sacrifice-reveal-untold.html Northern lights in the middle of the sky above rural Wisconsinon August 3, 2010; visible due to an explosion on the sun's surface.A storm opens our eyes to see, our hands to receive the starry nights that follow.  An explosion - damaging, fire-gushing, volcanic, erupting - on the sun's surface sent billions of particles toward earth.  (A damage, painful explosion above the Cross snuffed the life out of the Son of God.)  As the particles of that great light-filled body in the heavens float through the galaxies down to Earth's atmosphere, the northern lights become visible all the way down to parts of New England where they are never seen.  (So grace felt like a million drops onto my soul, revealing hidden beauty beneath the scars of sin as Christ's light reflected there ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3823127 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:06:00 +0100 3823127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3813095&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2Fq_q744wT_qU%2Fim-having-collision-between-reality-and.html I’m having a collision between reality and hope. So that you know from where I’m coming, I’ll start at the beginning. Gracie was born just six weeks early. I remember the NICU staff telling me that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3813095 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:16:00 +0100 3813095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805993&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fweekly-report.html We spent the day today alone as a family.  My glasses came in yesterday, so I am able to drive, and I was just about giddy with the freedom of that when we drove out of the driveway this morning!  Amelia has had some difficulty with seizures in the last few days, so we headed to the pool.Music and water...the only two things that pull her out of the deep, long partial seizures.  A day in June was happily spent with my good friend Natasha, who gave us an impromptu private session of her wonderful music and motion class.  Her kids tagged along, and Amy had fun initiating a game of "chase" with Max during the banner-waving segment.  Today, we headed to the pool instead.God went before us, as usual, and we arrived to discover that it was a party day at the pool, comple... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805993 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:55:00 +0100 3805993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3795022&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F28%2Fsmile-open-your-eyes-love-and-go-on%2F Today marks the 2nd anniversary of Libby’s death from ovarian cancer at the age of 26. Although the family healing process continues, we celebrate Libby’s life formally on this day to honor her memory, and remind ourselves that life is precious and should not be taken for granted. Today marks the 2nd anniversary of Libby’s [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3795022 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:00:47 +0100 3795022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761600&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Ftaking-flight.html He stands tentative.  Opening his orange beak wider and wider as I walk closer.  He's more skittish than the other shore birds and gulls.  Doesn't like to be close to other people.He pulls his wings up high and gathers air under them and lifts off.  Just parallel to the ground at first.  Almost as if he might not have it in him to stay aloft or climb higher.Finally, he starts to make upward progress.  His beak still hangs open in fear of me, as if by talking to me he might scare me further away.  His wings are hinged and the lines go straight, then up  to gather more air, then hinged in two, a 90 degree angle as he swoops it away underneath himself.Finally, closer to the waves, he catches the updraft.  Here his flight becomes beautiful again, th... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761600 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:48:00 +0100 3761600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737147&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FjJPijD7QzQk%2Fsummer-fun.html [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737147 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:15:00 +0100 3737147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3690812&cid=t_158885_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fprince-albert-of-monaco-officially-engaged-to-south-african-olympic-swimmer%2F photo: WENN.com It’s a royal engagement at least four years in the making. It was just announced that Prince Albert II of Monaco is engaged to longtime girlfriend, Charlene Wittstock, who’s a former South African Olympic swimmer. The couple has a 20-year age gap, and this will be the first marriage for both of them. Prince Albert has, however, fathered two children (not with Wittstock), so rumor mills are swirling as to whether or not Wittstock is preggers. Apparently, there’s a “royal protocol” that requires at least six months between the engagement announcement and the wedding, so we’ll find out before the nuptials if those rumors are true. Wittstock will be Monaco’s first First Lady since the lovely and iconic Princess Grace (Kelly), Prince Alb... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3690812 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:11:07 +0100 3690812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3585729&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FZZrcrpJveS4%2Fviolin-recital.html [[ This is a content summary only. 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Die & be rewarded.Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.~ When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, here sung by Johnny Cash (listen if you dare) (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577592 Wed, 19 May 2010 10:27:00 +0100 3577592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3546936&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2Fi8NRkuccoSA%2F1st-solo-bike-ride.html On May 2nd, Grace took her very first solo bike ride on her brand new 24 inch bicycle. She was so proud, and keeps begging to ride her bike every day. This is new territory for Mom Jen, though. We've... [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437821 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3437821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435143&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FJEn7fHUkAjA%2Ftheyre-here.html It usually begins this time of year. They come. They come without me inviting them to my life. They come like perfectly timed bombs. They come to remind me. They come to be remembered. They... