My Brother, My Friend, My Hero
I am so excited. I have been waiting to share these videos until I got the okay from my brother. Bill has early-onset Parkinson’s Disease. He’s managed pretty well with medication over the… Read More
Category Archive: Health
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Life in a Box
No, I’m not a homeless person, but I have lived much of my life in a box. Not a cardboard box, but an imaginary box surrounding my body and restricting my every move.… Read More
Love and Baseball
(This is a guest post by Greg, my baseball-loving and very sweet husband.) *** I have always been a baseball fan, and I grew up wanting to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.… Read More
Long Days, Short Summer
Gretchen Rubin said, “The days are long but the years are short.” That’s how I feel about this summer. Some of the days dragged for me, especially dealing with more pain than usual… Read More
Tiny Dreams
People tell you to dream big but maybe it’s the tiny dreams that matter. Sometimes my dream is just to make it through the day. I wrote these lines a few weeks ago… Read More
Busy Be Gone
Brene´ Brown recently posted this on her Facebook page: “It’s so easy to buy into the idea that if we stay busy enough the truth of our lives won’t catch up with us.… Read More
A Horse with No Name
I traipsed through the long hallway with my large white envelope under my arm. I’m seeing yet another doctor, carrying these films that are supposed to reveal what is going on inside of… Read More
Cancer: No Single Path to Recovery
(I wrote this for another publication, so the tone is a bit different. I thought some of the ideas might resonate for people.) Popular magazines tell readers how to live with cancer by… Read More
Coping with Chronic Illness…Compassionately
Although Toni Bernhard’s book is called How to be Sick, I found it a lovely and poignant read on how to live, regardless of one’s health status. Toni was a law professor at… Read More
A Passion for Purple
I don’t know if Ashley Hasty’s favorite color has always been purple, but she sure shows a passion for it now. Last year Ashley wore the same purple dress each day of the… Read More
