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FREEDOM


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I WAS LISTENING TO A JANIS JOPLIN CD AND A SONG BY KRIS KRISTOPHERSON CAME ON " ME AND BOBBY MCGHEE". OTHER THAN PICTURING THEM ALL IN 1960'S VANS WITH PAINTED FLOWERS LOLLYGAGGING ACROSS COUNTRY DOING ONLY THE GOOD LORD KNOWS WHAT, ONE LINE IN THE LYRICS TO THAT SONG MADE SOME SENSE TO ME PERSONALLY.

 

"FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE...." I FEEL THAT WAY SOMEIMES. I HAVE FREEDOM IN SO MANY WAYS POST STROKE, BUT AT WHAT PRICE? LIFE AND MY VIEWS ON IT HAVE CHANGED *****SO****** MUCH. AM I A "FREE SPIRIT" NOW BECAUSE I HAVE ..."NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE? I DUNNO. JUST ONE OF THOSE THOUGHTS THAT DART ACROSS MY BRAIN SOMETIMES. I DON'T DRIVE NO PAINTED VAN OR HAVE BEADS HANGING IN THE PLACE OF DOORS WITH "FUNNY" INSENSE BURNING EITHER. OH WELL, JUST A THOUGHT.

 

 

 

KIM :bop: :gleam: :uhm: :D

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Hi Kim

 

I think we all have a different aspect on life after stroke, the survivors and caregivers like me. You have nothing left to lose? But you have done a lot of regaining by the sounds of what you said in your post which I just read.

 

Welcome to Strokenet where you will find a great bunch of supportive people. We are survivors and caregivers from all around the world. Ray and I live on the east coast of Australia, 90kms north of Sydney.

 

And welcome to the blog community too. Reading about what other people face so bravely in their lives gives us an example of courage rare in society theses days.

 

Sue.

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Kim

 

Welcome to our blog community. I've always loved that line in the song, too, but I've never had a close up and personal reason for liking like you've just expressed. Looking forward to getting to know you through your blogs....

 

 

Jean

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Hi Kim,

Welcome to the blog community.

Now I have that line going over and over in my head.....

as a fellow survivor, I can idenify with what you said. Becoming a survivor, we are basically left with few choices. It's what we do with what we have left that redefines who we become in our second shot at life. So yeah being free from the rat race of a job and anything else we had to do on a daily basis pre stroke, we are alive and have a multitude of choices left open to us, (nothing left to lose) this is just another way to describe how we can become anything we want to be now. Life after stroke isn't bad at all. Being medically retired at 41 is a bonus that I am still young enough to enjoy life. So in your thinking you are on the right track towards acceptance....if that was you original intent.

BTW, thanks for the fried chicken tips, hopefully now that I got a southern man , he can cook that southern fried chicken a whole lot better then me.

Pam

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Hi Kim:

 

welcome to blog community, since I know people through their blogs on thissite, hope to know you more from your blogs, I stroked at 34 after my pregnancy ended prematurely, it has been long 2 years, yes life is not the same but its still not over yet, I m now medically retired at 36, but I know one thing for sure if one door closes on you in life thereareso many other doors open, and you never know what that will bring in your life, that itself is so much excitement, you are here for reason

 

Asha

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My life for 19+ years was all wrapped up with my job - all of our activites, plans, vacations, etc. centered around my job. Since my stroke two years ago, I too am medically retired and there are haardly any days that I miss getting up for work. Oh sure, I miss the people I worked with and have times when I want to be included but.....my days are full now of things I never had time for. I work on the computer, play scrabble and mahjonng on the computer, read all the time (books here at the Dollar Tree are just $1.00 !), I color in a Donald Duck coloring book page after page in order, write letters now that I have taught myself how to write left-handed good enough to have someone read it, etc. etc.

 

I guess what I am getting at is that being in our position is somewhat hard on us, but we can honestly be thankful for so much. I had been working since I was 16 years old, 40 years is a long time. I'm thankful for all those years to think back on, but I am especially thankful for all the years I hope to have to be able to think about.

