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This blog is about a new walk with my husband Rick & I since he was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's Disease or MND (Motor Neuron Disease) on February 1, 2008.

This blog was started as a way to keep our family and friends and anyone else interested in our battle with ALS updated.
So as you read this blog please keep us in your hearts and prayers.

The blog starts from the most current to the oldest entry. Rick has started to blog now also as of April 1,2008 so this site has become officially "our blog".

My dearest husband Rick passed away on August 13, 2010,
2 1/2 yrs after diagnosis. Now I have to learn how to walk in the courage, strength and bravery that he did in fighting this disease. He promised me he would be waiting for me in eternity on a park bench. Together Forever!

Friday, November 7, 2008

Rick here...a song with a lot of meaning to me right now!

One of my favorite songs...has a lot of meaning for me right now...Feel free to hum along :) my compliments to Kenny Rogers.
"On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.

So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness'Til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, "Son, I've made my life out of readin' people's faces,And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.so if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice.

"So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.

And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,Know when to walk away and know when to run.

You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

"When he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even. But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run.You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."


It is kinda funny...when I saw my doc a couple of days ago...he said "We all get different cards, you just have to make the best of them and then at the end know when to fold them!" No wonder I like this guy.