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Keep Calm, its only been five months..
(I apologize for not having written in a while, and though this isn’t the best, it hopefully will at least allow you all to know where I am at mentally) Over the last 5 months plenty of time has...
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The Face of Leukemia
The face of Leukemia is slowly starting to smile again. Her radiance glowing from under the shroud of another long stay. Its been another 8 long grueling days of high fevers, infections, blood work...
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The finish line is near!!!
So many things in life we take for granted. The simplest of acts become mundane, automatic, without drive or thought. Yet when we see someone struggling to perform a “simple” act; walking across the...
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It is your time….
Fear resides as the devils left hand while hope lies within the depths of the right. As a young man I would lay in bed wondering what would become of my life. Not just the normal glossary topics such...
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48- How did that happen..
James Franceschi (AKA- Betty) Born August 19, 1966 Chosen Profession (note I said “chosen”) Firefighter Dream profession Writer Betty is now 48 years old. That is right 48 years walking this spherical...
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My little angel might be no angel at all…
What you are about to read is an opinion; it is not a solution, it is based upon expressed emotions pondered for a specific amount of time. We (as a society) are allowed opinions afforded us through...
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Being Thankful-One year and seven days later
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. I browsed briefly through many blogs this afternoon all touting the importance of being thankful and although I hate jumping on any blog bandwagon (Ferguson), I...
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The man in the mirror, the dad staring back….
Every day starts out exactly the same. Rising from my bed, a slow shuffle carries my hurting body into a bathroom where I come face to face with the one person I fight with the most. Me. It doesn’t...
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2015- I cant wait to meet you.
AND NOW A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE… On January 1, 2014 I wrote this piece, posting it on the 2nd. My 2015 post is at the bottom of the page.. The Face of Leukemia 2014 Posted on January 2, 2014 by...
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Every minute of every second of every day…….
I have not written in a while and for that I apologize. Today while thinking about my children, watching the news and looking into the eyes of some of our youth. This came to me. I don’t know what it...
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The Grey Area
Over the last several years a strange phenomenon has occurred within my personality. It’s as though forces are conspiring against me to change who I am and how I think. On one side, my inner Betty...
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Nana, nana, boo, boo, You hate me and I hate you! Now vote one of us in as...
I promised I wasn’t going to do it! I swore to heavens and earth above I wouldn’t bite! There was in no way, no how going to be anything spewing forth publicly from this miniscule opinion generating...
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It’s time for all of us to start talking about P.T.S.D. (Post Traumatic...
What is written below was born from a single sentence spoken to me one day after what was essentially a rough call. A group of us gathered with a well-known, well liked chaplain within our department...
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Breaking up is hard to do.
It is the hardest thing, saying goodbye. You prepare, practice, dive deep into the bowels of empathy but it never ends up coming out right. Tension and fear, cold sweat and a rapid heartrate all bring...
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I have become an electronic zombie
It breaks my heart when I see people wasting or frittering away their lives. So wrapped up in our own self importance, worried about what we believe others will think about how we look, act or react...
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I have become an electronic zombie
It breaks my heart when I see people wasting or frittering away their lives. So wrapped up in our own self importance, worried about what we believe others will think about how we look, act or react...
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The top ten behaviors a man should practice after his wedding day to...
Summer is upon us and with it a cavalcade of weddings adorning our handheld devices through many wonderful social mediums. A wedding is truly one of the most beautiful moments in a person’s life. The...
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