Never Let Go!

Never let go of hope.
Never let go of faith.
Never let go of love.

Despite pain, or loneliness
& despite the hatefulness.

Hold on to all that is good and true
Hold on to the beauty that is in you!
Don't let judgments or hatred in
from others or from you. Be bold
and never let go! Never let go!

There is always hope to be found
Find your faith, walk on solid ground
Love yourself & let God's love set you free.

Conquer pain, walk through fear.
Reach out to a friend you hold dear.

Hold on to all that is good and true
Hold on to the beauty that is in you!
Don't let judgments or hatred in
from others or from you. Be bold
and never let go! Never let go!

Be true, be you, don't stay blue.
Be caring, & be daring through & through.

There is always hope to be found.
Find your faith, walk on solid ground.
Love yourself & let God's love set you free

Hold on to all that is good and true
Hold on to the beauty that is in you!
Don't let judgments or hatred in
from others or from you.  Just Be bold
and never let go! Never let go!

~Janine Rillo
Inspired by Ellen's interview with Madonna regarding bullying.  12/31/10
...and my friend, Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation!

My Christmas Eve's Eve

Home again, home again…no jiggety jig.
So grateful to Sacred Heart & my new Doctors,
dedicated to my healing through the end...pun intended :)
I will start at the beginning of this tale… here I go again! :)

Starting on Dec. 14th,

Thank you Dr. Roger Orth for getting me in
For listening & determining a big cause of my pain!

You also helped my friends, the Pardens, you are an answered prayer! 
I am so grateful to you for helping us with such great care! 

I am ending this year with a lot of ends…
Starting with the end of food in me…as I prepared for my colonoscopy.
The end of ever drinking that juice again…YUCK!!!!
The end of a polyp in my esophagus along with a good stretch so I could comfortably eat again…and after those procedures man was I starving!!
The real beginning of ends…was my hysterectomy in June!
...bye bye Mother Nature! :) ...overshare, but true!
 

But, back to my current endings. The big end of this 9 day whirlwind
was for my little gallbladder, who’s little engine couldn’t
do what it needed to do. At least a huge cause of my pain wasn’t in my a**.
A healthy colon I do have…Mr. GB you’re toast…sorry, that sounds gross!

Rest in peace my little gallbladder, 
join my cervix and uterus on a heavenly platter. 
Maybe we will be together again one day, 
but we’ll be whole & eternally happy either way!

So, on to my gratitude…

Thank you everyone from Sacred Heart
Your “Very Good Care!” sets you apart!!!
You did what you said and very good care
Doesn’t compare to the treatment I had there!

Donna, Karen, my singing nurse too- you all were divine.
Then Stacey and Tammy my surgical elves hooked me up just fine.
No more gallbladder and feeling a bit green…
Bonnie you helped me recover peacefully. 
Jennifer, I didn’t like, at first, what you had to say, 
but you were so right and going home was the best way!  
I am warm and toasty in my own bed.
I am sore as can be, but at least I’m not dead!..It rhymed :)
Resting and healing well…thanks to you also Robin, I didn’t forget you,
all the wonderful people from intake to labs & discharge too, 
the whole experience was such a pleasure!
Your care, love, dedication, compassion & joy are deeply treasured!

My surgical hero, Dr. Torres, I must give kudos to you! 
Dr. Orth did me right when referring me to you!  
You had me just after hello, 
when you said you were blessed & to surgery we would go…
regardless of insurance or ability to pay the bill, 
your goal was my health, what a welcomed thrill! 
I was glad to say my insurance covered 100%. You were on the spot, 
& covered my surgery from beginning to end you really taught me a lot!  
You are a true gift from above! 
I am so grateful & wish you & yours endless blessings & lots of love!

I can’t forget my anesthesiologists Tues. & Thurs. too-thanks a ton!
Tuesday one, I hope you got your voice back for Christmas,
Your drugs were lots of fun! :)

Lastly, but best of all! My sweet buddy, Mollie, I love you so!
Thank you with my whole heart for dragging me from here to there, 
waiting & caring for me too! You’re a priceless gift I treasure, I hope you know!

Wishing you all Christmas blessings to last the whole year through!
God bless you and keep you & yours filled with great health, happiness, 
joy, lasting peace, & love…thanks from my heart to you!

Abundant blessings now and forever,
Janine Rillo