[TheForge] blackened steel finish

[Jerry Frost]

Thanks Mark, it's good to be kind and a sure sign of the truly strong among 
us.

I'm making progress but had a setback about 3 weeks ago. I had a grand mal 
seizure, fortunately Deb and our Vet were there so I wasn't injured again 
and got taken care of. The episode is more disturbing than my recovery till 
then, there was no warning at all. One second I was sitting there holding 
Libby's head in my lap while she snored and drooled on me and the next thing 
I knew I was waking up in another hospital. I'm getting REALLY tired of 
waking up in hospitals. It's better than the alternative of course but . . . 
STILL. I was only days away from taking my driver's recertification test so 
I could operate a motor vehicle on public roads again but that's put off for 
another 6 months now. I'm just very happy the seizure didn't wait till I was 
driving again. Hurting people isn't my thing.

Part of the story, Libby was the dog that barked loudly and urgently enough 
to get Deb's attention in the house when I got hit by the tree. Without her 
I'd be a memory. The hard part was she turned out to have bone cancer and we 
kept her as comfortable as possible with pain meds but she was fading and 
knew she was sick. That day was her time, we were letting her go and the vet 
had just given her the sleepy shot and was inserting the final injection 
when I checked out.

At least I got to thank Libby for my life, tell her she was a good girl and 
I love her again. Normally I would've held and loved on her till she took 
her last breath and a bit but not this time. At least she was sleeping and 
out of pain.

Jer
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It ain't real
wrought iron is
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark A. Pesetsky" <pesetsky at princeton.edu>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] blackened steel finish


> Little of both but more of one..that being kindness..Ha
>
> How you been? So good that you are back to near normal!!
>