The Declaration of Independence, or the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, was adopted on this day in 1776 by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And so, today we celebrate …
At the end of last week, a harmonic convergence brought together a chance to see one of my favorite writers and to hang out with some dear friends from high school.
It’s the end of May and I’m in my seventh month of this great ordeal. I’ve made incredible progress from the days when I didn’t know if I would ever stand or walk again.
I can make it around the house on the cane. I can make it upstairs with some effort.
On Sunday I was able to attend my son’s graduation from Randolph Macon College. It was a beautiful day. A long, beautiful day. As we sat there on the lawn I recalled sitting there waiting for him to finish with freshman orientation. A lot has happened in four years.
And I do mean a lot.
Sunday was a long day. In fact it was the longest I had been out since the day I drove home from Connecticut in November.
I was exhausted.
I might still be.
I took Monday as a day of recovery. I posted on Substack, which I’m still trying to figure out, that I watched my way through most of the “Star Wars” canon.
Yoda reminded me “Do or do not, There is no try.”
Yoda made me feel a little guilty.
I’m somewhere between feeling like I have so much to do and not having the energy or motivation to do it.
True story. On Monday night I had an anxious moment about going to work the next morning.
I retired in September.
Granted, I’ve not really had a normal retirement.
But I shouldn’t really stress over going to an office that’s no longer mine.
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In some ways, I’m feeling like I’ve hit a wall with the recovery. Yes, I’m getting out, but still on a walker. Yes I’m getting upstairs, but it’s exhausting.
So exhausting, in fact, that I’m typing this post on my phone rather than upstairs on the PC.
I guess what bothers me is that I still need the walker. I had wanted to go to graduation without it, but that didn’t happen.
I know I’ll get there. My next goal is to be walking on my own by my college reunion at the end of June.
So why do I feel like a slacker? I mean I’m writing.
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I’m reading. I’m doing art projects. I’m directing a show.
It’s okay to have those off days when I just want to sit…maybe in a galaxy far far away.
I know I have to take this one day at a time.
I know I shouldn’t be impatient.
I know I’ve come a long way.
I just need to find the balance between being restless and having the energy to do something about it.
Even though some of my best exposure and most social media “hits” came in the days when I was playing politics, I just don’t do that anymore.
Somewhere on this blog there’s a post where I declared I was finished with politics because I just couldn’t keep “defending those people.”
But I can’t let the news of this week pass by without comment. Headlines told us earlier that President Biden has prostate cancer. That cancer has spread to the bones.
First, cancer sucks. I’m a two-time survivor, having gone through my own round of prostate cancer a few years back.
Second, President Biden needs our prayers and well wishes. If you can’t afford him that, regardless of your
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politics, then you need to spend some time examining your own heart.
The elephant in the room is not the Republican party or what’s left of it. A diagnosis such as this does not happen overnight. Presidents have the best healthcare in the world.
The interwebs are full of speculation regarding when the President was actually diagnosed and whether the news was hidden from the American people and the world.
Couple that with the reports that his cognitive decline was also covered up and, no matter where you are on the political spectrum, you realize that neither the country nor the President were being well served.
Pundits who make far more that I could ever have dreamed will speculate for years whether admitting an earlier diagnosis and forcing Joe Biden out in the primary process would have led to a different President 47.
You know I’m right but I’ve said enough.
Keep President Biden, his family, and his medical team in your prayers.
And, while you’re at it, it wouldn’t hurt you to pray for the current President instead of criticizing his every move.
“I hate Donald Trump” is not a political philosophy. It’s a tantrum.
Yeah. I went there.
Speaking of healing journeys, mine continues. Getting around is still a struggle.
I used to shower before a day’s work. These days getting upstairs to shower IS a day’s work.
Still, I’ve set some new goals and I’m working daily to reach them. I’m slowly returning to my home office and attempting to reclaim the last seven months.
I’m actually writing this upstairs in my office. The office is an absolute mess. But I’m here and most things are working again.
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It’s the end of May and I’m in my seventh month of this great ordeal. I’ve made incredible progress from the days when I didn’t know if I would ever stand or walk again.
On Sunday I was able to attend my son’s graduation from Randolph Macon College. It was a beautiful day. A long, beautiful day. As we sat there on the lawn I recalled sitting there waiting for him to finish with freshman orientation. A lot has happened in four years.
