I can’t sleep on my side or stomach. It is still uncomfortable to sleep that way. So I’ve been sleeping on my back. I’ve gotten used to it. But to help me sleep I put headphones on, listen to music and think. The process is calming and it can take a while to fall asleep.…
DetailsGreat family get together at Uncle Walter and Aunt Laurie. 10:30 at night and in my spot visiting my life
DetailsLate night visiting my life. Need a pacemaker. More surgery. Scheduled for Friday Dec. 13. Seems like it will help me regain normal rhythm and protect my heart from arythmias. I’m a forward thinking person. Let’s move forward and get this done. Should be easier than open heart surgery. But it’s still a procedure. I…
DetailsListening to RodStewart Maggie May. Brings back memories Sept. 1971. Morris Harvey College, Charleston West Virginia. Freshman year of college. Spent one year there. Hated most every minute there. But don’t regret the experience. And learned a lot about myself and my ability to thrive in a pretty bad environment. I was a student govt…
DetailsI’m not a touchy feely person. But my most vivid memory right after my open heart surgery when I first came out of anesthesia back on June 27 was Sharon and Jessica rubbing my arm. That small gesture of care and concern was the most memorable event of my immediate consciousness. That’s what I’m thinking…
DetailsI just can’t believe that my Dad passed away January 1994. It is coming up to 26 years ago. And I think about him just about every day. I even talked about him tonight at a Christmas party reminiscing to another lawyer the influence he had on me. Leonard Cooper was born January 4;1926 and…
Details11:15 pm listening to Andrea Bocelli. Simply beautiful. Just trying to calm down. I really am so blessed. And I take it all for granted. My family, wife Sharon, children Jessica, and Jonathan, mother and sisters truly love me. So do my grandchildren Jake and Jenna. Faults and all I really do know that they…
DetailsEarly morning. Just trying to get everything in order before pacemaker implant. Just need to stay calm and focused. Music helps so much. Just quietly listening. Music has been such an important part of my life ever since I started to learn to play the guitar when I was 12 years old. Wish I could…
DetailsI’m 66 years old. Wow. In the blink of an eye. Dad passed away almost 26 years ago. I was only 40. I would have liked more years with him. But I still have my mom. How blessed am I. She will be 92 in March. She is 100% present. She has all her mental…
DetailsLet it Be. When I find myself in time of trouble mother Mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom let it be, let it be. Everything will be all right. Everything will work out. Not so much it is what it is, even better, everything will turn out fine. Just let it be. Words…
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