[Magdalen] Prayer request.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan practically stole the show with his rage at
Forrest for saving his life so he could live a disgraced cripple, and then,
sitting so serenly on the gunwhale of the boat...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqAbjHKO5jM

He is able to be at peace. And he makes out okay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8AO-5BEiE

It's amazing how resilient the human is; he can make up for all kinds of
losses to his body and just keep on going. It's what we do.  Makes it a
little easier to consider my own possible losses and my real fecitits when
I see how well others are able to cope who have it a lot worse than I.

Says the old retired rehab counselor...

and geezer...



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:40 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> There's those with greater problems than me, so please fit me in as
> appropriate.
>
> This is a really hard time for me.  I've never spent such a glorious paid
> vacation in so much pain and mental anguish.  I hurt constantly, though not
> always to the same intensity, and much less when I take something, but it's
> always there regardless.  And seeing it daily when I dress it and worrying
> about what I see and knowing it's still a week before I go back to the doc
> and hopefully get a diagnosis and prognosis, and that only for the wounds,
> not the overall problem(s) which clearly continue, though he could easily
> have something to say about that as well.  I spoke with my nurse yesterday
> and from my fairly detailed description she said it sounds like it's
> looking and behaving just like it should, reminded me that redness persists
> even if the infection if not gone is at least under control, and that such
> things really do take time and can't be rushed.  She said I could come in
> for them to look at it, but once again from my description didn't really
> see the need for me to bother, unless I really wanted to.  I don't, so I
> won't.  I just needed some reassurance.
>
> I'm not at all looking forward to work on Monday, though having something
> else to think about will no doubt be beneficial.  I'm meeting a friend
> later this week at a local Starbucks just so I can get out of the house for
> something other than shopping for necessities.  Just trying to remain
> cheerful, and only sometimes succeeding.
>
> Thanks.
>