I have multiple chronic illnesses, such as a lung condition called CTEPH (a type of pulmonary hypertension), psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondlitis, severe hashimotos hypothyroidism, and adrenal insufficiency. I’m on high dose steroids, which affects my blood sugar levels, so I’m temporarily diabetic on top of all of that. Oh, and I’ve had three strokes, and […]
My butt goes numb when I sit for too long, and my fingers and toes tingle and go numb from neuropathy, but I want to talk about a different kind of numb today. I’ve talked about it before when I talk about depression and feeling numb inside. That feeling where nothing is wrong but not […]
I was doing some reminiscing the day, thinking all the way back to high school. I think in life I’ve forgotten more than I remember, but there are certain things that really stick out. People, who I remember fondly for various reasons, are at the forefront of my thoughts. Not all of these people would […]
When my son was born, he was a bit premature, small in size, but healthy and strong. It wasn’t until he was about 7 months old, and had made no efforts to try to crawl, that we learned something was wrong with him. It wasn’t something very major, just one of those little idiosyncrasies that […]
Motion Perpetual Motion… Imperceptible Movement… We are both in the same moment constantly in motion but barely moving, everything changing so that everything stays the same… one thing leading to another, leading back to the same thing again. It seems no matter how hard we try to break out of the circles we have drawn […]
The plane should be landing right about now, and in a few minutes, the phone would ring. On the other end of the line would be the resonating voice that had come to be so comforting to her. She hated the constant trips out of town, but he had promised her that things would be […]
When I was a child, my father was the type of man who always had passing fancies. He seemed a bit restless and never quite knew what he wanted to be when he grew up, and he was in his late 30s at this time. I suppose I can’t really say much about that, because […]
Today I climbed a hill. Tomorrow, I will stand on the top of a mountain, never looking down, only looking forward and all around. The view from the top of the mountain I seek will be exactly what I choose it to be, and the only question I have to ask now is, are you […]
Why won’t you let me go? I know you still feel me, and you know I still feel you, but there comes a time when letting go is the only thing left to do. Letting go doesn’t always mean a long goodbye. It simply means I need time to heal my heart from the tears […]
The rays of the sun reflected off the lake surface, in shimmering, brilliant strands. The group of girls stood near the pond, changing into swim clothing after the long hike and horse ride down the path through the woods. The lake was not swimmable, for the water was too murky, too dirty. Not from pollution […]
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