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Homecoming
It seems like ages since I last posted anything. It has been ages. This blog was started as a way to help me cope with what was at the time a medical mystery. So many questions. So much pain. So … Continue reading
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Tagged battles, diagnosis, difficult paths, fibromyalgia, health, hope, meditation, persevere, recovery, spinal injury, updates, warrior woman
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Baited Breath
I am pregnant witha pausethat is lastingtoo long.
Broken Compass
“life is a maze, and love is a riddle, I don’t know where to go . . . .I’m just a little girl lost in the moment”* I seem to have lost my bearings somewhere along my journey. I haven’t … Continue reading
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Tagged fibromyalgia, lost, meditation, self journey, swimming, yoga
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365 Roses Smelled
several years ago I started forcing myself to write down at least 3 good things from the day before heading to bed. some days were easier than others — some downright difficult, and I would resort to commenting on the … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, friends, good things, nature, optimism, reflections, Reston Runners, running, year end
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The Calm After the Calm After the Storm & The Body That Cried Wolf
the calm after the calm . . . I think it is misleading how the calm after the storm is depicted as a time of relief and sunshine and happiness — images of people frolicking in the new sunshine, walking … Continue reading
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“Holy crap on a cracker!”
To borrow a favorite quote from The Big Bang Theory, that is the most appropriate response I can think of to this week. Takoda was bitten by a copperhead snake. I got diagnosed with blood clots in my leg, which … Continue reading
Song of the Day
but tomorrow is a new day, so hear it, feel it, then let it go . . . . http://www.metrolyrics.com/one-of-those-days-lyrics-joy-williams.html
Savage Beast Afternoon
Worked upworked overpent uppatience overscreaming insidesavage frustrationbrings me back to savage natureBubblingbrewingagony escapingmusic catches me just in timerage rollingin beat to rythmssaving me from myselfswaysingrockrollno one watchinglet it gorock and thrash aboutlet it outradio therapydomesticatingraging pain
Senseless Over-sensory Sensation
As a dancer and athlete, I grew accustomed to pain very quickly. I auditioned on torn ligaments. Climbed Mt. Washington with a torn rotator cup. Walked on a fractured ankle bone. Finished a triathlon after getting my nose smashed in … Continue reading
Sneak Attacks
Tonight instead of Takoda laying watch over me and my pain, I’m standing vigil over him and hoping for the best. After I shut off the work laptop, we went on our customary afternoon walk/run. We hadn’t been through the … Continue reading
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