Now that Bob's diva liver decided to live, so did we. Come with us as we figure out what's next. Our attempts at parenting the two baby pandas. Bob and his call to the golf course, I mean, to parish ministry. The amazing assortment of family, friends and strangers who daily surprise us. And my ongoing fascination with our planet, transplant, transformation, lives, livers and other vital organ-izations.
Hello everyone. I'm so glad you made it here all the way from the CoachSpeirs care page. In celebration of the sure-to-be coming event of Bob's biliruben counting ZERO, I am preparing this blog. Because afterall, when the liver countdown is over, it is certain that I will still need a sanctuary superhighway. Anyway, as I fiddle around with this prototype, I'd love to get your feedback. Am trying to figure out widgets.
And look at this, I can insert pictures right into the text and so what a perfect way to finally show you what our Margaret looks like. Adorable + Powerful = Margaret Obaga. And with all of you, I've got lots of people and stories to post. Not to scare you. I promise to be approrpriate, or at least ask your permission. By the way, Margaret did an awesome job presenting at theLWR Virtual University last week, along with my colleague Maryce who is highly informed and articulate about matters of public health. For further inspriation and another night of good sleep, you can click on that link and upload, download and over load the recording of their presentation.
Not sure I'll actually go with this blog site as I don't see a way to view visitors, which has been a mainstay of our love line. Your comments, ideas, etc, are welcome. I need to make this as user friendly as I can, because, well, I need you.
Interesting...I left a comment yesterday and see it didn't show up. I thought it was weird that I wasn't asked to type in the random letters. Let's see if this works. I believe it was operator error, not a system error, as I've used Blogspot before and like it.
It's so fun to read references to Margaret and see her postings. I first met Margaret when she was a participant in the LWF Young Women's Leadership Training Program. A leader then and a leader now...that's Margaret.
the pandas all together just before the liver left us
WELCOME.
This e-community decided to start when Bob's liver decided to stop, in the fall of 2006. Instead of moving out of seminary housing and on to a call to parish ministry, our lives quit as the wild bile poisoned Bob from head to toe. All we could do is watch and wait to see if he would need a liver transplant or if his own would regenerate itself; praying that he wouldn't die in the meantime as he shut down to a virtual comotose state.
In the end, there was no transplant but a lot of transformation. Old liver, new lives. Our whole family made it through a dark time thanks to the community that provided us a lifeline of love. Literally at Luther Seminary, from where Bob had just graduated; from my colleagues at Lutheran World Relief; from family, friends and strangers; and electronically via the care pages we started when Bob was at the transplant unit in the Mayo Clinic.
Anyway, this is like after the liver heals, days of our livers, the liver runs through us, the liver of life, or something about going on newly aware of how Bob's liver lives among us. He says definitely not old man liver, but maybe Liverace. So, from the bottom of Bob's organic bile binder, I thank you for coming to this site.
Read more about our awesome news. . .The Call Arrived
5 comments:
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What did the male liver say to the other male liver about the female liver? "Liver alone. She's mine."
You're on to something with this blog spot writing thing. Keep going. You're making a difference in this world. This matters.
Lynae
It is d'liverly and d'lightful that you are continuing to write. I will be reading...
And it'swonderful too.
Victoria
Blogs are great! Keep up the writing Terri. I love to read your work.
Interesting...I left a comment yesterday and see it didn't show up. I thought it was weird that I wasn't asked to type in the random letters. Let's see if this works. I believe it was operator error, not a system error, as I've used Blogspot before and like it.
It's so fun to read references to Margaret and see her postings. I first met Margaret when she was a participant in the LWF Young Women's Leadership Training Program. A leader then and a leader now...that's Margaret.
Blessings, Sue
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