Comforting Words and Actions for Parents and by Parents After the Loss of a Child
In this article, I speak from deep within my heart and have inserted personal experiences into this story. At age fifteen, I lost my son, Josh, after a lifetime of battling his congenital lung disease, double lung transplant at age 13, loads of medications, multiple hospital admissions, and so much more. There is not much …
Podcast with Dr. Jeanette Gallagher
To listen to my May 21, 2020 podcast with Dr. Jeanette Gallagher click on this link: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/dr-jeanette-gallagher/2020/07/21/a-childs-body-and-soul-in-death-and-in-living
ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANT
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE), based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a regional organ procurement organization (OPO). It is important to note that one organ, tissue and cornea donor can save or enhance the lives of up to 75 recipients. The following information is taken from CORE’s website, www.core.org.
The Big, Bad Ego
Well, it seems that the ego was running rampant here in my house for a while <sigh>. Last night I received an email from a gal, Allison, whom I had mentioned dating Josh in my book, “Taming Josh’s Dragon”. What a wonderful, uplifting communication that was, with perfect timing! She recalled that we had spoken …
Ode to Josh
“The “Ode to Josh” blossomed into existence in March 1998. Apparently therapy of my own making, I have written poetry and letters to Josh and my favorite, the “Ode”, may be seen in a later chapter. One dark night I could hear rhyming verses in my head which literally woke me up out of a …
Gratitude
Well, as we’re contemplating perhaps winding this isolation down (I have to admit that I’m just a touch hesitant about this), I’m thinking of the beginning of golf season and getting back outside in the – at long last – warmer weather. It reminds me of when Josh and I were learning to golf, back …