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Hmmm…Is it trite? Does it roll off of our tongues too quickly and easily? Is it possible that it’s overused as a term? For years I wrote regular “gratitudes” on Facebook. Something like this on a day like today: Gratitude 1) air conditioning to dull the heat wave outside our windows 2) health insurance thatContinue reading “Is Gratitude a Platitude?”

If you haven’t read the last post with the long title … read it before this short follow up. I was driving home from the hospital when I realized that Annie Lamont forgot one. She forgot grace. The prayer of grace. Grace is the prayer that gives you strength. The grace to be patient withContinue reading “Grace”

GTPTOH – Glen Thomas Path to Perfect Health (https://gtptoh.blogspot.com/ if you are interested in that journey) – That was the name of Glen’s blog that he started in 2008 when he received his cancer diagnosis. He started off as the sole author and as he went further into treatment, I took over. Luckily for hisContinue reading “For those of you who haven’t known Glen for long…and for those who have…”

Trying to figure out what I want to say here as I sit in the bougie British Airways First Class Lounge. I said on IG yesterday that I was a bundle of emotions. Gratitude – I mean…”First Class Lounge”. Nuff said. And trying to get home with Glen in his current state without that accessContinue reading “Dreams and Drama”

So. Nice. It’s been a weird time for us/me. Pretty much as soon as we got here, we knew we were leaving. Unpack? Don’t unpack? Get some food staples? Skip it? Do research on what I want to do with the time that we have here? Skip it and just wander? The answers are…don’t unpack.Continue reading “#ILoveNice…I think…”

It is Sunday morning here in Nice, the end of a week. We begin our journey home on Tuesday and arrive Wednesday evening, California time. I have been so overwhelmed by an incredible variety of emotions. Jim Kelley always talked about different kinds of emotions. In has words, real and fake. Two simple examples –Continue reading “As Our Time Dwindles”

You know that phrase, “I’m not gonna lie.”? I’ve always said that I hate it because it starts with the idea that maybe I’ve lied in the past. Or maybe I’m usually a liar? Or maybe I’m not going to lie…this time. And then there’s the question about what people show and tell on socialContinue reading “C’est la vie…”

I just have to add another note about the kindness of the French people. Glen and I have decided to lighten our load and send home a couple boxes of clothes. I tried packing up a box we had in the apartment, but the tape was bad and the box was broken and it justContinue reading “More Niceness and This Time in Nice”

These photos taken at different times (obviously) are so revealing. And the one of Joyce is one of my top 5 photos I have of my most wonderful wife. She usually hates these photos I love. Some of you know, as we have communicated privately with you, that we have decided to curtail this adventureContinue reading “Photos Are So Wonderful”

I have a few more words about Paris starting with the myth that the French are not friendly toward tourists, especially Americans. First, we found everyone in Paris to be supremely helpful and kind. Our first exposure to kindness was the taxi drivers in the cities. In my last post (Paris) I mentioned our firstContinue reading “Sweet Paris”