 

Kathy :forgive_me?:

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hi Kim

 

welcome to the blog community.

 

when i saw the title of your blog i thought of the Jimi Hendrix song, Freedom

 

You got my pride hangin' out of my bed

You're messin' with my life so I brought my lead

Even messin' with my children

And you're screamin' at my life

Get off my back, if you want to get out of here alive

Freedom-that's what I want now

Freedom-that what I need now

Freedom-to live

Freedom-so I can give

You got my heart, split the last drink of water

You got my soul, screamin' and hollerin'

You know you hooked my girlfriend

You know the drugstore man

Well I don't need it now

Just trying to slap it out of her hand

Freedom-so I can live

Freedom-so I can give

Freedom-yeah yeah

Freedom-that's what I need

You don't have to say that you love me

If you don't mean it, you better believe

If you need me or you just wanna bleed me

You better stick in you daggers someone else

So I can leave-set me free

Right on, straight ahead

Straight up there, straight ahead

Freedom-so I can live

Freedom-so I can give...

Keep on pushing, straight ahead

Keep on pushing, straight ahead...

 

that's how i see freedom-keep on pushing, straight ahead....

 

sandy

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Hi KIM

Funny you say that Sandy.. Richie Havens came to mind for me.. the good ole Woodstock concert..

I do like Jimi's song too. :D

 

Tom

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Tom

 

i did think of Richie Haven's song first. everytime i started to remember Richie sining "sometimes i feel like a motherless child.... a long, long way from home", my inner ear shifted to Jimi singing his song. so, i decided to go with Jimi, since that was the song i was really hearing. the song was the first song from "The Cry of Love", which was released posthumously in 1971.

 

sandy :bouncing_off_wall:

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WELL TY SANDY. I LOVE JIMI TOO!!!!

 

EVER HEAR ABOUT ROBERT JOHNSON FROM NEW ORLEANS SELLING HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL? NOW ***********THAT'S********* A CONVERSATION PIECE.

 

KIM

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kim

 

actually, i had heard or read that about Robert Johnson many years ago.

 

from Wikipedia

 

(Robert)Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The commonly accepted birth year of 1911 is almost certainly in error. School and marriage records, and his death certificate, suggest various dates including 1909 and 1912. His wife Virginia Patton died while giving childbirth in April of 19 1930.

 

Robert Johnson recorded only 29 songs on a total of 42 tracks in two recording sessions in San Antonio, Texas in November 1936 and Dallas, Texas in June 1937. Thirteen of the songs were recorded twice. Notable among these tracks were "Come on in My Kitchen", "Love in Vain", "Sweet Home Chicago", "Cross Road Blues", "Terraplane Blues", and "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom", all frequently remade and imitated by other artists.

 

Many people think that the lyrics "Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago", in "Sweet Home Chicago" are rather strange. There are several theories for this wording:

 

* When Johnson wrote this, he was not well travelled (he would later go to Chicago), and may have not understood geography of other parts of the country, or

* "California" was not meant literally, but was meant as a metaphor for a land of great riches, which Chicago was at the time for a Blues musician, or

* "Land of California" is an ironic reference to California Avenue--the location of Chicago's jail--where Johnson may have spent some time.

 

Popular legend says that Johnson died after drinking whiskey poisoned with strychnine, supposedly given to him by the jealous husband of a lover. Fellow Blues singer David Honeyboy Edwards is alleged to have been present the night of Johnson's death. Johnson may have recovered from the poisoning initially, only to contract pneumonia and die three days later on the 16 August 1938 in Greenwood, Mississippi. It is rumored that Johnson may have died from syphilis which he would have contracted from his "Bluesman" lifestyle. The precise cause of death remains unknown

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YOU GO GIRL. I AM FROM THE SOUTH AND THAT IS THE MOST INFO I HAVE HEARD ABOUT OLE ROBERT. ALL MAKES SENSE.

 

 

TY FOR THE INFO. BTW, IS ELVIS STILL AROUND DO YA THINK? LOL LOL LOL .

 

 

 

KIM

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