ME-as I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called: "LIFE"!

MEDICINE: "An Educated Guess". The more specialized the doctor is, the more educated the guess is! The patient is in trouble when the doctor is under the delusion that he knows everything about the problem(s) causing the patient’s illness. The patient enters disaster mode when the doctor is convinced that he knows more about the patient, than the patient does about himself or herself!.. Don't Walk - "Run" away from a doctor who knows "everything"! That's a dangerous person who thinks he/she is God! This person has to be immediately reminded that the position of God has already been filled! This doctor is delusional, narcissistic or dwells in a weird psychosis. In other words, he has problems! Coming into medicine with medical issues, we certainly do not need the doctor's problems. Oh we, patients when dealing with many doctors, we need more than medicine, we need “prayers”! This is especially true when at the mercy ...

Last night, January 23, 2019, I, with a small group from Maplewood Baptist Church, traveled to Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Tewksbury Mass. for a night of dinner and fellowship. The food was appealing, delightful and delicious! My steak was mouthwatering and grilled in exactly the manner I asked for and desired. We all enjoyed our meals that were cooked to order. The prices of our meal orders were reasonable and these meals were also cooked with care and love. We talked, we ate and we enjoyed our pleasingly and delightfully cooked meal by the chefs of Cracker barrel Restaurant. Our server, Mary, worked without stopping wearing a lovely smile and dressed in a pleasing manner. Mary was attentive to every need of myself and everyone in our church group. We enjoyed great food, good conversation in a comfortable and cozy environment of Cracker Barrel Restaurant last night. I, and my friends of our small group from Maplewood Baptist Church, would be privileged, pleas...

Dear Friends, As I gaze out the window of the building I live in, I give thanks to God! Though it is snowy, icy and bitter cold, outside, I’m safe inside a warm home, where I have enough to eat and drink. Though the weather outside is treacherous, unsafe and risky, I drink my coffee with the loving assurance that God has taken care of my needs and of me. It’s 4:35 am and as I ready for the day that God has blessed me with, I surrender this day with my problems, my hopes, my dreams and myself to God! I know with utmost certainty and faith that God has carried me this far. God will continue to be my Strength, my Guide and my Savior today and all the days of my life! So, on thus freezing cold day, as I gaze outside, my eyes become fixated into the heavens. As I park on my over-pillowed couch and cozy comfortable in my warm and safe apartment, I again give thanks to He, who not only created all of creation but, still has the time to bless me today. Thank you, Go...

I am going to be discharged today! I’m going home! The doctors, nurses, Hospital Chaplains, respiratory therapists, primary care assistants, social workers, case managers and everyone involved in my medical care have been nothing short of superb! The hospital staff have showed me compassion, love and gentleness as they presented the treatments and care I received with excellence and distinction! Even in the best of conditions, being sick is not fun. It kind of craps, really craps! I choose to continue my recovery at home. Home: where my friends are, where my stuff is, close to my family and my church and where my heart is, safely tucked away and awaiting my return. I will miss my nurses and everyone but, I will not miss being as sick as I was! Homeward bound, I am! I will close this chapter of my journey and eagerly and enthusiastically open the next chapter of my life! As I now bow in prayer, I thank God for carrying me this far, through a time of sickn...