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For pleasant is this flesh;Our soul, in its rose-meshPulled ever to the earth, still yearns for rest;Would we some prize might holdTo match those manifoldPossessions of the brute,—gain most, as we did best! Let us not always say,"Spite of this flesh to-dayI strove, made head, gai...
An elderly woman from Changsha, despite her bad eyesight, enjoys writing. Over the years, she has written songs and composed poems when new policies are issued by the government and also on great holidays and festivals. She makes a lot of publicity of the new policies and regulations and cre...
Thank you for that warm and generous welcome. Nancy and I have been enjoying the finest of Southern hospitality since we arrived here yesterday. And believe me, after that reception I don't think the "Big Easy" has ever been bigger than it has tonight. And with all due respect to Cajun...
I recently lost my father and 4 weeks later my mom joined him- all as it should be for elderly parents married over 65 years! I am missing them terribly as I was their primary overseer and closest family member. A colleague shared this poem, and it has brought immense relief every time...
"Oh for father's sake, Adam," his wife suddenly yelled at him: "It was ONE rib, let is go!" senior old man counting gifts presents Dislike Like The Old Woman and the Shopkeeper An elderly woman visited a store that sold jade and requested seven kilograms of potatoes. The owner ...
The Old Soldier’, shown above, is a moving poem by Harry Fellows that I posted on social media for Remembrance Day. The poem was written in 1987 by Harry Fellows about his friend Walter Smith; they were both living at the Willows Elderly Persons Home where my wife Sue worked at the ...
7198 One hundred consecutive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies (pegs) in an elderly (average age 85) high-risk population with zero mortality and no intraoperative complications: a standardized team approach. Introduction: Since the first percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was reported in 1980 for ent...
Orphanage (孤儿院) ---the children living there really need someone to play with them. Food Shelter---many food shelters need people to clean up the shelters and help give out food or water to those who need it. Home for the elderly ---help the elderly people clean up their homes. ...
“Somebody working at a large home for the elderly, that’s ground zero,” she said. She was glad that people like him — the medical personnel and “all the people really doing the hard work” — found some comfort in her words. ...