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435143 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:01:00 +0100 3435143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429415&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Flooking-up.html I am very, very tired. I feel oddly alone. Last night I spent the night struggling for breath, exhausting my home remedies. Probably pneumonia, just guessing. I head for the doctor this afternoon once I have a sitter and a ride. Too tired to go myself with all the kids, or pack them up to get them elsewhere.A friend of a friend recently went through a crisis that set me thinking again about all God has carried me through in the last 12 years. Go me thinking that, no matter how dirty life around me is today, no matter how frazzled, or worn, or frustrated, the view always improves when I look up.O Lord, You have searched me and known me.You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.F... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429415 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:31:00 +0100 3429415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404105&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fgod-is-great-god-is-good.html If God heals me, God is God and God is good.If God chooses not to heal me, and to let me die,God is still God and God is still good.~ Zac Smith, church worker, missionary, father of 3 ~But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.Matthew 24:36 (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404105 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:51:00 +0100 3404105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399149&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ftethered.html Tether. Rope. Just a tool. Infinitely less treasured and considered than whatever precious cargo it anchors. It's frayed ends continue to go unnoticed unless they split far enough to break, let loose the treasure.I never gave a thought to the thousands of tethers God formed inside me while I still slept inside my mother's womb. My frame was not hidden when You formed me in the secret place. One day in 2008, just after the birth of my son, a cascade of events started. Aaron and I pored over medical journals and came to the conclusion that we should at least try to be done having children. Sever the tether between ovaries and uterus. It was an odd decision to make, in the day of vasectomies. But that is what the two of us had peace with. So I went under surgeon's knife and closed a chapter i... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399149 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3399149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378615&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FQjdtxqw72Fs%2Fhappy-saint-patricks-day.html In honor of the Roney and Farmer family names, enjoy these pictures of Grace and Meghan wearing their green. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378615 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:46:00 +0100 3378615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366325&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FpZ0rUB9IT_4%2Fwelcome-baby-mallory.html Our good friend, Tante, welcomed her 3rd precious little girl recently. Enjoy the pictures: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366325 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:26:00 +0100 3366325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362371&cid=t_158885_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flifetime-movies-we-love-and-make-fun-of%2F Eric McCormack and Sherry Stringfield in "Who Is Clark Rockefeller?" (photo: mylifetime.com) We’re staying in this Saturday night. Why? Because “Who Is Clark Rockefeller?” premieres March 13 (9 p.m. ET) on myLifetime, that’s why. (Remember the con-man who pretended to be a Rockefeller, duped his wife, and kidnapped his own daughter?) That’s the one. Blisstree simply cannot get enough of these so-bad-they’re-good-based-on-a-true-story-melodramas that likely star the girl from “Growing Pains,”or “Hello, Larry,” or, in this case, Eric McCormack (he’ll always be “Will” to our Grace) and Sherry Stringfield. (there is life after “ER”!) Lifetime movie addicts, rejoice. Hopefully, the movie’s ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362371 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:46:29 +0100 3362371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3318625&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Funearthing-happy-birthday.html In amongst the guts of family life, the hidden messiness of relationships, there is the golden nugget at the center of the walk in Christ's footsteps. Surrounded by dirty dishes and tempers flaring and children late to bed instead of early on what was "supposed to be" a special night, right in there with the ugliness and failure and disappointments lie the greatest blessings, the happiest moments. What happens when two people marry each other for love and dreams and find out instead that they must sacrifice both for the service of the other? God steps into the gap and weaves a thousand threads that bind them forever together. He weaves children into the story, and years and years of walking hand in hand even when circumstances almost forestall your walking at all.God helps you raise your c... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3318625 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:26:00 +0100 3318625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3294719&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fvideo-play.mp4%3FcontentId%3D652de7672903e9bb%26type%3Dvideo%252Fmp4http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FLRJM_TtLRgw%2Ffun.html [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3294719 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:07:00 +0100 3294719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271116&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FnqA-yjy9Bqc%2Fpopcorn-and-giggles.html I smile As I see You both cuddle into My bed Bouncing as you go Today is A day for girls Only No boys allowed Lighting up the atmosphere About to begin Today we bring to you the Grace & Meghan... