Collecting My Thoughts

We watched a repeat of 60 minutes tonight that included a segment on how dogs and humans share many genes and cancer research in dogs is he...

Today is Sunday and we're making arrangements to be with Phil later (had brain surgery on Tuesday). Funny flashbacks to the 1970s. Raisi...

One of Joe Biden's favorite lies is that his son died in Iraq, and if he's having a good day and remembers that his handlers told hi...

With the change to my new computer and Windows 11, some of my e-mail folders didn't transfer, but I don't know why.  Fortunately, so...

 Sonja and Phil went through cancer treatment together. She has survived and moved to a lovely 19th century home in central Ohio which she h...

Sonja wrote on Facebook today: I miss my Philly B with every beat of my heart-he was the best friend a girl, like me, could ever ask for. [S...

 Yesterday I decided to repack some of Phil's things in nicer boxes, and then to put the sympathy, get well, and thinking of you cards, ...

She was hoping for a white Christmas and she got one. We get very little snow in central Ohio, and only rarely on Christmas, but we had abou...

I have a meter on my blog. Each post gets usually 40-50 hits, since blogging isn't as popular as it once was. (I've been blogging si...

It's been 2 weeks since our son Phil died, and I may write more of my reflections (and advice to others) at my blog when they come to me...

When Phil was hospitalized twice in 6 months, we met and talked to many foreign doctors, nurses, paraprofessionals, social workers, techs an...

Philip Vincent Bruce was born November 25, 1968 in Columbus, Ohio, and died April 21, 2020 in the home of his parents, Robert and Norma Bruc...

I haven't found the exact article on line I read today in the March 2020 Magnificat written by Kimberly Shankman about the meaning of h...

  After 3 weeks of one finger typing on my I-pad I decided I really needed my computer and a desk at Phil's. I was looking on-line an...

When I noted on Facebook that Phil was at his own home after 6 days in the hospital with help from his family, a friend from church, a widow...

The Madison Township Fire Department “provides fire, rescue, and EMS services to Madison Township which includes the Cities of Canal Winche...

There are many types of brain tumors. Glioma is a general term for tumors that start in glial cells. A number of tumors can be considered gl...

One of my cardinal rules is don't post about family without permission, but I'm claiming James 1:5, asking for wisdom and in faith r...

I met a wonderful guy at the gym this morning. Kind, articulate, interesting, athletic and it turns out he was at St. Ann's hospital in ...

On October 1, 2019, our son had several seizures and was diagnosed with glioblastoma.  He has endured a lot in the last four months includin...