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1st Amendment ~ Please note that this is a personal journalist effort by a heart transplant patient. Any reference to volunteering, other patients, medical practioners, family members, physical places or locations will be based on composites of of real and fictional people and may be antedotal in nature.
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Tag Archives: Donor
5,000 Days
“if we step back and rest, we will see the wholeness in it all. We will naturally apprehend the good in how things are, taste the underlying strength, beauty, and wisdom that lives even in the difficult days, take delight … Continue reading
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Tagged 5000 Days, Benny Keith Ward, Donor, God, Heart, Hero, Life, Love, Miracles, Transplant
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Donor Remembrance Day
Today, April 30th, is the day when we HONOR and CELEBRATE our donor heroes who have given the gift of life through organ, tissue and eye donations. Together we “plant” Forget-Me-Not flowers to symbolize that these heroes and their gifts … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Donor, Donor Family, Donor Remembrance Day, Heroes
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November 22nd
“Wine is getting better over the years, a man is getting wiser over the years. I get older today, but this is the reason for the happiness, not sadness. I’m so thankful for these years of life and these people … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Birthday, Donor, Family, Friends, God, Gratitude, Love, Transplant Team
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Intersecting Lives
“It is because the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn’t just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.” ~ Mitch Albom; … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Donor, Donor Family, God, Heart Transplant, Hero, Lives
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12 Years Since God Pressed My Reset Button
“When we grow up we take ourselves way too seriously, and sometimes we become a heart attack waiting to happen.” ~ Tom Asacker Twelve years ago today, at about 9:30am, I had a massive heart attack. That single event changed … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Donor, God, Gratitude, Heart, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant
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Trouble ……… That NEVER Happened
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.” ~ Mark Twain This past week has been filled with stress/anxiety. In the end, it was wasted energy. I had been scheduled … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Insight, General, Heart Transplant
Tagged Anxiety, Blessed, Catheterization, Donor, Fear, God, Gratitude, Heart Cath, Heart Transplant, Life, PTSD
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Gift – Day
“I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, the journey that I am on and to relish each day as a gift.” ~ Jame McGreevey April is DonateLife Month, and that is very near … Continue reading
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Tagged Day, Donate Life Month, Donor, Gift
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Valentine’s & National Donor Day
“Gifts of Love linger silently upon our hearts waiting to be shared.” ~ Lee Hiller London Today is a day of love. (Why not a year or a lifetime of love?) We spread a lot of love around Valentine’s Day … Continue reading
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Tagged Donor, Happy Valentine's Day, Heart Transplant, Love, National Donor Day
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Any Age, Any Medical History
Posted in Heart Transplant
Tagged DonateLife, Donor, Giving Thanks, Heart Transplant, Organ Transplants
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Honoring a Legacy
If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased. ~ Maya Angelou ———————————————— Without God, Benny Keith Ward, Lifebanc, friends, family and an amazing team of Doctors, nurses and caregivers @ … Continue reading
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Tagged Donor, God, Heart Transplant, Legacy, Life, LifeBanc, Love, Organ Donor, Organ Transplants, Tears
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