by Randy Bartlein | Apr 12, 2019 | Reflections
I bought my first convertible in 1974 while I was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. It was a 1968 Triumph TR250 in British racing green. It was fun to drive but rarely started when it was raining or cold. I look back fondly on those early days and...
by Randy Bartlein | Mar 22, 2019 | Reflections
pan·ic [panik] sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behavior. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, approximately 6 million Americans, or 2.7% of the population, suffer from panic attacks. Women have twice...
by Randy Bartlein | Dec 22, 2018 | Reflections
reboot to restart (a computer) by loading the operating system; boot again. to produce a distinctly new version of (an established media franchise, as a film, TV show, video game, or comic book) to make a change in (something) in order to establish a new beginning It...
by Randy Bartlein | Jun 10, 2018 | Reflections
The whirlwind of activity that started last June came to a screeching halt after my last visit to NIH in April. They did a series of blood tests and scans which showed that the cancer cells were inactive and the lesions on my pelvis had not grown. So, no more flights...
by Randy Bartlein | May 3, 2018 | Reflections
faith noun \ ˈfāth \ It’s been several weeks since I posted my last blog. Generally, I start with an idea that evolves over several weeks but I’ve been going through a tough transition that has made this post difficult to land. I finished my...
by Randy Bartlein | Mar 24, 2018 | Reflections
poison noun poi·son \ ˈpȯi-zᵊn \ My brother Todd once called the innkeeper in a living Nativity scene a “nasty” name when he said there was no room at the inn for Mary. This, of course, mortified his wife but has also added a term to our family...
by Randy Bartlein | Feb 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
bondage noun bond·age \ ˈbän-dij \ My son Andrew joined me on my last trip to NIH in Bethesda a few weeks ago. This was my ninth meeting with the doctors and my third chemotherapy treatment. What a blessing it was to spend two days of quality time with my...
by Randy Bartlein | Jan 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
contentment noun con·tent·ment \ kən-ˈtent-mənt \ What is your definition of contentment? I’ve been asking friends that question and their answers have varied from achieving their goals to being happy, to living their lives in God’s...
by Randy Bartlein | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
“But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me” Micah 7:7 I started this post from the spacial lobby of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland while I wait for my fourth vaccine injection. I pretty much have a routine for...
by Randy Bartlein | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s been a few weeks since my last post and so much has happened. I spent the past three weeks studying alternative treatments for cancer and have settled on Chris Wark’s program called Chris Beat Cancer. Chris was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer ten...
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