One week post-op! by Glitteryguts
Found this old blog post just one week after receiving my stoma in 2015! I thought it would be great to get it published for any new or upcoming ostomates can have a read! So as all of you are aware, I received surgery a week ago and now have a permanent stoma (ileostomy.) I […]
Chen SP: Healthcare staff and ostomates especially, should read about her experience one week after her ileostomy surgery. Please read on at
Crying tears of joys or pain?
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“Are you laughing or crying?”
“I don’t know. It must be tears of joy!”
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Imagine going through labour pain…
Can pain be funny?
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The two things in the world
we all share in this world
are laughter and pain.
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We’ve all got problems.
The levels of those problems vary,
but we’ve all got problems.
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When you can take things that are
painful and make them funny,
that’s a gift –
to you and your audience.
One, Two Buckle My Shoes! (Poem, a tercet)
One, two, buckle my shoes
the day has yet to come through
a second more, let me snooze!
Three, four, open the door
slumped with backpack on the floor
legs out-stretched to the fore
Five, six, pick up stick
left, right, which is which?
putting them on without a hitch
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At what age, do most kids learn to tie their own shoelaces?
My kids made it at about six to eight years of age.
Velco shoes were an easy alternative!
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The sixth sense of a mother towards a newborn in need.
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The hall was full
of chatters and laughters.
“Shhh…shhh!”
” What.. what happens?”
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They watched the new mother
walked slowly up the stairs,
with index finger on her lip.
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Next, she ran up quickly!
She opened the bedroom door.
Her pint-sized darling newborn,
was screaming his lungs out!
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Was it the high-pitched squeals
or her increased sensitivity to sound?
How many decibels
can a newborn’s cries hit?
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I like this, “…This is the age you are broken or turned into gold.”
I start writing a comment, and what was supposed to be just a simple reply, started to get a life of its own and it got longer and longer -to the point that I was writing a blog post. The old saying
GETTING OLD IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
brought back memories and so it began. My fingers connected with my brain, and the thoughts started flowing right into the keyboard. The COMMENT got longer and more personal.
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Marriage: For better or for worse
This picture is a reminder about the wow married couples make during their D-day!
How fragile can a marriage be?
An educational psychologist illustrated the second quote below that how one squeezes a toothpaste tube (in the middle) became the triggering point for a divorce!
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Challenge of Silence : In this week , I am taking challenge of not speaking any word whole week , if their any important communication and emergency then I’ll contact or communicate only using what’s app and email. Benefits of Speaking Less Wise men speak when they have something to say. Fools speak because they […]
Challenge of silence
All mothers are working mothers.
Quote:-
Good daughters make good mothers.– Abigail G. Whittlesey
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All mothers are working mothers.
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Home-makers are a full-time job.
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Balancing delicately between the two evils…
Lockdown is on!
Lockdown is off!
Not because it is safe now.
It’s to prevent the economy
from diving under!
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Thousands throng the beach,
and camp near waterfalls,
while hospitals continue to battle virus
and vans with caskets lined up
near burial grounds.
Many shudder at the ignorance
“Are lives so insignificant?”
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What will it take
for reality to sink-in
to convince them?
Or has a sense of hopelessness
breeds insensitivity
to block out fear and pain?
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Safety and health
or economy?
It’s a delicate balancing act!
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When three generations fire fireworks
Seems like only ‘yesterday’
under your guidance
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today ‘we’ together,
are guiding my youngs.
.. three generations
firing a firework.
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It sparkles and crackles
Shooting up, up, up…
lighting up the sky!
Faces beamed in delight
putting memories of COVID-19 behind
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Happy Chinese New Year!
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Chen Song Ping 