Bedhead Bob: Life and Times

It is difficult lying here. Few have the capacity to know or understand what being a paralyzed mute is like. It isn't easy that's for sure! Besides things, you would expect. Like having an itch and going to scratch it, then realizing you can't. Man, did I get this many itches before my stroke? Now I have no choice but to live with them, I mean, it's not like I can hire a professional scratcher. To sit around and do nothing but scratch an itch when I get one. It is also frustrating that you can't simply move to another room, not to get warmer, or cooler, or to get something to drink, or for any reason, you would like. Those are just a couple things that I used to take for granted but I sure don't now! Let me tell you, those are a walk in the park, compared to the loneliness that I feel most days. It's not easy to explain, except to say that we humans are pack animals. Why else do we put our prisoners in solitary confinement? It is a means of ...

Someone else with whom I have great respect for, and I have grown close to is a young woman by the name of Celia Montes.   If you remember from a previous post, she is the woman I didn't know if I even liked at first.  But what do I know? I'm just a guy in desperate need of some grooming techniques, who can't even  manage to fall out of bed! I mean come on! Gravity does all the work here. All you got to do is fall!   Celia manages to hold down three jobs, one of which she isn't paid for. But I hope to change that soon,  more details to come.   I guess you’re wondering about that last comment. Well, you see, the job Celia does,  and isn't compensated for is edit and publish this BLOG. She really is amazing!   She has a video on Facebook that I imagine that if you could watch you would somehow know her.  It shows her with some of her patients, making them laugh and smile. You can easily tell she enjoys her work.  I'm going to ask her if sh...

Little girls grow up to choose men who are just like their fathers. I heard that said someplace onetime, and I believe it to be true.   Lydia is my little girl, and she will remain so until my last day on this earth. No matter how much she grows. And I have come to terms that she's going to grow, I just pray the good Lord will let her stay my little girl just a little while longer!   Lydia is sweet and smart, she is homeschooled, so she is not like other 13-year-olds in that respect. People often say, when they find out we home school her, " But what about socialization?”   She gets socialization, just not in some petri dish they call a school. There are some places where we can exercise control. Like with people we have knowledge of and who care for her. This post is for Lydia. It is not my soapbox so I can tell you what I think about public education. I think you've already figured that out anyway. You do you. If public schools work for you, great! But as I said, this p...

My wife is the most important person in my life. Followed by my children, and then by my friends. You can tell as she is mentioned in many of my posts.   We have been married for what seems like a lifetime because that's what it has been. A lifetime of mostly joy but sometimes pain.   It has been a challenge sometimes. Raising our three children, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I know many can boast more children, I don't personally, know many, who can boast more years! She has always given me my fair share in our relationship, and most times more. My hat goes off to her and women like her I don't say all these things because she will no doubt read them; I say them because they are true.   From memories that stem from the operating room, where you were giving birth to our son Scott. And after Scott was born, the doctor looked at me and asked if I'd like to cut the umbilical cord. I looked at him and asked, as I looked around the room, "Why, isn't there so...

  I was awakened this morning by a loud beeping noise. It seems that one of my machines is equipped  with a safety feature whereby it beeps loudly when there is a power outage.   Kind of like the emergency broadcast  system. I always wondered what broadcasting an annoying beep did to save anybody. I mean, if you didn't realize  the weather was bad, you are either sleeping, in which case your TV and radio are probably off and you're  most likely not hearing the alert or you’re stupid!   If you're sleeping, what's going to happen is going to happen, and wouldn't you  rather it happens to you in your  sleep. If you're stupid, well I'll just leave it at that.   The power came back on within the hour, so I got myself all worked up for no reason.   You see, when I'm asleep  my body goes into a sort of survival mode, and its normal functions are slowed way down. When I first wake up,  my secretions are increased, adding to that t...

  We each surround ourselves with people by choice or by necessity, I'm no different. It's important that you learn who my players are, and that you figure out who your key players are along the way. Ask yourself, if you had a serious, life-changing accident, who’s the first person you could expect to be right by your side? Now I know this is where I'm going to lose a lot of you, but I don't care. The answer is Jesus! No, this isn't a religious BLOG, but when it comes to my faith, I make no apologies. Jesus is the first one I know I can count on. Now when we're talking earthbound souls, there is first my wife Jonell, she is an amazing woman and my true soul mate! When you are talking about supporting actors, you must ask yourself, if that person were playing BINGO and they are holding on one number, are they likely to stay and finish the game, or get right up and rush to be by your side when they hear that you are in need? You definitely want the latter...

Imagine if you will it's almost bedtime, and you start to think about all the things you need to get done tomorrow. Of course, there's work, tomorrow I need to be there at one. And then, the car is due for an oil change, if I leave early for work, I should be able to get it done in time and you still have to get registered with some other companies for AEP (Insurance Term), it's just around the corner. I'll have time to do that during my lunch break. Then you told your son you'd swing by his place to take a look at his jeep, it's making a strange noise. You can leave even earlier for work, that hopefully won't take too long. Sound familiar? Although the list of things to be done will be different, it's what each of us goes through almost every night. Planning a day so full that we don't leave ourselves much wiggle room. And when something goes wrong, we stress out. And when we stress out, we cause those around us to get stressed. Not a healthy way to...