I thank all of you who sent Sheila and me messages of support yesterday, following our visit to Airedale Hospital A&E where I spent the day having tests and examinations by the doctors and Consultative Surgeon Urologist, following seeing lots of blood in my urine tract. The consultant confirmed that I will require urgent attention and the possibility of requiring another cancer operation after a CT Scan and further tests of my bladder and urinary tract are carried out.
I want to tell you that I remain positive, and that I am not in any significant pain. I love my God, my life, my wife, my family, and my friends, as they represent everything and everyone who make each day I live more meaningful and happy for me. Sheila and I sincerely thank you for your continued prayers on our behalf. We feel blessed and wish each of you the happiness we possess.
Love and peace Bill and Sheila xxx
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My song today is dedicated to Sumitha Suseelan who celebrates her birthday today. Enjoy your special day, Sumitha, and thank you for being my Facebook friend.
My song today is ‘Dream Lover’. The song was written by Bobby Darin in March 1959. ‘Dream Lover’ reached Number 1 in the U.K. in July 1959. The song was also used in the 1973 movie, ‘That'll be The Day’.
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When this song was first released, I was 16 years of age, going on 17 years. Having been unable to walk between the ages of 11-14 years, following a serious traffic accident that left me with multiple life-threatening injuries including a damaged spine, I was both finding my feet once more and beginning to enjoy my life again. I had always loved dancing, but my accident had left one leg a few inches shorter than the other and I would never be able to glide around a ballroom floor again with the grace of movement I had possessed during earlier years when I studied old-time and ballroom dancing.
This was the era of rock and roll, and ‘bopping’ was the craze of the dance floor. ‘Bopping’ was an individualised dance that could be personalised, and it had no set moves which needed to be followed, so all dancing styles were highly individualised. I soon became as good a ‘bopper’ as there was on the floor. I was by no means the best ‘bopper’, but good enough to ensure that I always had a dancing partner, and whatever I lacked on the dance floor, my good looks and personable charms, and a lot of Irish blarney more than compensated. I always had a date, and added to my romantic inclinations of always wanting to ‘fall in love’ with a beautiful girl (something I did every month of the year), whether it was dancing, dating or dreaming, I always had a ‘Dream Lover’ by my side.
I was aware then, as I have been ever since, however, that there was and will always be, some men and women who will miss out on meeting their ‘dream lover’. Whether it involves a form of predetermined destiny, a lack of good looks, an absence of confidence, or any other ‘put off’ behaviour they may display; or even possessing the propensity of always falling for the wrong kind of person, it is an unfortunate fact that many men and women will go through their lives always being on their own. Most people believe that ‘it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all’. However, ‘never having loved at all’ must represent the most hurtful of all of the life experiences and leave a big emotional void in a person’s heart.
Love and peace Bill xxx
I want to tell you that I remain positive, and that I am not in any significant pain. I love my God, my life, my wife, my family, and my friends, as they represent everything and everyone who make each day I live more meaningful and happy for me. Sheila and I sincerely thank you for your continued prayers on our behalf. We feel blessed and wish each of you the happiness we possess.
Love and peace Bill and Sheila xxx
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My song today is dedicated to Sumitha Suseelan who celebrates her birthday today. Enjoy your special day, Sumitha, and thank you for being my Facebook friend.
My song today is ‘Dream Lover’. The song was written by Bobby Darin in March 1959. ‘Dream Lover’ reached Number 1 in the U.K. in July 1959. The song was also used in the 1973 movie, ‘That'll be The Day’.
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When this song was first released, I was 16 years of age, going on 17 years. Having been unable to walk between the ages of 11-14 years, following a serious traffic accident that left me with multiple life-threatening injuries including a damaged spine, I was both finding my feet once more and beginning to enjoy my life again. I had always loved dancing, but my accident had left one leg a few inches shorter than the other and I would never be able to glide around a ballroom floor again with the grace of movement I had possessed during earlier years when I studied old-time and ballroom dancing.
This was the era of rock and roll, and ‘bopping’ was the craze of the dance floor. ‘Bopping’ was an individualised dance that could be personalised, and it had no set moves which needed to be followed, so all dancing styles were highly individualised. I soon became as good a ‘bopper’ as there was on the floor. I was by no means the best ‘bopper’, but good enough to ensure that I always had a dancing partner, and whatever I lacked on the dance floor, my good looks and personable charms, and a lot of Irish blarney more than compensated. I always had a date, and added to my romantic inclinations of always wanting to ‘fall in love’ with a beautiful girl (something I did every month of the year), whether it was dancing, dating or dreaming, I always had a ‘Dream Lover’ by my side.
I was aware then, as I have been ever since, however, that there was and will always be, some men and women who will miss out on meeting their ‘dream lover’. Whether it involves a form of predetermined destiny, a lack of good looks, an absence of confidence, or any other ‘put off’ behaviour they may display; or even possessing the propensity of always falling for the wrong kind of person, it is an unfortunate fact that many men and women will go through their lives always being on their own. Most people believe that ‘it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all’. However, ‘never having loved at all’ must represent the most hurtful of all of the life experiences and leave a big emotional void in a person’s heart.
Love and peace Bill xxx
