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Just now, I laid down literally for a two hour study nap – and woke up immediately to a message that Hurricane Ida, already a monster, has been upgraded to a Category Four with 150+ mile per hour winds and it’s nearing Category Five status. If you haven’t seen the news somehow, she is taking… Read more
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This is attempt number five to write this post because my thoughts are in a million places – and this time I’ve decided it’s best to just put it all out there and publish. . . so this one may be a bit. . . scattered. Scattered is appropriate though, I think, as these recent… Read more
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It’s not surprising, as my next big project is my death book, that I am one acquainted with the night – and thus spend more time thinking on these things than your average bear. This is particularly true now that I have promised myself to have this book ready to go by the end of… Read more
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As I’ve been dealing with this terrible situation with my rheumatologist, I’ve been thinking a lot about the things we deal with in having chronic illness: the constant changes in our health status, the difficulties in finding appropriate care, the daily pain, the trauma related to our illnesses as well as things that have happened… Read more
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As I wrote in my previous post, my rheumatologist had to take unexpected medical leave and cancelled all of his appointments suddenly – which he could not help – but he left WITHOUT providing another physician to cover for him. As my medications ran out from what was to have been my June 29th appointment,… Read more
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While I’m generally a pretty positive spoonie – and a cooperative patient as well – being treated like hot garbage by my rheumatologist’s office while he is emergently off without anyone covering him – FOR SIX WEEKS – leaving all of his patients without our medications, sending me into a CRPS pain crisis with the… Read more
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I realize it’s common knowledge that Beethoven had lost his hearing and still continued to compose his greatest works until the end of his life. However, as I’m taking a wonderful music history class this summer, I was doing a concert assignment through the night and early this morning and that awareness struck me in… Read more
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Today, following my previous post on mental health and suicide, I want to share a short devotional from my book. Since I posted, there has been another stunning loss in our community of a beloved local news anchor. He was a gifted young man with a family, married with three children, and his death is… Read more
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Earlier this week, I was just rocked to learn of the passing of a precious soul in our local Christian community, Steve Austin. Steve was the minister over a really big youth program some years ago, prior to experiencing mental health struggles and surviving a suicide attempt. After that, he began opening up – and… Read more
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This, one of my 62 “favorite” Joan Didion quotes, is inked on my left arm – and I’ve written before about how important her work is to me. Her influence has been great in my life and work – and she is part of my conference story this weekend as well. ❤ Before I get… Read more
