Christmas memorial

Georges little memorial at my village churchyard,its lovely and peaceful,between two miniature trees,next to a rustic bench at the end of a path.
It is visited daily by wildlife,which would have thrilled George.
Merry Christmas No1 son,missing you so much
Dad
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Technology

Well my friends,
Today I attended the cardio respiratory unit at Airedale Hospital,Keighley to have my echo cardiogram,quite a painless affair,I must admit,hearing my heart pump blood and flushing,was miraculous,or was it scary?,.....maybe a bit of both,you don't realize a small organ like a heart can do so much work 24/7 and for more than 61 years too lol.

In case anyone is interested in what its all about,here is a website explaining,I had a 3D echo performed,to get a real time picture

See here (but don't forget to hold Ctrl key down or you will lose this page)

Thats all for now,thanks again for your thoughts and prayers and support
Bless you all
Paul
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X Factor final

Well young Joe won,I'm so pleased,it was a very emotional song,and seemed that the words were not only meaningful for many many people,but especially so for me.
Not only does it make me realize the battle I have taken on,but also,makes me think of the climb of the Castleberg Rock looking from my kitchen window.Its not how I get there,whether in person,or in my mind,or having a track named after my struggle,its the climb,as the lyrics say.

Here are the lyrics,all copyrights respected

The Climb lyrics
Songwriters: Alexander, J; Mabe, J

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa


© HOPELESS ROSE MUSIC; VISTAVILLE MUSIC;

All of you with your own climbs.....keep faith,you can achieve your goal
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To quote a quote

I stumbled upon this quote on the MacMillan site,I thought it worthy of sharing....

I have walked amongst giants hewn from solid oak and granite,reduced to splinters and sand,
and women so ravaged that all that is left is their beauty from within.

We are the cancer community – a brotherhood so strong that we will kick the arse of this vile disease and god help anyone who gets in our way!

We may be dribbling, incontinent, sometimes vague but we are on a mission that only we truly understand.
So please remember that when we appear to take no prisoners!


'Nuff said.........
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