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I am50 years old and semi-quadriplegic. I have always loved to write and have been published once.Because I have a lot of free time; I am glad to have discovered helium.com and poetry.com. I am a Christian and like to write about spiritual things. I also

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Religion & Spirituality > Religious Concepts (Other) Believing in angels: 18 of 40

I believe that angels exist because they are mentioned in the Bible many times. Do they have wings and halos? Not necessarily. In Hebrews chapter13, verse 2; we are advised to be kind to strangers because they might be angels" unaware"; This means that we should be kind and good-hearted to all because we never really know wh...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Disabled and denied social security: 4 of 7

Disabled and Denied Social Security I was 46 years of age and had 2 discs rupture in my cervical spine leaving me semi-quadriplegic. I had worked for over 22 straight years so I had a good work history y. in those 22 plus years; I had worked one job for over 15 years and another for 7 years; so going from job to job was not ...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Work: 13 of 22

Work Ethic: A Lost Art? When I started working, I was taught that certain expected qualities compromised work ethic. A good employee was always on time, never missed unless they were sick and always prided themselves on doing the job right the first time. Maybe this was instilled in me because my first boss was my mother but...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Child abuse: 166 of 198

I was watching the news the other day. One story disturbed me in every way. A small child's life had been taken once again. By the beating of an evil man. As tears came to my eyes, I uttered this prayer; "Lord, do something tu make us care." ,I knew what happened just wasn't right, and I hardly slept at all that night. AS ni...
Sciences > Surgery Neurosurgery from the patient's perspective: 7 of 7

Neurosurgery is never something a person looks forward to; however, at the age of 46, I went through my second serious neurological surgery on my cervical spine. Sadly, probably both of them could have been less severe; if only the doctors had listened. To be fair; I truly believe the first time was simply an unfortunate twi...