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Musings before morning to begin.
Most people count years. I have come to appreciate days and we've been back from Seattle now for 77 pretty good ones. When you realize how fragile life can be, it matters that much more, or at least it does to me. I think most prefer not to think about it because it would be hard to live a normal life, and, as I think about it, that's quite true. The sun will come up in the morning is sure enough, but will one's world be like?
My assistant at work has been out of the office for most of several weeks helping her mother who has had stomach surgery for cancer. There are no medical studies on the subject, but I'm sure that the cause has to be children. I've been able to hire a temporary person to help with related work. She came to Atlanta after Katrina. She was to have started at a law firm there the day of the flood. Good people and families, all learning to cope.
And in other news, Courtney has been accepted to attend a semester in Peru beginning in January. She will be in Cuzco, up in the Andes about 40 miles from the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. That's a long way away.
John continues to do well. He will have his next bone marrow biopsy next Friday, which will be 180 days from his transplant, half a year, if you will.
Pay checks pay the rent, but the real reward for work is health insurance. That's the truth and most with it take it for granted. They shouldn't because those without health insurance do not. I happen to be the rarest when it comes to such things, having two sets of coverage.
John will drop off my employer's policy when he turns 23 in February. My early retirement policy, however, continues until he is 25 if he remains a full-time student. John has hinted at graduate school - two majors and a minor aren't enough - and it looks like that might be in the cards.
After he reaches 25, I can purchase up to 36 months of the same coverage for him under the COBRA laws. Somewhere then, before he is 28, John will have to get a real job, with his own insurance. That will be just over 5 years and if he has had no relapse, he should be covered, even if preexisting conditions are excluded. Days become years, if all goes well, but health insurance needs to be there every morning.
Most people count years. I have come to appreciate days and we've been back from Seattle now for 77 pretty good ones. When you realize how fragile life can be, it matters that much more, or at least it does to me. I think most prefer not to think about it because it would be hard to live a normal life, and, as I think about it, that's quite true. The sun will come up in the morning is sure enough, but will one's world be like?
My assistant at work has been out of the office for most of several weeks helping her mother who has had stomach surgery for cancer. There are no medical studies on the subject, but I'm sure that the cause has to be children. I've been able to hire a temporary person to help with related work. She came to Atlanta after Katrina. She was to have started at a law firm there the day of the flood. Good people and families, all learning to cope.
And in other news, Courtney has been accepted to attend a semester in Peru beginning in January. She will be in Cuzco, up in the Andes about 40 miles from the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. That's a long way away.
John continues to do well. He will have his next bone marrow biopsy next Friday, which will be 180 days from his transplant, half a year, if you will.
Pay checks pay the rent, but the real reward for work is health insurance. That's the truth and most with it take it for granted. They shouldn't because those without health insurance do not. I happen to be the rarest when it comes to such things, having two sets of coverage.
John will drop off my employer's policy when he turns 23 in February. My early retirement policy, however, continues until he is 25 if he remains a full-time student. John has hinted at graduate school - two majors and a minor aren't enough - and it looks like that might be in the cards.
After he reaches 25, I can purchase up to 36 months of the same coverage for him under the COBRA laws. Somewhere then, before he is 28, John will have to get a real job, with his own insurance. That will be just over 5 years and if he has had no relapse, he should be covered, even if preexisting conditions are excluded. Days become years, if all goes well, but health insurance needs to be there every morning.
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