Thanksgiving is more than a holiday. The word Thanksgiving brings smiles to many, sadness to others. It’s a word associated with a holiday with images of Norman Rockwell paintings of family sharing food and laughter around a bountiful table. But the images aren’t real for most. Families are scattered by distance, … Continue reading →
Today is Mother’s Day, and my heart beats sad and sore. I miss my mother, who is in heaven, and I miss our only child, who remains estranged. Physical pain comes from mangled tendons on the outside of my hip and an internal tear inside my hip socket as I … Continue reading →
The latest in the life of a Buffaloe — My second MRI with contrast showed a labral tear in the hip bone area, the outside tendons on my hip are not doing well, and I have a softball-sized tumor in the upper inner thigh muscle. Because of those results, the … Continue reading →
Well, life has been interesting. At the end of February a blood test showed I have stage three kidney disease and a cyst on one kidney. The doctor isn’t concerned since my other blood work looked good and the kidney problems may be age related (sigh) or genetics. A few … Continue reading →
I’ll admit there are some things I really wish would happen, some things I have waited and wanted for years. I’m patient at times, not so much on some days, because some days are hard and so very long and the wait is really long, really, really, really long… and … Continue reading →
Curious, I picked up the gray rock with the smooth, round surface on one side and flat on the other. Nothing seemed special about the dull rock, until I turned it over exposing the inside filled with beautiful, dazzling purple crystals. The flip-side changed the dull into beauty. There’s always … Continue reading →
Have you ever felt like a nail in the board of life being pounded and pounded by all the bad news, heartache, trials, and sufferings of life? While in bed praying this morning, I heard in my spirit, “you have the power of the living God within you; RISE UP!” … Continue reading →
