Tag Archives: appreciation

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

Got to make the Moments Last

Posted on August 12, 2020 by dfolstad58

Welcome to “Life and Random Thinking“, I’m glad you are visiting. 🙂 David Yesterday I was in a familiar situation, walking slowly up Giant’s Head Mountain, looking forward and not saying much, just taking deep breaths so that I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, okanagan related, Thinking Out loud | Tagged Africa, appreciation, family, feeling groovy, health, life, moments, nature | 24 Comments

Hummingbirds – Lessons in Flight

Posted on July 29, 2020 by dfolstad58

The little hummingbird, so tiny and quick. They pack a lot of beauty into their compact bodies, and I am always excited to see them. I focus right in because one second they are here – then zip! Gone ! … Continue reading →

Posted in Just being creative, Thinking Out loud | Tagged appreciation, blessings, grateful, hummingbirds, living in the moment, small things, toxic | 19 Comments

Love You and Leave You

Posted on June 15, 2018 by dfolstad58

My Mom, Lillian, connected to everyone in her life in different ways. She talked regularly on the phone with her many friends, and her family and her way of ending the call was to say “I’m going to love and … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Uncategorized | Tagged appreciation, kindness, Lillian, Love, love always, saying goodbye | 33 Comments

So many shades of Green

Posted on June 12, 2017 by dfolstad58

Two decades ago I regularly spent long periods in the hospital, having surgery and moving forward hoping for success. Hoping to return to my own bed in my home, my own life, to working even. No needs to remind a … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking Out loud | Tagged appreciation, breeze, color, gift of life, grass, hospital, life, mindful, Okanagan, sunshine | 14 Comments

My Economics Professor was Wrong

Posted on March 11, 2014 by dfolstad58

My very first day of University and my class Economics 101 there was a lecture called ” No Such Thing as a Free Lunch“. I suppose this was how he started off every semester to the green students, just back … Continue reading →