Age Versus Age

On the side of the road stood a cool old car
Nothing but beauty, a red shining star.
'49 Chevys will surely turn heads,
No matter what shape, no matter what reds.

I thought for a minute and I had to smile.
I'll match that Chevy every mile for mile.
I'm a '47 been around  a bit longer,
But the looks for the Chevy, a tad bit fonder.

"Time Marches On"

So I'm down at MDA today, a follow up with the cardiologist with whom I became connected when I was a patient in the hospital after the SCT and I had a bout of Afib that didn't want to stop for awhile. I'm hoping this will be my last visit with him, since there hasn't been a repeat of that and the metoprolol seeems to be doing the job. I have had this issue for a few years before the CLL and was able to live with it. I shoud be able to do that again especially with the medicine.

At my last visit with Dr. Khouri they saw some evidence of GVHD again so they raised my Tacro again instead of being able to discontinue it. It's the 3 forward, 2 back experience and Isaac is willing to wager a lot, that if I stayed inside more and out of the sun and heat I'd be much further along. Over the past 2 weeks I have done better and we will see next Wednesday if it is working or as Isaac would say "that it is working".

There has been a major shift on another front for me. I'm beginning to see other things besides Cancer lately. Dirk had once asked me if we talked or thought about other things besides the leukemia. I had told him, no. Well, that's beginning to change. I'm not able to forget about it but the thoughts are not as weighty or as frequent.

Those of you in the "Van Sligtenhorst clan", I want to give you "a holler and send y'all our love and greetings" at the family reunion. We have fond memories of our time at the last one we attended and have intentions of making another one, maybe next year. The last time was a great reconnecting for us and much has changed since then and will continue to as well, so time to do this. Well that brings us up to date and we will be in touch.

Time Marches On Lyrics

       Song by Tracy Lawrence

Sister cries out from her baby bed
Brother runs in, feathers on his head
Mama's in her room learnin' how to sew
Daddy's drinkin' beer, listenin' to the radio

Hank Williams sings "Kaw Liga" and "Dear John"
And time marches on, time marches on

Sisters usin' rouge and clear complexion soap
Brothers wearin' beads and he smokes a lot of dope
Mama is depressed, barely makes a sound
Daddy's got a girlfriend in another town

Bob Dylan sings "Like A Rolling Stone"
And time marches on, time marches on

The south moves north, the north moves south
A star is born, a star burns out
The only thing that stays the same
Is everything changes, everything changes

Sister calls herself a sexy grandma
Brothers on a diet for high cholesterol
Mamma's out of touch with reality
Daddy's in the ground beneath a maple tree

As the angels sing an old Hank Williams song
Time marches on, time marches on
Time marches on, time marches on
Time marches on, time marches on

Songwriters
BRADDOCK, BOBBY

Maybe a bit dark and sometimes they are.