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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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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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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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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
Phew . . .
I was beginning to think I’d never get back here. The past couple of weeks have been really rough. The pain reached new heights. My hands especially took it hard, and I spent many nights only being able to think … Continue reading
Faithful Friend
I bend my head To greet him Nose nuzzling nose Forehead to forehead Fur soft Beneath weary hands In quiet Gratitude For being there Despite how much My pain must Scare him
Boogeyman Meets the Warrior Woman
(warning, this entry is somewhat graphic, and some people may find it to be TMI. If you are not sure you want to know too much about my physical experiences, please wait for my next post.) Last night I was … Continue reading
Torn
Want to write, but need to sleep. Want to have done more today, but realize it’s too late. Want to feel better, but somehow that is no longer in my control. Want to focus on the good things I have … Continue reading
Land Mines in the Zen Mind
The past few days I have had a workable but ever present and tiring pain, and although it has been affecting me head to toe, it has been focusing its energy on my head. I can’t scratch even lightly the … Continue reading
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