Boston:  Bostonian; Boston baked beans; Boston brown bread; Boston terrier; Boston cream pie; Boston fern; Boston ivy; Boston lettuce; Boston Massacre; Boston rocker, Boston Tea party; there’s a lot to Boston; but more importantly = HEART!!!  A lot of it!  I’m very sad for the family, and friends, of all involved in the senseless,brainless, idiotic act on Sunday.  What is supposed to be a very celebratory event, turns into chaos.  Why?  We don’t know, but we all know this won’t end, until all events are found. I know a lot of friends from Boston; a lot of good people.  Some with a little attitude, but they still have heart.  Who…

Do you believe?  Big question, lots of answers.  I guess this can apply to various items in everyone’s life.  It has in mine.  I went over 30 years without going to church, for many reasons, too.  Now, there hasn’t been a week, ( of going to church) that I’ve missed in 5 years, ( well, almost 5 years, April 29th will be my 5th anniversary since my first surgery!).  I am so, so grateful for what the Lord has provided for me.  After that first surgery, the only thing that was on my mind, was driving myself so hard, meaning (to myself), ” I’m winning, nothing can beat me!!”, just…

Ya gotta feel the love!  I say that, because my parents just visited me at my place, this past week.  My Dad just celebrated his 80th birthday, or should I say his 80th month!  Boy, you live and still have a ball at 80, you’ve said and done a lot.  It’s always different when they come here; when I go there (Las Vegas), I also have my sister, my brother, their families, cousins, and friends; so I have to socialize, that’s how I roll!  The point is, I don’t get to spend a lot of time with the folks, so it’s nice when I see them here.  Since I’ve lived…

Who’s lucky?  I am, I am!!!  Last week was a duesy; strange things happened!  Interesting things; very interesting things happened.  I lost my voice last Sunday; as one Dr. phrased it, my “brain scrambled”.  Really?  I actually went to the hospital on Monday, simply because I couldn’t talk.  I could write, drive, do everything as my “normal” routines goes; basically I could live my active, FUNCTIONALLY ACTIVE  life, (except I couldn’t talk).  Clients like that; I couldn’t yell at them!  I drove to the hospital, and checked in.  I brought my files, and pointed to whatever was necessary, file-wise.    8:00 Monday morning.  I knew nothing was wrong, but I…

How many of you said, “THANK YOU” this morning, for getting up, having the strength to walk around, and carrying on with the day?  I did; actually I do that every day.  Not trying to preach here, I just know how to accept that I can still do that.  Some people can’t.  A person that I really don’t know, but she came from my home town, Peoria, Illinois; she went on that cruise, recently, that a fire broke out, and everything stopped.  Time, destinations, and hope.  Took several days for the cruise to come to port.  This person that I am talking about, had to be helicoptered out, thought she…

How was breakfast today?  I’m assuming that you DID have breakfast.  Or, am I assuming too much?  Living where I live, sometimes I, (we) assume too much.  I know that when I get up, something is going down my feeding pipes.  Not everyone can say that.  For some, eating 1 meal a day, or even 2-3 days, can be a luxury.  Sometimes I forget how blessed I am for indulging in 4-5 meals per day.  I am blessed; and I should NEVER let that slip my mind, and neither should you.  In our society, our media/programmers/way-of-life tendencies, can make us take for granted the treasures in our lives.  It’s certainly…

Who changed their fit-ness?  Doesn’t have to be major, just something that make sense.  We’ve mentioned this before; something simple can be very effective.  Short and effective; simple!  Start thinking about 20-30 minute workouts, and you say ” where do I start?”.  Just start thinking about body parts: chest, back, arms (triceps/biceps), whole lotta legs!  I know, easy for me to say that, but where do we start? Do any movement, let’s say getting out of a chair.  You have to stand up, so you see how you extend your legs to stand.  Basically, you’re doing a squat, probably one of the most important moves that your body can do. …

I had to do this; maybe there will be some who won’t appreciate this, but I had to do it.  I have to show my approval to someone that literally changed my life, so sorry Facebookers, I don’t have anything negative to say about ANYBODY.  Hope that doesn’t sound too farfetched. My surgeon, Dr. Isaac Yang, is in his glory tomorrow, Thursday, 1/24/13, at 2:00 on CBS, The Doctor’s . Isaac Yang UCLA Neurosurgery shared a link. January 19 Dr. Yang will be making a guest appearance on “The Doctors: Biggest Health Problems That Get On Your NERVES!”! This show will air on Thursday, January 24th . You can check…

O.K., 2013, whatcha got for me?  I have a lot of plans, but I really want to know, what do YOU  have for me?  I’ve said, or wondered about that through a lot of years, especially after April 29th, 2008, the first brain tumor removal.  I guess that same thought pattern goes through just about everyone’s head,  about what you, (the universe has in store for my future) but sometimes it takes an event to hit some people.  It did for me, (the tumor).  It really settled me down.  I had big plans, and maybe you’ve heard me say this before, but I just don’t have any say in my…

I’m saddened.  No need to explain what the circumstances are, given the last few days.  There’s a lot of questions in a lot of peoples’ minds; and with good reasons.  I’m sure the start of most questions start with the word “why”.  I have that, too.  I wonder “why” does God not exist in schools anymore.  I wonder “why” does God not exist in our Pledge of Allegiance in most schools?  I wonder “why” are phones with apps that can retrieve pictures (with what content??) allowed IN schools, but no God: that saddens me.  I wonder “why” do a lot of cities, along with specific sites not allowing Christmas nativity…