Lacking In Pithiness

Reading other blogs can be painful for me.  I used to write for a living but it was legal writing -- very dry, few adjectives other than confrontational ones.

Boy, can some of these bloggers write!  Novelist, journalist-like writing!  My blog posts pale in comparison.  I just put it out there; I so wish I could be flowery and descriptive but I can't.  Stick with me, people!  I do make sense most of the time despite my lack of pithiness.

Anyway, the countdown continues.  274 days.  I've picked up my training in light of my upcoming trip to Arizona to hike with my Everest companion/buddy Rick.  He apparently lives near some decent mountains so we're going to begin the altitude thing.  Rick's going to learn what it's like to hike with a Parkinson's person!  Slow going, I must say.

Videos are on their way (I just KNOW you've been holding your breath).  Took some time off over the holidays but now that I'm in the year-of-the-trek I'm ready to go.  Enjoy the weekend (Go 'Skins!!).

Boy, I think I'm gonna love blogging!  What I'm enjoying so much is reaching out to people with either breast cancer or Parkinson's, who are scared, lonely, concerned, have questions, or
just want to talk.  I feel like Frasier Crane -- "I'm listening." 

I've never really been a joiner.  Group hugs aren't my thing.  So connecting with people who are dealing with or are fighting cancer, or who live with a frightening, progressive disease, is very comforting to me.  Finding people in the world who've felt what I've felt, had the drugs I've had, who know what it's like to fall and be scared to get back up --  means everything to me.  If I can help just one person take a sigh of relief, or step out the front door with one less worry, my day has been made.

And for those who offer me one piece of advice, a kind word, or a bit of comfort -- my day also has been made!









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