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271116 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3271116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3247054&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fallegory-redeemed.html Perspective is to flowers in a dark room as Grace is to love between sinners. (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3247054 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3247054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3239708&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2Ft3dB_WSVGp0%2Fsmile.html As I paused to review how many gray hairs were standing straight up off my head in the mirror, I asked myself, “Who is this faded version of my former self? When the hell did you stop smiling?" So,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3239708 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:34:00 +0100 3239708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216812&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fmy-soul-breathes-deep.html Whew. A deep breath for the soul, and the body. Cancer de-saturates life. Everything gets a little pale as you struggle through the current of ongoing trials. And then God is merciful, and your soul breathes in deep and expands, and you remember how colorful and vibrant life really is. What a gift it is.I read this verse in Jeremiah yesterday, and it echoes the constant cry of my heart since June 2008. When I really look deep into my heart, I see the blackness there, the many ways I've hurt others, or disappointed them, or gone back on my word; the selfishness and anger and disinterest and pride that eats out from the center. I know God sees it, even clearer through Holy eyes. Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger lest you bring me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:24) He corrects m... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216812 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:23:00 +0100 3216812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205089&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fthis-is-test-this-is-only-test.html I think the testing is a very loving thing.  I want to put my full weight down on the faith that I have in Christ and see if it holds me up.  Here are the questions for the "faith exam":1) Do you believe God is in control?2) Do you believe that God is good?  No matter what you see, no matter what you face?3) Will you wait on Him by faith until the darkness become light?God is trying to get you to the place where you pass the test, the place where you answer these questions correctly.  That's a difficult process."I would have despaired unless I believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." Psalm 27:13~ from James MacDonald's Life is Hard seriesI remember the days when double-slinging a 2 year old and a 6 month old seemed like the very har... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205089 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:31:00 +0100 3205089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167280&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2Fyov9K1jRAPM%2Ffrom-smurfette-to-equal-rights.html As I ran the brush through Grace's wet hair after her shower, she played with some small figures of Smurfette. "Mommy, I love these gnomes. They are so cute." "Grace, those aren't gnomes. They are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167280 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:28:00 +0100 3167280 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159952&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fjesus-sought-me-when-stranger.html I long to reclaim a toddler's spirit of faith. All it takes to make a beautiful day, peace and safety, is Papa. My niece, Susan, here ignores the cold floor, the lack of a proper bed to sleep in at night, and a dozen other comforts she might have desired, if she had thought of them. But her gaze is fixed upon her Papa. She finds all the beauty, peace, safety and comfort she desires there in his eyes.Through the daily sufferings and disappointments, may my eyes never be removed from the face of my Father. O to grace, how great a debtor! Daily I'm constrained to be. Grace that brought me home for eternity through the Cross. Grace that preserved my life through the latest surgery and infection. Grace that knows every day between my beginning and end. How His kindness yet pursues me, mortal to... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159952 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:42:00 +0100 3159952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3157591&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FX99a9tKk-L4%2Fhamster-wheel.html Can I buy A Littlest Pet Shop With my own money? Can I? Can I? Can you drive, Mom? Can you? Can you? It's my own money. Can I? Can I? As I reply "Ok. Let's go!" You don't hear Can I? Can I? Of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3157591 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:30:00 +0100 3157591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135680&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F31%2Fprofiles-in-femme-courage%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: The Woman Up crew has been discussing Meryl Streep bravely flaunting her age in her new film “It’s Complicated.” Prior to that, we took note of a more visceral kind of courage put forward in the film “Precious,” covered by my Woman Up colleagues Michelle, Mia and Mary. As a diehard wait-till-HBO-or-Netflix type, I have seen neither “It’s Complicated” nor “Precious.” But all this talk got me thinking about women and heroism. I constructed my own list of profiles in feminine courage. In reverse order of the date in which they premiered: Sophie Scholl Julia Jentsch in “Sophie Scholl — The Final Days” (2005) gives a brilliant performance in a brilliant film. The name Sophie S... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135680 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:59:22 +0100 3135680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3059824&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FVc-gpv7GNJs%2Fspecial-parts-of-you.html Dear Gracie, It is so easy to get wrapped up in daily life, and not realize how much you are growing and changing. You are no longer a little girl. You are a big girl, plain and simple. But you are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3059824 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:47:00 +0100 3059824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3044888&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F_e8kEGP3zdQ%2F1st-reconciliation.html Grace celebrated the sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time tonight. We're so proud of her. Enjoy some pictures. