Hold back, eat the feelings, cry on walks behind dark sunglasses.
Keep moving, take pictures of beautiful things.
Distract, disconnect, disassociate, escape.
Remission for now, my stage four melanoma. They say it will be back.
Eat well, exercise, limit stress. lol! No time for that now.
Ignore it, deny the reality, there’s work to be done.
A caregiver must be strong, cheerful, endlessly helpful.
Learn, coach, console, comfort.
Research, reassure, respect.
Protect, push, pull, prepare.
Cook, clean, care, steralize.
Above all fight the desire to lash out at those who refuse to share responsibility.
What good would it do? Temporary relief at best. Bridges burnt most likely.
Don’t scream, keep smiling, keep posting positive memes!
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Mary Haynes
Mary Haynes splits her time between a romantic old sailboat in tropical waters and a beach home in Ontario. A wanderer, by fate, she embraces wherever she roams! Mary recently completed her first children’s book, “Who Ate My Peppers?”
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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Great
Glad novel pointed me this way, great poem!
Blessings and prayers for strength through the hard times. Holding your virtual hands as you walk...may the light shine ever bright as you walk difficult roads. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