Post by Your Sisters on Sept 10, 2005 23:59:49 GMT -5
101 Things We’ve Learned (or learned more about) this Past Year:
1. Pray hard
2. Join a Fraternity - Go Greek
3. Big boys cry - and that's good
4. Big boys tell each other they love each other
5. Cannonball
6. Say "I Love You" often
7. God places Angels along the way
8. Social Services at KU Med
9. Jimmy’s Jigger
10. Russell Stover Chocolate is a very thoughtful gift
11. Considerate Employers (and co-workers!)
12. SCI means Spinal Cord Injury
13. Gifted Surgeons
14. Blue TEAM CAMERON bracelets
15. Say a prayer when you hear a life flight helicopter
16. Thank God Every Day
17. Say a prayer when you hear an ambulance
18. Every 3rd night you must have a good night’s sleep
19. God has a handle on this
20. Sleeping Aids
21. Lamb: Gospel According to Biff, Jesus’s Childhood Pal
22. Double Rainbows
23. Bluebird Days
24. Prayer Chains
25. Smoothies
26. Bacon and Black Coffee
27. Soft Pillows
28. Warm Blankets
29. Early Times on the rocks
30. Chinese Food Delivery
31. How to suction
32. 603 miles from Olathe to Englewood
33. Yellow Pills put Dad to sleep
34. It’s possible to overmedicate Dad
35. FNG - F-thingy-ing New Guy
36. Modern Technology - a computer in a hospital room
37. This Website
38. Craig Hospital is in Bronco Territory
39. When you’re having a tough day and have to write about it – Improvise
40. Gatorade
41. Texas Hold’em
42. Frontier Airlines - thank you for rewriting tickets at no extra charge
43. Generous Contributors
44. Hawaiian Shirts are hard to find in November
45. Craig Hospital Volunteer Staff
46. Friends & family in the Denver area are AWESOME -
thank you Sages et al, Nickell-Palermos, Rundells
47. Baby Ruth sightings
48. Staff at Craig Hospital are A-1
49. Pressure sores
50. Measuring water intake is no fun
51. Lemon Drops aren’t a good substitute for water
52. You can build a house in 6 degree weather
53. Coffee with Bailey’s
54. You can build an addition on to a house in under 35 days
55. New Tool Belts
56. Nail Guns can be dangerous
57. Good Cooks
58. Celebrate victories – no matter how small
59. It’s just not possible to spend too much time with your family
60. HUG
61. There’s nothing like a good head massage
62. Miracles happen every day
63. Kevin Bacon may have "7 degrees of separation", but Mark only has 3
64. The law of averages is in our favor - so we’re taking up hang gliding,
and piloting self-constructed ultralight aircraft.
