Category Archives: Aging

Aging and caring for the aging

A Hard Spring

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Doc Arnett

And in that returning, I believe her celebration will sound a stronger chorus, resonating with the bark and blooms of the Appalachians, a full resounding with all that God has made and done. Continue reading →

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Well-Grounded

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It is not that I am nostalgic about the beginnings of the Twentieth Century; I have no desire to land in the swirling fevers that followed the Civil War, Bleeding Kansas or the age of excess that preceded WWI and the Great Depression. I do, however, like to see the occasional downtown that does not look like an architectural junkyard. Continue reading →

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A Whisper of Faith

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Doc Arnett

ool air eases in through the window,
something less than a breeze,
just a soft flowing of the night. Continue reading →

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A Few Concerns

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

In all of this and more, I remember that we live in a fallen world, a world of pain, disease, affliction and death. I remember that the power of faith, often expressed in prayer, is remarkable and inexplicable. I remember that the God of the Storm has promised that I will be able to bear every burden, every test, every temptation. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Nature, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged amputation, cancer, concern, diabetes, faith, fallen world, heart surgery, hope, love, MRI, prayer, resurrection | Comments Off

Tough Situation, Easy Decision

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I’ve never been in the place of having to make that kind of choice. So far, my medical choices have been pretty simple. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged cancer, choices, eternal bliss, hell, radiation therapy, radiation treatment, recovery, salvation, sarcoma, surgery, tough decisions, tumor, tumor removal, vasectomy | Comments Off

February Dawn

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Doc Arnett

The last crescent of a winter moon gives its glow to the snowy frost along the hill sloping toward the shed. Between the moon and the ridge, elm trees along the fence line stretch the black of their brushy ends against the orange rim of the eastern sky. Continue reading →

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The Freezing Fog

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

we must strive in the shadows of clouds
and never allow our seeing to vanquish vision.
Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Farming, Nature, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged feeding horses, freezing fog, full moon, night scene, vision | Comments Off

Witness of Weakness

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Passing through our middle years, we are still occasionally surprised not to see that younger memory of ourselves when we look in the mirror. Continue reading →

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Prognosis

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Doc Arnett

A dear friend of mine recently discovered a mass in a place where masses are not supposed to be. Biopsies confirmed the presence of sarcoma. Continue reading →

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Something Beyond the Cold

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes, the changes of life turn something once held for comfort into something that feels more like affliction. Continue reading →

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