The Precipice For sixty years they had been wed, In thirteen seconds they would be dead, She is frail and oh so ill, But to live without her he has no will. Perching on the precipice high, Holding her close with a smile they will die. The love they have shared for all of these … Continue reading The Precipice of Aging
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Frame of Reference
I dozed off in my recliner last night, it's a very comfortable chair, easy to doze off in but in bad need of some maintenance. I woke up around 4:30 this morning and gave some thought to moving into the bedroom. After glancing at my watch I just pulled the blanket up and went back … Continue reading Frame of Reference
Living in the Shadows
Franklin D. Roosevelt is credited with the saying "there is nothing to fear but fear itself". That statement was part of his inauguration speech in 1933. And yet today we have a government that campaigns on fear and prejudice rather than good policy and the protection of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. And … Continue reading Living in the Shadows
Day of Fast
CONFESSIONS- Today is a confession day and it is also a day of fasting. I am not fasting for religious reasons or for protest reasons. I am fasting out of necessity. It saddens me to say it but that has become the new way of life for too many seniors in this country. Despite numerous … Continue reading Day of Fast
School’s Back In
School opened this week for most kids in BC and my grandson attended his first day. It was 24 years ago that my son, the taller of the two, entered his first day of school. It was the same year BC Education introduced a number of changes to how school worked. One of the changes … Continue reading School’s Back In
Re-imagining Healthcare
Confession, I must admit I was a little rattled to read about the health care costs being unsustainable with the advancing tsunami of seniors, not only on the horizon but lapping up the beach. And let me tell you I can't create a scarier picture than some all-inclusive resort filled with beaches of 70 year olds … Continue reading Re-imagining Healthcare
Life is a Beach!
I am sure everyone has heard the saying "Life is a beach" which is really a derivative of a much negative saying. But somewhere along the line someone took the negativity out of the "life is a bitch" originating statement and turned it into a more positive. I think that is a good thing. My … Continue reading Life is a Beach!
Polio Diaries – Episode 4
I am going to switch gears today to discuss supportive alliances. Polio survivors have had numerous alliances over the years and often the survivors were not even aware of them. One of those alliances was in the form of the Canadian Paraplegic Association and by extension Canadian veterans. Although formed to support returning WWII veterans … Continue reading Polio Diaries – Episode 4
Polio Diaries, Episode 3
1953 saw the last of the major polio epidemics in North America. In Canada that resulted in almost 9000 cases with over 500 deaths. That was an 18% mortality rate and that figure climbs as high as 30% for adults. The mortality rate isn't as high anymore where polio still exists but then medicine has come … Continue reading Polio Diaries, Episode 3
Independence Requires Freedom of Expression
I am not a journalist. I am not a reporter. I don't work in the news industry. Now that I have set the table I am a person who can look past a thirty second sound byte, check a few facts from different sources and make an informed opinion. I am not constrained by the … Continue reading Independence Requires Freedom of Expression
A Poster Child's Perspective 