iPraiseHim Posted May 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 Checking in... My birthday was on Tuesday (24th) and I spent a good evening with my sister and her husband. We went out to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and she made me a carrot cake( Mom's home family recipe). I am fortunate to still be able to work and take care of myself. June 1st, it will be five years since i committed to follow a very low-carb lifestyle. I have managed to reverse my diabetes and put it in remission. I have also shed 190 lbs and have kept it off for over three years. Life always has its challenges. I call them "wrinkles" that need to be iron out. Lot's of drama when my mobile cell phone carrier was bought out by Verizon. They are forcing us to convert to their system(Sim) card by "interrupting" service until we "volunteer" to convert... This too shall pass. There is no customer or company loyalty anymore. I have noticed that everything is polarized to cause us to be divided, separated, and off balanced. Instilling fear keeps us from making logical decisions based on facts and experience. Even the news, social media, etc.. is being steered in a certain direction. Most people are not awake or aware of what is the Truth. As for me, I will continue to follow Peace and keep pressing forward towards the mark set before me. May is a month full of memories, Day I met Rose Anne, Her birthday, my birthday, my Mom's, Mother's Day, My sister's birthday (today), and MY parents wedding anniversary (today). June is my dad's birthday, day he died, and Father's Day. With great memories we also have moments of grief and remembrance. I'm still searching for the healing part of this recovery. Take care my friends. - Shalom(Peace) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayc Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 May into June is hard for you, I'm about to start my hard month, my dad's bdy and anv, George's bdy, death day on Father's Day. I try to attribute something positive to each day but still we remember...soon to be my soon to be ex SIL's bdy, and at the end of the month, my beautiful daughter's bdy, so that to look forward to. Always surviving, marching forward, no matter what hits us. Good for you for losing more weight! I told my son what you're doing, a struggle of his too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenivere Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 19 hours ago, iPraiseHim said: Life always has its challenges. I call them "wrinkles" that need to be iron out. So much going on in your life, George. Belated Happy Birthday. Im a 1955 kid too. It’s great you have the desire to take such. good care of your health. May and June are my wrinkled months in the winter. Things sneak in all year tho. Wish I could work as you do, or volunteer. Id like feel I contributed something. I miss that. Its always good to hear from you. I admire your positivity as I really miss that feeling. Hearing you have it nears it still exists. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPraiseHim Posted July 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Happy July 4th, I watched this today which summarizes this grief and healing journey. A wise woman who shares what we travel each day. the title," Living without the one you cannot live without" caught my attention. I have not reached my "new normal" yet. I'm not sure that is possible. Yet, I press forward towards the mark set before me. - Shalom (Peace) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyT Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 George, this is simply wonderful, and I thank you for bringing it to our attention. I encourage everyone to take the time to watch this video! Natasha Josefowitz offers valid and reliable information and practical suggestions for healing. This is one very wise lady, who speaks from personal experience! The only comment I would add is that in the years since Dr. Josefowitz was widowed (2009), experts in the field of grief and bereavement have studied and come to understand so much more about personality patterns and gender differences in grief. (See, for example, How We Mourn: Understanding Our Differences.) ❤️ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margm Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 George, hope things are smoother. I am going to read your post about the woman and grief. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPraiseHim Posted November 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Happy Thanksgiving! Shalom(Peace) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margm Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 Peace to you and all the rest of "us" and the many us's that have not found "us." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayc Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 I hope your day went well and you got to rest and get off your feet. Wanted to talk to you last night but too exhausted after trip, even Kodie was out, also too late to call. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenivere Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 It’s sad there are so many other 'use's' out there. I wish they could find this to help. People get so lost. Fortunately some have good support systems. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margm Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 53 minutes ago, Gwenivere said: Fortunately some have good support systems. I am fortunate. I have a wonderful support system that needs me often. The thing is, and you all know it, the feeling is "I am alone" no matter if we have 50 people picking us up. We had Thanksgiving, my son wished for a big one because me, his mother, would sit alone if they would let me. Unless we remarry, and some do, some of us still have that "alone, let me alone" feeling, but if we were left alone, then those that are really alone, they would understand that no matter how many people we have around us, we are still alone. I'm not trying to be mean. I have a young friend in the ICU of MD Anderson that has fought for years, really YEARS, and they have not given up, stem cells, chemo, chemo, chemo, bone marrow transplant and then failure, and still she fights on. She has pneumonia, in a coma, in the ICU at MD Anderson right now, she cannot get on FB, but her family gets on, asks for prayer, a million prayers, she fights, her tired little body fights, her doctors fight, her family fights. I used to have questions, never any real answers, but now I don't even have questions. I am going to read and travel to somewhere my book takes me. Can I say "Happy Holidays?" Well, I can say it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayc Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 So true Marg, we can feel alone in a crow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPraiseHim Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 Happy Anniversary, Rose Anne. I fondly remember our wedding day and the many anniversaries each year. Shalom(Peace) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPraiseHim Posted December 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Merry Christmas everyone! Shalom(Peace) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenK Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Merry Christmas and peace to you, George. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V. R. Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 It's Christmas morning here, 7.30am. Thinking of you all, you have all shown great support and have given me strength, ever since I joined a year ago, helping me along this struggling life I hadn't asked for. Thank you for being here and may these days be filled with peace and love, surrounded by your families and friends. Enza. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayc Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Merry Christmas, Enza, George, and Karen! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPraiseHim Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Fourteen years ago, on this day, my brother(Patrick) died at the age of fifty from walking pneumonia in his sleep. He was only 50. Rest in Peace, brother. Shalom 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margm Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 RIP for your brother. Time does not erase history, memories or feelings. He was a young man. So sorry. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwenivere Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Sincere condolences on the loss of your brother. I’ve not known that pain, but I know death hurts so deeply. Many hugs, George. 💕 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayc Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 Thinking of you...these dates seem to hit even years later... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPraiseHim Posted February 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Eight years ago today, Rose Anne, you transitioned from Earth to Heaven. I still miss you every day. I look forward to the day when we can rejoice together. Shalom (Peace) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayc Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Keeping you in prayer today, George...I know these days are hard. I love how you've turned what you've been through to administer a site that is helping countless people around the world. I know you made a huge difference in my own life and I value your friendship. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brat#2 Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Thinking of you today George. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margm Posted February 16, 2023 Report Share Posted February 16, 2023 Hate reliving that day. Prayers for you George. Some things cannot be replaced. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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