A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR

Prayer for the New Year'

Grant me the strength from day to day,
To bear what burdens come my way
.Grant me throughout this bright New Year
More to endure and less to fear
.Help me live that I may be
From spite and petty malice free.

Let me not bitterly complain
When cherished hopes of mine prove vain,
Or spoil with deeds of hate and rage
Some fair tomorrow's spotless page.
Lord, as the days shall come and go
In courage let me stronger grow.

Lord, as the New Year dawns today
Help me to put my faults away.
Let me be big in little things;
Grant me the joy which friendship brings.
Keep me from selfishness and spite;
Let me be wise in what is right

.A happy New Year! Grant that I

May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved for others here

,And made of it a happy year.


grateful thanks to sybil for this lovely prayer.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON BLOGSPOT,AOL,FACEBOOK,TAGGED,YEARBOOK,MYSPACE.
I HOPE 2010 IS A GOOD ONE FOR US ALL..
AND THAT THERE MAY BE PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
take care all,thanks for being my friends. mort

A NEW AWARD.

MANY GRATEFUL THANKS TO SUGAR,FOR THIS GREAT TAG.I ASKED HER IF SHE COULD MAKE ME ONE FOR MS AWARENESS.I THINK SHE DID MORE THAN I EXPEECTED OR HOPED FOR.BLESS YOU SUGAR.

SUGAR'S OTHER PLACE is where you will find tags of such quality and design,it frankly makes me jealous,lol. so,why did i want it?? well,there are so many people whos lives have been devastated by MS,i wanted a tag that was cheerful,to show hope of one day finding a cure,a message that people with the disease are NOT alone,and for those who have lost loved ones like lucy and wendy,to know that their loved ones are not forgotten.

I AM MAKING THIS INTO AN AWARD FOR THOSE BLOGS,AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED TO BRING AWARENESS OF MS. AND WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE BLOODY EVIL DISEASE.

WILL THOSE PICKED PLEASE PASS IT ON TO WHOEVER THEY THINK DESERVE IT,hasn't got to be someone with MS,the choice is yours.

firstly lucy,What is left of a whole new life,whose beloved son alan died from complications caused by MS.my american mom.lol.bless you lucy for worrying about me.

herrad,Access denied-living with multiple sclerosis, fighting the fight.keep in their girl.pass it to richie from me .

The Wheel of Fortuna is a blog i seldom read,but i know many of you do,and from the entries ive read,is a worthy recipient.

Tales of Life with Multiple Sclerosis, amelia.trying to come to terms with what having MS means.and the effect it has on ordinary peoples lives.still manages to live her life to the full even if she does overdo it.lol.oh yes you do amelia.lol

lastly jeannette doesn't have MS,but has had cancer and many health problems.and who has constantly been there for me commenting when ive posted,and whose blog is one of the best ive read. Outside - Looking In thankyou jeannette.

PLEASE PASS THE AWARD ON,FEEL FREE TO SNAG THE TAG,SUGAR MADE IT FOR US ALL.

WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY,AND PEACEFUL 2010. tc all.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

WISHING ALL MY JOURNAL FRIENDS,ESPECIALLY LUCY,MY SECOND MOM,A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS,AND MAY 2010 BE GOOD FOR US ALL. thankyou all,for the lovely comments left,your kindness,and encouragement.weather has been awful,over 8 inches of snow which has been lying around for a week,roads have been lethal.so bad i cancelled the pain management clinic at hospital for back.no way was i going 35 miles,15 of which on untreated B roads.i hope everyone has a lovely,peaceful and happy christmas.let us remember our troops,both in iraq and afghanistan,from here in the UK,and from USA and other countries.take care all.mort.

christmas lights 2009

only a small tree indoors.no room lol

mums bedroom window

along the front boarder.

santa on a swing is now 8 years old lol.

mainly rope lights this year.all multi function.the santa to the right is under a balloon.its actually like an umbrella.and nearly takes my fingers off every time.

the snowflakes are static cling,peel off after and keep.4 years old now.lol

the door wreath.and YES i did make it myself. did discover that very prickly holly,and blood thinning drugs do NOT mix. well,as promised these are a few of this years photos,im quite pleased how they look.feeling a bit better today,cough receding at last.take care all.

coughs and sneezes..........

spread diseases.in mine and mums cases,colds and for me a bad cough,and now chest infection.and why?all because a daft idiot on a neighbour," just popped in to see how you are",with a streaming bloody cold,sneezed and coughed all the time she was here.not happy.lol.ive had 2 lots of antibiotics,and the last ones my dr.tried me on a stronger one than normal.bit too strong.an hour after i took the first one i was VIOLENTLY sick,and proceeded to be the same every 30 minutes or so for the next 7 hours. back to normal ones.i am sorry,i just haven't been feeling well enough to write,or even read blogs.we have both had flu and swine flu jabs, so hopefully will escape anything worse.i do wish people would be more thoughtful when they have colds.and because ive felt so ill,the MS symptoms are that much worse.i can no longer feel anything in my hands,im getting the "electric shocks" sensations in the night,and generally feel rotten. however,life has to go on,ive made an effort this year and put the xmas lights up outside,many were thrown out as they had got passed the best,not done the lounge window,but mums bedroom window has been done.i will try and take pics soon.


i have hospital next tuesday about back.i should have gone last month.i got ready that wednesday,was up at 4.20,dressed had breakfast,woke mum at 6 as usual,she even got up before tracy arrived,i was showered,shaved and left the house at 7.15 to be in norwich by 8,30. i got in car,throwing appointment letter on front seat,started car,selected reverse,started to back down slope when.............my eye caught sight of that letter.i was sure it was wednesday.i knew it was wednesday.id even bloody checked what time i had to be there on the sunday,only........i actually SHOULD have been ther that MONDAY, how i made such a stupid mistake i have no idea.suffice it to say i had to go back in and apologise to poor mum for dragging her out of bed,lol.rung the hospital,explained,and am rebooked in for next tuesday.and yes,i checked.lol.on the 30th i have to have an assessment,as i am having another angiogram done on the 5th january.this is to check the steent i had put in.and at the end of january i have an appointment with the MS consultant. i am thinking of pitching a tent there lol.

many thanks to jeannette,Outside - Looking In - Jeannette's Jottings for the above award.according to what i was told,im supposed to say why i started blogging,and pass it on to 5 blogs that mean a lot to me,and who i think deserve it.well, i only did a post recently why i started caring and sharing.i was waiting for an assessment.carers.and decided to vent spleen lol.been here ever since.as a post note,i am waiting a new carers assessment.and have been for the past 2 months.3 phone calls,nothing changes,lol. anyway.im sorry but i cant pass it on via links,i dont have the blog urls on this laptop.but im giving it to LUCY,JANE,HERRAD,JEANNETTE (you didnt say i couldnt jeannette,lol)those 4 are the 4 i comment on.one more is private blog,PAM. jane as you all know is seriously ill,A journey of another kind, lucy,well lucy puts me to shame.herrrad,to say thanks for the awards she gave me,jeannette,because she has written some of the best entries ive read.pam,oh boy.my friend in america,because she makes me smile even when writing about sad things.you have or will have emails from me soon.go and do thou like wise. ok you excused jeannette.lol.im sorry but i dont have the patience to find your urls,but ive done my best.

lastly,i wish every reader,A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS,AND A PEACEFUL,AND JOYOUS NEW YEAR. whether i continue writing frankly is debatable.this has taken me well over 2 hours to do,and i find it increasingly harder to concentrate.take care all.i wish you all the very best in your lives.thankyou for reading,mort.