On 9/12, my twin brother, an author and song writer, wrote this inspirational song, Twin Towers. Let us never forget we are AMERICANS first. We still love our country and the millions of humans beings that make and keep, AMERICA, a great nation – ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL!
GOD BLESS US ALL
Watch: http://bit.ly/TheTwins911
On 9/12, my twin brother, an author and song writer, wrote this inspirational song, Twin Towers. Let us never forget we are AMERICANS first. We still love our country and the millions of humans beings that make and keep, AMERICA, a great nation – ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL!
GOD BLESS US ALL
Watch: http://bit.ly/TheTwins911
Yesterday I came within a breath of killing a fourteen or fifteen year old boy. I thank God I was NOT distracted, but was paying attention to my driving.
I was going a safe and legal speed on a street near schools. I was in the left lane. Without warning a boy rode his bike directly in front of my car.
I do thank God I was paying attention or he would have likely been dead, and I would have had an irreparably damaged heart.
It looked like he was going as fast as he could and was doing some sort of maneuver to get across to the other side of the street fast. But I saw his face and immediately slammed on my breaks and turned to the opposite side of the street-the lane nearest the center at the same time. I had to turn. Though my breaks stopped me, if I hadn’t, he would have been hit – he was that close.
I again thank God I did not coming “screeching” to a halt, but my breaks stopped me immediately as I was turning into the other lane.
No one had been coming towards me in that lane, and I only just now realized no one was close enough following me for me to have him or her hit me. I think my swerving was in sync with my turning.
He biked to the other side, obviously shaken. I put my window down and he yelled, “I am so sorry!”
I yelled back, “Thank God I didn’t hit you, but from now on BE CAREFUL. He looked as if he was waiting for me to scream and yell – but I didn’t. I just breathed a sigh of relief and drove on.
So many circumstances were right to leave the boy unharmed, and me not grieving along with his parents.
I felt this was important enough to write as sometimes we all get busy while driving.
I don’t drink, text, or put on makeup and drive. I have talked on the phone and changed my music…both of those are distracting too.
Texting while driving is responsible for over 16,000 deaths and is the number one cause of a teenager driving.
Adults do it too. I’ve seen so many adults talking on phone, eating, texting or doing something other than driving!
So many unnecessary deaths and accidents are caused by not paying attention! Ironically, last week I felt like I hadn’t been doing so, so I wrote a note and put it near my odometer. The note said ‘PAY ATTENTION.”
Mine began like this: 
Sweet, eh?
Have some residual “reminders” of my two neurosurgeries…On occasion my left foot has drop foot – no message from brain to foot to pick foot up. I am fairly trained now to pick it up without message, but Friday it doubled over before I knew it. My toe just ripped across and all my body weight dropped on foot and toe without any preparation to carry it. I called my husband as I could not get the bleeding to stop, nor could I put any weight on foot. He got home and I was laying in the bed with a papertowel around my toe and a trail of blood from the kitchen to the pillow my foot lay on.
What a guy. He cleaned me up. Probably could have used a stitch or two, but he got it to stop and he bandaged it beautifully. He also bandaged me into a “splint” for my foot to stabilize it. I kept it elevated and he got ice – and he then insisted I lay on my back the entire weekend.
He knows how difficult it is to keep me down no matter what, but he was right. Bless his sweet heart. He did everything plus-plus-plus.
It is now Monday and any swelling is gone. I am still bandaged, but can put some weight on foot . (He made me use the walker I used after my surgery, all weekend.) He would have made a wonderful paramedic.
Was going to get x-ray, but it is so much better I am just going to keep on letting it heal for a couple of days, and I think it will be fine. Even the swelling from twisting my ankle is gone. Mostly just got black and blue and a bit of toe swelling now.
So there it is RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) and I am on the mend. He even cleaned our refrigerator, went grocery shopping, and did the laundry.
What a guy. I thank God for him every day!
Since my accident and eventual spinal cord damage that forced me to have my back fused, my life has changed one hundred percent. Even more than the visible injuries, the injuries that are invisible almost make my life JUST a repetition of more doctors and often feeling like crap! Pretty honest, and it’s absolutely the truth.
I know – it sucks. There are days (and I am having one, thus far, today) – when I wish I could just throw in the towel and say, “That’s enough – I am done!”
There is not a day that I can forget I am now disabled permanently. Between pain and the “various” other disabilities, my life is changed forever.
I am also battling with major depression. I don’t really share with anyone anymore the battle I have not to be totally nuts! My poor husband has been stellar, and now I am putting lots of moans and groans, and depression, and down times, to rest…it’s between God and me – and you, of course.