65. Stem cell research
66. Mark Time
67. Our Chiefs and Royals aren’t just great athletes, they’re special individuals
68. The Book of Mark in the Bible is all about Miracles
69. Muscle spasms
70. Prayer Power Surges
71. It's hard to drink from a straw after applying chapstick
72. It’s so nice to hear Mark’s old voice
73. Poetry from the Great Northwest
74. Respect Handicap Parking
75. Spinal Cord Injury Research
76. Golf Tournaments
77. Pick Your Nose and enjoy it
78. There’s no such thing as too many friends
79. What is a quad cough anyway?
80. A 30 pack will fit perfectly on the back of a wheelchair
81. A passenger can ride on the back of a wheelchair with a 30 pack
82. Sip’n puff is a means of transportation
83. Went to a Garden Party…
84. Mark’s sense of hearing is "just good", but he has "acute face"
85. Laser treatment
86. Quad Squad
87. Gifted Seamstresses
88. Acupuncture isn’t voodoo
89. E-stim means electrical stimulation
90. Inspiration and Encouragement from other SCI people
91. Superman was a Super Man
92. Tanya and her exceptional help with health care
93. Friends Kick Ass
94. Spare keys
95. Believe
96. Cards and Care Packages
97. There’s none like Terry Nunn
98. Life is Good
99. None of us are as strong as All of Us
100. Siblings
101. Oh, and we almost forgot - CRS (Can’t Remember Stuff)
1. Pray hard
2. Join a Fraternity - Go Greek
3. Big boys cry - and that's good
4. Big boys tell each other they love each other
5. Cannonball
6. Say "I Love You" often
7. God places Angels along the way
8. Social Services at KU Med
9. Jimmy’s Jigger
10. Russell Stover Chocolate is a very thoughtful gift
11. Considerate Employers (and co-workers!)
12. SCI means Spinal Cord Injury
13. Gifted Surgeons
14. Blue TEAM CAMERON bracelets
15. Say a prayer when you hear a life flight helicopter
16. Thank God Every Day
17. Say a prayer when you hear an ambulance
18. Every 3rd night you must have a good night’s sleep
19. God has a handle on this
20. Sleeping Aids
21. Lamb: Gospel According to Biff, Jesus’s Childhood Pal
22. Double Rainbows
23. Bluebird Days
24. Prayer Chains
25. Smoothies
26. Bacon and Black Coffee
27. Soft Pillows
28. Warm Blankets
29. Early Times on the rocks
30. Chinese Food Delivery
31. How to suction
32. 603 miles from Olathe to Englewood
33. Yellow Pills put Dad to sleep
34. It’s possible to overmedicate Dad
35. FNG - F-thingy-ing New Guy
36. Modern Technology - a computer in a hospital room
37. This Website
38. Craig Hospital is in Bronco Territory
39. When you’re having a tough day and have to write about it – Improvise
40. Gatorade
41. Texas Hold’em
42. Frontier Airlines - thank you for rewriting tickets at no extra charge
43. Generous Contributors
44. Hawaiian Shirts are hard to find in November
45. Craig Hospital Volunteer Staff
46. Friends & family in the Denver area are AWESOME -
thank you Sages et al, Nickell-Palermos, Rundells
47. Baby Ruth sightings
48. Staff at Craig Hospital are A-1
49. Pressure sores
50. Measuring water intake is no fun
51. Lemon Drops aren’t a good substitute for water
52. You can build a house in 6 degree weather
53. Coffee with Bailey’s
54. You can build an addition on to a house in under 35 days
55. New Tool Belts
56. Nail Guns can be dangerous
57. Good Cooks
58. Celebrate victories – no matter how small
59. It’s just not possible to spend too much time with your family
60. HUG
61. There’s nothing like a good head massage
62. Miracles happen every day
63. Kevin Bacon may have "7 degrees of separation", but Mark only has 3
64. The law of averages is in our favor - so we’re taking up hang gliding,
and piloting self-constructed ultralight aircraft.
65. Stem cell research
66. Mark Time
67. Our Chiefs and Royals aren’t just great athletes, they’re special individuals
68. The Book of Mark in the Bible is all about Miracles
69. Muscle spasms
70. Prayer Power Surges
71. It's hard to drink from a straw after applying chapstick
72. It’s so nice to hear Mark’s old voice
73. Poetry from the Great Northwest
74. Respect Handicap Parking
75. Spinal Cord Injury Research
76. Golf Tournaments
77. Pick Your Nose and enjoy it
78. There’s no such thing as too many friends
79. What is a quad cough anyway?
80. A 30 pack will fit perfectly on the back of a wheelchair
81. A passenger can ride on the back of a wheelchair with a 30 pack
82. Sip’n puff is a means of transportation
83. Went to a Garden Party…
84. Mark’s sense of hearing is "just good", but he has "acute face"
85. Laser treatment
86. Quad Squad
87. Gifted Seamstresses
88. Acupuncture isn’t voodoo
89. E-stim means electrical stimulation
90. Inspiration and Encouragement from other SCI people
91. Superman was a Super Man
92. Tanya and her exceptional help with health care
93. Friends Kick Ass
94. Spare keys
95. Believe
96. Cards and Care Packages
97. There’s none like Terry Nunn
98. Life is Good
99. None of us are as strong as All of Us
100. Siblings
101. Oh, and we almost forgot - CRS (Can’t Remember Stuff)