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Gratitude

Perspective

August 4, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

Ponderings So I’ve been pondering … what caused me to lose my equanimity with a doctor’s office while advocating for my disabled daughter? Why did having to push buttons, be put on hold, be cut off, having to call again and push more buttons only to be told I’d have to get a referral from […]

Filed Under: Caregiving, Challenges, COVID 19, Reflections Tagged With: Addiction Services, Being valued, Caregiving, COVID Healthcare Decisions, Customer Service, Disadvantaged, Entitlement, For Profit vs For People, Gratitude, Healthcare Industry, Illusion of Control, Perspective, Privilege, Self-centeredness, White Eyes

On Being Among the Vulnerable

March 24, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

Odd Elderly … It is just plain odd to be so deemed. I am well past 65, apparently when we begin to be considered such. I have not thought of myself as “elderly” and “vulnerable” and neither has my 80-year-old friend, Ruth. The second definition given by Merriam-Webster is “old fashioned.” This is what we […]

Filed Under: Community, Conscious Aging Tagged With: Coping with COVID 19, Elderly vs Elder, Facebook Groups, Facetime, Gratitude, Joy, Kindness, Simple Pleasures, Technology, Vulnerability, Zoom

Angels Among Us: Marvel ~ ~ Part II

October 8, 2019 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

In February 2018, I wrote about Marvel in my “Angels Among Us” series. These angels are friends who appear in my memoir, A Long Awakening to Grace, because they helped me get through some tough times. Marvel continues to be an angel in my life … and in the life of my daughter. I mentioned […]

Filed Under: Caregiving, Gratitude Tagged With: Angels Among Us, Anti-depressant, Caregiving, Friends, Gratitude

Giving Thanks

November 19, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 18 Comments

On May 23, 2009, a year after the death of my son, six months after the death of my mother, and five months after the death of my father, on the eve of the closing on my parent’s condo, I was diagnosed with lymphoma. Following eight rounds of chemo and seventeen radiation treatments, on December […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Friendship, Gratitude, Love

Affirmation

March 23, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 10 Comments

Monday, Nicole and I traveled to Columbus for her six-month check-up at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center. The sun shown brightly and the traffic on I70 was light, so it was a good trip. As usual, we stopped in Hilliard to grab lunch at an authentic Mexican restaurant, En Vaquero. It beats fast food. Once […]

Filed Under: Community, Family, Making a difference Tagged With: Gratitude, higher purpose, Memoir, Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy, special people

Gifts from the Universe

March 20, 2018 by Linda A Marshall 2 Comments

Recently, I received three wonderful gifts from the Universe. About three weeks ago, while rearranging the books in my home, I found a book written by a former client. I hadn’t thought about Lucy (not her real name) for several years. Fingering through her book, a flood of memories surfaced. At the time I knew her, […]

Filed Under: Community, Making a difference Tagged With: Connecting, Friendship, Gratitude, Inspiration, special people

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