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3044888 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:54:00 +0100 3044888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037022&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2Fj1HDw5T5XyI%2Flittle-poet.html With Grace in 2nd grade at our German school, she has really focused on her German writing. Recently, she has been given the chance to read/write in English, as well. Last weekend, she had an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037022 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:51:00 +0100 3037022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026704&cid=t_158885_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FF6-rVtAWyk0%2Fengage-with-grace-blog-rally.html Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes.It was a great success, with over 100 bloggers in the healthcare space and beyond participating and spreading the word. Plus, it was timed to coincide with a weekend when most of us are with the very people with whom we should be having these tough conversations – our closest friends and family.Our original mission – to get more and more people talking about their end of life wishes – hasn’t changed. But it’s been quite a year – so we thought this holiday, we’d try something different.A bit of levity.At the heart of Engage With Grace are five questions design... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026704 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:02 +0100 3026704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026749&cid=t_158885_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fengage-with-grace-the-one-slide-project%2F Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented ìblog rally to promote Engage With Grace a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes. It was a great success, with over 100 bloggers in the healthcare space and beyond participating and spreading the word. Plus, it was timed to coincide with a weekend when most of us are with the very people with whom we should be having these tough conversations our closest friends and family. Our original mission to get more and more people talking about their end of life wishes has not changed. But it has been quite a year so we thought this holiday, we’d try something different. A bit of levity. At the heart of Engage With Grace are five questions designed to get the con... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026749 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:07 +0100 3026749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023245&cid=t_158885_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2F2X_SQvwxqog%2F2009-engage-with-grace-thanksgiving.html Last year Paul Levy, Matthew Holt and Alexandra Drane asked me to participate in the Engage With Grace Thanksgiving Blog Rally. My post last year describes the Engage with Grace project and tells my personal story of why end of life care is important for all of us to discuss with our family and loved ones.Along with my friends and health blogging colleagues, Paul, Matthew, Alexandra, Adam Bosworth, Christian Sinclair, Drew Rosielle, e-Patient Dave deBronkart, Jessica Lipnack, Ted Eytan and many others - we ask that you to take time to talk to your loved ones over this holiday weekend about these important end of life questions and carry out your wishes by executing a living will and medical power of attorney.How else can you participate in the Engage With Grace Thanksgiving Blog Rally?If y... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023245 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:31:54 +0100 3023245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023146&cid=t_158885_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fsome-thoughts-for-thanksgiving.html I thought I'd share this list that was published on this blog before:I am thankful for the teenagers who are complaining about doing chores -- that means they are home and safe.... for homework. It means we live in a country where education is valued and encouraged for all.... for the taxes I pay; it means I have income.... for the mess that I have to clean up after parties, because it means I am surrounded by friends.... for the clothes that fit a little 'too snug' because it means I have enough to eat.... for the lawn to mow, windows to wash and gutters to clean; it means I have a home.... for the parking spot I found at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking and am blessed with transportation.... for my huge heating bill, because it means I am warm.... ... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023146 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:25:00 +0100 3023146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023069&cid=t_158885_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fengage-with-grace-blog-rally%2F Last Thanksgiving weekend, many of us bloggers participated in the first documented “blog rally” to promote Engage With Grace – a movement aimed at having all of us understand and communicate our end-of-life wishes. It was a great success, with over 100 bloggers in the healthcare space and beyond participating and spreading the word. Plus, it [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023069 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:58:13 +0100 3023069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008373&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Femerging-again-from-shadow-of-valley.html Seven. I have four children here now, a constant source of joy. And three in heaven, just a dream and prayer when they went home to Jesus. After phone call after phone call yesterday, I finally found a doctor who shared my beliefs about stopping the beating heart of my own child. That doctor was able to reassure me that my baby had stopped developing weeks ago, and probably never had a beating heart at all. Which meant another on my rather short list of worst fears was coming true: I had a persistent ectopic pregnancy consisting only of placental tissue that my own body could not get rid of. Growing inside me and causing the 8-9 out of 10 pain I suffered for almost 24 hours.The girls and I sat cross-legged on the front room floor as I explained to them that our baby - the miracle baby we w... