Ever Day is a Gift

September 28, 2023

I heard Every Day is a Gift on Good Morning America this morning. It’s been whirling around my head all day.

A little background: My Wife has PSP which has confined her to a wheelchair. On top of that she can’t really use her arms or hands. Also, her speech is hard to understand especially when she is “antsy” as she would put it.

Needless to say I’m her caregiver which has completely changed my life as well. The past few days I’ve been feeling sorry for myself. But now I’m pretty upbeat about having another day to enjoy life.

In the future every morning when I wake up I’m going to recite at least the following:

  • Every Day is a Gift – Reese Whiterspoon on GMA
  • Stay Curious – Steve Jobs from Stanford graduation speech – Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish, Stay Curious

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One hot Summer

September 8, 2023

Today, September 8, the high temperature in DFW was 109. Overall, this is our third hottest Summer in North Texas since we’ve been recording temperatures in 1898 according to the National Weather Service. I find it interesting the local and national TV newscasts state this is the second hottest Summer on record

I’ve lived in the DFW area through all of the 5 hottest Summer:

Year/Avg Temp

  1. 2011/90.5
  2. 1980/89.2
  3. 2023/88.7
  4. 1998/88.3
  5. 2022/88.2

Lack of rain also accompanies hot weather here and this Summer was no exception. If you don’t count the .2 inches of rain DFW received, which we did not we’ve gone over 60 days without rain. (The record is 84 days).

The photo below was taken on one of the walking trails in our neighborhood. A typical August/September day in North Texas and everything is brown except for trees.

Walking Trail

 

Although the temperature was 109 today the humidity was 19%. I felt more comfortable outside in the shade today than at Cardinal games in 90 degree, 90% humidity weather.

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