For as long as I can remember, I've been in pain of one kind or another. I broke my wrist at 6. I started getting headaches when I was 8 or 9. I injured my back while sledding when I was 11 or 12. I sprained my wrists and ankles a lot in 6th &…
Have you ever watched a nature show and the narrator says some stuff that you just can't help but talk back to? No? Maybe that's just me. Sometime last year I was watching this show about some cheetahs in the African Savannah (I think). And the narrator was saying in his fine, British-accented voice, "If…
If you like books as much as I do, you will be able to relate to how excited I was when I learned that Emily P. Freeman was releasing a new book. I pre-ordered it as soon as it was available for pre-ordering. And then I had to wait. Waiting can be so hard when…
I don't think I've ever liked going to the doctor. I think I was traumatized as a kid. Nevertheless, I've grown accustomed to going since I've had issues that I've needed a doctor's help with. My blood pressure still goes up a bit every time I have to go to the doctor's office. My heart…
Your mind races. So Your heart races. Then Your chest is tight. And You have to remind yourself to breathe. And remind yourself to breathe. And remind yourself to breathe. Did that make you anxious just reading about it? It made my heart speed up a little bit. I think I've been dealing with anxiety…
It's been a rough winter over here. Not weather-wise, but mood- and circumstance-wise. Every now and then there are things that bring me hope and help me keep going. This picture is one of them. This is a shoot on an orchid that I adopted. It was lonely and very sad looking at the store.…
This feels like a fitting subject for the week of Valentine's Day. We all have dreams that haven't been realized. Maybe you don't think that's you. You have your spouse, your 2.3 kids, the family dog, the house with the white picket fence, the amazing career or non-career. And that's awesome. But I'm sure you've…
We took an afternoon jaunt to the beach. The guys wanted to fish in the surf. So I walked the beach and I read my book in the truck when I got cold. Then there was hot tea and pad thai for dinner. Books. Beach. Tea. Pad Thai. Good day.
We've just had the first Monday of 2019. The house has been de-Christmased. Things are back to whatever's normal this time of year. And for me, normal involves seasonal affective disorder (read what the Mayo clinic has to say about it here). Basically, not getting enough sunshine during daylight hours tends to make me sadder. …
How are you doing? Friday was Winter Solstice, the shortest and darkest day of the year and the first day of winter. It's been raining a lot here the past week or so, so even though there's a full moon up there somewhere, the clouds are so thick and the rain so persistent that I…