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008373 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:00 +0100 3008373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992760&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FqN13g-7bx8Y%2Flaternenacht-2009.html Laternenacht is a tradition at the girls' school. In Germany, it is the feast of Saint Martin, who gave clothes and food to the poor. Laternenacht is translated as Latern Night. The school held a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992760 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:20:00 +0100 2992760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2971987&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FcJqrOwiIzH4%2Fbeautiful-warm-day-in-november.html [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2971987 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:05:00 +0100 2971987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2959051&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Ftest-results.html Amelia's MRI/MRA was unremarkable! That means no visible cancer, no visible demyelinating disorder like leukodystrophy, no visible stroke or blood flow abnormality. The MRI rules out many long-term conditions that were being considered. We finally have an "official" diagnosis: post-viral meningoencephalomyelitis brain damage. That means the effects we see now are probably short-term signs of damage to the brain due to an infection of the brain, it's protective covering, and the spinal cord and it's protective covering. In human terms, it means both good and bad: yes, our daughter nearly died of a rare complication of a virus, probably H1N1; and yes, she will probably recover, hopefully fully.Now we are entering a different stage - at least if Amy's recovery progresses as expected. I expect... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2959051 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:50:00 +0100 2959051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927466&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FVxSEOaG_4fc%2Falpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency-and-flu.html Grace has come down with the flu, just which virus it is...I don't know. I'm betting that many parents of children with Alpha-1 have questions about how to treat their children when they have... [[ This is a content summary only. 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"But Mom," she whispered again. "Cole loves... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902873 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:51:00 +0100 2902873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2902943&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fsunny-with-scattered-cloudiness.html Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Jeremiah 31:13The unbridled joy of children unleashes my own appetite for joy and beauty. The gleam of sun in golden locks levitated from dancing heads, the shadow and light as they flit through dappled sunlight on a bridge in autumn, the stepping forward and looking backward all at once that is so inherent to life. This week was a week of remembering cancer, viscerally so. Being in the house of cancer again. It is shadow and light changing hands with my view of the world so frequently that they become one, part of the same vista. I can't differentiate the light from the darkness this week. They simply are, and... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2902943 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:31:00 +0100 2902943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2858705&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FyF3ffTvFwoM%2F1st-library-cards.html Today, the girls proudly obtained their first library cards. I smiled as they each carefully printed their names on the cards. :) Also notice that they each got their hair cut yesterday. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2858705 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:44:00 +0100 2858705 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796635&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FDrPcW2_de64%2Falready.html Okay, I've been coming to terms with the fact that Grace is growing into a full fledged girl rather than little girl. She has recently rejected most things Disney Princess, and now would rather wear... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796635 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:27:00 +0100 2796635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774749&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FXnnkU_05JuI%2Fgulp.html As I watched Grace glide down the sidewalk on her new scooter, I heard our neighbor, Max (age 6), say, "Hey Grace! Wanna play house?" Gulp! I know it was all very innocent, but gulp! ;) [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774749 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:33:00 +0100 2774749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2858884&cid=t_158885_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhappy-anniversary.html The difference is just a breath aparton one side loneliness, on the other warmthSeven years I've waited for something to break my heartbut you just keep holding onI sometimes waver between trust and fearwonder whether someday God's gonna take meMy choice is to remember every morning I'm still herejust keep holding on to loveSeven years or seventy and sevendreams unfinished or dreams forgotten in the dustJust keep walking hand in hand, just keep livin'Till death I'll just keep holding onYou're still the reason I hold on this tight, the reason I live this hard, the reason I am this warm, the reason I believe in oh, so many things I never believed in before. It's been the best season of my life. I can't wait to see what you eclipse it with in the next seven. (Source: Turquoise Gates) Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2858884 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:37:00 +0100 2858884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757955&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2Fsa-6CdOqImk%2Ffirst-day-of-school.html The girls went back to school today. Grace is beginning second grade, and Meghan is in her last year of kindergarten. Enjoy! [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725151 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:07:00 +0100 2725151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2691722&cid=t_158885_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F13zKGxj7ZoU%2Fhushed.php I've been virtually silent lately. Lots of potential changes. Decisions to be made. Outcomes to be awaited. Lives to be uprooted. Or not. It's been (and continues to be) a time of transition for me. Little things. Big things. You know, the usual suspects:  job, relationships, fiances, family. I've been busy, but mostly in a solitary way. Much alone time. Poems written and revised. Some published. Some trips. A move looming. A few weeks of work. Teaching. Full-time classes and a M.F.A. to complete. I realize this post sounds elusive and somber, but I am mostly happy. Bloodsugars continue to rise and fall, my median range remains ever close to the same seven. Pump still pumping. Meter still marking the trends. At times tears fall and loneliness creeps in, but I am very occasionally glad... