Category Archives: transplant

Folding bikes, sunshine and hope for transplant.

Posted on July 9, 2015 by

Have you ever seen a folding travel bike? They’re pretty cool little engineering marvels. They are perfect for zipping around small areas and sightseeing. When you’re done, you fold them up, throw them in the trunk and head home. Robin … Continue reading →

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Somebody pinch me. Am I dreaming?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by

I’m on my third cup of coffee. I just polished off the eggs and bacon breakfast fuel I made on the hotplate here in the studio portion of a timeshare we own in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We … Continue reading →

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How is your eyesight? Your hearing? What do you see? What do you hear?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Have you ever sat and listened to the birds? I mean, really listened, not just, “woah, listen to those birds.” This afternoon I sat and listened. That’s not like me. Or, at least, it’s not like the me I used … Continue reading →

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I’ve got the green light … Now what?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

A week ago Josh and I walked through the doors at Lahey Hospital and headed to the transplant wing. When we walk around Lahey we do it like we built the place. We know where everything is because we’ve spent … Continue reading →

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I can’t breathe …

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

There’s a 50 pound bag of cement sitting on my chest. No, wait. There are two. They are so heavy that I can barely breathe. Crushing. Suffocating. But, the strange thing is that even though I feel like I have … Continue reading →

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Where do you find peace? Where do you soak it in?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Think of a favorite place; a place where you feel peace saturate your soul. Do you have such a place? I have friends who will think of the vast view at the top of a mountain trail while others will … Continue reading →

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Life is full of ironies. This one gives me chills.

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Well, ain’t that ironic? Some ironies make me tilt my head. Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways? Why do they call them apartments when they are so close together? Shouldn’t they be closements? Iceland is green and … Continue reading →

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