Now you might ask then, why I don’t kill myself?
First of all, with suicide, there is no “taking it back”. “Whoops! Guess I changed my mind after all!” Besides suicide is the way out for those who don’t call upon inner strength. I am not a weakling – even though a lot of my strength comes from “self-talk”.
I will not give up.
There are several other big reasons, and the first being I am a Christian, and suicide is against my spiritual beliefs. But even if it were not a matter of my spiritual beliefs, even if I believed suicide was okay, I still wouldn’t do it.
It’s not that I am afraid, because I am not. I just believe there is something that is placed inside each of us that gives us, innately, the strength to fight to live. The only time that strength flees is when drugs and/or alcohol drown the true pure spirit.
I believe this with all my heart, and still after so many trials in my life, I fight to live. In fighting, however, sometimes have to settle for barter with life.
Mama told me there are three things I can count on in life:
I find, after all these years of living, she was right on the money. Number three is the one that happens EVERYDAY, and OFTEN without ANY NOTICE!
So here are VALID reasons not even to entertain that thought in my mind (or perhaps YOURS)!
I think those five reasons add up to hundreds of personal reasons I cannot ever kill myself. Besides, I REFUSE to throw in the towel and let life stomp me out. I do not believe suicide is a natural thought.
I believe it has been placed in our minds by evil, whether it is from a movie, or a terrible murder-suicide, or a song. I also STRONGLY BELIEVE that ninety-nine percent of those who commit suicide either had mental issues, serious ones, or were plied with alcohol and/or drugs. Think about that one. Review the most recent “self destruction” you know about, and I bet there were drugs or alcohol involved, or severe mental illness.
Writing is a wonderful release, and you do not need to have a blog, or be perfect in English, to write your thoughts on paper.
Don’t give up! Besides, what if reincarnation is a fact and you had to come back as a maggot becaue you had killed yourself. Yuck.
Instead – begin again – CREATE your life, and I pray it is better as each moment passes!
I am praying for me too! God bless you and God help us all.
First, I would like to say Happy Father’s Day to all you guys who have worked so hard to be a good dad! It is one of the toughest jobs a man can have, and the most enduring- even if unemployment is up! THANK YOU for sticking with it; those little ones need you guys…so to dads, step-dads, and all you guys who participate in the lives of children thank you for your dedication and patience!
BY THE WAY, this post just shows another important task of you fathers….protecting the little ones! Also those women who might be afraid of spiders, for instance, myself!
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!!!
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Last evening my husband took a tour of our garage to find and “rid” us of any black widow spiders. He does this in the summer as they love dark places and our garage is a favorite hangout (also under things such as BBQ’s, outdoor tables, inside of wood piles-just as examples.)
He found this one and asked if I would like to take a photo. She let me get quite close (though not too close for my comfort) – she was a big one. There are only four things I will kill if necessary: venomous spiders rattle snakes, mosquitoes and flies. The National Geographic website had this to report about black widows.
“This spider’s bite is much feared because its venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s. In humans, bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that can make breathing difficult; however, contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage—let alone death. But bites can be fatal—usually to small children, the elderly, or the infirm. Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are non-aggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them.”
I think it is extremely important to put deet (mosquito repellent) on children and adults, if you are able. There is a new virus that makes a person very ill. Also, I have never been certain that they do not carry the aids virus. They do “take your blood” when they bite.
It always pays to be aware of some spiders – for your children’s safety. I wrote a post a while back about the brown recluse, and posted a photo of the damage one can do…it is deadly.
Northern California host’s lots of rattle snakes. Clearly if you hear a rattle and there isn’t a baby around – keep your eyes keenly aware of your surroundings.
This isn’t to alarm anyone, but knowledge is power when used and we all should share information that could be life saving. Someone made me aware of the brown recluse.
Oh the web of a black widow is very sticky-you can tell if it’s a black widow; and they hide during the light.
Enjoy the great outdoors – enjoy nature – just use good sense, and particularly for the little ones as they trust you to care for them. Have a beautiful day and a safe one! God bless you all.
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I will be placing this same post on the stressmanagementmagic.com website today because of it’s importance to us all.
CREATE a beautiful day and be careful on the road – any road! I read that Friday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM is the most dangerous time for people to run red lights. I have seen some horrific accidents, so please be cautious and courteous. No ‘flipping anybody off” either…..you can cause road rage, or remember they could be just crazy enough to run into you! Say a prayer for the offender instead – that person may be going through a difficult time – even a smile might lessen his or her problem. Manners (like my grandma used to say) make a big difference in your response from others…even on the road..
God bless!
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