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2691722 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:15:47 +0100 2691722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2726974&cid=t_158885_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FyiwtBNFD4Q0%2F Recently while driving north on the New York State Thruway I passed the exit for the town of Coxsackie, NY (population 8,884). I grabbed my camera and photographed the exit sign, and reminded myself to write about the virus named after this small town. In the summer of 1947 there were several small outbreaks of poliomyelitis in upstate New York. Gilbert Dalldorf, the director of the Wadsworth Laboratory in Albany, NY, and his associate Grace M. Sickles investigaged this outbreak. In particular they sought polioviruses that could replicate in mice. This search was motivated by the fact that research on poliovirus required the use of monkeys which were extremely expensive. Dalldorf had attended the Fourth International Congress for Microbiology in 1947 where he heard that very young mice &#8... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2726974 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:00:50 +0100 2726974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2593192&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FOPhqjidlhiI%2Finside-my-heart-races-yet-i-keep-my.html Inside my heart races Yet I keep my reserve I hate these blood tests As much as they do Smile! Keep calm! They need to draw On your strength Sitting in a green chair I offer my arm To give of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2593192 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:47:00 +0100 2593192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2593193&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FlpZYdvdjayk%2Fsurprising-results.html My hopes were not high Past experience taught me You have trouble With blood tests Once you tried to bite Another you bounced Off all four walls Others we restrained you Many tantrums erupted Even... [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2573033 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:16:00 +0100 2573033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570990&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FI-OrMDe0WnM%2Ffireworks-moment.html As I sorted through the mound of "paper nightmare" which had been stowed away in a drawer, I tossed various papers into the recycling bin. My finger stumbled upon a crumpled post-it note, upon which... [[ This is a content summary only. 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She was quite proud of herself, and that Grandma B, Grandpa B, Auntie Lauren, Mom, Dad, and Meghan were all there to see her. Enjoy these... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442203 Thu, 28 May 2009 04:25:00 +0100 2442203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442205&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FJXZXBbLCjKo%2Ftime-at-lake.html [[ This is a content summary only. 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Just as the walk was beginning, a down pour began followed by lightning. After trying to wait it out, we gave up and went through the drive-thru... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376486 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:30:00 +0100 2376486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349174&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FsPJ69DhU0cA%2Frunning-for-grace-meghan.html I feel so blessed and honored that Gracie and Meghan have been matched again with Jen Davis, a runner in the Boston Marathon. Jen has been training hard and will run in the marathon while wearing... [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349176 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:09:00 +0100 2349176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348540&cid=t_158885_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F18%2Frecession-anxiety-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-thrift%2F Anxiety is a sneaky thing. It starts with watching the news of yet another company closing doors. Then we hear about a friend who just got laid off and we think, “There but for the grace of God….” The unopened envelope holding the latest report on our 401K sits on the desk mockingly. Sleep becomes elusive. The future, once so bright with promise, becomes the dark tunnel of the Haunted House ride. Anxious? How about terror stricken? And yet it could very well be that none of the things mentioned above affect our lives today. That’s the thing about panic. We don’t have to be directly threatened to feel as if we are. A recent article in the New York Times, Recession Anxiety Seeps Into Everyday Lives, reports that across the country latent anxiety, triggered by ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348540 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:00:39 +0100 2348540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349177&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FLGrJuiUUCm4%2Fhappy-7th.html And, here is a shot of the un-birthday girl, who had a hard day. ;) [[ This is a content summary only. 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I hated to lose the iPod, but more than that, I hate having to pay to repair the window. