Tag Archives: anniversary

Darkness into Light

Posted on April 28, 2025 by dfolstad58

Dear friends of my blog, I have been thinking for a few days about a post to honor the donor of my kidney transplant six years ago. The timing of this post is because his surgery was April 23, 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in family, health, Just being creative | Tagged anniversary, donor, Edison, future, Gift, health, Kidney, kidney transplant, light, light bulb, memories, Organ donation, organ transplant, six, Transplant | 31 Comments

Fourteen (14) is a nice number

Posted on October 29, 2024 by dfolstad58

Good morning, afternoon or good day to you! Thank you for popping in to read this post – “Fourteen is a nice number” – it really is! I have excellent reasons for liking the number 14 and it’s beyond the … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, Thinking Out loud, Toastmasters | Tagged 14, anniversary, formal, informal, Leadership, mentor, mentoring, Public speaking, reach for the sky, thank you, Toastmasters | 25 Comments

Anniversary, Celebration

Posted on November 4, 2021 by dfolstad58

Dear Blog friends, it feels so nice for me to be able to use my left hand again. I had surgery October 14 to deal with cancerous cells in my left thumb. It required an operating room, a plastic surgeon, … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Just being creative, okanagan related, Thinking Out loud | Tagged anniversary, autumn, diwali, elinore, light, Okanagan | 30 Comments

In Two Days – Two Years!

Posted on April 22, 2021 by dfolstad58

Thank you for visiting today, I am both looking ahead and looking back today. I know I could write much more about this experience♥♥♥ I hope that this post will refresh your own appreciation for the treasure that being alive … Continue reading →

Posted in FAVORITE POSTS - A Few of them ♥, health | Tagged anniversary, appreciation, family, hope, Kidney, kidney transplant, new life, Penticton General Hospital, surgery, Vancouver General Hospital | 43 Comments

Looking Ahead

Posted on September 24, 2020 by dfolstad58

My dear wife, Susan, has been with me in my health battles all the way through. Two years ago, when I was too sick to continue without dialysis, she was there to help me resume dialysis after 31 years without … Continue reading →

Posted in health, Thinking Out loud | Tagged anniversary, Dialysis, friends, friendship, health, Kidney, support, Transplant | 40 Comments

Just a girl at a campfire 41 years ago

Posted on August 6, 2020 by dfolstad58

Forty-one years ago. It was the summer of 1979 and I joined a youth group who went into the woods outside Kamloops for a campfire and sing some songs. She was “just a girl at a campfire” and I didn’t … Continue reading →