Category Archives: Thinking Out loud

Sailing against the wind

Posted on February 1, 2019 by dfolstad58

For months now I have had trouble finding the words I wanted to share and missing the encouragement from readers of my blog when I write more regularly. As readers are aware, my kidney transplant from 1987 lasted until September … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged blogging, discipline, Okanagan, post, struggle, tracking, wind, writing | 27 Comments

Get Ready to Sing

Posted on October 5, 2018 by dfolstad58

Two days from now I will be 60 years old. Old enough I think to be considered a “senior” but not “old” (I hope). I can’t claim to have aged as well as my sweetie Susan, she takes better care … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged birthday, blessings, family, flamingos, friends, true wealth | 10 Comments

Please Don’t Let me Die, Until I’m Dead

Posted on September 24, 2018 by dfolstad58

I came up with this title about two weeks ago. At the time I was feeling weak and tired, a continuation of what has been happening with my kidney transplant from July 1987. I began hemodialysis last Wednesday. My family … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged 60, attitude, choice, dead, dying, improvements, Inclusion, life, living, turning 60 | 30 Comments

Two Thoughts in my head today

Posted on September 4, 2018 by dfolstad58

Thought #1 – Life seems to be all about change and in my life I have initiated many new interests or employment in September, I guess that is when I am open to new challenges. Do you have a time … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged challenges, confidence, dessert, improving, life is short, no regrets, regrets, rut, Self Improvement, Toastmasters | 12 Comments

Eleven Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifteen so far

Posted on July 3, 2018 by dfolstad58

July 4, 1987 – A young father, a young husband, and at 29 years old he was looking ahead to more time in Vancouver General Hospital. Not something he relished. The phone rang after he arrived home from work, – … Continue reading →

Posted in FAVORITE POSTS - A Few of them ♥, health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged anniversary, celebration, Kidney, kidney donation, life, surgery, Transplant | 28 Comments

Make That “Some Day” Today

Posted on May 16, 2018 by dfolstad58

I procrastinate. I can take a long time to get something accomplished, and some things I won’t put off at all and they are usually fairly inconsequential. I think everyone has a “Some Day I will” in them, they know … Continue reading →