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It Is What It Is: Coma Song

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. What’s your coma song? If you don’t know what it is, think about what song or type of music makes you move, wiggle a toe, or bob your head. Can’t think of anything? So now that you have a coma song, what should you do with it? Yes, in those documents you can make sure particular music, even marching, is played should you ever be in a coma. Tuileries, Paris photo courtesy of Clark family archives.

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It Is What It Is: Unwinding Into Summer

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Thursday, June 18, 2015. As we look ahead, next week marks the official start to summer. When summer rolls around, everywhere I go there seems to be a chaotic intensity. School is out, the roads are full of people going hither, thither, and yon, the grocery stores full of, well full of everyone, and everyone is in a hurry. Time to unwind into summer. Will you be one of those people I see going hither, thither, and yon?

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It Is What It Is: Returning History

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. One never knows where the road ahead will lead. In 1805 and 1806, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery passed through what would eventually become Fort Benton, Montana Territory, on the Missouri River. My husband’s Great, Great, Great Grandfather, Sergeant Patrick Gass. Was a member of the expedition, published the first journal, and was the last member to die in 1870. St Francis of Assisi.

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It Is What It Is: March 2015

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Sunday, March 22, 2015. Each morning, throughout the day, and the last thing at night, we watch the surf. When one is visiting Hawaii that is what one should do. Rather than trying to see all of the sights of whatever island I am parked on, I kick back and say, alo-haaaaaaa. I had been staring. The islands I had been viewing from the beach seemed to have grown. While the sands had been shifting. Interpretation. Whether...

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It Is What It Is: Using this blog

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. In order to utilize this website to the fullest, here are a few suggestions:. To obtain more details on a particular subject matter, select hypertext words highlighted in a slightly different color, and you will be redirected accordingly. At the bottom of each page you will see a Labels. Listing or tag words. By clicking on any of these tags, you will go to all the posts where I have written about the selected tag word.

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It Is What It Is: About Crohn's disease

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. What is Crohn’s disease? Let's start with the name—it is referred to as Crohn’s disease because Burrill B. Crohn was involved in publishing a paper in 1932 describing the disease. I have to make this comment because people ask about the name—like couldn’t they call it something else or what? I ’ve been dealing with Crohn’s for nearly forty years. His blog is not a narrative on disease but coping and perspective.

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It Is What It Is: April 2015

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. On April 29 - I consider the life of a man struggling with countless complicated issues. My brother, Mike. Took his life two years ago today. Many may still wonder how this could happen and why. What I will say is this: In the end, every corner of his life seemed to be failing. So let us not just consider his life, but take note of his death. Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;. To be underst...

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It Is What It Is: Eating to Live: Craving Kale

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Saturday, July 4, 2015. Eating to Live: Craving Kale. This spring we traveled to Asheville, North Carolina. The manager of the B and B we were staying at suggested we try Posana. Cafe for dinner. She mentioned how incredibly wonderful the food was, it was a gluten free restaurant, and she now craves their kale salad and must have it on a regular basis. While we aren’t gluten free. The addition of Manchego (a firm, nutty ta...

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It Is What It Is: July 2015

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. One never knows where the road ahead will lead. In 1805 and 1806, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery passed through what would eventually become Fort Benton, Montana Territory, on the Missouri River. My husband’s Great, Great, Great Grandfather, Sergeant Patrick Gass. Was a member of the expedition, published the first journal, and was the last member to die in 1870. St Francis of Assisi.

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It Is What It Is: Get Your House In Order

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It Is What It Is. Inspiring others to learn from the circumstances of their lives. Monday, January 20, 2014. Get Your House In Order. Last month my husband and I finally started the process to get our house in order and update our legal documents. While we had last wills, and a community property agreement, we needed living wills; and, come to find out, we didn’t have a durable power of attorney for financial issues in place. Health Care Directive to Physicians and Family:. Durable Power of Attorney:.