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to afford to do it until I get paid on the 15th, and I'd have to drive around with a plastic bag taped up where my window should be. It made me sad. I've lost lots of cool electronics in my husband's active using days. I felt pretty sorry for myself for losing more stuff. I felt sad that I can't have nice things. I was angry about having to drive around with a flapping plastic mess of a window.Lately, I wake up frequently at 4:30 in the morning to fret. I fret with amazing clarity at this time of night, and sometimes I'll get up and write to all... Heroin Addiction Codependence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302394 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:47:00 +0100 2302394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2321785&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F2pIblAz0YXE%2Frecyle.html "Mommy!" Meghan shouted from the back seat of the mini-van. We were on our way home from dinner. It was just the girls and me, and they were firing off the usual round of questions and what-if... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2321785 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:36:00 +0100 2321785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2259912&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2FXM2ao_fxWSY%2Fupdate-on-girls.html Last night, it was parent/teacher conferences for the girls. I'm happy to report they are both doing well, and know that I truly am thankful for the outstanding outcomes we have thus far received in... [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233759 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:03:00 +0100 2233759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2167944&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F534241848%2Fdance-of-everyday-life.html Dinner time arrived, and we made our way into the kitchen. A neatly stacked pile of music CDs from the library on the counter next to the stove caught my attention. Various crayons and pencils were... [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2138052 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:42:00 +0100 2138052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125565&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F519401340%2Falmost-seven-now.html In my reality, you just came screaming Out of me, annoyed to have been born All scrunched up, blinking, and fussy So incredibly hard to soothe Almost seven now My beautiful baby grows and grows Not... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125565 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:54:00 +0100 2125565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2112201&cid=t_158885_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D2241 I just can’t seem to help it. I’m become compulsively playing Grace Jone’s new CD, Hurricane, over and over. She finally went back to collaborate with Sly and Robbie for that unique reggae sound infused with her strong edgy authoritarian voice. Grace put together the art of good music, pushing boundaries, and combining it with visual arts of photography and video to create controversy long before Madonna. Her covers of Demolition Man and Warm Leatherette rocked (this video is circa 1980). She interlaced androgyny, dominance and fashion into a web which produced such creativity. It’s like if she were a man, she’d be the perfect top…..well for me anyway. In this generation gay men have no idea of her history and her beginnings in our community in the disco era. Even b... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2112201 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:39:43 +0100 2112201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110818&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F514556297%2Fomg-gulpwhat-happened-in-here.html Yesterday and today, the girls did not have school due to our area's frigid temperatures. They've been cooped up with Daddy. Today, I came home to find their bedroom like this: My reaction was... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110818 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:23:00 +0100 2110818 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107881&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F513621432%2Fso-unfair.html "Hey Mom!" "Yes, Gracie." "Today, Daddy told me that when you guys were little that you only had records and radio. You didn't have DVDs or CDs." "That's right, Grace. We didn't have DVDs or CDs.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107881 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:55:00 +0100 2107881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2095023&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F508421677%2Fmartin.html On Friday, Grace and I were hanging out in my bedroom. She was home sick with a stomach virus, and I let her climb into my bed to rest. I was surfing on my laptop while sitting against the side of my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Unique But Not Alone) Unique But Not Alone blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2095023 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:20:00 +0100 2095023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2092570&cid=t_158885_135_f&fid=35274&url=http%3A%2F%2Facidrefluxweb.com%2F%3Fp%3D2179 Yesterday my import copy of Grace Jones’ latest release, Hurricane arrived. It’s classic Grace Jones. This collection fits in seamlessly with her ground breaking post-disco androgynous Jamaican sound. In addition to growing my music collection, I also had a trip to the doctor’s office. I call them maintenance visits. You know the kind, the ones where refills are given, and general chitchat about when blood work is due. Now I’ve been fighting yet again another bug. And one of the gory details that I usually deem as “too much information” but is necessary to tell this tale, is that my GI is always the first sign something is not right. Let’s just leave it at that. The elevator at my doctor’s office is painfully slow. In addition to his office, a lab, and a pediatrician resid... acidrefluxweb.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2092570 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:15:46 +0100 2092570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2092760&cid=t_158885_129_f&fid=35709&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUniqueButNotAlone%2F%7E3%2F507280918%2Fmornings-do-not-come-easy-to-me-or-you.html Mornings do not come easy to me or you Today, you awoke complaining Which you do most days Except today, my mommy radar alarmed At first, I went about morning business as usual Encouraging you... [[ This is a content summary only. 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