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In Memory of Ralph Walker McDowell (Cancer Pain) and Melanie Anne McDowell (RSD)

Ralph was a freelance outdoor writer and photographer and also a staff member of two outdoor publications. He retired from McDowell Associates, Inc., an award-winning erosion control and wetland creation firm he owned and operated for over twenty years. Ralph was an active member of numerous wildlife habitat conservation organizations. His love for writing passed to Melanie at an early age.

Melanie was known for being fun, outgoing, friendly and for her love of quotes. She would often pass quotes along to everyone around her in the form of poems, cards and short stories. She also was a great journalist, writer and motivator. The following section is dedicated to Ralph Walker McDowell II, Melanie Anne McDowell and the McDowell family.

The Power of Pain Foundation was created in part to honor and in memory of Melanie Anne McDowell and her motivation to finding a cure for RSD. Her activism, strength and wisdom is greatly missed. In memory of Melanie we have attached a few of her favorite quotes and poems. We hope you enjoy.
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TRY I look through your eyes I see me from your view I see your suffering I know my side Can you enter my eyes? Can you see yourself from my view? Can you see my pain? Do you know your side? Will you please try? - Melanie McDowell	Just a little at a time We sometimes grow discouraged when the things we want to do, seem to take a whole lot longer than we would want them to. But if there is a goal that must be reached, on a bridge that would be crossed we feel that in the time it takes, our purposes would all be lost. But if something is worth doing then the only thing to do is just a little at a time. And when you’re finally through it, you will find without a doubt it was far easier than you imagined, before you started out. So, if there is a dream that should come or a mountain you would climb. Remember that great things are done, just a little at a time. – Melanie McDowell
Count your blessings not your worries – Melanie McDowell	Sitting in a rocking chair will decrease your levels of anxiety and depression. – Melanie McDowell
I know I am alive, given life by no request, and life is a task, how joyfully or sorrowfully we choose to design it. – Melanie McDowell	Inspiration is when desperation and determination comes to terms with one another! - Melanie McDowell
Make a list of all the things I want to do before I die and places I want to see and review it regularly. – Melanie McDowell	Slow down and appreciate the wondrous details and miracles happening from moment to moment. – Melanie McDowell
Patience is power- Melanie McDowell	Gratitude is important! – Melanie McDowell
Don’t push it! You’ll only set yourself back more – Melanie McDowell	Being a victim is a state of body. Being a survivor is a state of mind. – Melanie McDowell
An active mind is a healthy mind – Melanie McDowell	Celebrate life – Melanie McDowell
I Treasure each day and each new experience. One marvelous side effect has been connection with incredibly beautiful people. – Melanie McDowell	Allow people to do good things for you- it is the best gift you can give them at a time when they feel helpless – Melanie McDowell
The 4 P’s- planning, playing, priorities and pacing – Melanie McDowell	“They who have a why to live can bear almost any how” - Melanie McDowell
Learning to smile when you’re in pain and people are around you is the easy part… The hard part is still being able to smile when you’re all alone. – Melanie McDowell	Learning to smile when you’re in pain and people are around you is the easy part… The hard part is still being able to smile when you’re all alone. – Melanie McDowell
Build yourself a support system- Melanie McDowell	Keep a journal – Melanie McDowell
Endure what is necessary – Melanie McDowell	Live remembering that life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved. – Melanie McDowell
Don’t push it! You’ll only set yourself back more – Melanie McDowell	Don’t overdo it. Balance your workload. – Melanie McDowell
Laughter encourages the production of endorphins and smiling too is helpful!!! Try to laugh myself out of pain rather than be scared of it. – Melanie McDowell	I know I am alive, given life by no request, and life is a task, how joyfully or sorrowfully we choose to design it. – Melanie McDowell
Learn to laugh and laugh to learn – Melanie McDowell	Rest Your body needs the extra rest don’t try to fight the sleepiness. – Melanie McDowell
Remember you are entitled; you don’t have to be handicapped to take advantage of resources that will make tasks easier for you and that will give you energy to enjoy the more pleasant activities in life. – Melanie McDowell	If you focus on what you have, you will always ending up having more. If you focus on what you don’t have, you will never have enough. – Melanie McDowell
When in doubt??? CHICKEN OUT!!! Never submit to a procedure, treatment or therapy, unless you are well informed about the risks and feel comfortable with your choices! – Melanie McDowell	Never submit to a procedure, treatment or therapy, unless you are well informed about the risks and feel comfortable with your choices! – Melanie McDowell
Build yourself a support system - Melanie McDowell	Endure what is necessary – Melanie McDowell
The great leap of faith. It is yours to take! Leap like a lunatic over the chasm below, erupting as you go. Your true self awaits you, now you will know. Tomorrow will be better- Melanie McDowell	The great leap of faith. It is yours to take! Leap like a lunatic over the chasm below, erupting as you go. Your true self awaits you, now you will know. Tomorrow will be better - Melanie McDowell
Good Communication Reflect on previous experiences with the problem Have a good sense for what you want to get out of resolved situation. Eliminate “quick fix” from list! Reasonable possibilities: giving a name to the condition, relief, and advice on how to facilitate resolutions and other interventions, how difficulty can be avoided (minimized – in the future.) What can I do to help? – Melanie McDowell	Understand that some of your friends may drop off along the way or have a difficult time underrating and coping w/ you disease. Try sharing information, let them know it is ok to talk or not to talk about it, that you’re still the same person underneath. – Melanie McDowell
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES MELANIE LOVED FROM OTHERS
THE world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places- Ernest Hemingway	No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Misfortune is great but human beings are ever greater than misfortune – Robindranath Tagore	If you are friends of your self, you will never be alone. – Maxwell Maltz
It is a quality of sustained relationships with important people that shapes our future - Unknown	If we really want to live, we’d better start at once a day; if we don’t it doesn’t matter but we’d better start to die. – W.H. Auden
Kindness is more important than wisdom and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. – Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D.	Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
If everyone hung their troubles out ton the wash line, people would see what others were going through, and then take their own troubles back in. – Joan Rivers	It is very important to pray for others, because when you pray for someone, an angel goes and sits on the shoulder of that person - The Virgin Mary
Health is a crown upon the well man’s head invisible but to the sick. - Egyptian Proverb	Life is a succession of lesion with which must be lived to be understood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t be weary in prayer; keep at it; watch for Gods answer and remember to be thankful when they come.” (Colossians 4:2)

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