I was at 'The Home Depot' this morning checking out some faucets and miscellaneous things. I was chatting to an employee and mentioned that one of my knees was acting up, likely from too much exercise or who knows what. He looked close to retirement age. He said he's been walking 3 kms every day for the past 10 years, although that didn't prevent him having 3 or 4 heart bypasses recently. Nonetheless, he's back exercising and feels great.
We had a brick wall at the front of the house repaired last year and it's already falling apart, so I called the contractor that did the work and he said he'll come by this afternoon and have a look at it. Let's hope.
L was discussing with me the other night about the right to live and there's a topical news story in the paper today. The Terri Schiavo case in the U.S. comes to mind. L feels Terri had the right to live and she may have a point. A guest speaker came to her school recently from The Congo to talk about poverty and it seems he had been in a coma for 2 months and they were about to turn off his life support but he happened to recover 2 minutes before the machines were turned off. His mother was overjoyed. It made her think but for the good of God that most vibrant man would be dead today...and whose decision should that be really?
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It is my understanding that Terri was alive in the technical sense only. She was, in essence, dead long before the plug was pulled.
It was her father (or husband?) that decided to pull the plug, but not after a long legal battle and citizen protests.
Don't you just LOVE having these discussions with your children? :)
That is sort of like the story of the two babies at Sick Kids they disconnected the life support and it was expected the little one would pass away but to everyone's surprise she didn't. You just never know.
Christine, TY for your recent comment on my blog. It's good to know some people visit it. I'll surely be checking into your blog as frequently as able from this point on. I have so much transition and issues in my life right now that I don't feel I can blog that much presently so rather than keep losing more and more viewers with less visits, I'd rather just shut it down for a while at least. Take care.
-Sponge.
I've always apprecisted your thoughtful nice comments.I hpope you stay in touch for when I get back to blogging. Need to get some thigns in order first.
Mr Bill, I learn a lot from L.
Mom, that was a tough situation with that poor baby.
Mmm, hang in there and take all the time you need, your kite will be flying high again before you know it!
I love reading about your L. She seems like such a mature and thoughtful young lady.
thank, Japra, L is pretty special. I just have to keep reminding myself she's still just a child, otherwise I'd be taking orders from her!
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