One of the most difficult things about being immobile is that I have to depend on other people so much for what I need to do. I don’t know how I would live alone. But one of the hardest parts of adjusting to a life of needing help is learning to wait for everything. I […]
I can watch you on the water, struggling to breathe, reaching for the safety of the shore. And I cannot save you. I can reach for you and try to pull you in, but you must reach back and help me. I can throw you a life preserver to keep you from sinking, but this […]
Do you lurk in the shadows watching me? I am so exposed. I put everything out there, hoping you will see, will read me, will view me—will watch me and know how I feel, how I still feel. Open, my life is a book, written on pages before you, and everyone can read it, read […]
Today was more of the same. We did the same muscle building exercises and talked about future plans. She’s still good at telling me what the exercises are good for in real life. I like that. I still love this little shopping center clinic. It’s small and cozy and it’s like a little family. Everyone […]
It comes in all forms and, grief does, and there’s no one way or right way to grieve. Everyone does it differently. I’m constantly grieving the loss of things in my life, grieving the things I can no longer do, grieving the things I’ve physically lost, grieving people lost to me threw moving or death, […]
I don’t complain too much. I try not to, anyway, but sometimes I do. That’s what this blog post is going to be, because I need to get a few things out of my soul or off my chest or out of my head and on paper so it doesn’t choke the life out of […]
…I never leave the house. I stay home or in my own vehicle so I have never had a reason to wear a mask yet. But on Friday, I have to go get blood work done and rest assured, I will be wearing my mask–for multiple reasons but the biggest one is, it’s the law […]
I haven’t bought anything from Chick-fil-a in years. I don’t agree with their business practices and their stances on gay marriage and who and where they give their money. I therefor refuse to give my money to them to use for things I cannot support. I rarely get anything at Walmart unless I cannot help […]
COVID sucks, because my daughter’s graduation was online today at 6:30.They did their best to give these students a good graduation though. Earlier last month, they did a drive-by graduation parade of sorts where the students drove around the campus while people stood on the sides of the road and cheered and held up signs […]
I live with six of my eight kids, two are in college, and my high school sweetheart and wife of 25 years. I belong to a 200# mastiff named Ruby and we also have three smaller dogs, three cats and a lizard. I am a professional freelance writer, mostly ebooks and blogs for commercial clients. […]
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