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The thing about denial is that it doesn’t feel like denial when it’s going on. – Georgina Kleege On my website, last week’s blog was entitled, “The Second Opinion.” It dealt with my feelings about seeking one after being diagnosed with cerebellitis. It seemed obvious to everyone except me that another opinion was warranted. Intellectually,…
Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction. – C.S. Lewis After being released from the hospital, my doctors recommended a series of physical therapy appointments. I was scheduled for three sessions per week, lasting two hours or more. After…
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained. – Seamus Heaney I hope I get a new bicycle for Christmas; I got a sweater. I hope I got an “A’ on the exam; I got a “D”. I hope I pass my driver’s test; I flunked again. Hope…
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. – Soren Kierkegaard Last week’s blog dealt with the evolution of my image of God. In Catholic grade school, I obediently believed what I was told and recited the traditional prayers taught to me. In Jesuit high school, I questioned what I had…