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Pattye Snyder

posted 12/10/2008, comments (3)

A Christmas Wish List For Arthritis Sufferers

FAITH, HOPE, AND A CHRISTMAS LIST For a wide variety of reasons, Christmas is not my favorite time of year. I know several other people who feel the same way. This holiday has become so commercialized that the magic and fun no longer seem to be there. Although I've been making lots of gingerbread boys, biscochitos, fudge, and my... Read more Chevron

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Pattye Snyder

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posted 11/11/2008, comments (0)

A Change of Place and Mind

After about a hundred years of raising 3 kids as a divorced single parent (OK -- it wasn't QUITE that long. It just seemed like it at times), I decided to treat myself to a rather unique present for my 65th birthday. I've been a nature photographer for a long time, and like many people, fell in love with Africa. Most of my friends will tell you... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/15/2008, comments (0)

A Different Kind of Mountain

As many of our readers are aware, I returned recently from East Africa, where I spent many weeks as a volunteer working with teenagers in a prison there. Many people on hearing this, say "Oh, how awful!" I LOVED my young prisoners, many who had lived much of their lives as "street kids" -- no family and stealing food merely to... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/14/2008, comment (1)

Raking Leaves Without Aggravating Arthritis Pain

Is raking leaves bad for my knees or lower back? This is one of my favorite times of year. The air is crisp and the leaves are turning color. In just as week or so, kids (and some adults) will be dressing in costumes and asking for candy. Football teams have taken to the field and my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, is in sight. If we... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/01/2008, comments (0)

Simple Joys and Incredible Challenges

In a recent National Annual Report for the Arthritis Foundation (2007), I read an interview about an osteoarthritis patient like many of us. She said "I was somewhat forcibly living in solitude with my disease. I felt I was a "failure" and had a loss of independence due to my lack of stability and balance -- I was robbed of things I value and... Read more Chevron

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