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Each Day Already is a Challenge

A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

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:

It's a New Day

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My pain and welcome to it.
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Oct 7, 2024 at 1:12am
In response to "I had to laugh "

Once you see it, I am sure it is hard to "unsee" it. LOL. I looked up the title but did not see it listed online. You don't see many bloopers like that around here, but I am sure they are out there.

tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:06am
In response to "Have we forgotten?"

I researched the falling man and looked at victim and family stories. I am sure there were some kind of city remembrance events. I did my own, allowing myself to watch the terrifying videos, and reports, and documentaries the entire day to remember. There already is a generation who don't remember anything unless they learned something in school or from their own family about the attacks of 9/11.

tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:03am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Great news! Lots of

and

Kenzie

Sep 26, 2024 at 2:58am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Thanks!

Sumojo

Sep 26, 2024 at 2:40am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Great news, Kenzie. 🤗

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Kenzie

Sep 4, 2024 at 12:22am
In response to "I had to laugh "

That's pretty funny, Mike.

Merry_Mikey

Sep 3, 2024 at 11:13pm
In response to "I had to laugh "

On a somewhat related note, I saw a YouTube Sports Short day before yesterday. It was part of a collection of "NFL Best Somethings [catches, runs, interceptions, etc.]". Somebody went to all the trouble of selecting and collating the video clips, ranking them however they thought best, and then captioning them so viewers would know who did what to whom. Except... In this particular video, players in two separate clips were given credit for doing whatever it was they did - against their own team.

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Kenzie

Sep 3, 2024 at 8:04am
In response to "I had to laugh "

But we do expect the media to do better.

Sumojo

Sep 3, 2024 at 7:24am
In response to "I had to laugh "

That’s the English language for you, Kenzie

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Kenzie

Aug 6, 2024 at 1:55pm
In response to "Keep us in your prayers "

Thank you so much for your prayers.

August 2, 2007 at 10:41am

#525329

Puzzled?

I thought I had written something about yesterday, but I guess not.

After picking up my son from work at 6:45 I came home and called the pastor to let him know I probably wouldn't be volunteering at the church. Then I went back to bed. I guess the pastor called around noon, but I never heard the phone. I woke up about 1:30, then finally forced myself out of bed after 2 pm. I really hate days like that...

I added something new to my portfolio today, something I found at another writer's site, something I had completely forgotten about...

Puzzlemania

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Are you ever so creative that nothing else gets done? Or have days when no ideas develop?
#1300050 by Kenzie

Have you seen the August Quotation Inspiration contest? The quotation being used this month is this: "Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain." ~ William Faulkner

You know...I might just have to think about entering this month.

SURVEY

Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest

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Use the quote provided to write a story and win big prizes!
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August 2, 2007 at 1:01am

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What a horrible thing

As I logged on to the computer around...I don't know...maybe 8:30 pm, my Yahoo front page said something about a bridge collapsing in Minneapolis during rush hour. I wondered why it wasn't mentioned on the news, then realized there was a time difference. The accident happened about 5 minutes after the evening news finished. Still, I'm surprised that there wasn't some breaking news report a bit later.

As I read the Yahoo information and viewed "raw video" with no words, I was amazed. The article said that there was some construction going on, as if that was an explanation. Later it was reported that they were filling in pot holes. Well, that certainly would not cause the damage that bridge experienced.

The late news reported that at least 7 people were dead and "dozens" injured. I pray that our WDC folks and their families are not among them. I know I have read things here by Minnesota folks.

I'm sure the rescue personnel (and divers) will be searching for missing persons for a while. Let's keep them all in our prayers. And the families involved.

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For those who asked about those July 4th parade pictures, I got this from the pastor today in a newsletter: http://4Salem.org/images/2007July4.wmv Hopefully you'll be able to view this easily using Windows Media Player. (I had to re-download it myself and find a "codec2" before I could see and hear. Grrr.)

The music was some of what was piped to the crowds as we passed by. Our church members sang along with the music (no, none of our folks were actually playing instruments, just marching and giving out bottled water to the crowds...and clapping and singing...

That song is one of the favorites of our praise and worship team and of our members.

What was really fun was when folks in the crowd joined in to sing with us.

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