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Each Day Already is a Challenge
A Texas Sunrise
 
A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.
This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.
Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.
I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.
For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:
October 22, 2007 at 9:29pm October 22, 2007 at 9:29pm
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At 4 pm on weekdays, I usually have the Oprah show on in the other room. If something really interests me, I'll watch. Sometimes I'll just listen. And sometimes I don't have any idea what is happening on the show. It's just chatter in the background to keep me company.
Today as the show started, it caught my interest for two reasons. First, my sister graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and the guest was a professor there.
Secondly, the man who was being interviewed is dying of cancer. Because we've followed Budroe   's (and Raven's who was treated horribly by WDC folks) journey with cancer, that hit a chord with me. Watching both of these fine writers from afar makes me more aware of people and how they react to facing cancer.
Because of these things, I listened and watched today's Oprah show, and I'm glad that I did.
Here's what I wrote to my sisters to tell them about the show:
On the Oprah show today was Professor Randy Pausch, of Carnegie Mellon. He's dying of pancreatic cancer, and his last lecture has been viewed on YouTube by a million people. Oprah brought him on to have him do the lecture for her audience and viewers. Wow.
Here's the Oprah web site information:
http://www2.oprah.com/health/oz/oz_20071022_350_106.jhtml?promocode=HP13
From Oprah's site:
Randy Pausch is a married father of three, a very popular professor at Carnegie Mellon University—and he is dying. He is suffering from pancreatic cancer, which he says has returned after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Doctors say he has only a few months to live.
In September 2007, Randy gave a final lecture to his students at Carnegie Mellon that has since been downloaded more than a million times on the Internet. "There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students?" Randy says. "Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical."
The Professor has three small children, and he told Oprah that he was glad that so many people benefited from his lecture, but he did it for his kids who will watch it when they're older.
If you click the link to Oprah's show, it will lead you to the taped lecture.
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October 22, 2007 at 3:52pm October 22, 2007 at 3:52pm
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We had a good sermon at church on Suday. Our church is participating in the 40 Days of Community, and this was the third Sunday message in the series.
The message was about what builds and what destroys relationships.
1) The only people who will agree with you 100% of the time are dead people. Hmmm.
2) We need more courting before marriage (courting vs. dating, that is), and we might have less court proceedings after marriage. Hmmm.
3) It takes more effort to maintain a relationship than to begin one. Hmmm.
1 Peter 3:8 (GW)
"Live in harmony, be sympathetic, love each other, have compassion, and be humble."
Good advice, don't you think?
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I'm praying for you. And I hope your cancer meds continue their success.
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