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Magic Umbrella #3
“Tom?” Petrified! My heart felt like I just completed a heptathlon. He looked the same except for the pepper gray hair and beard. “Remember that note you gave me written in crayon?” he asked. “The poem about the magic umbrella?” “Yes.”
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Story in 52 Words # 2
At the Illicit Waxworks Museum nervously looking for him, it has been thirty-two years since they parted. Was it a haphazard meeting? She wore a polka dot dress fitted like seal skin. Still attractive, she heard growling approval from behind. She could fake an allergic reaction and go home if needed. “Jo?” I had to…
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Story in 38 Words #1
Since his death, I stare at the computer checking my email for someone to razzle-dazzle me out of my algorithm of grief. Opening my email: Grand Opening of Illicit Waxwork Museum. Meet me. Eliciting my response, “What time?” I am doing these for fun! Fiction! Stay tuned every Thursday. Sal I had to use these…
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Three Chords
“Three chords and the truth is all you need to write a good country song,” said Harlan Howard. I had been everywhere like the man who penned the lyrics. Like a rolling stone, I was born in a Greyhound bus never to settle down. Women? I had women in every city on the music circuit.…
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What a Life!
In my mind today I am so happy. I want to share yesterday with you. Let’s look at a day in the ALS life. On Saturdays I stay in bed until early afternoon. I give my troops, my caregivers (Abbey and Andy) time to get up slowly. As soon as one of them wakes up,…
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In my bones
In my mind lately I’ve made a big mistake. I have taken my eyes and mind inward. I have allowed the pity party of this earthly life to take my focus from what really matters in one’s life. Students in the back row, it’s not “The all about Me Show.” Trying desperately to fulfill your…
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Helpless
In my mind today, I have so many sad thoughts and feelings. I don’t want to leave my bed. I am trying desperately to outrun ALS, but I am in another valley. There seems to be no more outs to pull me through this. I know it’s different this time because I NEVER want to…
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Anti-Christ Culture
In my mind today, I am thinking about how blessed I am. To be able to have a purpose for God and the ability to share the messages of Him is my purpose until I get to the Spiritual season. Because of amazing children and Hospice care, the future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades!…
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56, Oh, my
Sarah Anderson AlleySal the Hospice loving Gal Quote of the Day:It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.Marcus AureliusIn the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.Martin Luther King JrWhat we have done for ourselves alone dies…
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Autumn March Awards Day
In my body and mind, I have been discombobulated! I have had hard decisions to make in my life living with ALS. God has given me bonus years and kept me busy. I know the research is helping us, ALS patients, live longer and next we pray for a cure. It takes so many people…
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