23 yrs. in coma, Belgian Rom Houben

Rom Houben, 46(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

23 yrs. in coma, Belgian Rom Houben, 46, was and is awake. After a car crash accident 23 years ago, at the age of 20 he was diagnosed in a vegetative state but thanks to the doctor who discovered in 2006 that Rom Houben was conscious of his surrounding. He could not move or talk but was able to feel, see, hear and listen but nobody knew it because he did not know how to convey his thinking. It was only in 2006, and with the help of Dr. Steven Laureys of Belgium's Coma Science Group, they found out that he was misdiagnosed. He was paralyzed indeed but his brain was fully alert all the time and now he is able to communicate.


Dr. Steven Laureys(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

This is great news to everybody. If you know somebody who has the same situation like Rom Houben. Just listen to his heart, feel him, nourish him, touch him, talk to him anthing as if he can understand you, as if nothing happens. Do not lose hope as long as the person is breathing, as long as there are doctors, nurses, scientists who are studying and researching to save others, as long as there are people who care for others, as long as you will take care of that person, miracles can happen. I am so happy of this wonderful news because my husband was in comatose state for 2 weeks because of blood clot on his brain, the doctors immediately performed the operation without me knowing it because they have to save his life right there and then, without them i donot know what would happen next. They were able to save his life and let him came back to us. Now, he is the same man as i've known him, is able to work again . We are always grateful to the doctors, nurses and staff of the ZNA hospital. As i have told you again and again, medical care in Belgium is amazing.



with his mother Reuters/Handout (BELGIUM HEALTH SOCIETY)


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Ceramic arts

Before i took the pictures, i arranged them according to my whim...add or minus, did some changes and etc. Look at closely, if we reflect more we can tell that it is like our lives, sometimes we go in the same direction, or opposite, we have company or alone, sometimes blurred or clear or dark, sometimes too crowded or to lonely, sometimes we hold on, other times we dont..andthis is reality ..it is the complexities of life.

so guys please tell me how you deal with this complexities. I'd like to know some of your stories, your thoughts or ideas.
Ceramic art made by professional artists(Diane Ronsmans, Baeten-Nolmans and etc.)
courtesy by artnow galerij, belgium

photos by s

phases of life

My garden showing the change of season. . it gives me a fresher to escape the busy day of working.

a friend shared this to me..Lessons on Life
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
Moral: Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest .Don't judge life by one difficult season.Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.