How to Dance in the Rain

I'm not sure who authored this, I got it in an email today, it's just one of those things that has to be shared...beautiful.

It was a busy morning, about 8:30 , when an elderlygentleman in his 80's arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.

I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.

The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health.

He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.

I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?'

He smiled as he patted my hand and said,

'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.'

I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,

'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'

True love is neither physical, nor romantic.

True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.  Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

                                          Sing Loud, Laugh Often, Give Thanks,
                                       Hug Long, Live Simply, Love Generously,
                                   Care Deeply, Speak Kindly & Daydream

No matter what your political views are you HAVE to LAUGH at this!!!

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Funniest stuff I've seen in a while!!

I just got diagnosed with melanoma on my leg. My... - JustAnswer

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This is the MOST IRRESPONSIBLE advice I've ever seen.  This is one of those sites we are all warned about...DO NOT believe everything you read on the internet!!!  This advice could mean this girls life!   I wish there was some way I could get in touch with this girl...she was dx with melanoma and now has throat and jaw pain.  This "Dr." is advising her to see an ENT?!?!?!  She needs to see her dermatologist or oncologist ASAP!!!  This is very upsetting!  =(

http://www.dermtv.com/most-important-skin-cancer-myths   5 skin cancer myths

Scrap by Color! Color Match Scrapbooking Tool by Scrapbook.com.

Scrap by Color! Color Match Scrapbooking Tool by Scrapbook.com.

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What a great new tool. As someone who loves to do anything creative I can truly appreciate this! This tool can be used in so many ways. Obviously you can use it to scrapbook digitally, but you can also use it to get ideas to scrapbook the "old fashioned" way.
You can buy 8x8 frames to frame scrapbook pages which is an idea I love.
Use it to design a flyer, or promotion piece for your business, you could even use it to design a web page...the possibilities are unlimited!   Great way to check out colors.  Start going through those pics!!
Christmas is coming (groan), scrapbooks, picture books, or even slide shows set to music are great ideas for meaningful gifts!

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September 11, 2001 As Seen From Space

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"September 11, 2001 As Seen From Space
In History on September 10, 2009 at 7:41 pm

We’ve seen so many shocking and startling images of 9/11 from the perspective of people on the ground but what did that terrible day look like from space?

As you will see from the following photos the chaos taking place in lower Manhattan was very visible from more than 250 miles above Earth inside the International Space Station.

View of the World Trade Center days later from the North.

One of a series of pictures taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New York as well as New Jersey) by one of the Expedition Three crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at various times during the day of September 11, 2001. The image shows a smoke plume rising from the Manhattan area. The orbital outpost was flying at an altitude of approximately 250 miles. The image was recorded with a digital still camera. (via globalsecurity.org)

This still image, taken from video sent from the International Space Station on Tuesday, shows a smoke plume rising from the Manhattan area of New York City. (via globalsecurity.org)

Military EC-3 Recon photo of WTC site

The smoke plume extending into Jersey City, New Jersey.

View of New York City on 9/11/01 from the International Space Station.

Shifting winds move the smoke plume into Brooklyn and Long Island."

NEVER FORGET.

Safe Flight donates $50,000 to CAN | General Aviation News

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Posted by Janice Wood · September 10, 2009
Safe Flight Instrument Corp. has contributed $50,000 to support the work of Corporate Angel Network, the public charity that coordinates free flights to treatment for cancer patients using the empty seats of business aircraft.

The organization, which has received dozens of honors for its humanitarian work, has arranged flights for more than 32,000 cancer patients.

For more information: 914-328-1313, CorpAngelNetwork.org or SafeFlight.com

Thank you Mr. President.

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I pray that we can get something passed that will give ALL Americans affordable and attainable health insurance.

The White House has released the text of the letter from the late Sen. Ted Kennedy that President Obama referenced in his address to Congress. How sad that he won’t be here to see his life’s work come to fruition, but how proud he must be watching from wherever he is.

May 12, 2009

Dear Mr. President,

I wanted to write a few final words to you to express my gratitude for your repeated personal kindnesses to me – and one last time, to salute your leadership in giving our country back its future and its truth.

On a personal level, you and Michelle reached out to Vicki, to our family and me in so many different ways. You helped to make these difficult months a happy time in my life.

You also made it a time of hope for me and for our country.

When I thought of all the years, all the battles, and all the memories of my long public life, I felt confident in these closing days that while I will not be there when it happens, you will be the President who at long last signs into law the health care reform that is the great unfinished business of our society. For me, this cause stretched across decades; it has been disappointed, but never finally defeated. It was the cause of my life. And in the past year, the prospect of victory sustained me-and the work of achieving it summoned my energy and determination.

There will be struggles – there always have been – and they are already underway again. But as we moved forward in these months, I learned that you will not yield to calls to retreat – that you will stay with the cause until it is won. I saw your conviction that the time is now and witnessed your unwavering commitment and understanding that health care is a decisive issue for our future prosperity. But you have also reminded all of us that it concerns more than material things; that what we face is above all a moral issue; that at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country.

And so because of your vision and resolve, I came to believe that soon, very soon, affordable health coverage will be available to all, in an America where the state of a family’s health will never again depend on the amount of a family’s wealth. And while I will not see the victory, I was able to look forward and know that we will – yes, we will – fulfill the promise of health care in America as a right and not a privilege.

In closing, let me say again how proud I was to be part of your campaign- and proud as well to play a part in the early months of a new era of high purpose and achievement. I entered public life with a young President who inspired a generation and the world. It gives me great hope that as I leave, another young President inspires another generation and once more on America’s behalf inspires the entire world.

So, I wrote this to thank you one last time as a friend- and to stand with you one last time for change and the America we can become.

At the Denver Convention where you were nominated, I said the dream lives on.

And I finished this letter with unshakable faith that the dream will be fulfilled for this generation, and preserved and enlarged for generations to come.

With deep respect and abiding affection,

[Ted]

Words That Should Be Perma-Banned (But We Sometimes Use)

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FUN WITH WORDS....

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Words That Should Be Perma-Banned (But We Sometimes Use)
11:14 am Monday Nov 10, 2008
by Caroline Stanley
At the end of the day we personally find ourselves peppering conversations with the same fairly unique phrases. It’s a nightmare, and with all due respect we pray that nobody has noticed at this moment in time.

The Oxford University Corpus is a database of overused buzzwords pulled from books, magazines, broadcast, online media and other sources. A new book called DAMP SQUID: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LAID BARE by JEREMY BUTTERFIELD reveals the top 10 tiresome phrases that are currently on their abort list:

1 – At the end of the day
2 – Fairly unique
3 – I personally
4 – At this moment in time
5 – With all due respect
6 – Absolutely
7 – It’s a nightmare
8 – Shouldn’t of
9 – 24/7
10 – It’s not rocket science

“I’m looking at the list now, and the only phrase on it that I’ve actually heard or seen recently is ‘24/7,’ which wasn’t even that annoying,” responds RON HOGAN, creator of Beatrice.com. “A really up-to-date list would probably include more phrases from the Internets like ‘for the win,’ ‘I can has [X],’ or ‘OMG.’ Which makes this list an epic fail.”

After the jump, Flavorwire attempts to best Oxford researchers with seven additional phrases. Maybe we shouldn’t of, but we absolutely had to try. Come on, it’s not rock science.


1 – For the win
2 – I can has [X]
3 – OMG
4 – [X] dot com
5 – Actually
6 – Snarky
7 – Hipster (and any derivative)
8 – Literally
9 – Fashionista
10- Organic

Ok, now you tell us — what did we miss?



(10 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5)

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