Feel Under Appreciated?
May 29, 2025
One of the ongoing big lessons of my life is how to get out of my head and all my many worries and negative predictions, and into the present moment, where often,
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The Great Unknown
May 16, 2025
Facing the great unknown is THE existential task that humanity and each unique individual has grappled with from the time of cave men and women drawing what their lives were
The Beast of the Unknown
May 7, 2025
There is discomfort which does not have a clear solution. Prolonged stress or pain that cannot be mastered can be traumatic. As a cancer patient or survivor, you have likely
Here’s to Scruffiness
April 18, 2025
I’m sitting in the large espresso colored leather chair that I’ve had in my living room for at least 15 years. It’s scruffy now. I love my living room. I
Oh Merciful Modern Medicine! Are you on the Chopping Block?
April 1, 2025
Prior to being diagnosed with cancer in 2007, I was one of those people who said I’d NEVER do chemo. To voluntarily put these dangerous chemicals in your body? Well, first of
The Dream and the Dollar
March 25, 2025
In 2023 I attended a fundraiser for the Central Texas Food bank and in a moment of dissociation from my bank account, I bid on a week at a resort
In and Out of Joy
March 21, 2025
I’m sitting in the large espresso colored leather chair that I’ve had in my living room for at least 15 years. It’s scruffy now. I love my living room. I
Turns out, a lot of you aren’t ok either
March 13, 2025
I got a lot of response to Monday’s post It’s ok to say I’m not ok with it. Wow, it really does help to know you are not alone! More evidence
It’s OK to say “I’m not ok with it…”
March 11, 2025
This past week, I was NOT ok with it. Here’s what I was not ok with: I was also inspired by this piece by Andrew Sullivan, Bully in his Pulpit, and how he
I sat with my hand on my heart
February 25, 2025
I sat with my hand on my heart. Taking a dose of my own medicine. Sitting with the feelings I have and offering myself compassion. Compassion for the pain of
