tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post636766166623524698..comments2024-02-09T09:13:33.661-08:00Comments on Elegant Blessings: Ch-Ch-Changes...Akanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00513632434353119491noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post-73668075816874747872016-01-16T20:01:15.477-08:002016-01-16T20:01:15.477-08:00Hi Annie. I am all caught up since Thanksgiving w...Hi Annie. I am all caught up since Thanksgiving with your posts. You have had a lot of loss around you lately. But I am glad you got the knee replacement and will be able to get the other one done pretty soon. You are so right. The world is filled with sorrow and joy. Small miracles. Deaths. The medical community should let people die as they wish to die and be honest with them and their families. We really need to be advocates for each other when we can. Sad times. *love and hugs*Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post-61053082947730107272016-01-11T21:40:00.789-08:002016-01-11T21:40:00.789-08:00What a steep, tough, impossible learning curve you...What a steep, tough, impossible learning curve you've had recently, Annie. I live in such dread of loss and have to keep trying to just accept and open to possibilities and the reality of change. But something about David Bowie's magic touches all of us -- as an 11-year-old I listened to this strange sexy faraway being and my own small constrained world opened up.<br /><br />As always I wish I could sit at the kitchen table with you over coffee and something delicious, just old friends together. All my love to you and your precious SIL. I RAGE about so much that passes for cancer treatment and sooner or later more of us will learn to take back our right to die in a humane way. But I know that faced with losing someone I love, in terror I would probably also be swayed by thin promises and medical authority.<br /><br />Courage and strength to you. Mary LAhttp://louisey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post-36496965622523732262016-01-11T20:26:52.370-08:002016-01-11T20:26:52.370-08:00Death is the culmination of a life lived; that is ...Death is the culmination of a life lived; that is inevitable. I too hate losing those I hold dear, but there is little I can do about it. Oh, I can cry and cuss and rant and rail but that changes nothing. Maybe it releases some feelings, but eventually I realize that I can only accept and move on. Having had a death/resurrection experience myself, my attitude has changed. Having a glimpse of the other side gave me a sense of peace and even anticipation. I have suffered through this life and am anxious for the next chapter of my existence. I won't preach, but being at peace with the God of my understanding has removed the fear. The sorrow of loss is still something I must endure but the realization that the loss is mostly about my comfort makes it easier to let go.<br /><br />Don't really know where I was going with this and am probably off topic. But this is where my mind has gone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926254184630393579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post-44076660871865638202016-01-11T15:33:53.560-08:002016-01-11T15:33:53.560-08:00Please go read "Being Mortal" by Atul Ga...Please go read "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande. I've just read it for the second time and find it to be so very comforting during my own losses. Blessings to you, Annie.DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post-66186977148520783532016-01-11T15:17:20.817-08:002016-01-11T15:17:20.817-08:00We are from the stars, we are stardust, we go back...We are from the stars, we are stardust, we go back to the stars.<br /><br />Aging changes our perspective for sure. Sometimes I am affected by loss that is not connected to me.<br /><br />In my opinion much of our medical system is off track, and has nothing to do with caring for a patient.<br /><br />We do what we can to help. Sometimes we are sad of life, but we rally, we must!<br /><br />((hugs)) to you.<br /><br />Sandra Nobles Hagan Facebook<br />thewildmagnolia-ocala.blogspot.comthewiildmagnolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506647509916600968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448246538491495908.post-53901627056376600442016-01-11T14:44:25.303-08:002016-01-11T14:44:25.303-08:00A very thoughtful, sensitive post, Annie. We, too...A very thoughtful, sensitive post, Annie. We, too, lost someone near and dear (and way, way too young) recently. The prognosis almost from the word go was bad and she suffered terribly. It shouldn't be that way.Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.com