tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post5337954171557352704..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: Let me be clearerDenis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-65231105342025752432013-08-30T18:06:55.414+10:002013-08-30T18:06:55.414+10:00Denis, your continued courage amazes me; it should...Denis, your continued courage amazes me; it shouldn't. My husband had Motor Neurone Disease and showed the same stoic acceptance of whatever each new day brought; each day, he was a little wearier and there was more to contend with. The few hours respite Tracey will be getting will help her to keep on keeping on. I salute you both.Anne - 1984 studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-14660491685912406232013-08-30T16:37:32.558+10:002013-08-30T16:37:32.558+10:00Whether you prefer positive energy or prayers - or...Whether you prefer positive energy or prayers - or both! - it's being sent your way for a good outcome to the protein test. I'm so sorry the seizures are attacking your breathing now, it's a terrifying occurance. But, as others have mentioned, you (amazingly!) keep your matter-of-fact tone in your updates; the fact of the updates alone still amazes me. But, greatly cheered you're still able & willing. Much love to you & Tracey, Pegs. XXXOOOPeggy Larsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-42543913540872569122013-08-30T16:36:51.787+10:002013-08-30T16:36:51.787+10:00Coming at the end of the comments, Anne, I'd b...Coming at the end of the comments, Anne, I'd be repeating things about fairness, except that you're viewing things from a somewhat different angle from Ros. <br /><br />Faith is a very comforting thing for those who possess it, and I see it through faith expressed in so many traditions I've spent my life studying. That's the reason I see faith as an umbrella over all religious expression throughout the world. Good, kind people are so with or without it. <br /><br />Fairness just can't intervene in life matters. Odd as it may seem, unfairness as we understand it is a necessary element of life on the planet, whatever we might wish or hope.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-10868274685729624182013-08-30T16:12:54.489+10:002013-08-30T16:12:54.489+10:00"... all we do" means a great deal, Tris..."... all we do" means a great deal, Trish. Thank you so much for your kind words. I have no idea why you might think yours are not far more eloquent than anything I write. I'm at a loss for words. Lucky it's not a competition!Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-60622007191673589142013-08-30T15:31:31.817+10:002013-08-30T15:31:31.817+10:00You always have the talent for expressing the most...You always have the talent for expressing the most heartfelt sentiments in the fewest words. "...solitary but...not alone" is what I always feel. Thank you, Z.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-4461846626595469342013-08-30T15:23:49.332+10:002013-08-30T15:23:49.332+10:00What you say surprises me, Bob; not in a bad way, ...What you say surprises me, Bob; not in a bad way, but I think you've been much too generous in your comments, because this was a rather self-centred post. But I understand where you're coming from in that I do try to be fairly clinical even in personal descriptions.<br /><br />Thank you, as ever.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-79744470198384420972013-08-30T15:08:37.734+10:002013-08-30T15:08:37.734+10:00Thanks, Ros, but somehow I get the feeling that we...Thanks, Ros, but somehow I get the feeling that we in the west feel we have a right to a good deal more of life's cake than we should. Even at our worst, the majority of us have health services available to us that a young wife in an African village who's contracted AIDS from her husband has no access to, and is likely to die a miserable and tragically untimely death. <br /><br />The irony in this is that you and Dave have, in my opinion, drawn shorter straws than 90% of Australians in a health carer and recipient stakes. Yet you place tremendous value on what you have. <br /><br />We have to judge fairness by many other criteria, for I know that you both regard yourselves as having been very fortunate in many ways, just as I do. There is not the faintest suggestion in what you've written the burden you both bear.<br /><br />I suppose I should speak only for myself. Really if there is any hint of criticism here, its a general one. I'm thinking only about those who don't value enough what they've got and imagine they have an absolute right to much more. Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-67958810937779674612013-08-30T01:58:36.650+10:002013-08-30T01:58:36.650+10:00My thoughts are with you. Life isn't fair. I h...My thoughts are with you. Life isn't fair. I have spent a day thinking over these great questions as I, a non believer, spent the entire day at the funeral and aftermaths of an uncle of my husband. He was 105, and very well until very recently. To boot, as a former C of E minister he (and his close family) have the added benefit of a deep and unquestioning faith. He was a lovely man and I wish him no ill, but coming back home to read your latest post and travelling to and fro with a sister in law whose 30 year old daughter has breast cancer and the BRACA 1 gene, I wish illness and death, as life itself were a bit fairer. Anne PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-18781745047112069452013-08-29T18:40:48.973+10:002013-08-29T18:40:48.973+10:00I've always managed to read between your line...I've always managed to read between your lines Denis, but the lines themselves are so beautifully and expressively written (a small, tender part of me almost wishes they weren't),and doubtless they will continue so until they stop, and in that, there is such grace and courage, and an immeasurable gift of love and encouragement for all of us who stay alongside in a virtual way because that is all we do. xxtrish nicholsonhttp://www.trishnicholsonswordsinthetreehouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-52228693126511577712013-08-29T17:00:21.793+10:002013-08-29T17:00:21.793+10:00Sitting under the dome of the State Library of Vic...Sitting under the dome of the State Library of Victoria, thinking of you and Tracey and your household. Your journey is solitary but you are not alone. Much lovezmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-18696461277002457282013-08-29T16:39:55.965+10:002013-08-29T16:39:55.965+10:00And still you keep up the absolute objectivity of ...And still you keep up the absolute objectivity of your blog, Denis. How do you do it? This is completely beyond my comprehension. We all knew that this time was coming and can only hope that today's test gives you another reprieve. In the meantime, as always, we are thinking of you and Tracey with love. Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-39144668484424617452013-08-29T14:36:29.796+10:002013-08-29T14:36:29.796+10:00Ah..dear Den...dear Trace...
The pointy end of the...Ah..dear Den...dear Trace...<br />The pointy end of the pointy end.<br />If karma had anything to do with it, you'd wake up tomorrow and all this would be a ghastly dream. That would be the right and proper fairytale ending for the likes of you both, two of my/our very favourite people on this planet.<br />But as fairytales are not true, what is here is real life, real love, endurance, determination, insightfulness, mindfulness. No need to mention too much about the pain, the terror, the grief, sadness and hard work of it all. <br />Bloody brain tumour.<br />Fingers severely crossed for PTU test.<br />Thinking of you both. xxRoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339472107640597921noreply@blogger.com