Jennifer Brea had encephalomyelitis
She was examined by the best and brightest
She was told that anxiety was the cause
These kinds of mistake should give us pause.
Heide Ferrer got tremors and vibrations
Told it was depression, imagine her frustrations.
She took her own life, long covid is now supposed
Another disease dismissed, not diagnosed.
Alison McCabe was in severe pain
She was told it was the flu, so why complain
But it was the side effect of iron infusion
It was the doctor, not her, who had the delusion
There are other cases, if you search you will find
There's a catch all basin of "all in your mind"
some patients even accused of seeking attention.
If docs don't know, maybe best course is abstention.
The process of elimination can be a dead end
If you assume its mental, patient may not mend.
But don't make the mind the dumping ground
For every mystery not yet found.
Originally Written on February 05, 2024; 12:13 AM
Written for my deceased grandmother: Purification C. Ferrer
In Manila, where work fills my days,
I’d visit for your birthday in so many ways.
I'd ask what you'd like to eat,
Papa would always say healthy,
but Jollibee was your treat.
Ignoring his advice with a quiet scheme,
You insisted “healthy lacks the dream”
This year, with an excuse in mind,
I missed your calls, a regret I find
On sunny days, meetings took my time,
On rainy ones, I chose sleep's climb.
Gloomy days slipped through, on silent phone,
Multiple times you called, I left them alone
In shadows of regret, where pain resides
Waiting for me, your patient heart
I’m sorry Mama a profound impart
I'm sorry, Mama, I wasn’t there
I’m sorry Mama, with all regrets
People say the dead can't hear, yet
Still, I pray my sorry reaches you, oh dear
I’m sorry Mama Ta with all my heart and sincere
And as Daddy CF would always say,
“I love you with all my heart”
In our reply, a sentiment clear
“I love you forever & ever"
L-et
O-ur
R-esources
E-ase
N-ationwide
A-gony
F-or
E-nemy
R-emains
R-apid
E-mploying
R-age
Topic: Birthday of Lorena S. Ferrer (April 03)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-y
A-crostic
R-eaffirms
Y-our
J-oviality
O-nce
Y-early
F-elicitous
E-vent's
R-ighteous
R-emembrance
E-mploys
R-egards
Topic: Birthday of Maryjoy A. Ferrer (March 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
A-lways
B-ring
I-nside
G-ladness
A-nd
I-mportant
L-ove
F-or
E-motional
R-apture
R-elieves
E-ach
R-age
Topic: Birthday of Abigail Ferrer (July 24)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-eader
O-f
S-ensational
A-crostic
L-ets
I-t
E-mploy
F-ree
E-xpression's
R-emarkable
R-ighteousness
E-ndorsing
R-ules
Topic: Birthday of Rosalie T. Ferrer (June 22)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-essage
A-bout
R-egards
Y-ields
J-oy
O-nce
Y-our
F-eeling
E-agerly
R-eceives
R-emarkable
E-xceptional
R-apture
Topic: Birthday of Maryjoy A. Ferrer (March 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-hyme
O-f
S-ublime
A-crostic
L-ets
I-t
E-xpress
F-ine
E-motional
R-hythm
R-egarding
E-ternal
R-ighteousness
Topic: Birthday of Rosalie T. Ferrer (June 22)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
jago christos uma rose
ethan cuevas corone
kelly elizabeth christos
alexia daniel wade jonathan james
emily-rose pau and willow too
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
since the world's been turning
we didn't start the family
no we didn't fight it
but we did light it
juan estanislao alicia
george atha jennifer ann
diego agustin angel carlos
maria del transito cuevas gallego
eve corone bosch jim louis nick christos
lynette shirley helen lorraine
smither tracey linda middleton
marisa jane owen wastle haylock
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
since the world's been turning
we didn't start the family
no we didn't fight it
but we did light it
francisca bosch ferrer
josep corone company
maria del transito gallego llorente
vicente cuevas garcia
kalopa christou stefandis
triain szosza todol christou
shirley rose brian fredrick haylock
vanne lena milanko etcetera
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the family
No we didn't fight it
But we did light it
[to be read like billy joel's "we didn't start the fire"]
L-et
O-pen
R-iver
E-xpress
N-atural
A-rt
Topic: Birthday of Lorena Ferrer (April 3)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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