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Good Days...Bad Days With Maureen Pratt
Willing to teach
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mpratt
A couple of blog posts ago, I wrote about how those people who are ill, infirm, or otherwise in need of care are not burdens on society but rather, they teach others to care. They also allow others to act in a loving way. Truly, caring for and about someone with illness or other chronic…
Just for fun
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mpratt
Today is the perfect day to do something just for fun. Actually, every day is perfect, but why not start today? Just because you have a chronic illness or just because my knees buckle doesn’t mean we are unworthy of fun. What kind of fun? It doesn’t have to be elaborate. In fact, it doesn’t…
We teach others to care
By
mpratt
Every time I hear or read about the “burden” that the ill, frail, and disabled place upon society, I want to scream. The reference is usually made in terms of the financial cost, but it can also be couched as a “problem” for families with loved ones who require their attention, or the elderly who…
When you think you’ve had enough
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mpratt
There’s a curious thing that happens to many writers when they reach the middle of a particular project: They want to turn back, start a new project, or otherwise abandon their current work-in-progress because it seems to be completely fogged over, unscrutable, or unmanageable. In short, they feel they’ve had enough of work as it…
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