Karyn's View: February 2012

Welcome to my blog. I have had ALS for 10 years now.

Since I started this blog in June 2008 I've had amazing feedback. Family, friends, people from all over North America, Australia, Scotland, England, and places I can't recall, have commented, encouraged and corresponded. I had no idea when Cynthia taught me how to set this up, how much I would love posting and how many people would read it. I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has helped propel this therapeutic exercise into a daily routine. All of you, both friends and visitors, are now part of my blog family. Welcome.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Have a nice day !!!!!!!!

Sunday, February 26, 2012

BiPap

I had my air intake upped to 11 from 9

and it has made a significant positive difference in my energy level.

I'll be practising the Tango soon.

Lately I feel like this.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.
Deborah Tannen

Looking after a friend on a cold winter day

Monday, February 20, 2012

Karyn, Malcolm, Dad, Heather and Ken picking apples in the old Yeo Orchard--about 1959

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Friends sent me a singing Valentine

Listen to the Nat King Cole song they sang. Click here.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day

Click here for an old fashioned love song.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012

It's all about how much you want it.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Dr. Richard K. Olney, Felled by the Disease He Studied, Is Dead at 64

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us/dr-richard-k-olney-als-researcher-dies-at-64.html?_r=1

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Favorite Quotes

"While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness." Gilda Radner
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The nice part about living in a small town; When you don't know what you're doing someone else does." Author: Unknown
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”Charles Darwin
Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey