My mom got me this great birthday card. She wanted
me to open it before I go into the hospital. You
know in college not too long ago I used to call
myself "old turtle" because I couldn't walk around
campus as fast at the young "hares." So this card
is perfect, even though it's actually a get-well
card.
On the inside it reads (italics being handwritten)
To Eddie and Daddy
It's not the speed that matters.
It's the getting there.
& Happy Birthday
Hope you feel better soon.
from Mom and Sasha!
:heart: :heart:
Well tomorrow I will be going in to have another
round of the stent-valve thing done. I should
probably be coming home late Wednesday. And I
will do a post and let everybody know about things
as soon as I can.
So then, I guess I'll see ya on the other side.
Uh, maybe I should rephrase that…
:p
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You'll be in my thoughts and prayers, Edward. Can't wait to see your post when it's over with. You're gonna feel great!Happy Birthday!!!:hat::heart:
Thank you! I'll be thinking about you, Star. :heart: :heart:
Happy Birthday Ed!!! :cheers:It is a nice postcard and even nicer words. They made me remember a sentence Ursula Le Guin wrote in her book Left Hand of Darkness:"Compare the torrent and the glacier. Both get where they are going."Get well soon :cheers:
Love you Edward. All my prayers and best wishes with you these next few days till you are on the road again. :wait:
Good luck with the procedure, Ed! I'll be thinking of you.:cheers:Richard
@ Linda.Thank you so much — takes one to know one, yeah? 😆 And I care about you too. :heart:
@ Richard. I appreciate that. And though I don't think anything bad will happen, if it does — you know what to do.Thanks, my friend.
Originally posted by gdare:
Ah that was a great book. Thank you Darko, that is a very good observation.
I liked that quote so much that I wrote it down somwhere. I don`t know where, but I remember it 😉
You'll be in my thoughts and prayers, too, Ed. Great card! :up:
Originally posted by Stardancer:
:up: happy birthday, Ed. I hope all goes well with the procedure! blessings 🙂
Sending you healing vibes, Edward. And belated birthday wishes as well. :flirt:
Originally posted by CultureSurfer:
Ditto! Hope all went well. 🙂
Many thanks to everyone.Got back home yesterday afternoon. Feel pretty beaten up. I'll be going back to visit your blogs as soon as I can — miss them! 😀
Welcome back, Edward. Missed ya' bunches!:heart:
Nice to hear from you, get some rest then visit our blogs :D:cheers:
Good to see you, Ed! :yes:Rest up!
Originally posted by gdare:
Am in the process of doing both those things. 😀
@ Mags.Thank you. You know Sacred Heart Hospital is a Catholic hospital. So Wednesday morning a priest stops by my room to visit me and asks me if I want to take communion. So I tell him, well, we'd better do confession first seeing as I haven't made my Easter Duty in about 20 years. 😆 So I suggested that we say the Confiteor, thinking that there really wasn't all that much in it that a Deist would object to anyway, and seeing that I am definitely not a perfect person. So we did and he gave me absolution. 😀
😆 And, spiritually, you feel like a million bucks, don't ya! Don't lie now, I can tell by that big grin on your face :yes: I'm so happy for you! :happy:
:lol:And I'm glad for you at being glad for me. Or something like that. 😀
Thank you Jesus! So happy you came through with, apparently, colors flying Edward. I haven't been on in a couple days either, so I had to fire up the pc to see how you were doing. Prayers will continue for your good recovery. Yay!
Originally posted by L2D2:
:yes: that's what I'm feeling. Glad to just GET IT OVER WITH as much as anything else. You know Garabedian didn't mention anything about any future surgeries. Which I guess is both good and bad. Bad in that there isn't anything more they can do for me at this point. But good in that I don't have to worry about any more surgeries for the foreseeable future. Thank you for your wishes and your prayers.
Originally posted by L2D2:
:hat: :hat: :hat:
Thank so much, Jill!:yes:
:):yes:
Happy belated birthday Ed. Cute card your mom gave you. I see there are later posts so I'm guessing you doing ok. Will catch up.
@ Pam.Thanks, Pam! Miss you!
Thanks Ed. I miss being on here more. Too busy with Mia and pc issues. I did manage to get up two new posts though.
You did Pam? I have had absolutely no notification. That's why I haven't been to your blog lately. I will have to go and subscribe to your blog again I guess. See you there.