Category Archives: Robservations

This column is pretty much based on the latest thoughts in my brain and is often dependent on a video I have recently watched or something I heard in Church that day or just on something that has happened in...
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Every day I feel stronger and stronger. When I came out of heart surgery I really had very little hope of ever feeling well again. That was a lot of pain and immobility. So I am very excited to be...
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I am still healing up nicely. This morning’s walk was amazing, up the hill and around the soccer field and around the block with no problem. Three months ago that would have been an impossible dream. I am pretty excited...
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I have been through a lot of health issues in the past 5 years. Some very serious stuff but I seem to keep bouncing back. This last surgery was dreadful and I really did ot think I would ever be...
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I used to love getting invited onto someone’s ski boat for an afternoon of ripping around Lake Windermere. It is such a beautiful valley and the middle of the lake gives you a great view of the mountains around us....
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Healing is a slow process. Especially as we get older. This has been quite the journey with the triple bypass and heart valve replacement. I was on the operating table for 7 hours with a few difficult moments and that...
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My life is such a test of patience right now. Recovery from the surgery is brutally slow and that is tough enough to accept. It is a long process, especially with all the complications with my leg where they took...
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The main thing on my mind these days is this entity called God. My life has been a bit tough since kidney failure and bone marrow cancer but I have been blessed to make some new friends who have been...
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This is a tough article to write. I have lots of thoughts about life these days. I have to contemplate my love/hate relationship with our medical system. Our local hospital sucks in many ways full of judgement and discrimination. Some...
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Fear is a powerful emotion. Believe me, I know. I live with a lot of fear lately. It seems I have a pretty strong fear of death. Last week with my pneumonia, I thought I was going down and it...
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