Post by markcameron on Dec 3, 2011 21:51:56 GMT -5
Team Cameron,
It’s been a fast month of November, I had to double check the calendar to be sure someone didn’t leave a couple of days off. Guess it was just me.
Great News!!! We have a date for next years Bowling Classic. Write Saturday, Feburary 4th from 3pm-9pm, the kids will bowl from 3-6 and the adults will be bowling from 6-9.
It was a quiet Halloween here at 816. Sure we were prepared with the lights on and candy at the ready but I don’t think we had two dozen kids. In years past we have had 75-100 kids at the door but it’s not all bad. I had my fill of Kit Kats, which I am tired of.
I have learned a lesson. In fact I have decided that next year I am giving out bacon. I don’t mind eating that for the next two weeks. Just to clarify my opinion of bacon I have included the following picture.
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Mid-November I got my annual flu shot and then got sick. I was led to believe those shot would prevent the lung infection that plagued me for ten days. Needless to say it prompted another visit to the Doc for an antibiotic. I’m guessing I got a placebo shot and he got paid twice. Good news, I am all better now.
Thanksgiving was great, as always. This year was a little different, it was quiet. My Thanksgivings while growing up as a one of seven kids and extended families (between 30 and 40 people) I have always been accustom to loud holidays. As I looked back over the evening I was amazed at how quiet it seemed.
Traditions change, in the afternoon my cousins stopped by for drinks and appetizers before leaving for dinner with their families and this year three of the seven Cameron siblings were unable to spend the day with us. Those three siblings account for almost half from the immediate family and by the sound of things they are the loud half. Needless to say they were missed but we are all looking forward to everyone here for Christmas, noise and all.
Mid-November I enjoyed lunch with a good friend of mine. She picked up a couple of tacos and we visited at my kitchen table for an hour or so. I've always been impressed by her attitude, she is a hero of mine as a four-time cancer survivor. I think our friendship has been based on the strength we gather from each other's experiences. We've been able to laugh at our battles and how we continue to fight some of the residual demons.
When I think of our victories I'm always reminded of a quote someone shared with me while I was still in the hospital. President Theodore Roosevelt said it best-
"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there's not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
I'm always reminded of this quote when talking with a survivor. I can never imagine what that person went through just like they have no idea of my battles but the survivors seem to wear their scars and carry themselves in a different manner.
After having lunch with her I had thought about this quote and knew I would put this in my next post but now it has a bit of a twist. She found out just before Thanksgiving that she will be going back to battle, again. She is tough and I don't have any doubt that she can do it I am just hoping she can put it behind her quickly. I'm looking forward to our next Taco Bell lunch.
That said, I want to remind each of you to hug your loved ones. While you're at it feel free to smile at the strangers. You can tell yourself your doing it for the season but it’s a great hobby to do year round.
Take care and have a great Christmas.
Love, Mark
It’s been a fast month of November, I had to double check the calendar to be sure someone didn’t leave a couple of days off. Guess it was just me.
Great News!!! We have a date for next years Bowling Classic. Write Saturday, Feburary 4th from 3pm-9pm, the kids will bowl from 3-6 and the adults will be bowling from 6-9.
It was a quiet Halloween here at 816. Sure we were prepared with the lights on and candy at the ready but I don’t think we had two dozen kids. In years past we have had 75-100 kids at the door but it’s not all bad. I had my fill of Kit Kats, which I am tired of.
I have learned a lesson. In fact I have decided that next year I am giving out bacon. I don’t mind eating that for the next two weeks. Just to clarify my opinion of bacon I have included the following picture.
Mid-November I got my annual flu shot and then got sick. I was led to believe those shot would prevent the lung infection that plagued me for ten days. Needless to say it prompted another visit to the Doc for an antibiotic. I’m guessing I got a placebo shot and he got paid twice. Good news, I am all better now.
Thanksgiving was great, as always. This year was a little different, it was quiet. My Thanksgivings while growing up as a one of seven kids and extended families (between 30 and 40 people) I have always been accustom to loud holidays. As I looked back over the evening I was amazed at how quiet it seemed.
Traditions change, in the afternoon my cousins stopped by for drinks and appetizers before leaving for dinner with their families and this year three of the seven Cameron siblings were unable to spend the day with us. Those three siblings account for almost half from the immediate family and by the sound of things they are the loud half. Needless to say they were missed but we are all looking forward to everyone here for Christmas, noise and all.
Mid-November I enjoyed lunch with a good friend of mine. She picked up a couple of tacos and we visited at my kitchen table for an hour or so. I've always been impressed by her attitude, she is a hero of mine as a four-time cancer survivor. I think our friendship has been based on the strength we gather from each other's experiences. We've been able to laugh at our battles and how we continue to fight some of the residual demons.
When I think of our victories I'm always reminded of a quote someone shared with me while I was still in the hospital. President Theodore Roosevelt said it best-
"It's not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there's not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
I'm always reminded of this quote when talking with a survivor. I can never imagine what that person went through just like they have no idea of my battles but the survivors seem to wear their scars and carry themselves in a different manner.
After having lunch with her I had thought about this quote and knew I would put this in my next post but now it has a bit of a twist. She found out just before Thanksgiving that she will be going back to battle, again. She is tough and I don't have any doubt that she can do it I am just hoping she can put it behind her quickly. I'm looking forward to our next Taco Bell lunch.
That said, I want to remind each of you to hug your loved ones. While you're at it feel free to smile at the strangers. You can tell yourself your doing it for the season but it’s a great hobby to do year round.
Take care and have a great Christmas.
Love, Mark
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