Some of you may have followed the link to Brian Buck’s website over the time I had him listed on the blogroll, and read about his struggle with cancer. I saw today over at Dave Slusher’s that Brian has lost his long battle with cancer. Now that the battle is over, I hope he has the peace he deserves. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this time.
The weekend started with the Jazz and Rib Fest Friday night, then checking out the Karamazov Brothers and the finale of the orchestra and fireworks at the Lancaster Festival Saturday night. It’s already been a fun-filled summer weekend. Hope you’re finding a way to enjoy yours!
I was looking through some of the tech blogs I normally read, when I discovered something that touched that part of me that struggles with depression and self-esteem issues. It was this post on “Just Another Geek’s Blog that touched me: “When the realization hit that I was ‘happy with myself’ for that one moment…
I went to bed last night, and woke up this morning with a very strange feeling. It’s a feeling I haven’t had in a long time but that I know all too well. I feel very unsafe. No, it’s not war, terrorism or anything like that. Those things may make me feel unsafe in one…
Pin The words reminded me so much of a time in my life when I could have died and thought none of this was worth it. It also reminded me of why I didn’t – my curiosity. My desire to see what happens and “where the road goes” may have been the only thing that kept me alive back then. I didn’t have much hope to hold on to, but I knew enough to know that I didn’t have all the answers and couldn’t tell the future. Why not see what happens tomorrow and the next day?Â
Eventually, I found some lovely things mentioned in the song—people, places, and thingsI love.Â
I was just listening to the latest In The Trenches podcast. It’s normally a techie podcast but today Kevin had a nice interview with David Newberger, who spent quite a bit of time dealing with health issues that the doctor’s couldn’t diagnose. Turns out he was suffering from Conversion Disorder, which is where he developed…
I’ve been off-line for a couple of days, enjoying some vacation time with the wife. Tonight we’re in Boone, NC with free wi-fi so I’m spending just a little bit of time getting caught up on some things. One of those things is pointing out that the October Edition of the Carnival Against Child Abuse…
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How sad.
I don’t know what else to say – words fail me at the moment.
Lessons In Life
Sleep eludes me tonight. I lay in bed for the past hour, turning this way and that way, breathing deep as I have been prone to do since this ordeal began – I cannot seem to catch my breath tonight….