Healing is a funny thing. The term implies that there is a definite end point...but I'm not entirely sure this is true. This Sunday, we will shove all of our earthly possessions into a crammed Uhaul and move to a new home, a whopping 1.6 miles … [Read more...]
Trading in my Pills for Parsley
I don't quite align with the phrase, "everything happens for a reason." It just doesn't sit well with me. It almost works...but...doesn't quite make it. To me it implies too much of a sense of false comfort. I'm not ok with justifying … [Read more...]
Shine On
In my family, December has always meant lights in the windows. Velvety thick red ribbon twisting up the staircase. Sending cards to friends and family, near and far. And racing to the mailbox every evening. And … [Read more...]
Plot Twist
Friends! I know, I know...I did it again. That thing where I finally get back into blogging and it feels so wonderful to be writing and communicating again and then POOF. Radio … [Read more...]
The Land In Between
I've been spending a lot of time lost in thought lately. In fact, I'd say most of October was spent percolating thoughts between my two ears. I've always been a fairly introspective and reflective person, but this has been on a new level - truly lost in … [Read more...]
Bug Slamming: Level 1
Happy October, friends! Yes, despite the (lovely!) 80 degree weather, it is in fact October. Crazy, huh? September was sort of a blur. I was diagnosed with the grand slam of tick borne diseases. I started treatment for aforementioned … [Read more...]
A Game Changer, perhaps?
So, I spend a lot of time with doctors. In fact, this morning I directed someone to the bathroom and instructed them how to label their urine sample. True story. [Last name first, my friends, then first initial.] But after my most recent trip to Mayo … [Read more...]
The First/Last Day of School
This morning, many bleary-eyed students and teachers stared unbelievingly at their ringing alarm clocks, dragged themselves out of bed, dressed in their pre-determined and much thought about first-day-of-school outfits, and headed back to school. [The health coach in … [Read more...]
Keeping the Faith
You know that feeling when you leave a big test knowing you totally aced it, only to have it returned to you covered in red pen? Or when you stay up late and don't do your homework because the weatherman literally promised that there would be a snow day, and not a … [Read more...]
This Story is Not Over
Do you ever have those moments where you wonder how on earth you are going to describe a feeling, when you already know an adequate adjective doesn't even exist in the first place? No? Well I'm having one of those moments right now. Friends, in short, I am blown … [Read more...]
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