{"id":214,"date":"2011-10-19T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=214"},"modified":"2014-12-05T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T19:45:13","slug":"her-odyssey-of-transient-into-the-%e2%80%9chereafter%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/214","title":{"rendered":"[HER] ODYSSEY . . . of transient into the \u201chereafter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

{I have taken the liberty of removing the names for privacy.\u00a0 This was written by my father, there is much more, but that is special, and reserved for family}<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The travel through life offers many opportunities, some taken and others rejected.<\/p>\n

As the sunset of life begins to set on the western horizon, a glow of happiness brightens for a period of time; noting the success of your children, seeing the grandchildren and maybe if we are lucky to see the grandchildren begin their lives after college with boyfriends leading to marriage.\u00a0 Alas, another generation begins as this generation ends.<\/p>\n

Thus the word \u201cOdyssey\u201d is contemplated.\u00a0 Od-ys-sey: an ancient Greek epic poem scribed to Homer, about the wanderings of Odysseus during the ten years after the fall of Troy \u2013 n.\u00a0 pl, seys\u00a0 any extended wandering or journey \u2013 Od\u2019ya\u2019se\u2019an\u00a0\u00a0 adj.\u00a0\u00a0 If we think of traveling, then itinerant, journeyer, move, locomotion.\u00a0 Traveler brings up the word \u201ctransient guest\u201d, which \u201cmethinks\u201d appropriate in terms of \u201cone\u2019s life\u201d.\u00a0 Still Odyssey really nails the meaning; these last months or longer, of life.\u00a0 We are changing our customary, feel good, comfortable way of life to that of uncertainty each day brings when death looms and the functioning body, lacking energy and nutrition, begins to fail.<\/p>\n[She] has had a series of diseases and procedures.\u00a0 Being of a stout Iowan character such interruptions in life did not prevent her from doing those things she was determined to do.\u00a0 Those interruptions of life include a 1962 diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, 1989 cataracts removed from both eyes, 1995 breast cancer found and removal of right breast with reconstruction which resulted in a large hard hump, 1999 breast cancer in left breast which too was removed, and 2004 Charcot Foot (which is an interesting bone phenomena).\u00a0 [The Doctor], an Oncologist from India, explained to [us] that her life expectancy with cancer would be about five years.\u00a0 It has been sixteen years, plus.<\/p>\n

… The thought occurred it would be interesting to write […] about the happenings of this odyssey of life that [my wife] and I will now travel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As always, my father sees the cup 1\/2 full, I hope I measure up to be 1\/2 the man my father is.<\/p>\n

{While there is a strong urge for me to write more, it would add no value.}<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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{I have taken the liberty of removing the names for privacy.\u00a0 This was written by my father, there is much more, but that is special, and reserved for family} The travel through life offers many opportunities, some taken and others … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-family"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2592,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/2592","url_meta":{"origin":214,"position":0},"title":"The circle of life","author":"DR D","date":"November 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This weekend found the boss-lady and I down in Pensacola, FL again. \u00a0This time we traveled south to say goodbye to a good friend. \u00a0Remember Shirley? \u00a0We traveled down here to join her and her family in saying goodbye to their father, a long time friend of the boss-lady and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Life"","block_context":{"text":"Life","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/category\/life"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danielgordis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/exile5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15097,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15097","url_meta":{"origin":214,"position":1},"title":"Who\u2019s Responsible for the Political Violence??","author":"DR D","date":"September 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Strap in boys and girls, this is gonna be a long one!\u00a0 For the past few days, ok, the last week or so, I\u2019ve been in heavy discussion with my cat on the issue of free speech, or, in my opinion, the slippery slope of its erosion.\u00a0 I am of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Politics"","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/category\/politics"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Constitution, I read it for the Articles","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140812_130401-e1758501508584.jpg?fit=700%2C475&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140812_130401-e1758501508584.jpg?fit=700%2C475&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140812_130401-e1758501508584.jpg?fit=700%2C475&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140812_130401-e1758501508584.jpg?fit=700%2C475&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15065,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15065","url_meta":{"origin":214,"position":2},"title":"Virginia vs. the Fed\u2026. 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